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Moriarty’s One Thing I Love Today! Michael Giacchino’s “ROAR!” Is Coming To iTunes Tomorrow!
Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here.
Please don’t think this cheap of me, but you know what I love today?
This press release, sent out by the lovely Tamar at Paramount:
ITUNES TO RELEASE MUSIC WRITTEN BY MICHAEL GIACCHINO FROM PARAMOUNT PICTURES’ “CLOVERFIELD”
HOLLYWOOD , CA – April 23, 2008 – On April 29th, iTunes will release the end credits overture from "Cloverfield" by Michael Giacchino. For the first time, the full length orchestral piece, entitled "ROAR!", will be available exclusively from iTunes paralleling the release of the film for download.
Giacchino’s “ROAR!” showcases an epic monster movie style, one that captivated audience members throughout the end credits. The film version of “ROAR!” totaled 9:45. The iTunes release finally makes available the full length, unedited piece that runs 12:15.
Giacchino may well be my favorite working composer for movies. I think it’s because he seems to have a certain sort of ‘60s pop sensibility that I love particularly, and maybe it’s just because he’s that damn good. THE INCREDIBLES was the best Bond score ever written for a non-Bond film, his MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE score paid beautiful homage to Lalo Schifrin’s vintage work, and his SPEED RACER score is so much fun it’s sick.
But I have a soft spot for “ROAR!” because of how much I love the original Toho GODZILLA scores. It’s a safe bet that Giacchino loved them, too, because he manages to evoke them with crystal clarity here, but without borrowing at all. It’s the dynamics, the emotion, the sense of menace and scale, and I applaud Paramount for finally making this track available for those of us who loved it when it played at the end of the film.
You can find the track starting tomorrow on iTunes, where I’ll be getting my copy ASAP so the next time Toshi and I build a Lego Toyko to smash (a favorite post-nap activity these days), we’ll have the appropriate music to motivate us.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
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would've been cooler
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I would have actually bought the Heath Ledger show.
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With true legends like Williams and Zimmer still pumping out soundtracks, I don't really get your taste but whatever. The man is very talented to be sure but nothing I've heard struck me as iconic. Perhaps I should watch the Cloverfield credits again.
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Just curious, but how do you pronounce your son Toshi's name? "Toe-shee"?
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Yeah, I'm a pirate, ARRRRR. Sue me.
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Is will there be 1 1/2 minutes of silence on the track before the actual music starts? I want the genuine movie experience!
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But I did for Cloverfield. Nice piece of music. Mori, Giacchino has also done scores for some of the Medal of Honor games so if you love his work that much you should check them out as well. Great stuff to exercise to.
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which of course even the most skillful Toho tribute could not.
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....how Godzilla SHOULD have been shot and edited. Give us the brief character setups, then send the thing loose and film the carnage and mayhem. And ROAR!...well, that was just the cherry on top.
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It's atchy but a little simplistic
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And the "Cloverfield ROCKED/SUCKED" debate begins....
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CLOVERFIELD was a fuckin' blast. Sure its shooting style stretched credibility -- but it's about a giant monster! Should we delve into the physics and biological credibility of such a creature, too? We're lucky someone made such a cool monster flick.
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The new Indiana Jones movie will feature the first new Williams score in TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS. And Hans Zimmer is a "legend"? He singlehandedly RUINED contemporary film scoring. Now every score is the same bland orchestral/synthetic mush, while genuine talents like Bruce Broughton are forced to score bad Lifetime TV movies. Giacchino is one of the few composers working now who can write complex, thematic orchestral music without leaning on techno synth pads or "moaning woman" nonsense.
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But cmon some of you guys act like its the best piece of music you've ever heard.Its got nuthin on the original Godzilla theme.
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Roar! is a fantastic orchestral monster mash. It is a tribute to the old Godzilla theme and Giacchino does it justice in his unique way. He also did the best ever Mission Impossible cover, yes, better than Limp Bizkit's version. Its his arrangement of percussion that really pumps your adrenaline senses. And dont start me on how radical his Lost soundtrack is. Cant wait to get this track.
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I wasn't a big fan of the ending either suffer through all that shitt only for everyone to die. meh!
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for mentioning the season 3 Lost soundtrack. i didnt even realize they made any, and especially not one for the first 3 seasons. usually they'll make a "best of" when it comes to tv series scores so this is cool. so yeah, thanks to you i found out and bought the first 2 seasons and pre-ordered 3. i also picked up the two Alias scores cuz i loved his music for that as well, though there's only season 1 and 2, i assume sales werent good enough to release the rest. ANYWAY, yeah thank you...you made my wallet happy. :P
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A Bond homage, his Mission Impossible homage, his Speed Racer homage, his Godzilla homage. Can't wait for the Star Trek homage!
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Enough already. Fuck. Some people like it, some don't. Both sides please shut the fuck up.
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Just sayin'.
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Just downloaded it from iTunes. Changes halfway through from GODZILLA "homage" to 50's-esque movie overture. Love it.
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An author or artist is still showing proficiency even when evoking previously established motifs - by reworking them into new pieces. Rock n' Roll really hasn't evolved much since the 70's, but musicians still write new music with that beat and feel- some extremely well. Giacchino is quite simply proving to be a master at working in genre music without copying what's already been done. I also love the fact that to my mind he's showing a great deal of versatility in the process. Unlike Horner, for example (whose work I also like, but not as much) who you can pick out by his use of certain chord progressions and use of certain instruments in similar patterns.
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This is by far the best film music piece of the year!
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I want to support Michael Giacchino so I got it through iTunes as well. I can't wait to hear it in its full, unedited glory.
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I can't find it under CLOVERFIELD or MICHAEL GIACCHINO!!! Whats that about?
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Though I did get a copy before it went belly up. What's the deal?
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MOTHER FUCKER! WTF was it pulled?
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