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Want To Hear Clips From James Horner's Score for AVATAR?
SPOILER ALERT !!
Greetings! ScoreKeeper here targeting a flock of audio clips from James Horner's score for AVATAR (2009). I have to admit, I'm not a fan of listening to audio clips myself and have not done so in this case. I don't even really like listening to the score ahead of actually seeing the film. However, some folks are itching to be the first to wrap their ears around whatever morsels of score drop from the table of Cameron. And so, for you whom I speak of, I bring you these clips.
Are you ready to start the ear-bleeding? If so, click HERE.
*Additional note: A couple of readers have pointed out that the track titles contain possible spoilers.
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Sing to me baby...
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I'm sure it's good, but no thanks.
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Nov 24, 2009 1:29:46 PM CST
So basically it's now the James Cameron AICN circle jerk?
by scriptgirl_nipples
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... in fact, probably more. I have all kinds of soundtracks, from Trevor Jones' score to MERLIN (the TV movie starring Sam Neill) to Shigeru Umebayashi's work on HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS; from the low-end, like Riz Ortolani's CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST score to the high-end, including past work of James Horner's such as GLORY and A BEAUTIFUL MIND.In short, I love orchestral music, and I am even a fan of Mr. Horner's work (among many, many others), but unless you're offering me a link to download the entire score of AVATAR -- which I would happily and thankfully do -- why would I want to waste my time on a bunch of lame 20-second clips? I can think of few things more silly and useless.
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Pass it on!
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...featurettes, no more interviews, no music clips.Thank you, but no.
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Horner's had The Mission and Lion King soundtrack on repeat recently.
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In no particular order:
Walter/Wendy Carlos (and others) - A Clockwork Orange
John Tavener - Children of Men
Craig Armstrong - Elizabeth the Golden Age
Stephen Warbeck - Shakespeare in Love
Jocelyn Pook (and others) - Eyes Wide Shut
Hans Zimmer - Gladiator
Hans Zimmer - Mission Impossible 2
John Williams - Jurassic Park
John Williams - Home Alone
Michael Kamen - Band of Brothers
Peter Gabriel - The Last Temptation of Christ
Randy Edelman - Dragonheart
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Don Davis, Juno Reactor, et al - the Matrix Trilogy
Zbigniew Preisner - The Beautiful Country
Javier Navarrete - Pan's Labyrinth
James Newton Howard - Signs
Ilan Eshkeri - Stardust
Howard Shore - Lord of The Rings
Howard Shore - Silence of the Lambs
Tan Dun - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
James Horner - Braveheart
Goran Bregovic - Arizona Dream
Ennio Morricone - pretty much anything...
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Lays out the whole story.
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So you don't have to listen to them in 20 second clips. Honestly, what a fucking joke. I can start one of those tracks, turn back to my work, and maybe I'll actually get to hear the first note of a fucking motif before I have to click back and go to the next one!
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Is fucking awful. Sound like its lifted right out of a 90's movie.
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I was a big fan of Horner in the late 80s and thru most of the 90s. His work has been so below average for a LONG time. I like what I'm hearing here, though. He's worked on this for a long time, and the theme sounds stirring and should be powerful along with the movie. I'm excited about enjoying a Horner score again.
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This just got even dumber than it already was. So much for being surprised by an unexpected ending. Until now I was kind of holding out hope that Cameron would take us in a totally unexpected direction in the third act, and that's the only reason he's letting everyone assume Avatar is doing to be DANCES IN FERN GULLY. Guess not.
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...by Ennio Morricone.
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Hit Leona Lewis. I mean the dude does everything, so he probably produced that My Heart Will Go on rip off.
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On that link.
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Nov 24, 2009 1:41:57 PM CST
...I was really hoping they wouldn't destroy the Home Tree.
by flickapoo
...I hope they know, DESTROYING THE HOME TREE MEANS WAR!
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It sounds like a cross between Titanic and Apollo 13, with maybe a little Planet of the Apes and Phantom of the Opera thrown in.
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...the Home Tree and it should come crashing down.That shit would be symbolic.
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I thought the guy making that claim was joking. As for the score, it's mediocre....nothing I'd run out and buy 20 years from now, or even put on my ipod. But hopefully it gets the job done in terms of the movie....btw, the song titles pretty much sum up the plot points.
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I want to hear some of that in score. Ugh closing credit "I See You" .... won't be sticking around for that!
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It sounds like a cross between Titanic and Apollo 13, with maybe a little Planet of the Apes and Phantom of the Opera thrown in.
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...I look forward to seeing this movie...why do I do this?
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It sounds mostly like generic orchestral stuff, except the last track (vocal) which sounds like it's from The Lion King or some other Disney-ish thing. Still, some bits sound like they'll add atmosphere, so we'll have to see.
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And I find the LOTR soundtrack nauseating...I was a projectionist during the run of two of the three LOTR films, and heard that celtic rubbish mixed with symphony scores enough times to drive me mad.
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The track listings give away some plot points.
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James Horner, Enya and Stomp. I don't think I like it.
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more more like a confirmation tag on it.
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I've seen or heard most of Avatar stuff a day or two before you guys post it.
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Sadly the more I see (and hear) of Avatar the less I'm interested. I'd put money on the temp track having been Zimmer's Gladiator score with a little bit of 'Deep Forest' for that wholesome, easily digestible tribal vibe. It all sounds way too familiar. 'I see you' Jesus, that track makes you wanna hurl, how corny and unimaginative. Such a shame, there are so many fantastic stories out there that Jim could be turning his talents toward, this plot seems like such a waste of his filmmaking skills. Certainly looks like we won't get a movie as good as Terminator or Aliens (no matter how many familiar faces he puts in there) out of him till his gets his 'I'm always right' ego in check, and that could take a while. I'd give him a lot more faith if he'd just stop acting like it's essential to be an asshole to make a great movie - he wears it like a damn badge of honor. Plenty of other directors make amazing films and manage to avoid being a prick while they're about it. If he uses that 'it's like going to war' analogy again I'll throw up! No it isn't, sure it's difficult but try getting shot at on the front line for a while and tell me it's anything like as tough as what those folks go through. Someone brings him coffee for fucks sake - JIM - YOU'RE NOT AT WAR!
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I was just looking at my playlists and it popped up. I only ever listen to two songs from the Home Alone soundtrack, "carol of the bells" and "o holy night" because they're really nice choral music, not really standard orchestral fare. I probably shouldn't have included it on the list, as I have no idea or recollection of what the rest of the soundtrack sounds like.As for LOTR, I'm just gonna have to say I unabashedly love it. "Concerning Hobbits" (which sounds like one of your prime offenders) is awfully good working music, even if it's a little saccharine; but "The Bridge of Khazad-Dum" and "Forth Eorlingas" from TTT are two of my all-time favourite musical cues!
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Please tell us.
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Please tell us.
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Indie movies. This fucking thing cost $500 million, thats how much most wars DO COST! Yes I do not know my facts, but who cares.
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Now, back to falling asleep at my desk, listening to Horn-dawg's latest...
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DEMAND IT my ass.
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Not really excited by anything in it off-the-bat. Sometimes this stuff takes a few listens to click with me, but my feeling is I don't like it at the moment.
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Not really. Back to listening to Willow in lossless. It's music from when Horner used to copy himself a lot less.
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Every time I see a posting about this I have to a) remind myself that this is not Avatar Aang, not that I trust Manoj. N. Shyamalan to make that movie, and b) try and remember why this movie is interesting. I think there was one time I came up with something.
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...his scores for Apocalypto and The New World were fantastic.
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Always amuses me when someone takes the time to post about something they claim not to care about.
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Here we are....same old director....same old score....same old song.... Darthpigman: not sad losers but rather hopeful losers.... and I'm one of them...Lockes: how does one demand your ass?
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Hard to be fair by listening to 30sec clips in any case... Trying to stay optimistic but feel jaded about scores for big films these day...
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On those song titles. Jeesh! It's not like Williams.
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Always with the same weak ass argument. It doesn't weaken my reasoning - I have eyes and a brain, which last time I checked are not the exclusive purview of those who make $200+ movies, in fact it's usually quite the contrary ;) It's simple really just look at the likes of Peter Jackson - talented as fuck, but always a nice guy - ergo: I'm right Cameron's a prick unnecessarily.
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...also, the budget is 400 million. I shit you not.
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This score is godawfull!!! Fucking fshit, man!! It had to be, didn't it? James Fucking Horner!! Fucking ass!!
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Nov 24, 2009 5:34:32 PM CST
This movie has "disappointing BO" written all over it
by dark knight lite
and by that I mean "body odor." These blue kitty-people smell like ass. I'll probably catch this at the $2 theater in Feb.
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Nov 24, 2009 5:57:57 PM CST
Not trying to be mean, but Avatar's OST style is still stuck in
by codename
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http://tinyurl.com/yjwpelc Tell your mom I said "You're welcome". The internet is a wondrous place.
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More than one soundtrack TB on the frontpage.
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Whether it's Celine Dion or not, it sure as hell sounds like her. This isn't TITANIC and all those little girls you're counting on already blew their baby-sitting movie on NEW MOON. Dammit, JC, I'd rather have had you go back to Guns 'N Roses for a tune: "With your blue-ass slappin' and your snake-like tongue, you get nooooothin' done, YOUUUU COUUUULD BEEEE MIIIIINED!!!"
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Except that it was in 2D.
Oh but Youd should have been there to hear it in glorious hyperspatial 5D. I felt suurrrounded by it. Best Aural sex in a movie ever.Even the score scored.
Why is it that all the knob slobbing happens for a movie BEFORE it comes out on AICN lately?
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If you liked "Waterworld" and loved "Judge Dredd," you'll go fucking apeshit for "Avatar: The Last Rainforest."
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Hey look everyone, Doc got a new SN.
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You found me out. Don't tell anyone though. Also, who's Doc?
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Now granted, most of the greats take queues from larger classical works (Williams, Silvestri, Morricone, Goldsmith - in his much younger days), but Horner is just a hack plain and simple. His Willow hero theme is a complete rip-off of Schubert's Rhenish symphony, almost note for note, and it's even in the same key. I didn't mind Krull as it had enthusiasm, Glory, while simple, was effective, and Aliens did an admiral job of providing atmosphere to a terrific film. But I can't think of a single Horner effort I've liked outside of these (and I only just 'like' them).
Come to think of it, I don't remember the last time when a film soundtrack really made me sit up and take notice. Much better stuff coming out of game soundtracks lately. I'm still surprised the Jeremy Soule hasn't been picked up for a big Hollywood blockbuster. His a tad fanfare happy but his sensibilities would've been perfect for this film. -
Even at 20 seconds, you can hear how dated it sounds. Horrible, cliches, predictable rhythmic structures ("The People" clip features musical motifs heard in eco-friendly animal documentary titles from 90's Discovery shows!) Bland grandiose swells and cymbal washes, and that gawd-awful "Celine-Titanic" ear-stabbing drivel of a finale is so puppy-crushingly obvious and painful, it almost makes me want to watch the movie with industrial earplugs. This just confirms my worst suspicions that Avatar will be the last of the 90's Sci-Fi blockbusters, a visual post-card perfect imagining of what the best 90's sci-fi movie could have been. Goodbye old Hollywood. Hello 21st Century imagination. Bring on the 30 million dollar or less movies with thought and originality.
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Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. Fingers are crossed, but nothing I've seen or heard on this film is making me count the days til it opens. I'm sure I'll get around to catching it in 3D in 2010.
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Just like this movie is going to be!
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Nov 24, 2009 7:59:40 PM CST
looking forward to the film, but that is HORRIBLE cliched movie
by quantize
fact...Titanic-esque unimaginative piffle. Cheesy and nasty.
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of course that should read. And it is..hollywood lives in the past when it comes to music.
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You dick-riders are pathetic. Blomkamp's so-called imaginative ideas just stemmed from Aliens mixed with apartheid. He owes Cameron a HUGE debt judging by that film. Moon, was great however.
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He's consistantly guilty of both self cannibalization as well as just outright plagerism...and he's also responsible for at least three of my top ten favorite film scores of all time. You simply can't convince me it gets any better than Glory, Apollo 13 or Braveheart. Titanic and Legends Of The Fall are mighty tastey as well. I'd go so far as to say that Horner and Hans Zimmer, despite their detractors, are the two best composers for film ever. I mean that they really understand the language of film and how best to accompany a picture, an edit, a sequence or an emotion, really...better than anyone. I know that's a bold sentiment, but take a look at the scenes in Glory when Denzel is being whipped or when Broderick comes outside to find that the 54th all decided to stay and fight. Or the execution scene at the end of Braveheart, or the speech, or the montage about the growing legend of William Wallace...(you get my point, right). I'd say James Newton Howard and Thomas Newman are right underneath them in this respect. You see because the fact is that as brilliant as Williams and Goldsmith are, they often over orchestrate to the point of killing a moment instead of enhancing (The Patriot), and I'm convinced Morricone hasn't even SEEN most of the films he's credited for as composer (watch Mission To Mars as proof), he simply writes brilliant music that then get's put on a film at some point (it's the Peter Gabriel effect). I'd totally agree however that Horner's been pretty far off for quite a while. I'd say his last totally satisfying effort was A Beautiful Mind. Yeah, Apocalypto was decent, as was The Life Before Her Eyes, and I give him credit for what he was able to cobble together for Troy on such short notice after Gabriel Yared's score failed to impress test audiences. Sure All The King's Men was derivitive Horner, but I still liked it. I can't say A New World was a great score, mostly because it's almost entirely absent from the final film, Malick having replace much of what Horner wrote with classical Wagner. I realise this is a contiversal stance among film music fans. I'm no novice though, I literally have tens of thousands of Film Scores. My favorite working film composer is Thomas Newman. I'm a fan of all the old school godfathers like Rozsa, Newman, Tiomkin, Rota, Waxman, Herrmann ect. I'm also well aware of the classical masters such as Orff, Wagner, Holst, Bach, DeBussy and so forth, that greatly influenced modern film music composition. And I'm not prejudice in the least at the elecronic guys like John Carpenter, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Harold Faltermeyer, Brad Fiedel and certainly even Goldsmith and Zimmer (most definitely). So yeah, I'm just saying that I'm no layman, I felt the need to at least try to legitimize my opinion before getting completley flamed and being accused of being a tourist. now feel free to feed me to the dogs.
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most people I know told me it was overrated. So, I passed.
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Nov 24, 2009 8:50:05 PM CST
lockesbrokenleg, that's why you are an idiot
by player_two_has_entered_the_game
and why most people you know are idiots. Ok as you were.
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Are you fucking kidding? You seriously think the 2000's have produced better films than previous decades?! Jesus, I've heard some bizarre shit on this site, but WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 24, 2009 8:51:13 PM CST
Also, screw this CGI-infused POS, bring on The Hobbit!
by fa_tass_dinomolester
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I guess the intended audience are readers of Sutter Cane.
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Leona Lewis?
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But he's still one of the funniest geeks on this site ! Leona Lewis is a good choice...check her out....her looks don't disappoint...! Although the song certainly does.... Did Celine write that song for her? How depressing...someone said bring back Guns n Roses....couldn't agree more !!!
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This instead? At least then it wold be cool. I guess he's mad at them for doing the theme song from T3.
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Whatever, Moon blows ass compared to District 9. And I really liked Moon. Sure Blowcamp owes his life to early Cameron, but Moon is just a rehash of Slient Running and other SyFy movies from that era.
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DAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! [Moaning Woman moans]
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Nov 24, 2009 9:38:44 PM CST
Apollo 13 is one of your favorite scores of all time?!
by nasty in the pasty
W o w.
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I just imagined you winking as you were writing the post....wink ! Wink ! hahaha Clever indeed ! But why stop there? Maybe the Blue Oyster Cult or The Blues Brothers could have done a track too.
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Aqua could do an arrangement of Madonna's True Blue
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Color me blue with sprinkles.
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Is smurfy cause you're smurfable.
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Honestly I wouldn't expect anyone who gets that nasty in the pasty to really understand the kind of emotionally charged tension and almost lyrically transcendent beauty that imbues the musical soundscape of Apollo 13. There's a near euforic meloncholy that pulsates through that entire score. It's truely majestic. But I suppose You'd have to be a whole lot less nasty, especially in the pasty, to hear it. :)
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Boy, did you ever misinterpret what I said. I'm lamenting the fact that the big VFX tentpole movies are no longer appealing to the next generation. I work and live with teens. They could care less about quality of image or big budgets. We are in precisely the same situation we were in the 70's when the Hollywood dynasty saw that big-name actors with huge salaries were no longer a box-office draw and "indy" films like "Easy Rider" with no names and small budgets were making money. If you have been reading the industry trade papers lately, then you'd know what I'm talking about. The money goes to safe tentpole films or very cheap indy films. The middle ground is no longer a financial option. This was the pattern in the last recession. So out of those indies came Spielberg, Lucas, films like Bullitt, etc. It was a time of experimentation and innovation. It spawned a new wave. I'm hoping for a new wave to knock the Michael Bays and Rolland Emerich out of business. The obscene wads of money spent on tried-and-true crap only diminishes the chances of yet unimagined futures. Let's look ahead instead of repeating the past!
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so I watched the rise and fall of cinema a few times. I saw Star Wars in my 20's and 2001 in 70mm (a treat most of the folks have never seen on this site) and I have worked on a few blockbusters. I still welcome the next wave of creatives. I respect those who challenge the old.
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Jake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qyl2Vt9seM Neytiri - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY_RTaKbSiE Dr. Augustine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4mJUkGVKlI Selfridge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2kUOrr7zZM Chacon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyeTXZ6NcKk Thanator - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FAVxbXWRI AMP Suit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzyC_66id_I The Scorpion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM-DR8itsCw
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All of you are bashing this score. Sounds pretty good to me, a little bit of alien crossed with braveheart crossed with batman. Ok, so the song (I see you) is rubbish, but the rest is cool.
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...to the Conan the Barbarian soundrack. It's the very definition of FUCKING EPIC.
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The problem is in fact the teens of today. I don't know what happened to them, but there is a reason that ET still maintains the record for most weeks at number one. And that TITANIC still maintains the highest gross of all time and has the most consecutive weeks at number one. Some of you simply need to face the fact that James Cameron is more of a Walt Disney like visionary whose ultimate goal here is to put a tear in your eye, soften you up with a little bit of romance and to maybe even restore some childhood wonder ... that’s right ... innocent, WHOLESOME childhood wonder. I for one am glad that there is even the remote possibility that a movie is finally about to come along that will actually inspire a NEW generation of kids in a way not seen since the likes of Titanic, ET or Star Wars. Because the current crop of teens has been ruined by the likes of South Park, Grand Theft Auto and Jennifer’s Body. I thought Peter Jackson would do it with King Kong, but because we have a collective case of ADD we couldn't get past the running time. Whatever.
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AVATAR will be like the ANTI-revenge of the fallen. The only reason Bay and company ruined Revenge of the Fallen with all that potty humor was because they had some sort of midguided assumption that thats what the teens/kids of today wanted to see. And you people that seem to want to bash anything but the hard core, kick ass, rated R crap that barely appears to a small pecentage of the population anyway. Deal with the fact that cameron wants to make a film you can take your kids or your parrents to see, not your drinking buddies.
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Nov 25, 2009 3:23:34 AM CST
EVery Fucking Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by drsambeckett1984
New Avatar shit, is this site now on comission from Cameron. Its really starting to get pathetic now.
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Nov 25, 2009 3:51:58 AM CST
Drsambeckett1984, where you hell have you been?
by player_two_has_entered_the_game
The whole world of media is starting to roll out all the avatar hype as the movie apporaches. You may not want to see or even care about this film, but in the history of moviemaking this is a big deal. It's a first in a lot of ways, so I'd start getting used to seeing a lot more of this up to and beyond it's release, man. You might not be able to eascape the billboards or tv ad's, but you could always not click on the link you know?
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As a fan of many James Horner scores including Battle Beyond the Stars, Star Trek 2 and 3, Aliens, Krull, Glory and Titanic I am looking forward to hearing the entire score. One of my favorite scores however is Mishima by Philip Glass. Probably nobody here is even familiar with it. Runaway Horses is the bomb. lol. Koyaanisqatsi by Glass is also awesome.
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Wow what a great score that is. Also Starship Troopers and Blue Lagoon. Basil Poledouris is greatly missed
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Oh I agree there is no escaping the Avatar juggernaut, but how exactly is it such a big deal in the history of movie making? I'm not after an argument or anything, I was just wondering why you think that?
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Yeah that's cool man. Would be nice to have a conversation here for once
Well nobody has shot a whole movie like this live action before. It's new built camera technology for a start and if this hits big it goes without saying that i'm sure other film makers will jump on board and use it in other new and interesting ways. I don't share the hype and opinions that it is to the extent the industry think it will be just yet. Maybe. time will tell. The main thing I am interested in is what Weta have done under the direction of Cameron. It's hard to argue they are not the most creative effects house out there right now at this level, always pushing the envelope with each project. If people agree or not doesn't change the fact it's a new way of making movies. With 3D tv's coming next year and even tv shows and sports events already planning shoot in 3D, it's obivous to see why it is a big deal isn't it? Let's just hope it's a great movie despite all of that though. -
I have no issue with the 3D, although I really do think it is a gimmick that will go away just the same as it did in the 70s&80s. I think it remains to be seen if 3D is really here to stay.
I also agree with you that the designs are incredibly cxreative, the main problem for me is the way the film has been over hyped.
But great effects and technology, do not make a great film in my eyes. From what we have so far heard about the story, it really doesnt sound very inspiring. The whole Fern Gully/Dances With Wolves comparisions are true to a certain point, I was expecting a big sci fi movie and that doesnt look like what we are getting.
Maybe that says something more about my expectation of the film itself, but I think the radical hype put out before anyone had even seen a trailer, has soemthing to do with it.
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sure that's your opinion. That's cool. But it's still a big deal in movie making for the industry. The difference with old 3D and this new 3D is the amount major corps are putting into pushing it forward. It's here to stay a lot longer than most here would like.
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Yeah definitely it was the media that over hyped the movie, if the story is decent then I am 100% ok with this movie, but I'm not going to rush out and see this one straight away.
I'm saving my december movie money for Sherlock Holmes, I'm sure to many that sounds crazy, but its the one I would rather see.
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Well that's embarrassing.
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Karl Jenkins pretty much originated that classical/world beat/choral sound. As usual, a big chunk of credit should also go to Peter Gabriel, but he tends to get shoved to the rear as those Hollywood cunts routinely rip off the drum ending of "Rhythm Of The Heat" for every other action movie trailer made in the last twenty years...
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My heart will go on... just to get the girls interested in watching the movie. After all they made TITANIC bigger than TDK and NEW MOON almost as big as TDK [so far at least]
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saved the star trek franchise after that first clusterfuck film. I ran from the theatre screaming after that shitfest.
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Nov 25, 2009 8:14:33 AM CST
THE NEW FREDDY KRUEGER LOOKS FUCKING TERRIBLE!!!FACT!!!
by tehcreepythinman
http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/freddy-full-look.jpg
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Yeah I was jokeing a bit. But I really believe Blue Man Group could have made an awesome score for a movie, and their style of music would have fit this movie just fine. And it would have been something cool and different. I won't remember this score the second I leave the theater.
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but I think big spoilers. I stopped watched after the first few. Was too much info before seeing the film.
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Nov 25, 2009 11:26:35 AM CST
Conan - Glass - Trek - D9 Vs. Moon - Blue Man Group
by the_genteel_gentile
I love Basil Poledouris' score for Conan: The Barbarian, but I've always found the actual orchestration on the original recordings to be a little underwhelming. Budgetary issues no doubt. This may have already been done, but it needs a really good re-recording by either The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra or John Debney (both of whom do the most steller rerecodings). As any fan of Phillip Glass knows, the problem with Glass' minimalist style is that it kind of all sound exactly the same. That said, my favorite Glass score is Kundun. I much prefer Michael Nyman's minimalism personally. I know everyone likes to say Horner's score for Whrath Of Khan is the best in the series, but I whole heartedly disagree. Goldsmith's score for The Motion Picture is breathtaking and by far my favorite. In second place I'd actually go with The Undiscovered Country by Cliff Eidelman (very underrated). I loved both Distict 9 and Moon, at present they're my two favorite films of the year so far, with Moon slightly edging out D9 for top honors, followed by Coraline, Up and The Hurt Locker. But as far as the scores go between D9 and Moon go...well, I think that my be why I feel Moon edges out D9 for me. District 9's score is totally non impactful. It's pretty much a Media Ventures/Remote Control (Zimmer's gang) generic rip-off. I mean, it's on par with Ramin Djawadi's Iron Man for uninspired. Meanwhile Clint Mansell provided a fantastic, lucid, hypnoticly evocative, atmospheric soundscape for Moon. There for I declare Moon the winner by a hair. Of course it's still early, hopefully Avatar will have my top slot will all is said and done. Blue Man Group poviding a song could be intesting (or just weird), but not a score. Honestly, if ever a movie called out for the new age sounds of Enya or Enigma, it would seemingly be Avatar. Oh well, guess I'll just have to live with Leona Lewis (at least it's not Linkon Park).
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Yeah Moon score kills. It comes from the master of the trailer song Clint Mansell, expect to hear that score all over the place soon. I wonder when Clint stole Elfmans ability?
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Have you heard their shit? They did the theme song for T3, with My Shit Is Banana's husband.
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T3 as in Terminator 3 or what? Also who or what is "My Shit Is Banana's husband"? I've heard and enjoyed some Blue Man Group in my time but I can't say I'm totally familar with their oeuvre. Sorry, please educate me on this if you will.
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He just sits and stares. That's not called acting.
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What else would T3 be besides Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines? My Shit is Bananas is a reference to the song Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani who just happens to be the wife of Gavin rossdale. NOW go google (you know that? I hope?) "Blue Man Group"+"Gavin rossdale"+"Terminator 3:Rise of the machines". And there you have it.
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Sorry man, my brain's not functioning today, normally I'd get that refrence too (I gotta get some sleep one of these days). I can't say I recall the song on T3 at the moment so I'll have to investigate that further. Thanks for explaining.
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Its a pretty cool song. Check it out.
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You cna love both Moon and District 9. I sure did. Both are very good movies. and if you decide to take sides and pick one over the other and pit one agaisnt the other, you will miss one hell of a good SF movie. Do it like me, love both Moon and District 9, you gain two good movies to love.
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I predicted this Horner fuck would use Adiemus style music for the scor,e and lo and behold, he did! Of course he would! I mean, that's etnic chick bullshit, isn't it? And nothing says etnic music then blue aliens, doesn't it? Fucking ass, that's what it is. That's what it is, a whole load of ass and shit. Fuck this score, man! I hope i will like the movie, but i know for certain i'll fucking detest the score. I already do! God fucking shit, man!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u2HsIaDg5s
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Put a tooth under your pillow tonight (anyone's...she ain't particular) and maybe the Subtlety Fairy will visit you.
Good movies and actors (as opposed to shit like STAR TREK and its tweenage-baiting cast) will seem so much better after that... -
His score is a piece of shit
He got paid what, 7 millions bucks for this rip off his past work ? Is this a joke ? -
Fucking Swindler
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Chris Pine is a far fucking better actor than any shit Kevin Smith worked with.
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Did Chris Pine ever walk off with a show like Jackie Earle Haley did...TWICE? LITTLE CHILDREN and WATCHMEN.
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i would hit it,even if she killed me with her claws,during the passion of our sex.
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The old Black Widow effect, hem?
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Based on the trailers, there's this resource that makes matter float. I guess that's the reason why we see forests and their rock bases suspended in mid-air at Pandora.
So essentially, this resource is precious since it can make anything defy gravity from vehicles to cities, without the need to expend energy. Makes sense. :) -
Eric Serra. That is all.
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please enlighten me sir
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Thr story about the Black Widow Spider is that the female kills and ates the male after procreation. Which looked kinda apt to what you said about being clawed to death during sex by Neutiri as a form of pleasure. I think it was the Black Widow Spider business that created the expression "the female of the species is deadlier then the male".
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Thr story about the Black Widow Spider is that the female kills and ates the male after procreation. Which looked kinda apt to what you said about being clawed to death during sex by Neutiri as a form of pleasure. I think it was the Black Widow Spider business that created the expression "the female of the specie is deadlier then the male".
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that's how cool i think you are, you deserve two postings on the same subject. Because more is more.
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If Jerry Goldsmith were still alive, or even if Thomas Newman did it. The movie may be good, but this score is going to be totally forgettable. I still can't forgive Horner for getting an Oscar nomination for Aliens, when he used - note for note and complete - the Gayane Ballet Suite by Aram Khachaturian - without giving it any credit. I also can't forgive him for inflicting Celine Dion in every shopping mall and overheard radio after Titanic. Although, that may be Mr. Cameron's fault, who loved her version of that song going "ond an on" as she sings it.
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