Subject | Re: I've seen LOTR |
From | Rimrunner |
Date | 01/27/2002 23:03 (01/27/2002 22:03) |
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Jostein HakestadDuh.
Rimrunner wrote:RimrunnerJostein Hakestad
Well...at least he's not James Horner. Ick.
What is that supposed to mean?
James Horner is one of the best composers ever to work in film.
He's written more than TITANIC, you know.
Yeah, and most of it was re-arranged versions of music he composed 20 years ago. Though "Duel of the Fates" is good.RimrunnerJostein Hakestad
Liked the score, hated the movie. God, "The Cell" was awful.
Funny thing--I listened to the Harry Potter score right after the FotR score, because I was doing this compare-contrast thing for one of the 'zines I write for. And while it occurred to me to wonder what a Williams FotR score would sound like, I found myself glad that he hadn't done it.
Not that the HP score is bad, but Williams doesn't really seem to do big, sound-and-fury type scores anymore.
He did one two years ago, called The Phantom Menace.
But do you really think a LOTR score by Williams would sound like Harry Potter? LOTR is hardly the same type of film, it's much more epic.I think a LotR score by Williams would sound like Williams. His style's among the most identifiable in film music. That's not a bad thing, but I haven't heard anything in recent years that I'd describe as especially groundbreaking. Admittedly I haven't seen every movie he's scored, though.
Williams would have written a masterpiece if he had been given the chance.Masterpiece is not a word I apply that liberally.