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Post by beckyminor on Dec 5, 2012 13:08:45 GMT -5
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Post by stormiel on Dec 5, 2012 22:59:12 GMT -5
Good soundtrack for writing lol.
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Post by beckyminor on Dec 6, 2012 9:18:37 GMT -5
Very true...once I have it, I will be adding it to my writing playlist.  For now, I can't write to it, because streaming it makes my keyboard skip letters. kind of counterproductive. |
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Post by Kessie on Dec 6, 2012 11:04:44 GMT -5
Oh boy, I'll add it to my library of epic LOTR music. I've listened to the three soundtracks so many times, I actually made a 10-minute megamix of the best stuff.
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Post by Divides the Waters on Dec 6, 2012 21:45:45 GMT -5
You guys are kindred spirits. |
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Post by beckyminor on Dec 7, 2012 16:10:36 GMT -5
We're quite the niche club...not too many folks know the name of any soundtrack composers aside from John Williams. But I do love that movie scores are music world class orchestras are using to help a new generation of listeners appreciate instrumental music.
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Post by firestorm78583 on Dec 12, 2012 22:41:48 GMT -5
I have been an avid soundtrack listener/collector. Over the years I have picked up on several of the composers' "signatures". This is a trait my daughter is developing as well. It's like playing name that tune. Pretty soon, I expect to have a conversation like this;
Cue music...
"That's Alan Silvestri!".
"No, that's James Horner. Hear the horns doing that circular vamp?"
"Silvestri does that too".
"Yes but his is the lower brass, not the french horns. Horner uses french horns".
Unfortunately, I don't have the internet speed to stream music. but we have tickets for the midnight showing of Hobbit.
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Post by beckyminor on Dec 13, 2012 15:16:50 GMT -5
I have been an avid soundtrack listener/collector. Over the years I have picked up on several of the composers' "signatures". This is a trait my daughter is developing as well. It's like playing name that tune. Pretty soon, I expect to have a conversation like this; Cue music... "That's Alan Silvestri!". "No, that's James Horner. Hear the horns doing that circular vamp?" "Silvestri does that too". "Yes but his is the lower brass, not the french horns. Horner uses french horns". Unfortunately, I don't have the internet speed to stream music. but we have tickets for the midnight showing of Hobbit. I wish we had a "like" button for posts. But it is fun to pull out the hallmarks of certain composers. Some are better at mixing it up than others, I think. Though I like James Horner, his stuff in the mid to late 90's especially started to sound very much the same. A couple of my other favorites right now are John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) and Michael Giacchino (Lots of PIXAR and always fresh.) |
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Post by Kessie on Dec 13, 2012 15:44:34 GMT -5
Don't forget Hans Zimmer! He did Pirates of the Caribbean, the new Batmans, Inception, and the over-the-top Rango.
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Post by Divides the Waters on Dec 13, 2012 18:33:17 GMT -5
Ah, someone who knows about the Horner dilemma... lol. I liked his earlier work the best. Hans Zimmer took me a while to warm to, but that was more due to his early attitude towards soundtrack albums (he didn't think they should exist, because his philosophy of scoring was that the music was meant to complement the film, and doesn't stand on its own--something I think most soundtrack lovers would highly disagree with). But I came to be a fan. John Powell and Michael Giacchino are wonderful new talents. Harry Gregson Williams does some beautiful work. I'm a huge fan of Christopher Young, but I think part of that is nostalgia, plus the fact that he is an openly Christian composer in a largely secular environment.
Here's an interesting exercise: who would score the film based off of your novel?
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Post by beckyminor on Dec 14, 2012 9:13:46 GMT -5
Hans Zimmer is hit or miss for me. Sometimes he incorporates too much electronica, and then I get a little 'meh' on him. But the films Kessie listed are indeed among some of his excellent work. And as for Horner, I like Braveheart and Glory best, so I guess I am also a fan of his older work. I don't really know Williams and Young, so I will have to check them out. As for who would score my work? I think John Powell would write a great Windrider soundtrack, although maybe he's had his fill of writing music for people riding dragons.  I'm not sure about Curse Bearer. It would have to be more brooding than Windrider, but I don't presume to think I'm epic enough for a Shore soundtrack. |
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Post by firestorm78583 on Dec 14, 2012 12:30:12 GMT -5
At this point in time I'm enlisting the whole lot. One of my early personal projects (and I may have mentioned this elsewhere,) was compiling what I call my travelling music. It started off as a 90 minute cassette full of nothing but songs that had to do with travel. Over the years and advancements in technology, it has evolved into an Ipod playlist that is a full score of a story I have in my head, complete with opening and closing credits.
I have begun working on the sequel playlist, and I finally started penning the actual story that the music tells. This story has taken a back seat to my current work, although considering that I use the Madelyn L'Engle "pots on a stove" method of writing, I can't really say that, because as sure as I think I'm fully concentrating on My current story, and Idea will pop in my head for the others..
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Post by almarquardt on Dec 31, 2012 15:03:29 GMT -5
Another good one is Danny Elfman (of Oingo Boingo for those who grew up in the 80s) who did Men in Black, Spiderman and many Tim Burton movies.
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Post by beckyminor on Jan 3, 2013 8:11:59 GMT -5
Another good one is Danny Elfman (of Oingo Boingo for those who grew up in the 80s) who did Men in Black, Spiderman and many Tim Burton movies. And don't forget Aliens. Ah, how many role-playing characters I've had nearly die while that soundtrack was playing in the background (back in the days when I had time to game, that is.) Elfman definitely has a very distinct sound. |
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Post by Divides the Waters on Jan 3, 2013 18:40:50 GMT -5
Another good one is Danny Elfman (of Oingo Boingo for those who grew up in the 80s) who did Men in Black, Spiderman and many Tim Burton movies. And don't forget Aliens. Ah, how many role-playing characters I've had nearly die while that soundtrack was playing in the background (back in the days when I had time to game, that is.) Elfman definitely has a very distinct sound. James "Titanic" Horner did Aliens. |
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For now, I can't write to it, because streaming it makes my keyboard skip letters. kind of counterproductive. 
I'm not sure about Curse Bearer. It would have to be more brooding than Windrider, but I don't presume to think I'm epic enough for a Shore soundtrack.