- This topic is empty.
- Posts
Ok, so I’m bored as hell because there have not been too many newly released scores that I have really dug lately, and while I am waiting for the Spidey-2 score, I have been going nuts for a fix of new music…then I watched a little movie called Bubba Ho-Tep, and while the film was totally awesome, the music blew me away. Now I know that this is an Elfman board, but since our friend Ryan also hosts a site on the composer (Brian Tyler) I figured it would be ok.
ANYHOO, I went looking for more scores by Mr. Tyler, and watched the over 6 hour epic Children of Dune. Now one thing that I noticed is that the theme from Bubba Ho-Tep was also used in Children of Dune, for some reason it didn’t really bother me (come on people, it is over 6 HOURS long!) like with some other composers.
My point is, I think this is the best new talent I have heard in about 3 years, and I hope to hear much more music from this great new addition to the film music world. So if you are dying to get ahold of some new music while waiting for the Spider-man 2 score, give Mr. Tyler a try, I am really curious to see if other Elfman fans like him as much as I do.Knight (Or you could always turn back to old Elfman or some James Newton Howard
)I definitely agree with you, Knight. While I only listened to a mere couple of scores from Brian Tyler so far, I really enjoy his music and hope to hear more from him in the future.
Take TIMELINE. This has to be one of the most enjoyable action music I’ve heard for the last few years. Nothing specially original in it, but still, what fun ! The Varese CD is incredibly nice to listen to.
I also bought the CHILDREN OF DUNE score. There are great parts and nice moments. My only complaint is the overly long CD, which I never managed to hear in one piece.Timeline definitely stands out. I may hurt a few people there, but as much as I love Jerry Goldsmith (i.e. a lot), I’m not so angry his score got kicked off on this film. At least it allowed Brian Tyler to emerge.
– Squeezir.
“Terror Tract” and “The Hunted” are also great Tyler scores the former one sounding a bit Elfman inspired and the latter one having great rhythmic drive sometimes using compound time signatures.
Nat
I am a huge Jerry Goldsmith fan as well, Squeezir, perhaps it is time for him to take a bow. I hope he writes one final score (perhaps) that is very large and emmense. That would be pretty great way to leave….not to say I want to him to quit, but maybe its for the best.
Oh, well, I don’t exactly share your opinion, JS. I’m sorry to bring these dark thoughts up, but… For me there’s some kind of glory, of nobility when an artist works until his death. Consider Michael Kamen, or Stanley Kubrick : they disappeared so suddenly, at the edge of their craft and talent. It’s almost as if they worked so hard, that it killed them.
Two or three years ago, you could look at Jerry Goldsmith and wonder : “Wow, this is incredible ! This man is 70 years old, yet he still pulls out four to five scores a year.” And solid scores to say the least. To be honest, when thinking about his vitality and craftmanship, you couldn’t help but believe Jerry was immortal.
There are rumors about his illness every now and then these days. And it’s so sad to witness his energy fading away and his schedule shrinking.
So I wouldn’t like Jerry to do one last masterpiece, then retire for a few years and then disappearing under common indifference. It would so beautiful for him to come back, if he could – maybe someday ? – , even for a short while, and be back on track and overfilled with projects. Just long enough to make us forget great artists are mortal.– Squeezir.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.