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Post by Wistar »

johnsanders wrote: post #179
Wistar wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I was an online editor (video) in SF, I got to work with Hal Riney on several occasions. There was this joke among his agency staffers that, no matter what commercial he screened, if he hadn't voiced it himself, he always said (something like), "That's great. I'll re-voice it tomorrow."

I'm sure it was a different experience up close, but as far as I'm concerned from a distance, he could only elevate a voiceover track. He did Subway sandwiches for God's sake. "We aspire to know all our customers by name... or at least by sandwich." Or airport car rentals. "There are over a million miles of roads in Alamo territory. And only Alamo gives you all those miles for free."

Agreed. His was one of the best voices out there. There are folks who think Reagan's 1984 landslide was propelled, at least in significant part, by Riney penned and voiced political ads, especially, "Prouder, Stronger, Better" (It's Morning Again in America).

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Post by Tepix »

greggsy wrote: post #142
motohagiography wrote: post #32

Imo, Vangelis brought the synthesizer from an experimental novelty to an instrument for composition. The two sounds I associate with him are the long brassy triangle with a steep envelope that we know from both Blade Runner and the accompaniment to the piano in the Chariots of Fire theme, and his effective use of chimes. I have tickets for Olafur Arnalds next week, and there is a younger generation of composers like…

It’s hard to leave any discussion around the development of synth as an instrument without mentioning Tangerine Dream and Popol Vuh, but they were arguably more related to the prog-rock scene than as composers. Incidentally, a former member of TH, Klaus Schultz also died last month. TG didn’t land any major soundtracks (like Jarre or Vangelis), but they were nonetheless highly influential , if only due to their proli…

Klaus Schulze, not Klaus Schultz. I hadn't heard about his death. Great musician.

I wonder if Schulze died of Corona as Vangelis apparently did.

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Post by dylan604 »

nsonha wrote: post #107
moron4hire wrote: post #77

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Seriously, I can always tell a Hans Zimmer score without even having preknowledge that a film had hired him. Big, orchestral, boring score that repeats the same motifs he's been using for the last 50 years? Dude has one act.

Same to Chris Nolan actually, he should for once make a film that does not mess with the concept of time. At this point it has become a gimmick

The way he blends 3 separate timelines of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week into Dunkirk is brilliant. This also sounds like someone critique Gene Rodenberry for only writing space themed stories. Nolan's use of time as a theme is been unique in each one.

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Post by nsonha »

dylan604 wrote: post #183
nsonha wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same to Chris Nolan actually, he should for once make a film that does not mess with the concept of time. At this point it has become a gimmick

The way he blends 3 separate timelines of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week into Dunkirk is brilliant. This also sounds like someone critique Gene Rodenberry for only writing space themed stories. Nolan's use of time as a theme is been unique in each one.

I do not watch a film to be blown away by how brilliant another person is, I watch a film to experience a story. If the story is any good, he will not need all these convoluted technicalities. I like other films of his like Insomnia or The Prestige

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Post by troyvit »

the_af wrote: post #81
troyvit wrote: post #53

Maaaaaan about the time Blade Runner came out I was a fourth grader fumbling with the Chariots of Fire record pretty much every day. That was the first record I remember associating the different reflections on the grooves with the length of the song. Pretty clear given that side 2 was all one song. So many elementary school crushes I dreamt of to that album. Didn't get whacked upside the head by Blade Runner until l…

> (there was some legal crap about releasing the original music). That crap resulted in multiple bootleg versions of the Blade Runner soundtrack. I don't know if there is a definitive one :/ Maybe with the Special Edition blue-ray? I like the voiceover version of the tracks from the original CD ("do you like our owl?"), but I also like listening to the tracks without voiceovers.

Same! It was so cool that it was in there.

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Post by zrav »

greenhorn123 wrote: post #4

I love Soil Festivities, still decades after hearing it for the first time. Amazing album. Not to diminish his other work, but that one really stands out for me. Also, if you don't know about it yet, check out his collaborations with Jon Anderson, as Jon & Vangelis, two awesome musicians at their peak. What a pity...

Indeed, for the last two decades the first movement of Soil Festivities has been my go-to track to get me in the zone when I have to get any serious writing going. It just flows so nicely.

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Post by qpiox »

haspok wrote: post #171

My personal favourites would be the Bounty title track, which is incredible because it just tells the whole story musically in about 4 minutes! And the title sequence of Antarctica (the Japanese movie from 1983), which nobody has ever seen, I mean the movie is good, even if a little strange, but the title... I cannot imagine what it would have been like watching it on the big screen and listening to it in a theatre..…

Antarctica (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085991/) is a fantastic dreamy movie. It is a nature movie, somewhere in-between a feature film and documentary, about dogs that are left to survive alone during the winter on the Antarctica. Whats intriguing is that it is a story told from their perspective - nearly no dialogue, just visuals and music. The movie is slow, so you need to be in the mood for that and kind of psychedelic, so I highly recommend watching it just before dawn on a projector and a proper surround system (borrow one or visit a friend if you don't have your own, it's worthy).

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Post by qpiox »

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #108

That's sad. Don't care about music much but for synthesizer I always make an exception. Guess I'll be listening to the Blade Runner OST tomorrow at the gym in remembrance.

If you don't care about music much, but are into synths and sounds check Ignacio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEnC4kLujgo) or Spiral for something lighter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VV1lWVhMCk)

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Post by qpiox »

PrimeDirective wrote: post #33

I have listened to Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks countless times while developing or just spending time behind the computer. Thanks for making the time go by better Vangelis!

Countless hours of El Greco on loop during gaming sessions (Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake and similar) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSXzPd8RX0Q)

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Post by dylan604 »

nsonha wrote: post #184
dylan604 wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way he blends 3 separate timelines of 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week into Dunkirk is brilliant. This also sounds like someone critique Gene Rodenberry for only writing space themed stories. Nolan's use of time as a theme is been unique in each one.

I do not watch a film to be blown away by how brilliant another person is, I watch a film to experience a story. If the story is any good, he will not need all these convoluted technicalities. I like other films of his like Insomnia or The Prestige

The fun thing about Dunkirk is that the story doesn't need the viewer to understand that there is a bit of magic with the timeline. It's just a good story, but for those so inclined, it is fun/neat/impressive how the time was manipulated to tell the story.

We all like different things, but just because there's something you don't like doesn't mean that it is not impressive to others.

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