Jack Nevada Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Discussion on the best musical scores of 2014. The Unknown Known -- Danny Elfman The Grand Budapest Hotel -- Alexandre Desplat The Wind Rises -- Joe Hisaishi Under the Skin -- Mica Levi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 It's been a brilliant year. Maleficent, Godzilla, HTTYD2, The Unknown Known, Monuments Men and The Grand Budapest Hotel are all wonderful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Yeah, HTTYD2 had a good score. Maleficent was pretty standard. Loved the original songs in Muppets Most Wanted and Begin Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Only Lovers Left Alive is the only one that has stood out to me so far. I haven't seen Under the Skin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Maleficent is comfortably my favorite score of the year and JNH's best in years. The choral material is superlative, the brass writing is incredibly intricate (I have no idea how the players even survived 'Maleficent is Captured' and it boasts the best themes of the year. 0:32 - 1:00 is complete heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRK6UxynrWU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilderic Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I love the Maleficent score and think it's the best among this year's blockbusters. Maleficent theme (especially towards the end) is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hell yes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 I thought Planet of the Apes had its moments... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The score was kind of a letdown overall but Doyle really let loose in this cue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt8uoZn0PoU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorschach Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I read somewhere that a great film composer (one who did most of Frank Capra's films) once said that a composer has done his job when the people come out remembering the film more than the score and that no composer has done their job right when somebody remembers the soundtrack better than the story itself. I'm looking at you TASM2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 The movie kinda sucks but I dug the DOTPOTA score. Dem xylophones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I read somewhere that a great film composer (one who did most of Frank Capra's films) once said that a composer has done his job when the people come out remembering the film more than the score and that no composer has done their job right when somebody remembers the soundtrack better than the story itself. I'm looking at you TASM2.The best example of that for me is The Phantom Menace since the score is by far the best thing about the movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The movie kinda sucks but I dug the DOTPOTA score. Dem xylophones. So you're the opposite of ddddeeee in this regard. The score isn't Giacchino's best work but I liked it. A lot more atmospheric and earthy than most of his efforts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I like the end credits (on album as opposed to film) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The best example of that for me is The Phantom Menace since the score is by far the best thing about the movie. The best prequel score by a longshot. I hope Williams is as energized for Ep VII as he was for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The best prequel score by a longshot. I hope Williams is as energized for Ep VII as he was for that. Attack of the Clones suffers outside of the love theme because of how damn over-extended Williams was through 2002. He C&P'd so much music from Phantom Menace into the third act of Clones, and then he randomly inserts Attack of the Clones music into pieces of Chamber of Secrets. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Attack of the Clones suffers outside of the love theme because of how damn over-extended Williams was through 2002. He C&P'd so much music from Phantom Menace into the third act of Clones, and then he randomly inserts Attack of the Clones music into pieces of Chamber of Secrets. tbf the Clones situation was because Lucas loved the temp and nothing else was acceptable, like Raimi and Spider-Man 2. The only scene Williams didn't have time to score was the very last IIRC. Williams wrote a lot of music that was rejected in favor of TPM music. Across the Stars is still the best single track of the prequels though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 The best prequel score by a longshot. I hope Williams is as energized for Ep VII as he was for that.Totally agree. Duel of the Fates is one of my favorite piece of score of all -time. I really hope he brings that type of energy to episode VII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 I read somewhere that a great film composer (one who did most of Frank Capra's films) once said that a composer has done his job when the people come out remembering the film more than the score and that no composer has done their job right when somebody remembers the soundtrack better than the story itself. I'm looking at you TASM2.So Williams didn't do the job right by this definition because I clearly remember his soundtracks more than the movies... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Maleficent is comfortably my favorite score of the year and JNH's best in years. The choral material is superlative, the brass writing is incredibly intricate (I have no idea how the players even survived 'Maleficent is Captured' and it boasts the best themes of the year. 0:32 - 1:00 is complete heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRK6UxynrWU As well-known as JNH is among film aficionados, he's still underrated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
