tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post1372961826225487576..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Movie Music Musing: Rise of the Composers of the ApesRoman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-38809965647819950742017-08-07T08:19:19.206-07:002017-08-07T08:19:19.206-07:00Yeah there has actually been a bit shift in writin...Yeah there has actually been a bit shift in writing comedy scores. You used to accent the action with humorous music and sound effects. These days most composers go super serious with the music to boost the humor. The film "Sausage Party" is actually scored like a serious horror film inspired by "The Omen". If you heard the music and didn't know what it was from, you'd assume some kind of gothic horror inspired by Christopher Young or Jerry Goldsmith. Even the latin chanting in the score is all about food. <br /><br />As for these scores, Giacchino did use some more ambient stuff, especially in "Dawn". I didn't include those but they are more texture than storytelling. You can hear a bit of it in the "Gorilla Warfare" track. Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-38278095688009618792017-08-07T08:15:01.433-07:002017-08-07T08:15:01.433-07:00Yeah the new films have quite a few moments where ...Yeah the new films have quite a few moments where the music really gets to stand alone and tell the story. Since the apes mostly communicate with gestures and glances Giacchino gets to tell a lot of the story musically.<br /><br />James Newton Howard is a talented guy. In the late 90s he did a lot of really great work. "Waterworld" and "Atlantis: The Lost Kingdom" are excellent scoresRoman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-26144925661441715062017-08-06T12:18:32.319-07:002017-08-06T12:18:32.319-07:00I always give credit to composers (among others) w...I always give credit to composers (among others) who, seeing movie titles such as these, still approach the subject with full seriousness. (Oddly, that seems to be easier in full animation somehow.) It would be easy to to be tempted to a less...well... humanistic style. The clips are cool.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-48601870828106298672017-08-05T12:09:57.839-07:002017-08-05T12:09:57.839-07:00I have the first PotA soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmit...I have the first PotA soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith which I still enjoy. When I see the newest installment I'll have to try and listen to the score. Sometimes that's hard as I get so wrapped up in the drama of the film, the music falls into the background, perhaps it's suppose to work that way. <br /><br />I ran into this blog by Floyd Norman, he's worked on many Disney animated films (among others): http://floydnormancom.squarespace.com/<br /><br />In this post he talks about Disney being one of the best boss he ever had: http://floydnormancom.squarespace.com/blog/2015/7/14/remembering-walt<br /><br />Here he is again with some relatives talking about soundtracks and a rare James Newton Howard soundtrack: https://youtu.be/MlhrvB0sxnUEl Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com