Pieter Boelen 740 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Every few days I will post a thread on a random score from my collection that we can discuss and rate. I made a playlist on my computer with one track of each score I've got, so by using the random play option, I'll be able to post a truly random score each time. Hopefully this will allow us to discuss some scores that would otherwise never be discussed. Also we can record the rating so that we can create a full list of the ratings given to scores by JWFan.com.Today's score is Judge Dredd by Alan Silvestri. Are you familiar with it? What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? How do do you think it works in the film? What are your favourite tracks?You don't need to base your opinion on just the OST. So far JWFan has rated:Zathura by John Debney: 3,17 stars - 17 votes - 11 unfamiliarRambo III by Jerry Goldsmith: 3,57 stars - 22 votes - 8 unfamiliarStar Trek X: Nemesis by Jerry Goldsmith: 3,03 stars - 38 votes - 9 unfamiliarThe Sea Hawk by Erich Wolfgang Korngold: 4,62 stars - 34 votes - 13 unfamiliarIndependence Day by David Arnold: 4,17 stars - 52 votes - 5 unfamiliarKrull by James Horner: 4,36 stars - 33 votes - 8 unfamiliarQuigley Down Under by Basil Poledouris: 3,64 stars - 14 votes - 7 unfamiliar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 your polls are about scores I don't ever listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 I know you listen to scores like Superman and Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars. Are there any others you listen to? I'm a bit holding off on posting the most well-known John Williams scores because we're all pretty much familiar with those anyway. But I'll post them at some point as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I'm not familiar with JD but I'm enjoying these discussions, Pieter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I know you listen to scores like Superman and Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars. Are there any others you listen to? I'm a bit holding off on posting the most well-known John Williams scores because we're all pretty much familiar with those anyway. But I'll post them at some point as well. I haven't listened to any of those in recent memory, currently I've got Lost World, Signs, Jaws 2, and Carrie in the car, plus a cd of tv themes mostly Williams and Goldsmith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 6 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Judge Dredd is one of my most played Silvestri scores. I love it. It's by no means a complex score, but it's one of the most entertaining works I've heard and it's certainly one of his best scores of the decade. I reccomend it to anyone who enjoys Silvestri or coherant action writing in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,198 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I think I have to go with yet another 3.5 stars, simply because it's a really good score but something I can completely forget about for a year or two until I play it again and enjoy it a lot. Although Block War is a 4 star cue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Outstanding, atmospheric and pulse-pounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Have the score, but have not and never will listen to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I'm not at all familiar with it, although I have seen the dreadful movie. . . . (intentional pun ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Have the score, but have not and never will listen to it.Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I AM DUUUUHHHH LLLLAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHave the score, but have not and never will listen to it.Why?Kora collects coasters that's why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I collect scores, for trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldsmithFanatic2000+ 0 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I AM DUUUUHHHH LLLLAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.You son of a gun, you beat me to it! 4 stars for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 It's a good solid action score by SilvestriThe Long Walk is the hi-light of the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I collect scores, for trading.Why doesn't that surprise me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I must listen to this score more often.Or more accurately, I must listen to the second half more often. I somehow tune out after the first 15, 20 minutes of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I voted 3.5 stars. I have this in itunes, but haven't listened to the whole thing. I'm only judging the stuff I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 6 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I collect scores, for trading.I will never understand some score fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 I will never understand some score fans.Neither will I especially one named Koray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 740 Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 I voted for 3,5 as well. It's a good score with some excellent parts, but I never managed to listen through the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharpdevenport 4 Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 It's really only got one cue that good from starting to end, the rest only have spuratic moments of goodness, but it's just what I call "serious" mickey-mousing; mickey mousing that tries to pass itself off as a regular cohenrent score by trying to be somethign it isn't. I've never heard Silvestri pull off a big epic score. All his efforts for such films feel overblown and bland; "Ven Helsing", "Judge Dredd", "The Mummy 2".The best moments are all captured very nicely in the theme from the film, in this YouTube video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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