> I like Batman Begins, Dune and Spirit more than you, but Spirit also desperately needs a 'score only' release. The commercial product with ALL the Brian Adams songs is such... way too much Brian.
Not helping matters is that minutes of score are embedded within the songs, so there really is no way to have a 'score only' experience.
> Very happy to see House of the Spirits, The Ring, The Last Samurai, Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Broken Arrow and Hannibal in the solid 4/5 category.
I'm intrigued to hear how The Ring sounds in more complete form now that I'm finally allowing myself to listen to the La-La Land expansion that's been sitting on a shelf for months.
It's too bad Hans still despises the film Broken Arrow so. That music would be perfect for his concerts.
Hannibal wasn't the first instance of Hans emphasizing low strings in his ensemble (that may have been The Fan), but he did start using that technique with greater frequency after that movie. Heck, he talked about it in an interview for The Ring the very next year!
> I still think No Time To Die in complete form is almost 5/5, but that's just me.
Funny enough, I'm in the middle of my first listen to Black Rain as I write this and I totally understand what you were saying earlier about bits of it showing up in the Bond score. Quite humorous indeed.
> Haven't heard (or seen) Megamind
As a film it's not outright bad, but it never feels like it's living up to its potential, and the animation is ugly compared to what Disney was churning out that year (Tangled and Toy Story 3).
The music plays much better in expanded format - but even most unmentionables on the internet don't include the terrific climactic fight music, which only seems to exist on Lorne's webpage.
