> I kinda love that you're just a little lukewarm on Powell, Desplat, and
> Giacchino; I feel like most people here love at least one of them.
The first two are a clear step above the third for me, as you know.
> I mean, it probably is frustrating for you a lot of the time because other people
> are going nuts over one thing or another from them, but it amuses me.
> (Should I throw McCreary in there too?)
Yep to the last part.
The truth is there are very few composers who I'd say are day-1 listens for me (Williams, HGW, Menken, Klein, Deriviere, Blanchard, Franglen/Warner might be getting close but need more evidence, Bowers/Cannon were close but have had a few eh scores), not because they're necessarily my favorites, but because I think there's a high-percentage chance the score's going to do something that works for me. Beyond that, there are:
- Composers who I expect will produce something of high quality, but whose music is less likely to emotionally engage as a standalone listen (e.g., Powell and Desplat, but also Doyle, McCreary, Britell, Hart, Debney, Elfman, and others)
- Composers who are total wild cards (e.g., Howard, Zimmer, Goransson)
- Composers whose scores I have low expectations for, based on my taste (e.g., Balfe, Giacchino, Tyler, Beltrami, Pemberton, Abels)
- Other composers I have no/minimal expectations for, because I don't know them as well or have heard enough of a mix to not really know what to think
I'd imagine others have a similar tiering? But yeah, to your point, it means a lot of the biggest names that get a ton of discussion lately (e.g., Balfe, Giacchino, Zimmer, Tyler) don't exactly inspire me to jump in.
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