> Van Helsing - ****1/2
Full five for me. Silvestri really did just deliver his best two scores in the same year.
> Troy - ***1/2
What a mess. I know we talk about it all the time, but what. A. Mess.
> The Day After Tomorrow - ***1/2
I have never once been impressed enough with a Kloser and/or Wander score to keep it in my library. No exception here.
> Spider-Man 2 - ****1/2
I really need to listen to this trilogy.
> King Arthur - *****
> Most of the scores for this journey I relisten to before writing about
> (hence why each entry takes a fuckin month to complete). I didn’t bother
> relistening to King Arthur, because I could probably recite every single
> note from memory as I sit here typing. Zimmer’s King Arthur may not be
> often mentioned among his greats (hell, our own Obi Wan, Craig, hates it
> if memory serves). But for me, it’s not only his best score, it’s been in
> my Top 20 all-time scores since it came out. It’s everything I want in an
> action/adventure score – big bold themes played repeatedly, a shit load of
> heroism, epic as balls action that rattles my cages and smashes my
> innards, moments of beauty and haunting melancholy instead of droning
> “braaaawm thump thump waaaamps”, and all of this in a neat and tidy
> hour-long package. Hell, I even love the Enya-esque song plopped in here
> too. If you haven’t revisited this one in a while, please do so. When I
> put on my cranky pants – and it’s often – by saying “Hollywood scores
> don’t sound like they used to”, this is exactly what I mean. Same
> composer, same kind of movie, yet COMPLETELY different tones, sounds,
> melodies, and entertainment value than what we’re getting from the Zim’s
> (and all his many many copycats) today.
Ditto to everything you wrote here. I still get a little sad when I listen to this score knowing that it and its kind are, for all intents and purposes, forever a thing of the past.
> I, Robot – ***1/2
Giving a composer 17 days to score a feature film should be punishable by prison time.
> The Bourne Supremacy - ****1/2
I just don't get this franchise's music. To me, it just sounds like all the copycats that came after, and when there's the kind of Powell that makes me happy just to be alive out there? Why would I ever need to go listen to this?
> Sky Captain – ****
The irony of people saying this score is like Korngold is that this score is about five times more exciting than 99 percent of Korngold's entire discography.
> Team America – ****
I also need to listen to this one.
> Alexander - *****
I know complaining about the synths in a Vangelis score is stupid, but really dude; the synths were already there, so why'd you have to make the orchestra sound atrociously fake too? Just add the synths and let the people who know how to orchestra (Nic Raine) do their jobs!
