In Memory of James Horner

The music world lost composer James Horner on June 22, 2015.  Going through the movie scores in my collection, I have 26 of his CD's.  Apparently his themes and music appealed to my ears.



Take a listen to track #9... "There's No Goodbye...Only Love"

Furious 7 - Brian Tyler

Furious 7 is over the top as all the other Fast and the Furious movies. It is also the last Fast and the Furious movie with Paul Walker who had passed away from a car accident unrelated to the movie.

Sure the Fast and the Furious movies are over the top and totally unbelievable, but for me I didn't care.  I expected it to be over the top and it was.  Sometimes a movie doesn't have to be believable to be entertaining.

The score is composed by Brian Tyler.  While the majority of the score is action music, there are some nice reflective themes within the score.

Favorite:  Track #20 - Letty and Dom

Cinderella - Patrick Doyle

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I've heard it was good. I'll probably wait til it comes out on video. From listening to the score, I really liked it. I've really liked a lot of Patrick Doyle's recent scores and this one doesn't disappoint. Not exactly sure what my favorite track is yet.

A Million Ways to Die in the West - Joel McNeely

I got a Sonos Play 3 as a present and I've been listening to a lot of new movie scores I've never heard before.  This is probably a good and bad thing.  The good is there are so many movie scores I probably would have never gone out of my way to hear.  The bad is that there are so many movie scores that I want to buy.  I heard A Million Ways to Die in the West composed by Joel McNeely on Cinemix FM channel on tunein radio.



Favorite:  Track #11 - Anna and Albert

Divergent (Score) - Junkie XL

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I do like what Junkie XL composed for the movie. I haven't heard of him before, but he's done a lot of collaborating with Hans Zimmer.  There is a movie soundtrack also available.

Favorite: Track #10 - A Friend

Thor: The Dark World - Brian Tyler

While I really liked Patrick Doyle's score for the first Thor movie, Brian Tyler did a good job the sequel... Thor: The Dark World. It seems like he has been doing a lot of scores lately and I'm beginning to like more and more of his scores.

Favorite:  Track #07 - Into Eternity

Gravity 2013 - **POSSIBLE SPOILERS**

I went to see Gravity in 3D, unfortunately not in Imax.  It was definitely Hollywood and there wasn't that much plot but I enjoyed the movie.  It seemed like a shorter version of Castaway, but just in space.  I think there were only 5 actors that you see in the movie... well that is if you count the 3 dead astronauts.  Ed Harris being the mission controller voice brought me back to seeing Apollo 13.  The visuals and cinematography were stunning.  All I can say is I would be freaking out spinning out of control away from the Earth.

Gravity - Steven Price

I don't think I'll catch this movie in the theater.  After seeing the previews, it seems a little too unrealistic.  Yeah I know... it's a movie.  But seriously though, I don't think space suits can withstand that type of abuse, especially in space.  I think this is the first time I've heard a score from composer Steven Price. The tracks sound like they fit very well with a movie about space.  It has an "air-y-ness" feel to it.

Favorite:  Track #11 - Aurora Borealis

Movie Score Recommendations?

I haven't bought any new scores lately.  Just wondering if there are any that I should check out.  Most of the new scores I end up listening to is through Cinemix.  Thankfully there's free movie music stations out on the internetz.

Man of Steel - Hans Zimmer

I really enjoyed the reboot of Superman. More the reminiscing scenes than the action scenes.  The cues Hans Zimmer used for those scenes of reflection played out well.

Favorite:  Track #3 - Sent Here For A Reason