Comments on: CD Review: Avatar http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cd-review-avatar Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jim Lochner http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-4414 Jim Lochner Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:54:14 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-4414 I have both of them, but I think I've given them one listen. Perhaps I'll give them another shot. I have both of them, but I think I’ve given them one listen. Perhaps I’ll give them another shot.

]]> By: Kate http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-4399 Kate Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:48:32 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-4399 Don't forget Troy and The Missing! Don’t forget Troy and The Missing!

]]> By: CD Review: The Karate Kid (2010) | Film Score Click Track http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-3618 CD Review: The Karate Kid (2010) | Film Score Click Track Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:07:07 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-3618 [...] No offense to Jaden Smith, but for me Ralph Macchio will always be THE KARATE KID. And I doubt Jackie Chan can hold a candle to Pat Morita. I vaguely remember the 1984 original as a pleasant diversion, but it’s lost in the haze in which most mid-80s films reside in my brain. So I wasn’t particularly looking forward to listening to James Horner’s new score, especially after the massive disappointment of AVATAR. [...] [...] No offense to Jaden Smith, but for me Ralph Macchio will always be THE KARATE KID. And I doubt Jackie Chan can hold a candle to Pat Morita. I vaguely remember the 1984 original as a pleasant diversion, but it’s lost in the haze in which most mid-80s films reside in my brain. So I wasn’t particularly looking forward to listening to James Horner’s new score, especially after the massive disappointment of AVATAR. [...]

]]> By: Jim Lochner http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-2462 Jim Lochner Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:17:10 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-2462 Hi Athenys, thanks for commenting. I'm not as familiar as McCreary's work as I should be. But I think almost anything would have been an improvement over the tired material that Horner provided. Hi Athenys, thanks for commenting. I’m not as familiar as McCreary’s work as I should be. But I think almost anything would have been an improvement over the tired material that Horner provided.

]]> By: Athenys http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-2459 Athenys Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:03:18 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-2459 I have a feeling that Bear McCreary (BSG, Dark Void) would have been a much better choice. He incorporates exotic sounding percussion and vocals into his music more skillfully than Horner does. Horner's gotten too comfortable recycling his own material IMO. I have a feeling that Bear McCreary (BSG, Dark Void) would have been a much better choice. He incorporates exotic sounding percussion and vocals into his music more skillfully than Horner does. Horner’s gotten too comfortable recycling his own material IMO.

]]> By: 2009 Academy Award Nominees | Film Score Click Track http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-1677 2009 Academy Award Nominees | Film Score Click Track Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:25:05 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-1677 [...] was pretty much a foregone conclusion. I’m no fan of the score and I hope the nomination is as far as it [...] [...] was pretty much a foregone conclusion. I’m no fan of the score and I hope the nomination is as far as it [...]

]]> By: Jim Lochner http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-1535 Jim Lochner Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-1535 There's probably some deeply repressed venom lurking in me too. But I think it's more disappointment than anything now. There’s probably some deeply repressed venom lurking in me too. But I think it’s more disappointment than anything now.

]]> By: Bizarro Pedro http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-1525 Bizarro Pedro Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:04:15 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-1525 I didnt mind James Horner- I admit, I am very late to film music. I knew he did the music to Aliens and I always thought it was great. I noticed he did the music to A Beautiful Mind and I loved the cue "A kaleidoscope of Mathematics"... and then i heard it again in Bicentennial Man and I realized that he liked to rip off his own rip offs... Then Avatar came out- I honestly cant say how upset I was listening to this score- I has pissed me off since. I agree with ever single facet of your review except I add venom to it. I didnt mind James Horner- I admit, I am very late to film music. I knew he did the music to Aliens and I always thought it was great. I noticed he did the music to A Beautiful Mind and I loved the cue “A kaleidoscope of Mathematics”… and then i heard it again in Bicentennial Man and I realized that he liked to rip off his own rip offs… Then Avatar came out- I honestly cant say how upset I was listening to this score- I has pissed me off since. I agree with ever single facet of your review except I add venom to it.

]]> By: Jim Lochner http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-1357 Jim Lochner Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:12:12 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-1357 Yup, 'nuff said. :) Thanks for commenting, Mark, and pulling together those sound selections. Yup, ’nuff said. :) Thanks for commenting, Mark, and pulling together those sound selections.

]]> By: Mark http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/2009/12/cd-review-avatar/#comment-1355 Mark Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:24:59 +0000 http://www.filmscoreclicktrack.com/?p=4558#comment-1355 I too noticed the similarities as I am a fan of James Horner. I made a video comparing the above themes, as well as themes borrowed from the TITANIC score. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFXD4Tnn9Q I too noticed the similarities as I am a fan of James Horner. I made a video comparing the above themes, as well as themes borrowed from the TITANIC score. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uFXD4Tnn9Q

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