Hi,
Whenever I want to save Hydrogen (beta) in a JackSession via Qjackctl,
it gives me this message:
Sorry, the Hydrogen-Songfile is not saved properly in this Jack-Session!
You have to repeat the "Save-Session" procedure from your
Jack-Session-Manager.
Strange behavior. And Iirc it goes totally wrong when you choose 'save
and quit' in Qjackctl session and the Hydrogen file isn't already saved.
Then the other apps in the session are already closed, and then you want
to save the session?!!
\r
Hello,
I'm no movie head, which is why I'm turning to this list. What would you
pick as some reference/quality film soundtracks produced in the last
decade or so?
Cheers,
S.M.
--
My picks, FWIW:
Ditto Danny Elfman and John Wiliams: for orchestration/sound/mix of (respectively) late and early 20th century orchestral styles.
Peter Gabriel: Passion: Music For The Last Temptation of Christ. Classic PG awesome ...superlatives fail me... production and engineering values. You won't believe they dropped it for the soundtrack they have on the release.
???: Soundtrack for "The Game". Good impressionist-inspired piano, for an example of minimalist stuff. Nicely recorded - I call this style of recording the "NY - Quebec" sound.
The Harry Potter tracks are pretty up there, too. A cut above the usual Fantasy soundtrack.
A bit more retro:
Stewart Copeland: Soundtrack for the Babylon V pilot. Not so well recorded (even in it's day), but there's some great stuff going on in there.
Vangelis: Bladerunner. Try and source the DVD or physical album with the track "One More Kiss" - it's a 1910's sounding recording that seems to be missing from the online choices...just listening to how that track is fitted into this huge wall of synthesizers is a profound lesson in soundtrack composition/production.
Pink Floyd: The Wall. Still holds up, it competes with more modern recordings. And watching that film in the state that the writers intended provides an excuse to be naughty.
Look through Bob Katz's list of "favourite productions" - not so movie oriented, but it will help you understand what you're listening for/to on a technical level. I can't remember the URL offhand, I believe you'll find it on his site.
As always, beware the more modern "remastered" versions and online stuff where possible. They forget it's for a film and master loud, forgetting about reference levels.
- Shane
What do you think about inconspicuous soundtracks?
Or leading themes that are repeated again and again?
How many of you do remember compositions of Carter Burwell's music for
films of the Coen brothers?
IMO good music for films, good mixes, often aren't something we explicit
remember.
Or a leading theme is penetrating, e.g. Ry Cooder's piece for Paris
Texas, but it anyway doesn't bother.
Doesn't the standard for soundtracks completely differ to what we wish
to hear for music only?
- Ralf
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> From: Robin Gareus <robin(a)gareus.org>
> Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: Modern film soundtracks
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> +1 for Badalamenti.
>
> I suppose you're interested in scores composed for film, rather than
> soundtracks compiled from existing songs or compositions, right?
>
> Last Decade: Mmh. tricky. that might rule-out Ennio Morricone, he's
> still active but his great compositions are from 60s-80s.
>
> two picks: I really like Cinematic Orchestra's take on "the man with
> the
> movie camera" (silent-film 1929 - soundtrack 2003) and the soundtrack
> for Atonement (2007) by Dario Marianelli is amazing. The film is
> great,
> too :)
>
> best,
> robin
Btw. David Lynch's "sound track" by himself, for his debut "Eraserhead"
is nice, 3 1/2 decades ago.
I will repeat my recommendation
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nyman
His compositions for Peter Greenaway's movies 2 decades ago are amazing.
- Ralf
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> On 3/12/12, Arnold Krille <arnold(a)arnoldarts.de> wrote:
> You should use a2jmidid even with the ALSA backend.
Especially in combination with Jack2's -Xalsarawmidi you'll get zero hw
MIDI jitter, aka hard real-time.
- Ralf
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> Bernard Hermann ("taxi driver")
There are general issue, regarding to the copy, language sync versions
etc.. The Taxi Driver music is very emotional, it works perfect. Chaplin
did compose himself, even if mixing and composition shouldn't be super
sophisticated, it perfectly fits to the emotions transported by the
film.
- Ralf
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> Jurassic Park
Blast-sound-cinema.
> Ennio Morricone
More natural sound cinema than for modern films
2 cents,
Ralf
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> 2001
I never saw and heard good copies, but the amazing thing with 2001 is,
that the whole sound is smart, e.g. no sound for explosions in space. I
suspect the chorus was written for the film, but of cause, Strauss
perfectly fits to the scenes too.
FWIW, mixing for film depends to what licenses are available. Real light
or magnetic audio film without Dolby will cause much wow and flutter.
Video sound is less critical.
- Ralf
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> Philip Glass
At least the original LP to the film Koyaanisqatsi is ok, I dunno if
they remastered the music in the meantime.
- Ralf
