Re:Predicting Best Picture winners using coughs and sneezes
by tokai on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:10AM
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It has always weirded me out that Zimmer keeps getting jobs. His overly pathetic drone has always been like a parody soundtrack. But people plays it straight as if he is actually making something that adds to the movies. Dune was peak Zimmer so if you like him I guess it makes sense to call it his best. But to me it was him making fun of himself with a straightface and nobody calls him out on it.
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Re:Predicting Best Picture winners using coughs and sneezes
by Tycho on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:35AM
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The score was actually quite thoughtful, attempting to use rhythm and harmony and vocal style that was fitting for the universe, ie. very far removed from our current styles.
Re:Predicting Best Picture winners using coughs and sneezes
by eganist on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @09:49AM
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Please give this a watch with an open mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93A1ryc-WW0
I promise it's worth your time. Being honest, I fell in love with the score before I even knew it was Zimmer's, and once I found out, my first thought was "of course."
To each their own, but if you want an idea of what went into the score, that video above is insightful.
Re:Predicting Best Picture winners using coughs and sneezes
by tokai on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:02AM
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I have seen it. Appreciate you sharing it though.
Point is I don't buy his angle. To me it wasn't a fresh take on sounds of the future. It meshed bad with the movie and was a bunch of trite tropes like detached arabic-like wails and dry buzzers. Soundcloud is full of amateur electronic artists doing it better. But in the end its all taste, and I wouldn't call the movie (and soundtrack) bad. Just not anything near good. I'm kind of envious of you who like it.