Jun 21, 2010 03:00
- Scott, astute_reason and I saw The A-Team last Monday, and our lives were changed forever. It could very well be the greatest achievement in the history of motion picture arts & sciences. Hypermasculine yet not distasteful, it's pretty much the Platonic form of Shit Blowin' Up Real Good, which isn't something I typically go for but is so damned gleeful here
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As for Star Trek, there is no question that the Deluxe Edition is the superior presentation of the score. Perhaps at some point in the distant future, some alternative may present itself, but it is definitely a distinct improvement over the original album.
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Also, The A-Team will forever go down as the film that taught me that Gandhi's reputation as a pacifist is just another pernicious media-driven myth. He'd totally want you to blow up those dudes, BA!
Having had a few weeks to let the Star Trek Deluxe Edition sink in, I find I hardly listen to most of the second disc. I'm glad it's there, obviously, but I find that some of the action material can get tiring. There's also the fact that the original album leaned heavily toward the action finale, of course.
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"Hey Ken, do you want to see my impression of Gandhi?"
KERSPLAT!!!
"Gandhi?"
"You know, if he was really pissed off."
See, I always felt that the original soundtrack album really came together toward the end. When I heard the complete score, I realized that was because Giacchino's writing is so linear that it works better when adjacent cues are heard next to each other. I listened to this complete score (no joke) three times today. The action cues that I thought were okay before ("Nero Sighted," "Run and Shoot Offense") now come more to life because they've been better balanced by the other material. The jump sequence has some great Goldsmithian orchestral acrobatics.
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