The Amazing Spider-Man Reboot composer?

[White_Knight191]

I simply love the little piano tune that begins after 4 mins in that video, in "The Equation".

 

[Anno_Domini]

I really like the Rooftop Kiss bit

Off topic, but if Peter and Gwen kiss just on a rooftop, at least it shows that Webb didn't bother to try "outdo" the upside down kiss.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

I do like how it seems to have its own little thing going on.

 

[flickchick85]

So listening to it now, I can honestly say this is the first James Horner score in the last decade that I'm actually excited about. It doesn't immediately call to mind one of his other scores for me, which is awesome. He's actually doing something different than his norm. It's his first score in ages where I don't get the sense that he's phoning it in.

And I LOVE that main theme.

 

[Web face]

I love the "Promises" theme

 

[grieven]

Damn, that 10 min clip is great

It really is. I wasn't sure about the sampling from the other website, but I really dig this 10 minute clip. Totally high on Horner's work!

 

[Elevator Man]

I enjoy most of horners work, but I hate what I've heard so far for this film. That being said, I'm slightly annoyed/insulted by your assumption that because I and others don't like it means we have shallow musical or "disney-style" tastes.

He didn't say you had shallow musical tastes. He just made an observation with some of the overreacting and exaggerated comments a few made up here about Horner's score. He didn't assume anything. Someone up here even posted that Horner's music sounded like something out of an "old nintendo game". I haven't heard any of Horner's music for TAS-M yet but I seriously doubt that it sounds like something from and "old nintendo game".

The point NL197 was making was that some of you are use to the Zimmer/MV/RC sound that we hear in most blockbuster movies today. And b/c of that some of you aren't used to this particular approach Horner went with. We don't often hear that kind of scoring for blockbuster movies these day. So some of you were taken by surprise by it. That's why he said Horner's music might sound "out of the ordinary or disney like" ( I believe someone up here posted that the music sounded disney like or something along those lines) in comparison to MV/RC sound we're used to in these kind of movies. I really didn't find anything insulting or annoying about what NL197 posted. In fact I think he was right on point.

I do find the comparisons some are making of Horner's score insulting. That really proves NL197's point or observation about some of you being used to that MV/RC sound. Horner's score is just more old school than what some are used to from this genre that's all. No need for anyone to get uptight.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

Sounds absolutely beautiful, exciting, and also very very special, I love Horner's score for Avatar and Braveheart, and this sounds really different here.

 

[Spider-Who?]

He didn't say you had shallow musical tastes. He just made an observation with some of the overreacting and exaggerated comments a few made up here about Horner's score. He didn't assume anything. Someone up here even posted that Horner's music sounded like something out of an "old nintendo game". I haven't heard any of Horner's music for TAS-M yet but I seriously doubt that it sounds like something from and "old nintendo game".

The point NL197 was making was that some of you are use to the Zimmer/MV/RC sound that we hear in most blockbuster movies today. And b/c of that some of you aren't used to this particular approach Horner went with. We don't often hear that kind of scoring for blockbuster movies these day. So some of you were taken by surprise by it. That's why he said Horner's music might sound "out of the ordinary or disney like" ( I believe someone up here posted that the music sounded disney like or something along those lines) in comparison to MV/RC sound we're used to in these kind of movies. I really didn't find anything insulting or annoying about what NL197 posted. In fact I think he was right on point.

I do find the comparisons some are making of Horner's score insulting. That really proves NL197's point or observation about some of you being used to that MV/RC sound. Horner's score is just more old school than what some are used to from this genre that's all. No need for anyone to get uptight.

That's still a gross assumption. What his stance boils down to is the stereotypical response "you just don't get it." and he ignores the possibilty that people can like or dislike things without any lack of understanding or exposure. I've heard plenty of his work, and have enjoyed most of it immensely, but I'm sorry, he's not some amazing, one of a kind director that is so far different than the countless film composers over the last 100 years that people only dislike it because their used to "disney" music.

That being said, I have not listened to much of his work for this film (SOME things must remain unspoiled), and I will hold off on a final verdict until I've seen the film, but what I HAVE heard, I don't like. And that has nothing to do with the music I may or may not be used to hearing.

 

[Art Damage]

I really like what I'm hearing so far!

 

[LoserJBo]

Ahh, Amazon is saying the score isn't going to be released until a week after the movie has already been released on July 10. Probably won't be released early (or leaked) for a while: http://www.amazon.com/The-Amazing-Spider-James-Horner/dp/B0084O8NZI/ref=pd_sim_m_1

 

[Thwip!]

Not on the UK website

 

[Elevator Man]

Early and a positive review of the score.

http://www.movie-wave.net/?p=2517

 

[LegendAssemble]

Pretty decent music. I can tell they were trying to go for what Zimmer did with Nolan's Batfilms and that is to not rival Elfman, but to make its own identity. It would be a shame if Horner intended to rival Elfman's score.

id be like trying to rival john williams, it cant be done.

 

[NL197]

That's still a gross assumption. What his stance boils down to is the stereotypical response "you just don't get it." and he ignores the possibilty that people can like or dislike things without any lack of understanding or exposure.

Clearly I've got a kindred spirit in Elevator Man, a person regarded as a "troll" here for having a mere difference of opinion on film music. He got exactly what I was saying to a T (to borrow socool's statement, hey I'm a Horner nut so obviously I'm going to borrow, right? )

It's nothing to do with not getting anything, just what people are accustomed to in this day and age and the score is a departure from that sound to a degree, as the linked Movie Wave review clearly states - and even mentions "West Side Story" just as as mentioned in this very thread a page back!

The review basically summed up everything I was trying to say, only with the added bonus of the music actually being heard in full on the album: A score that will be heralded as a return to form for blockbusters, with actual melodies and emotion, or damned by critics as being too old fashioned and soft, especially compared to the music of today's harder-edged modern-day sensibilities.

So no, it has nothing to do with anyone not getting anything.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

Yeah, I'm really liking this soundtrack, it's a definite buy for me.

 

[Sharkboy]

The score sounds fantastic, and has actually made me more excited over the film than the trailers have. Nice to see some superhero films actually still care about score *looks at Avengers*

 

[Gianakin_]

Ok, this is my opinion on each of the track samples:

1. Main Title - Young Peter - Tries too hard to be Elfman's Spidey theme. Fails miserably.

2. Becoming Spiderman - I like it very much. It's like the main themes from Bicentennial Man and A Beautiful Mind (which are near identical), but this one seems very fresh and updated. Very beautiful piece.

3. Playing Basketball - Drivel. Webb should never have ok'd it. I can't even begin to imagine how much it will hurt the scene.

4. Hunting for Information - Very good. Mysterious and haunting, all the while being melodic.

5. The Briefcase - A continuation in tone of the previous one. It'll do.

6. The Spider Room - Rumble in the Subway - Didn't impress me, but I'll wait till I hear it in context. Seems like that kind of song.

7. Secrets - Very 80s, in a good way. Not something I'd listen to on its own, but it's very nice!

8. The Equation - Didn't care about that one.

9. The Ganali Device - Don't like this one. It's the type of music Horner writes that doesn't do it for me.

10. Ben's Death - Wow, that stuff was really good! Very energetic and refreshing, especially considering the scene it refers to! Part of THIS track is what the main theme should've been!

11. Metamorphosis - Interesting song, with some horror elements, but when it gets to the main theme it's ruined for me.

12. Rooftop Kiss - Not too shabby. It'll do for that scene.

13. The Bridge - Amazing (no pun intended)! Ominous, dramatic and very powerful. Dem vocals!

14. Peter's Suspicions - It does its job. It's ok. The buildup is nice.

15. Making a Silk Trap - Wow, this is also amazing! He should be using more of his vocals!

16. Lizard at School! - Nice, it builds up to something uplifting and adventurous.

17. Saving New York - Avatar ripoff. He's been more blatant in the past, but it's still recognizable. I kinda liked it, though.

18. Oscorp Tower - Good action track. It builds the tension very effectively.

19. "I can't see you anymore" - It's emotional, but there's also a hint of underlying darkness. Good one.

20. Promises - Spider-man End Titles - I like the buildup very much, but again, the theme doesn't do it for me.

I gotta be honest, Horner sounds really fresh in this one. I hate his main theme, I find it a poor version of Elfman's (which I don't really like in the first place), and a bit more childish/naive (if that makes any sense). Too... light, and not in a Superman theme way. A pity.

However, he doesn't do the shameful self-copying that makes him one of my least favorite composers of all time and he actually brings new things to the table, ensuring that the tone of this movie is indeed different than Raimi's and it sure as hell differentiates it from Nolan's Batfilms.

I am actually looking forward to listening to it! Not bad!

 

[Sharkboy]

Ben's death is my favourite track, i cannot wait to see how it plays out in the film. I do like the more whimsical tracks though, it gives me hope this film won't take itself too seriously.

 

[Smegger56]

Metamorphosis, which I'm sure we hear in the police chase clip, is excellent when it kicks on.

In the clip, when he starts swinging, I thought that was the HERO theme for spidey. It was perfect. Please let that be the hero theme. It's that good IMO.

 

[Gianakin_]

It is, unfortunately.

 

[Smegger56]

It is, unfortunately.

It is the hero theme? AT the point he starts swinging under the bridge?

Well if so, I'm happy t:

 

[Gianakin_]

Don't know where it is in the footage, but it's there in the main titles, the ending and in Metamorphosis. That track is the hero/main one.

 

[Smegger56]

Don't know where it is in the footage, but it's there in the main titles, the ending and in Metamorphosis. That track is the hero/main one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9eJqYkhsk4

At 34 seconds, this is the bit that kicks in and seriously just took my breath away. It felt like spidey IMO.

Is that the bit you don't like?

 

[Gianakin_]

I only see a white box.