KVR Audio

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:46 pm

Compyfox wrote:Actually... did anyone of you thought that Daft Punk would create a fitting soundtrack (score) for "Tron Legacy"?
Or BT for the movie "Stealth"?

Tron Legacy is forgettable, with perhaps the exception of the club scene. I really like Daft Punk, in fact, far more than I like Vangelis, but there was a lot more ground to make up in Tron and I don't think that Daft Punk was able to pull it off.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:13 am

Well, I think daft punk is a different beast than deadmouse or shrillex. The annoying factor is far lower for one thing

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:34 am

ghettosynth wrote:
Compyfox wrote:Actually... did anyone of you thought that Daft Punk would create a fitting soundtrack (score) for "Tron Legacy"?
Or BT for the movie "Stealth"?
Tron Legacy is forgettable, with perhaps the exception of the club scene. I really like Daft Punk, in fact, far more than I like Vangelis, but there was a lot more ground to make up in Tron and I don't think that Daft Punk was able to pull it off.

While Tron Legacy might not be the best movie on the planet, I still think that the soundtrack did work for it. Especially with hints at the old score.

Then again, I also liked the "Discovery" album movie port "Interstellar 5555", even seen it at a theater (sadly with a lot of stupid people, constantly babbling and drinking). Also "forgettable", but definitely an interesting movie/music concept.

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:39 am

Someone outta start a new thread:

"great soundtracks to really bad movies"

I've got enough threads started

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 12:52 am

You can't have a soundtrack without Ozzy Osbourne! He bit the head off of bats!

ghettosynth · Post by **ghettosynth** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:06 am

Compyfox wrote:
ghettosynth wrote:
Compyfox wrote:Actually... did anyone of you thought that Daft Punk would create a fitting soundtrack (score) for "Tron Legacy"?
Or BT for the movie "Stealth"?
Tron Legacy is forgettable, with perhaps the exception of the club scene. I really like Daft Punk, in fact, far more than I like Vangelis, but there was a lot more ground to make up in Tron and I don't think that Daft Punk was able to pull it off.
While Tron Legacy might not be the best movie on the planet, I still think that the soundtrack did work for it. Especially with hints at the old score.

I don't disagree, in fact, it's kind of in the same boat for me as Bladerunner, except that, the movie is worse, and the soundtrack doesn't lift it as much.

Again, I am really into a lot of Daft Punk's stuff, especially Thomas Bangalter's stuff on Roule. I still mix stuff from Tracks on Da Rocks, although, I'm not playing out anymore so it's not like it really counts.

Then again, I also liked the "Discovery" album movie port "Interstellar 5555", even seen it at a theater (sadly with a lot of stupid people, constantly babbling and drinking). Also "forgettable", but definitely an interesting movie/music concept.

Yeah, that's not a movie. The Discovery album was the last album of theirs that I purchased on vinyl and it was the last time that I bought something of theirs without listening first. I'm not sure that I ever played anything from it. I regularly played stuff from homework, but, in general I never played the cuts that most people like. I like Music Sounds Better with You (not on homework) a lot, but I always played DJ Sneak's remix which is really pared down and doesn't include the big moments that most people like.

Here ya go, a little in your face Bangalter.

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:40 am

hibidy wrote:Someone outta start a new thread:

"great soundtracks to really bad movies"

I've got enough threads started

Ha ha, great idea!

camsr · Post by **camsr** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:14 am

I have blade runner on the DVR and when I watched it last night, I was thinking how this is so much, so SO much, this is about speaking to my manhood with the action of the sound in the context of the visuals.

ATS · Post by **ATS** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:38 am

ghettosynth wrote:That's my assertion anyway. I just watched it again and, overall, I think that the movie is somewhat mediocre. Of course, part of that is that we never get the future right in movies so some things, e.g. CRTs, are quaint. Still, the soundtrack is so dramatic I think that it makes the movie.

It makes me wonder how much better mediocre sci-fi might be with the right music?

opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one.

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 7:46 am

Nice detective movie, with all the clichés.
Proud member of Olmos fan club.

Musicisbest · Post by **Musicisbest** » Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:49 pm

The soundtrack is fantastic, the story was written by one of the SF greats and the movie was directed by Ridley Scott.

Also the visuals were top notch...

It takes a village.

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:10 am

ghettosynth wrote:That's my assertion anyway. I just watched it again and, overall, I think that the movie is somewhat mediocre. Of course, part of that is that we never get the future right in movies so some things, e.g. CRTs, are quaint. Still, the soundtrack is so dramatic I think that it makes the movie.

It makes me wonder how much better mediocre sci-fi might be with the right music?

hmmm...i know this thread is old...but i kinda cant let this slip.

ghettosynths statement up there is nonsense. the notion that the quality of art is purely subjective is patently incorrect. sure...you may not like a work of art...but your appreciation for it has zero bearing on if its good or not.

blade runner is arguably the greatest science fiction film of all time, finely crafted by some of the best artists the film industry has ever seen...based on a book by one of science fictions all time best authors.

to say its "somewhat mediocre" is just plain wrong. this isnt a matter of taste...its a matter of craftsmanship and overall artistic quality. i mean ok, you dont like it...theres nothing wrong with that at all... you just dont like it...but to say its mediocre is like saying the pieta is mediocre, or starry night is mediocre, or mozarts requiem is mediocre. its just an incorrect statement.

blade runner is objectively one of the best films ever made, it is the hallmark of a genre, it will still be watched, discussed, and taught in film schools long after you and i are dead and forgotten. it is the citizen kane of science fiction, a monumental work of art that is anything but "mediocre".

T-CM11 · Post by **T-CM11** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:40 am

chaosWyrM wrote:its a matter of craftsmanship

I agree, there are objective references to rate that aspect. Though they can differ depending on the region (country, tribe, etc...).

chaosWyrM wrote:...and overall artistic quality.

Don't agree. Since nobody can agree on what art exactly entails, adding the word quality to it doesn't mean it's a more objective concept.

T-CM11 · Post by **T-CM11** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:46 am

chaosWyrM wrote:is like saying the pieta is mediocre, or starry night is mediocre, or mozarts requiem is mediocre. its just an incorrect statement.

In your opinion.
Not everybody should rate a piece of music based on it's craftmanship, like you do.

Example: Maybe Beyonce's songs are well constructed and sung "correctly" with an "acceptable" singing voice...
But I don't think that offsets my personal opinion that she makes CRAP!!

chaosWyrM · Post by **chaosWyrM** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:01 pm

T-CM11 wrote:
chaosWyrM wrote:is like saying the pieta is mediocre, or starry night is mediocre, or mozarts requiem is mediocre. its just an incorrect statement.
In your opinion.
Not everybody should rate a piece of music based on it's craftmanship, like you do.

Example: Maybe Beyonce's songs are well constructed and sung "correctly" with an "acceptable" singing voice...
But I don't think that offsets my personal opinion that she makes CRAP!!

dammit!!!!!!...i wrote a whole thing and then it got erased.

ugh. ill try again.....

im not rating it solely on craftsmanship...i dont even know where you got the idea i was.

and your example of beyonces dreck isnt applicable. technical accuracy ≠ craftsmanship, there is an element of artistic merit inherent in the word.

also im not sure what you are disagreeing with...are you saying that its NOT like "saying the pieta is mediocre, or starry night is mediocre, or mozarts requiem is mediocre."?

or are you suggesting that those 3 works of art...3 of humanitys greatest artistic achievements...can not be said to be objectively good?

good and bad art is not really subjective. one may like bad art...and dislike good art...but the qualities that make it good or bad are what they are.

i dont like all art that is considered good...im sure no one does....im also sure i like some bad art. i find it prudent however, if i dislike a work of art that is considered to be good (not to be confused with popular), to deffer to people who know more about it than i do.

example: i do not like jazz. in fact i f'ing HATE jazz. if i hear so what by miles davis...i fly into an immediate rage and want to kill everyone in the room and then slit my own throat.

so what by miles davis is considered by people who do like jazz as one of the best jazz tracks of all time.

i would be an absolute idiot to claim it was mediocre...simply because i dont get it...simply because i think its a boring, annoying rambling mess that doesnt say anything or have any purpose to exist at all.

so...yeah...i want to stab that song right in its stupid face i hate it so much....but still i wont say its a bad piece of art....because i would be wrong.

it is in fact a great piece of art...one of the best examples of one of the greatest music genres in the history of mankind.

it is objectively good...i just dont like it.

Bladerunner would be forgettable without the soundtrack.