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PeterK FishChip	Ok, now that this weekend's MovieMusic March of the Munchkins is just about through, I am preparing the latest poll: Which was your favorite movie soundtrack this summer? I need up to seven choices. Which do you think are the seven best options? Thanks a munch. I mean bunch.
posted 08-19-2001 05:14 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Final Fantasy Jurassic Park 3 A.I. Planet of the Apes Shrek ...are those that come to my mind (I haven't heard the latter two myself). And they're hardly surprising. BTW, don't FishChips evolve? NP: Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith) [Message edited by Marian Schedenig on 08-19-2001]
posted 08-19-2001 05:32 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	I can't give you seven choices Pete, on the whole it's been a pretty poor time for good scores, though I have yet to hear either Final Fantasy or AI?! Jurassic III by Davis was ok, but I found it a little repetitive on the Williams themes! Planet Of The Apes, this is just a nothing score, nothing captivating here whatsoever, and I bought this due to peoples recommendations...I'll think twice next time. I despair at the idea of an Elfman SPIDERMAN! I don't think I have a lot of good to say here Pete so I better leave it at that.
posted 08-19-2001 05:38 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Despair - vb. to lose all hope. Lose all hope? Lose all hope?! Aaaaaaaaauuuughh.....Danny Elfman, destroyer of worlds.......!!!!!!!!! Spider-Man?! The humanity! The humanity!
posted 08-19-2001 06:08 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	LOL
posted 08-19-2001 06:12 PM PT (US)

Dr. Zaius Oscar® Winner	BEST opening theme of the summer ELFMAN'S POTA the rest is okay Final Fantasy and Shrek were the only other ones that really stuck out AI was okay as was the score but not much more than that weak summer LORD OF THE RINGS what will that sound like i wonder??????/
posted 08-19-2001 06:54 PM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: Jurassic III by Davis was ok, but I found it a little repetitive on the Williams themes! Planet Of The Apes, this is just a nothing score, nothing captivating here whatsoever, and I bought this due to peoples recommendations...I'll think twice next time. I despair at the idea of an Elfman SPIDERMAN! I don't think I have a lot of good to say here Pete so I better leave it at that. I second what Timmer just said. A really good poll would be this: Danny Elfman, the Fun-Fa King, should: 1) Retire 2) Learn some music 3) Go back to sing tunes in the Oingo-Bongo 4) Marry Tim "Freakshow" Burton and move to Mars 5) All the above
posted 08-19-2001 07:01 PM PT (US)

Justin Oscar® Winner	Haven't heard all of the summer movies scores but from what I have heard I would say Planet of the Apes. Justin
posted 08-19-2001 08:32 PM PT (US)

justin boggan Oscar® Winner	Danny Elfman is not that bad and like someone else said- expect him to be really big one day. From music from a darkened theater1 , there was a great piece from familly dog (Odds and ends) It showed he was a great composer almost as good as Goldsmith, but for some reason he went Grainer. Now Grainer is not bad, but Elfman has a hard time acheiving the late Grainer style- thereby making half of his music on each CD not very good. Or completely bad like Dick Tracy. I expect to own many albums in the future from him. I have a feeling he is going to score something very good these next few years that will catapolt him up in the indusrty. Just as long as he doesn't compete with GOLDSMITH.
posted 08-19-2001 08:42 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	Well, add Pearl Harbor in there. It would count I think.
posted 08-19-2001 09:04 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	And, Evolution.
posted 08-19-2001 09:06 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	and Atlantis: The Lost Continent. By James Newton Howard
posted 08-19-2001 09:07 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: I need up to seven choices. Which do you think are the seven best options? Dude, just have a poll to figure out the best seven choices for poll. Don't you have an opinion on what YOU think are the seven best summer scores?? Why not just use THOSE as the choices? Sometimes you look too hard for something that's right under your nose.... Dan
posted 08-19-2001 11:24 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Dan, you're missing the point. If I think it's fun to involve people the makings of this site, the only way to involve them is to communicate with them. So go get bothered by something else, cuz this one's too simple a thing to get yer panties in a wad. The question is... which would be your favorite seven of the summer? Thanks for answering!
posted 08-20-2001 01:42 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Planet of the Apes Jurassic Park III Atlantis A.I. Final Fantasy Pearl Harbour Those were the big films/scores this summer, despite some of them not living up to expectations.
posted 08-20-2001 04:52 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: So go get bothered by something else, cuz this one's too simple a thing to get yer panties in a wad. Wow. You're so completely oblivious to humor, which comes as no surprise. Chill, Pete. It was a joke. (The smiley face should have been a tipoff, but I suppose at 1:45am, humor is lost on you.) quote: The question is... which would be your favorite seven of the summer? Thanks for answering! Final Fantasy Mists of Avalon Shrek Jurassic Park III The Others Moulin Rouge A.I. So what are YOUR favorites? (Now that I've answered your question, it's only fair you put out.) Dan [Message edited by dgoldwas on 08-20-2001]
posted 08-20-2001 07:05 AM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by André Lux: Danny Elfman, the Fun-Fa King, should: 1) Retire 2) Learn some music 3) Go back to sing tunes in the Oingo-Bongo 4) Marry Tim "Freakshow" Burton and move to Mars 5) All the above I vote for #5. What's yours??
posted 08-20-2001 09:03 AM PT (US)

Quill Oscar® Winner	Did everyone forget Mummy Returns??? My picks: The Mummy Returns The Mexican (does that count as summer?) Final Fantasy Planet of the Apes Pearl Harbor Atlantis Shrek If I had to vote now...Final Fantasy all the way.
posted 08-20-2001 09:08 AM PT (US)

Mark Oscar® Winner	Funny joke Dan if you think punchlines aren't important. Use the winking icon next time and you won't have to explain your humor. When I first read your joke I thought you were trying to start another anal pointless flamewar with the FishChip. Do we want another one? Why not, there's enough going on anyway. Anyway I haven't seen seven films this summer but these are the ones I liked: Mummy Returns Pearl Harbor Jurassic Park 3 Final Fantasy
posted 08-20-2001 10:14 AM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Mark: Use the winking icon next time and you won't have to explain your humor. Apparently you have to use winking icons to denote humor; since it's lost on many people. (Like PeterK's lack of a winking icon when he suggested a vote for Daniel2.2 as moderator?) quote: When I first read your joke I thought you were trying to start another anal pointless flamewar with the FishChip. Oh, please. I have much better things to do than argue with Peter over something as stupid as this! I was just trying to see if HE had any thoughts as to what HIS seven favorite summer soundtrack were. I'm still waiting on the answer, of course. And I have a feeling we'll be waiting a long time. Dan
posted 08-20-2001 10:22 AM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Final Fantasy A.I. Jurassic Park 3 Planet of the Apes Atlantis Mists of Avalon Those are all I can think of. Maybe this is just a Chicago thing, but I don't consider May summer yet, so Shrek and The Mummy Returns are off my list (and I'm not too crazy about Pearl Harbor in the first place). The Mexican? March in Chicago definitely isn't summer. I'm not sure where Quill lives. James
posted 08-20-2001 12:03 PM PT (US)

TV's Frank Oscar® Winner	Hey, James, I also am in Chicago! Whereabout are you located, out of curiosity? Yeah, maybe May is too early to consider as summer, but those films were certainly summer fare! For my fav's, I'd list: THE OTHERS A.I. THE MUMMY RETURNS FINAL FANTASY ATLANTIS
posted 08-20-2001 12:28 PM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Marian Schedenig: Final Fantasy Jurassic Park 3 A.I. Planet of the Apes Shrek We're now entering in the second semester of 2001 and those are the only "good" scores people can list, whith one or two variations. What an awful year for filmscoring...
posted 08-20-2001 12:52 PM PT (US)

Bulldog Oscar® Winner	I can't comment on A.I. I haven't seen the film or heard the score. [Reading Jeff Bond's review at FSM today makes me think that I wouldn't care for it, though....] That said, though, the only score that impressed me this summer was ATLANTIS. THE MUMMY RETURNS had its moments, but didn't stack up at all in comparison to Goldsmith's original--especially considering the original's wonderful linear characteristics. HAL said it to me best in an e-mail that he wrote to me not too long ago; this summer has been really dry. [I think that we both missed having a sturdy Goldsmith score or two as we've had for the last several summers.] I recall that I was thinking a couple of days ago about this summer's drought. At this point last year, I was still reveling in HOLLOW MAN's excesses. Suffice it to say that there's been no HOLLOW MAN this year.... In addition to ATLANTIS, I enjoyed ALONG CAME A SPIDER and I eagerly await David Arnold's score for THE MUSKETEER. After hearing sound clips, I'd say that the score seems promising.... Can we really blame the composers but so much? What material could have inspired someone to write something like HOLLOW MAN or THE SIXTH SENSE???
posted 08-20-2001 01:28 PM PT (US)

Richard Street Oscar® Winner	JURASSIC PARK III - My favourite of the summer so far. Terrific score. I don't think it leans too heavily on Williams' originals. PEARL HARBOR - Fair only. Zimmer's done a lot better than this one. FINAL FANTASY - I haven't seen the film yet, but I've given the CD a spin and I like it a lot. PLANET OF THE APES - I'm ready to give up on Danny Elfman. I haven't seen the film yet either (it only opened on Friday), but if the score's representative...oh dear... THE MUMMY RETURNS - I don't think this is as good as Goldsmith's original, but I do like it. LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER - Surprised no-one's mentioned it yet. Of course, that could be because it's rubbish... To be honest, I can't remember the score. That's six I've either seen the film or got the score (or both). Add any one from RUSH HOUR 2, A.I., SHREK, CATS & DOGS, and ATLANTIS. NP: PRINCESS CARABOO (Richard Hartley)
posted 08-20-2001 02:11 PM PT (US)

Widescreen Oscar® Winner	Just out of curiosity- to those of you who didn't like the Planet of The Apes: Why? What about it, specifically, was bad? That may sound like a demand for those of you to justify yourselves- believe me it's not, I just read a lot of posts denouncing something, I think I owe it to my own curiosity to see why the reaction is less than positive toward Elfman's score. If you don't tell me, it won't kill me- unless...oh no... I DRANK WHAT?!? Seriously, I'm not here to force an answer, it'd just be nice to understand the point of view. As for my votes (in no particular order): Planet of The Apes The Mummy Returns A.I. Atlantis: The Lost Empire Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (James Venable's score is a lot of fun).
posted 08-20-2001 02:52 PM PT (US)

Dylan Oscar® Winner	Peter K- It looks like these would be the best 7 choices to use for the poll: Mummy Returns Shrek Pearl Harbor A.I. Artificial Intelligence Final Fantasy Jurassic Park 3 Planet of the Apes
posted 08-20-2001 05:33 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Dylan, that's what I am tallying, too. New poll will be up pretty soon. Thanks everyone!
posted 08-20-2001 05:53 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: Dylan, that's what I am tallying, too. New poll will be up pretty soon. Thanks everyone! No prob! So what are your seven favorite summer soundtracks, Peter? Dan
posted 08-20-2001 05:59 PM PT (US)

PapaC Oscar® Nominee	Mr. Debney did some nice work on the new Disney flick, Princess Diaries. There's alot of other pop music on the film, but the parts that Mr. Debney did are first rate and helped make an otherwise predictable kid movie a pleasure to listen to. The other movies, well . . . they seem to be mostly replayed scores or no themes. Speaking about the others, Alexandro did pretty good with The Others.
posted 08-20-2001 06:56 PM PT (US)

Dr. Zaius Oscar® Winner	i dont think pota is bad at all not brilliant but not crap and THERE ARE SO MANY CRAP SCORES by that i mean sound NICE AND ALL but just something heard a million times before
posted 08-20-2001 07:57 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	How about The Conversation? Oh wait, I'm confused, again!. Silly me.
posted 08-20-2001 08:02 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Ok Here is how it goes: The Mummy Returns A.I. Final Fantasy Shrek Planet of the Apes Pearl Harbor Atlantis: The Lost Empire --Brian Gryffindor Seeker As for Mists of Avalon, its not a summer score, its a TV score and dosen't count, maybe when we do the best TV score of 2001, then we put it in there.
posted 08-20-2001 11:35 PM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	Goldenthal's "Final Fantasy" was definitely the knock-out score of the summer, unfortunately absent of Goldsmith and Morricone. Elfman's main title music to "Planet of the Apes" was nifty. And "The Others" was very effective in bringing out the goosebumps. Though the excellent sound design in the film was responsible for most of it as well.
posted 08-20-2001 11:46 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by dgoldwas: So what are your seven favorite summer soundtracks, Peter? Still waiting.... Dan
posted 08-21-2001 06:40 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by TV's Frank: Hey, James, I also am in Chicago! Whereabout are you located, out of curiosity? Not actually in Chicago, just near it. I exist in Roselle. James
posted 08-22-2001 08:02 AM PT (US)

TV's Frank Oscar® Winner	Actually, I haven't heard of Roselle, that's a new one on me. Is it a suburb?
posted 08-22-2001 08:14 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	I just voted... I was going to vote for Final Fantasy, but then I thought about it a bit and realised that I've been humming the Planet of the Apes main titles all week, and that I think it is the more attractive score. I'm still not sure, but my vote went Elfman's way.
posted 08-22-2001 10:41 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I picked Final Fantasy, obviously.
posted 08-22-2001 02:14 PM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	And you picked well!
posted 08-22-2001 02:24 PM PT (US)

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