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dgoldwas Standard Userer	Oscar-nominated composer James Newton Howard has recently scored his sixth film for director M. Night Shyamalan, at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, CA. The thriller The Happening features cello solos by Maya Beiser and a 90-piece orchestra. ScoringSessions.com is excited to bring our readers some exclusive photos from the orchestral sessions! http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/131/ Enjoy!
posted 03-15-2008 09:37 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	Sweet! --Brian
posted 03-15-2008 11:36 AM PT (US)

NeoVoyager Standard Userer	Yeah, I'll almost certainly be getting this score. I buy ALL the Shyamalan Howard scores.
posted 03-15-2008 12:11 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Standard Userer	Yeah JNH tends to write excellent music for Shyamalan's films!
posted 03-15-2008 12:59 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by dgoldwas: Yeah JNH tends to write excellent music for Shyamalan's films! I don't think there's been a score to a M Night Shyamalan movie I haven't liked. So I am deffinately looking forward to this one! Plus there's not a signle Shyamalan movie I've disliked either, so that doesn't hurt it to much for me.
posted 03-15-2008 04:11 PM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Looking forward to this one... JNH score for a Shyamalan film with Cello! Sounds like a great recipe
posted 03-15-2008 06:30 PM PT (US)

Al Standard Userer	I don't generally look forward to JNH's recent scores, except for his work on M. Night's movies. They have that extra spark of care and creativity, like he really seems to get into the story.
posted 03-15-2008 10:17 PM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	On a directly related note, I very much hope that the film will be better than Lady in the Water. I thought that was a gem of a score for a mess of a movie.
posted 03-16-2008 07:44 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: I thought that was a gem of a score for a mess of a movie. Kind of describes the rest of their collaborations too. Or not. I don't know. But I never found a single one of those films to be evenly mildly interesting, suspenseful or entertaining. As opposed to the scores, which tend to be leagues ahead of the average musical composition.
posted 03-16-2008 10:38 AM PT (US)

Danijel Non-Standard Userer	I have enjoyed all of M. Night Shymalan's movies - some are better than others, but I cannot say that anyone of them is bad. I had only one problem with Lady in the water, the fact that all characters believed in the supernatural aspect of it without question. Other than that, it's a nice movie. James Newton Howard's scores are perfect for the movies, and excellent as stand alone listening experience � The Village being my favorite. That said, I'm very much looking forward to their next collaboration. The trailer for "The Happening" looks promising�
posted 03-16-2008 11:56 AM PT (US)

Al Standard Userer	M. Night is a talented storyteller, although I don't think his stories are necessarily that good. Lady In The Water was a mess as a story, but the skill with which he told it had me hooked the whole way through. Though it helped that JNH lent it a lot of emotion.
posted 03-16-2008 12:04 PM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Danijel: I have enjoyed all of M. Night Shymalan's movies - some are better than others, but I cannot say that anyone of them is bad. I had only one problem with Lady in the water, the fact that all characters believed in the supernatural aspect of it without question. Other than that, it's a nice movie. James Newton Howard's scores are perfect for the movies, and excellent as stand alone listening experience � The Village being my favorite. That said, I'm very much looking forward to their next collaboration. The trailer for "The Happening" looks promising� I agree 100%. I think for Lady In The Water we're supposed to just accept that it's a fantasy where everyone wants to believe in there being something more. If that makes sense.
posted 03-16-2008 02:00 PM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	I thought 6th Sense, The Village, and especially Unbreakable were amongst the finest films of the past 10 years. Signs was excellently crafted, but I found the end disappointing.
posted 03-16-2008 02:21 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable remain classics, IMHO. The rest? They earn the coveted "Seriously?" award in my book; as well as the direction that the thumb is facing right up there on top of this post. Needless to say, I have low expectations for The Happening and I don't plan on seeing it in cinemas . . . despite its inclusion of Miss Zooey Deschanel. I'll be buying JNH's score, since I can only tolerate his scores for Shyamalan's films anyway.
posted 03-16-2008 02:47 PM PT (US)

Danijel Non-Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: Signs was excellently crafted, but I found the end disappointing. The fact that aliens were responsible for crop circles in the movie was some what disappointing, because it was an obvious assumption. For me at least... I hoped that Shymalan would conceive something original... Nevertheless, the movie was one of the scariest films in years... My house is across the road of a corn field, and after this movie, I could never look at it the same way again... [Message edited by Danijel on 03-17-2008] [Message edited by Danijel on 03-17-2008]
posted 03-17-2008 02:28 AM PT (US)

Kris Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: On a directly related note, I very much hope that the film will be better than Lady in the Water. I thought that was a gem of a score for a mess of a movie. I agree. Apart from 6TH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE the other MNS films were a mess. The endings always sucked. I did however enjoy each single JNH score.
posted 03-17-2008 02:33 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	That 'Brazilian Video' scene was fantastic.
posted 03-17-2008 06:59 AM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	I'm excited. Should be a good score. I'll wait to see the film before I comment at all on it: The recent ripping into teasers for the likes of Indiana Jones and Star Trek have been tiring, so for this film I hope to be impressed regardless of the trailer. Andrew, do you even own Snow Falling On Cedars or Waterworld? Those are excellent scores by James Newton Howard (for non-M. Night Shyamalan films), with the former being his best score to date.
posted 03-17-2008 12:23 PM PT (US)

Al Standard Userer	Good call on Snow Falling on Cedars. That one's a real beauty.
posted 03-17-2008 01:44 PM PT (US)

StarlessWinter Standard Userer	James Newton Howard's scores are among my favorites, but he tends to only write good music for Shyamalan's films. I don't really look forward to or care for his other scores, but when he writes for Shyamalan, he's often fantastic! Newton Howard's score for King Kong was pretty good (you have to consider the ridiculously short amount of time given to him) and there are moments in his Dinosaur score.
posted 03-17-2008 03:42 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	I enjoy SIGNS a lot. Good chamber piece.
posted 03-17-2008 04:26 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	You know that I own both! Haven't I ripped into JNH enough lately that you know my thoughts and feelings?
posted 03-17-2008 07:59 PM PT (US)

StarlessWinter Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by nuts_score: You know that I own both! Haven't I ripped into JNH enough lately that you know my thoughts and feelings? I'm curious to know your feelings on Newton Howard.
posted 03-17-2008 10:24 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by StarlessWinter: I'm curious to know your feelings on Newton Howard. Here you are, I have my own FSM thread devoted to just that! http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=48760&forumID=1&archive=0
posted 03-17-2008 10:30 PM PT (US)

sean Standard Userer	Originally posted by nuts_score: You know that I own both! Haven't I ripped into JNH enough lately that you know my thoughts and feelings? Yeah, here's a quote from you: "My favourite score by JAY-EN-AECH is his bestest work of composing for the movies in Da Prince Of Tides... End transmission." At which point you threw your cell phone across the room. [Message edited by sean on 03-18-2008]
posted 03-18-2008 10:24 AM PT (US)

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