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Marc Flake Standard Userer	On the "Best Vangelis Score" thread both Lou Goldberg and I cast aside our political leaning and mentioned this movie and it's wonderful soundtrack by Vangelis. I still think it is his best and recently picked it up on CD after I purchased a car that doesn't have a cassette player. Getting to my point, I found out recently that this movie is being remade, with a scheduled release in 2006. Here's the detail on IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0397313/ Currently there doesn't appear to be a composer assigned to it. Does anyone else think there is no way this movie will be as good without The Vangelis score?
posted 08-15-2005 08:25 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	The original Japanese film was wonderful but rather odd. I suppose that could be said of almost any film where the protagonists are animals (THE BEAR, HOMEWARD BOUND, MILO & OTIS, etc.). What is interesting is that this is directed by Frank Marshall, the director of ALIVE, perhaps covering similar ground. In answer to MF's question, the Vangelis score worked well with the original film and is an amazing score but it isn't the only music to work well with Antarctic scenery. Ralph Vaughan-Williams did a great job of scoring Antarctica in the 40s and in the 90s Trevor Jones gave Antarctica another approach when he scored a wonderful National Geographic Explorer episode about the place. I haven't seen the film or heard the score to MARCH OF THE PENGUINS, but the idea that there is only one kind of approach to scoring snow and ice and sled dogs has to be dismissed. Marshall's film will have different images and a different approach to the thing than did the Japanese film and so may require a different approach in the score as well. My only fear is that Marshall may be so in love with the Japanese film that he'll want a similar score. He'll hire someone like Jeff Rona to mimic Vangelis and we'll all be bored to tears. [Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 08-15-2005]
posted 08-15-2005 01:47 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Once again Lou puts words into my mouth. I didn't say Vangelis' Antarctica was the only type of music suitable for a South Pole story. My point was that his music MADE that movie better. In fact the composer probably took a forgetable movie and made it memorable. The remake will be trading in the same forgetable story line, but will be severely hinded by the lack of Vangelis' score. Also, I have seen MARCH OF THE PENGUINS and heard the music. I think the movie is overrated. My 10-year-old was bored and my 7-year-old was enchanted. I didn't find the music to be all that remarkable, but is was rather nice.
posted 08-15-2005 02:42 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	Dems fightin' words MF!!! No, just kidding. Actually I haven't seen MARCH OF THE PENGUINS but I rather like the Japanese ANTARCTICA as a film though I agree that the score made it an even better experience.
posted 08-25-2005 10:19 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	EIGHT BELOW is sneaking tonight here locally. I'll be interested in seeing if someone SOMEWHERE releases the real ANTARCTICA as a tie-in. I'm hoping I can talk my 11-year old into seeing this instead of HOODWINKED. Like that's going to happen. By the way, love the new search feature.
posted 02-03-2006 12:54 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	Lou, Trevor Jones also scored 'The Last Place On Earth' a seven part series about Scott & Amundsen's race to be first to the South Pole, starred Martin Shaw (of The Proffesionals), Sylvester McCoy (one of the Dr. Who's) and Ming The Merciless...ooops, I mean Max Von Sydow Your slippin Bro [Message edited by Timmer on 02-10-2006]
posted 02-10-2006 07:43 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	Hey, that's some British series I never even heard of let alone got a chance to see! While we're on the subject of ice, The Red Tent has a great almost avant-garde score by Ennio Morricone which confirms that thick ice will hold up anything.
posted 02-10-2006 09:51 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Lou Goldberg: Hey, that's some British series I never even heard of let alone got a chance to see! While we're on the subject of ice, The Red Tent has a great almost avant-garde score by Ennio Morricone which confirms that thick ice will hold up anything. I don't think the series has a DVD release, the score, which I have on LP is pretty good, and worthwhile acquiring. On the subject of Morricone we shouldn't forget his unbelievably bleak score to The Thing.....I love bleak I'm going to take a chance and order The Red Tent.
posted 02-10-2006 11:49 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	The Red Tent is a very weird but interesting film which seems to deal as much about the mysteries of human motivation as it does arctic exploration. The score has a very beautiful main theme, a real gem, but it also has some rather modernist sounding passages as well. The "standard" cues are seperated out from the "avant-garde" cues which are arranged in a suite. Don't blame me if you hate it but I highly recommend it. The film is out on a domestic DVD too if you care to see it.
posted 02-10-2006 02:17 PM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	I like Avant garde music and, Lou, I'd NEVER blame you
posted 02-11-2006 08:31 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	Saw Eight Below. Very different in tone from the Japanese Antarctica film but I liked it just the same. Isham's score was pretty good.
posted 03-05-2006 01:16 AM PT (US)

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