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lmaraya Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 2:50 pm Post subject: Alien: Covenant |
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Does someone know who recorded the soundtrack? Especially the opening and closing themes (it has a trumpet solo with a gorgeous tone) |
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MrClean Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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I read somewhere it was Philip Cobb. Also heard it was amazing. _________________ Jim Wilt
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Benge.nut Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Alien: Covenant |
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lmaraya wrote: | Does someone know who recorded the soundtrack? Especially the opening and closing themes (it has a trumpet solo with a gorgeous tone) |
Don't know about the soundtrack.....
How was the movie? I've been an Alien fan since the 80s!!! I loved the last prequel but heard some mixed reviews about Covenant. How was it? |
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trpthrld Heavyweight Member
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lmaraya Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Alien: Covenant |
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Benge.nut wrote: | lmaraya wrote: | Does someone know who recorded the soundtrack? Especially the opening and closing themes (it has a trumpet solo with a gorgeous tone) |
Don't know about the soundtrack.....
How was the movie? I've been an Alien fan since the 80s!!! I loved the last prequel but heard some mixed reviews about Covenant. How was it? |
I am also a big fan of alien movies and I thought it was one of the best ones. |
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trpthrld Heavyweight Member
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Don Herman rev2 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Well, crud, no wonder I don't sound like that, I need a 5MD! Nice to see (hear) trumpet featured like that. _________________ "After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music" - Aldous Huxley |
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cheiden Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Read a fascinating write-up of the history of the Alien soundtracks. Though I can't find the article now. Sounds like most all the composers got burned one way or another. _________________ "I'm an engineer, which means I think I know a whole bunch of stuff I really don't."
Charles J Heiden/So Cal
Bach Strad 180ML43*/43 Bb/Yamaha 731 Flugel/Benge 1X C/Kanstul 920 Picc/Conn 80A Cornet
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mattypatty New Member
Joined: 20 May 2017 Posts: 4 Location: Rohnert Park, CA
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Alien: Covenant |
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Benge.nut wrote: | lmaraya wrote: | Does someone know who recorded the soundtrack? Especially the opening and closing themes (it has a trumpet solo with a gorgeous tone) |
Don't know about the soundtrack.....
How was the movie? I've been an Alien fan since the 80s!!! I loved the last prequel but heard some mixed reviews about Covenant. How was it? |
It was OK. Much to my surprise, I found that I preferred Prometheus. CGI was surprisingly flat, which took tension out of a lot of scenes that were supposed to be visceral; as such, it lacks that one real "wow scene" that have typified the better Alien movies. These new movies might as well be dubbed "The David Chronicles." Worth a watch if you like this I.P., but don't go in looking to be blown away. |
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snichols Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Alien: Covenant |
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mattypatty wrote: | CGI was surprisingly flat, which took tension out of a lot of scenes that were supposed to be visceral; as such, it lacks that one real "wow scene" that have typified the better Alien movies. |
I've felt this about a lot of movies from the last 2 decades. CGI has come a looong way, but... you can still usually tell that the animated subject isn't a part of the shot. Looking back on scenes in Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is training with Yoda... sure, Yoda's mouth or eyes don't move with the full dexterity of a real person, but it still looks so much better and more real because the puppet is actually right there in the shot with Mark Hamill. Or the animatronic scenes in Jurassic park...
Maybe someday CGI will get there. But I agree, I also feel like I don't get pulled into a scene as much when I can tell that something is CGI. |
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RandyTX Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 10:09 am Post subject: |
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It's more obviously 'fake' now with HD as the shooting medium from the start. There is no film grain to hide the CGI behind anymore, so it's more obvious. _________________ "Music is like candy, you throw the (w)rappers away." |
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RL Veteran Member
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OldKing Regular Member
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Saw the first one the night it opened in Dallas. Theater was so packed the wife had to sit on the row in front of me, front row. I almost had to change my drawers when we got outa there. When you have no idea what's going on or what the creature even looks like (the trailers never let on and did a great job of generating "buzz") , it's a heckuva lot scarier. _________________ For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? - 1 Cor 14:8 |
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Christian K. Peters Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 12:54 pm Post subject: Alien |
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Hello all,
Hey, I play a 5MD! There is hope... _________________ Christian K. Peters
Schilke Loyalist since 1976 |
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