Anyone getting tired of the Enya-like "Aaaaaaaah...aaaaaahhh..." scores?
05-17-04, 11:36 AM
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Anyone getting tired of the Enya-like "Aaaaaaaah...aaaaaahhh..." scores?
Films like the LOTR trilogy, Gladiator, Troy rely on the Enya-like "Aaaaaaaaaah...ahhhh...aaaaaa...." backing score to indicate sadness and melancholy and to provoke such emotional responses from the audience to those scenes. Anyone else grown tired of it by now?
05-17-04, 12:06 PM
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I do not remember any Enya like music in Troy. I remember some Gladiator like music which got a bit annoying.
Of course if Enya did some of the music in Gladiator then
Of course if Enya did some of the music in Gladiator then
05-17-04, 12:15 PM
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Those irish-like chants in the soundtracks nowadays are just getting over-used and abused.
I personally think Troy was an example of a soundtrack gone bad. The Enya-like "Aaaaaaaaaah...ahhhh...aaaaaa...." backing score got too annoying!!!
Gladiator and The Insider had great movie music and it featured Lisa Gerrard's haunting vocals. She doesn't go over the top with the "aahhhhh...ahhh...ahhhhh" unlike other soundtracks.
Everytime you have a movie that features anything like an ancient epic or battle, expect "Aaaaaaaaaah...ahhhh...aaaaaa...."
I personally think Troy was an example of a soundtrack gone bad. The Enya-like "Aaaaaaaaaah...ahhhh...aaaaaa...." backing score got too annoying!!!
Gladiator and The Insider had great movie music and it featured Lisa Gerrard's haunting vocals. She doesn't go over the top with the "aahhhhh...ahhh...ahhhhh" unlike other soundtracks.
Everytime you have a movie that features anything like an ancient epic or battle, expect "Aaaaaaaaaah...ahhhh...aaaaaa...."
05-17-04, 03:42 PM
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Geesh, seems like anything with a choir is all of a sudden an Enya rip off. Lisa Gerrad is popular in film scoring (with Hans ZImmer) so it's not surprising she's showing up, but I don't think she sounds that Enyaish. Titanic sounded like Enya...
And Duel of the Fates? That doesn't even sound remotely like ENya OR Lisa Gerrad.
No, I dig it as long as the score is well done. It really does convey the point well, voices for melancholy. Look back to Elfman's use of the boys choir for Edward Scissorhands and you can see how effective a voice or choir can be for creating that sadness in music.
And Duel of the Fates? That doesn't even sound remotely like ENya OR Lisa Gerrad.
No, I dig it as long as the score is well done. It really does convey the point well, voices for melancholy. Look back to Elfman's use of the boys choir for Edward Scissorhands and you can see how effective a voice or choir can be for creating that sadness in music.
05-17-04, 04:08 PM
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Originally posted by jaeufraser
And Duel of the Fates? That doesn't even sound remotely like ENya OR Lisa Gerrad.
And Duel of the Fates? That doesn't even sound remotely like ENya OR Lisa Gerrad.
05-17-04, 04:19 PM
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It's funny.. I leaned over to my GF during TROY and said "I'll be glad when this Siren wailing fad wears off!"
(Thought I'd keep my critique Mythological based, but Enya-esque works as well.)
(Thought I'd keep my critique Mythological based, but Enya-esque works as well.)
05-17-04, 07:22 PM
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Yeah, It's definitely played out, first, a lot of these same films used the theme music from Braveheart, then copied Kronos' amazing score from Requeim for a Dream.
05-17-04, 09:28 PM
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You can find the "original" Troy score here and compare notes with what they ended up with. I haven't seen Troy yet, but I already like this discarded version better (click on NEWS and the link is to the mid-left) :
http://www.gabrielyared.com/flashsite/index2.htm
http://www.gabrielyared.com/flashsite/index2.htm
05-29-04, 06:52 AM
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Well, the entire LOTR soundtrack was highly overrated.
The soundtrack for Once Upon a Time in America had some of the excessive "Ahh"ing but it's still arguably one of greatest soundtracks ever.
The soundtrack for Once Upon a Time in America had some of the excessive "Ahh"ing but it's still arguably one of greatest soundtracks ever.
05-29-04, 12:15 PM
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Originally posted by darqleo
You can find the "original" Troy score here and compare notes with what they ended up with. I haven't seen Troy yet, but I already like this discarded version better (click on NEWS and the link is to the mid-left) :
http://www.gabrielyared.com/flashsite/index2.htm
You can find the "original" Troy score here and compare notes with what they ended up with. I haven't seen Troy yet, but I already like this discarded version better (click on NEWS and the link is to the mid-left) :
http://www.gabrielyared.com/flashsite/index2.htm
05-29-04, 12:47 PM
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One of the best moves Michael Mann made was removing the New Age song from his director's cut of Last of the Mohicans.
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