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[soundtrackverse]

Philip Glass - Adams' Theme (The Thin Blue Line Soundtrack)

Philip Glass v Carter Burwell

Philip Glass 

The Thin Blue Line (1988) ‘Adam’s Theme’

The Truman Show (1998) ‘Raising the Sail’

The Hours (2002) ‘I’m Going to Make a Cake’

The Illusionist (2006) ‘The Orange Tree’

Carter Burwell Carol (2015) ‘Opening,’ ‘Lovers,’ ‘To Court’

Carol soundtrack review

Carol soundtrack review with remarks towards the Glassian piano (it was a shocker for me too to learn the composer was not in fact Philip Glass)

Burwell’s remarks on the soundtrack and the creating process

Carter Burwell’s Carol review of themes and inspirations

Philip Glass-Half Full an article by Terry Teachout about Glass’s characteristic style, with a notion that his music’s ‘uneventfulness’ makes his soundtracks unsuccessful and not catch the attention of listeners for long (an opinion with which I disagree)

[soundtrackverse]

Film Music Similarities

Some examples of similarities between music for films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, King Arthur, Batman Begins, Gladiator and Transformers. Yes, a lot of...

The video aims to point out the similarities in soundtracks of various many, though it focuses on composers like Klaus Badelt, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Horner, Steve Jablonsky, and Hans Zimmer who particularly likes to repeat himself. I understand that there aren’t unlimited possibilities and sooner or later composers are bound to repeat themselves but for many soundtrack buffs (myself included) these similarities are often downright annoying. Is this a question of making a ‘trademark sound‘ (you hear Hans Zimmer you know it’s him) or counting for the viewers/listeners to ignore the similarities?

While watching pay attention to:

Hans Zimmer King Arthur ‘Woad to Ruin’ | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ‘One Day’

James Horner Titanic ‘Rose’ | Klaus Badelt The Time Machine ‘Good Night’ | Hans Zimmer  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ‘I See Dead People in Boats’

Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard Batman Begins ‘The Chase’ | Steve Jablonsky Transformers ‘Soccent Attack’

Hans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ‘The Kraken’ | Steve Jablonsky Transformers ‘Scorponok’ (intros)

Hans Zimmer King Arthur  ‘Woad to Ruin’ |  Steve Jablonsky Transformers ‘No Sacrifice, No Victory’

Hans Zimmer Gladiator, and all three PotC movies

Hans Zimmer King Arthur  ‘Woad to Ruin’ |  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ‘Hello Beastie’