Soundtrack Thursday 23

The final Hans Zimmer week. At least for awhile. I may continue to do this outside my job, but we'll see. I was a little disappointed to see that he didn't do the second How to Train Your Dragon movie. Went to go see it a couple nights ago. I'd recommend it, but it wasn't as good as the first. There were some good aspects to it, but the first story had more...impact. This story was basically rehashing everything we already knew, throwing in a little random death and a bunch of SHOCKING TWISTS that you could see coming a mile off. But the movie is adorable and has dragons and silliness, so overall I enjoyed it. That and I want to support one of the only other animation studios out there that can take on Disney. As much as I enjoy Disney, I do not want them to be the only source for decent animation. Seriously.

So we've exhausted a lot of YouTube's resources for Zimmer tracks, so we have to GO DEEPER. Oh wait, we already did Inception. Damn...um well

Oh hey, Divergent. Heard it was a decent movie (and book), but haven't seen or read any of it. I just got excited because I saw Hans Zimmer + JunkieXL.

Next I've got a Gladiator soundtrack. Another movie I haven't seen, but I've heard it's terribly inaccurate in terms of history. One of those turn your brain off movies I suppose. Also the soundtrack compilation appears to have large periods of silence. Maybe it's just me.

Crysis 2 - Oh here's a good one. Bear in mind that other composers produced the majority of the soundtrack, but Hans Zimmer was involved so it counts. We have this game for some system...actually I think I have this on Steam. I know Michael played it but I have no idea if he finished it.

FINALLY.

Some random compilations:
One
Two
Three

Hurray I can still count.


Also...I discovered this today. Here's a breakdown of my thought process before my thought process caused a breakdown:


Wait...what's this?

A new Imagine Dragons song? Let's see what the comments say about this!

Wait a minute...no. No that can't...be...

No. No no no no no.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

WHY IMAGINE DRAGONS WHY?

I'm going to go weep uncontrollably in a corner now.

*rocks back and forth* Why must we all sell out? Why why why why....

Oh god, oh god. I just checked. It's not a lie.

CURSE YOU MICHAEL BAYYYYYYYYYYY!






...this over-reaction brought to you by Michael Bay: Ruining your childhood and favourite bands with explosions, idiotic jokes, racism and rampant sexism for 5 years.

ugh

GOOD MORNING -Soundtrack Thursday 19

Though really it might as well be good afternoon by the time I post this. It's Hans Zimmer week this week. Thankfully he's got a lot of tracks I can go through, though I'm going to be heading into the more obscure stuff fairly soon.

First up is The Rock. There is no compilation for this movie that I can find on YouTube, so here is a short playlist. I really enjoy the music from this movie, but I doubt I'll ever actually watch it as it's directed by Michael Bay, and I really do not like him. You can definitely tell that the tracks are Hans Zimmer though. There's a lot of PotC elements in there that I can detect.

Crimson Tide - Never even heard of it, but apparently music was composed by Hans Zimmer in it. I can definitely hear it. There's a lot of style overlap in his work that I previously hadn't noticed.

Inception - Because we were bound to listen to it sooner or later. Actually not a bad soundtrack. The movie was a little "meh" but by no means was it bad. This compilation in particular was a little frustrating as there were long periods of no sound (like minutes worth of silence). I'd recommend one of the shorter compilations instead, or individual tracks.

I got sick of the compilation quality so I'm moving right along to Mission Impossible 2.

Update on the car (though it really means nothing to any of you): the axle is broken which means....it's a write-off! OH BOY. Yeah it would cost too much to fix it so...probably going to sell it for parts and go from there.

Soundtrack Thursday 14

A lot of my Thursdays seem to be cut short. Today will be a shorter soundtrack Thursday as I am heading out to Trochu for the evening. Where exactly is Trochu and why am I going there? I'll let you make up your own story.

Anyhow, it's Hans Zimmer week again, so today we'll start out with:

Batman Begins - Watched this again last night with my brother. It's my favourite of the three. Yes, even more than the Dark Knight (though I will admit the acting in the Dark Knight was unmatched). So many good lines from this movie. So many cheesy, cheesy lines and moments. I love it. 

There is an Easter Egg hunt set up around my office. I have been scoping out all the egg locations in the slice, though I anticipate a fight to the death over the eggs scattered on the table in the couches area. Man, the last time I did an Easter egg hunt was when I was like...12. 

DaVinci Code - Remember watching this and people were getting mad about all the plot holes and historical inaccuracies I was pointing out. I struggle so much not to riff on the movies I'm watching with other people. It's so hard. I even riff on them watching alone. I think those might be habits picked up from LPing and critiquing back in the Hot Box days...

 And no, I didn't read the books, so I have no idea if those were any better. 

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest - Too bad it's only available in 240p. I love these soundtracks, even if the 2nd, 3rd and 4th movies were a little "meh"

Not Hans Zimmer but: InFamous Second Son - I've been listening to this soundtrack a lot this week.

Plan for this weekend:

Record some Half Life 2

Record some Bioshock Infinite

Finish InFamous Second Son

Finish the Brigmore Witches

Maybe play Dungeon Siege multiplayer?

Sleep

Start watching Breaking Bad

All of the above might be negated by the final item on the list. Or at least that's what my brother tells me.

Soundtrack Thursday Episode 10

I figured out what's been creeping around in my backyard in the middle of the night. I heard leaves rustling again so I peered out the window and waited. Then, in the light of the walkway lamp I saw a black and white creature waddling away. Yep. The skunk still lives around here. I think it likes hiding under our deck. Maybe that's why White Cat hasn't been around. The skunk and White Cat must have had a duel to the death over the deck's underbelly.

Today is the third Thursday of March which means...Hans Zimmer day for soundtracks!

The Last Samurai - first single-movie compilation I found on YouTube. It's not bad so far. I'm finding it fairly neutral.

Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows - Excellent tracks. Enjoyed this one so much that I'm going to listen to the Sherlock Holmes (original movie) soundtrack.

Shorter list today, but I was distracted by dogs. Coworkers brought their dogs in today and they were too adorable to ignore. I will post a picture later when I get emailed the shots.

Soundtrack Thursday 6 (and Alice News)

I'm pretty sure my headphones were designed for someone with a perfectly square head. Yeah there's a curve there, but it's not much. I may need to invest in a new pair, especially since my other headphones have a broken right side. With that said...more soundtracks!

Today is Hans Zimmer day, though that's unfortunate since I have a short day at work. Also didn't listen long because my headphones were hurting my head.

Hans Zimmer Compilation - Great tracks...I should really listen to the whole Lion King soundtrack...

Prince of Egypt - Fantastic soundtrack. The compilation above reminded me of it and I decided to listen to it. Too bad about the one track though that was terrible quality.


Ah yes, and Alice. I have now completed recording the LP. All the videos should be uploaded by Monday. I made the decision not to LP anything further until I have cleaned out my hard drive, which means I'll finally have to face the beast that is the Penumbra trilogy. Good lord the last game was tedious. It'll be one of those LPs where I need to do extensive commentary to keep people's attention. I'll post it, but I won't say it's the most entertaining to experience. The second game should be all right. There's enough silly things that happen there...though there are two broken segments I need to figure out what to do with as I mentioned before.

The two games I'll likely LP next are Dark Souls and Dishonored.

Soundtrack Thursday 3

I chose Thursday because it seems like it would be the most tedious/busy day of the week working...at least it has been so far. I'm going to listen to various soundtracks every week and perhaps post my thoughts on them (if I remember to or feel like it). I'll take suggestions for good track and probably add them to the music playlist on my channel. I never posted for 1 and 2, but here's the list of soundtracks I listened to:

ST1:

Sherlock
Battlestar Galactica
Start Trek Into Darkness
Stronghold 2001
Bastion
Skyrim

ST2:

Suckerpunch
Amazing Spiderman
How to Train Your Dragon

ST3: Hans Zimmer Week!
Favourites Compilation - mixed opinions. Was pleased to see that I owned a few of the tracks myself
Pirates of the Caribbean - was obsessed with this soundtrack a few years ago
Harry Potter - I like the track, but I was pretty burnt out at this point and something about it got on my nerves. I'll try it again on a less busy day. Nine hours of music if anyone is interested.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - Brother played more of this than I did, but one of my favourite video game soundtracks

I'll update this as I continue working. Also, I need a better name for this. Maybe some alliteration is order...but then the syllable count needs to match too...hmmm