Feels Like I'm In Heaven

[kingandy]

Just watched MADAGASCAR - henceforth to be known as MADAGASCAR 1.

As we watched it (aside from noting how primitive the animation looked in comparison with MADAGASCAR 2) my attention was mostly grabbed by the soundtrack; there were two major themes which I realised had, in the sequel, been reworked into "Best Friends" and Alex On the Spot (slash Once Upon a Time in Africa). It's slightly odd watching things in reverse like that; you recognise the themes and interludes and the instinctive assumption is that it's a back-reference but a moment's thought reminds you that what must have actually happened is that the composer went back to his earlier work, picked out the theme, and developed it into more of a recognisable melody. Listening to the little tweety tension bed - as it appears in the first movie - it's hard to imagine that he didn't intend to blow it up into something larger as evidenced in the sequel.

We likes Hans Zimmer.

I think I may be turning into a movie soundtrack nerd.

I may have consumed about 4/5 of a bottle of mead.

Comments

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Mead? Ooh! Wot's it taste like?

[stsquad.livejournal.com]

Honey

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Oo-er, I'll give it a miss, then. Ta.

[kingandy]

It's quite nice really, it's a sort of honey wine. There's quite a variety on the market - some are fairly harsh while others are smooth and sweet. This one was Harvest Gold, £3.95 from Morrison's, and is one of the sweeter I think.

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Well, I dislike honey, so maybe one of the others might be worth a try - except that mead is very uncommon here in California. A guy I know used to brew his own beers, stouts, ales, you name it, but he was reluctant to try brewing mead as apparently it's not known how it was supposed to taste, centuries ago when it was common. Of course, regular brewers of the stuff may disagree.

[kermix.livejournal.com]

I kind of am a movie soundtrack nerd, but perhaps less so than my woman? Anyway, welcome to it.

Zimmer's great. The Dark Knight soundtrack is crazy awesome and completely listenable on its own as well.

He and Thomas Newman are like the twin gods of original soundtrack recordings if you ask me (which I realize you don't).

[kingandy]

Now, I didn't like TDK's sountrack. The relentless drumming and pounding was all very atmospheric but I kept wanting to to break out into some kind of a, I don't know, theme or something.

Possibly it reminded me too much of the bedding from Elfman's Spiderman theme (though that, in turn, always felt like it wanted to be Elfman's Batman theme). Or, heck, even This Is Gallifrey.

[kermix.livejournal.com]

IT'S LIKE I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU ANY MORE.

Seriously, though, that's cool. I tend to like atmospheric stuff. But I can appreciate a good theme now and again as well.