Every once in a while a new composer enters the film score scene and debuts with such an amazing score that you tell yourself, oh my god, this composer is in this for the long run, and I can't wait to hear more scores from him. Okay, fine, Brian Tyler's score to the golf movie "The Greatest Game Ever Played" isn't Brian's first composition. In fact, he's been scoring in Hollywood for almost eight years, but this is the first time that I seriously have paid attention to him, after I heard his magnificent score. While "Game" doesn't have too many leitmotifs, it has a very vibrant rhythm that makes you want to jump up and do something---doesn't matter what. Just something.
For the past months, I've been listening to various scores that I consider using for the DH4 Opening Ceremony Slideshow (if I am doing it, that is), and I think "Game" has the material that I am looking for. We shall see...
On another note, John Williams much-anticipated score to the much-anticipated movie "Memories of Geisha" is been previewed on soundtrack.net. Check it out! Sounds interesting, does it not? C'mon, it's John Williams + world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma (who performed John Williams' oh-so-beautiful-score "Seven Years from Tibet") + world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman (who performed John Williams' oh-so-sad-score "Schindler's List")... what can you ask for more?