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Sure, it's like the third year running that the boys have been a ninja and a pirate on Halloween, but since you don't see my ass out there at like 5 in the morning dressing them up, I'm not gonna complain.
Anyone dressed up today? I wore my A's shirt under my Marlins jersey with my Orioles bandana, and a Cards towel tucked in my beltloop. I was
So [Bad username or site: acroarcs / @ livejournal.com] was, AS EVER, right. How annoying. To make myself feel like less of a loser, I did some googling around and I found this comment on a soundtrack review site, which I thank for saving my sanity:
Hey, I'm sure I am not the only person who noticed that the score to [PoTC] was like a two-hour version of a phrase in the "Battle" track from Hans Zimmer's Gladiator soundtrack.
Of course, upon further googling, I found a bunch of similar reviews and comments about how close the Gladiator and PoTC soundtracks are, which then made me feel like a loser for not really picking up on that before.
For those of you who actually care:
Here's the audio from the LAAvOAK teaser, so that you're not distracted by the close ups of Rich Harden.
Here's the relevant clip from The Black Pearl (PoTC soundtrack)
Here's the clip from The Battle (Gladiator soundtrack)
I guess Hans and Klaus are kinda like Sorkin when it comes to revisiting what works, eh?
Okay, now I have to go do this GRF assignment my professor just dropped on me all two weeks after she said I would be getting it. JOY.
OH but wait, I got this email from Ticketmaster, right? And The Fray are coming to The Norva and tickets are $30, which I'm pretty sure is almost as much as I paid for DCFC and how about no? I mean, I like Over My Head (Cable Car) and How To Save A Life and all, but I actually liked them LAST YEAR ("I used to listen to *Nsync when they were underground!") and you have had all of like TWO singles so feel free to not think you can charge as much as Death Cab.
kthnxbai.
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It usually takes place in one of the person's hometown and said person functions as sort of a host and they go to various places in the course of the evening. Restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, shops, etc. One of the most memorable (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0447941/) shows was a meeting between director John Carpenter and Franke Potente that took place in Los Angeles. In the middle of the night (2 or 3 AM) they shortly visited the factory (and it really is best compared to a factory) of Hans Zimmer. He was totally busy and so were all the other people. He opened various doors, and behind one of them was sitting Klaus Badelt busy scoring PotC. Very close to a deadline.
My point is (if you're still with me ;)), I don't know much about how the two Germans Zimmer and Badelt usually work (and I believe there are more composers working in that building at that time) but ever since I saw that episode I think that they are often working as a team even though only one of them is credited. Which can easily lead to borrowing from each other or themselves.
And I just had a look at Badelt's imdb entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046004/bio). He's even credited contributing to the 'Gladiator' soundtrack. So your suspicion makes a lot of sense.
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You know, I had only ever seen their names together (Hans, I think, has a producer's credit on the PoTC) so my assumption had been that they usually worked together. The similarity on certain points doesn't really bother me as much as it seems to have bothered some. It's kinda funny, mostly.
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The two persons (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385406/episodes) often have met before at some sort of event but it's still as close as you can get to an unscripted evening between two people that meet for the first time for a whole evening, including the same difficulties 'normal' people have in such situations. It can turn out very entertaining or as a disappointment, like an episode once between Bryan Ferry and Dieter Meier (from 'Yello') because Ferry wan't very communicative at all. But even that was interesting to watch.
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Blehh. The ChiSox use that song for their WS video they play before EVERY FRICKEN GAME. X_X
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And failed to BURN IT? **shakes head**
& called myself Confused
But that was funny, so I won't hold it against you ^_~
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so if anyone asked, i just said "yeah uh, groupie?" and continued on my way.
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Everyone thought I was an A's player. What kind of baseball player wears jeans while playing?!! AJKHFskdg.
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Can't find my damn handcuffs, damnnn
When I need them, I can't find them!!!!
I wanted to be an A's wife but could find a blond wig, hahahaha
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I can see where the music sounds similar, though. Fortunately, I've never heard the PotC soundtrack outside of watching the first movie while both drunk and really pissed off.
Who doesn't want to be distracted by closeups of Rich Harden?