I think you should put it together even if he doesn’t win the oscars. Sounds like a great idea.

This is exactly what needed to be in the review. Yes, I understand what dullness is, just not the exact degree of how dull you personally found it and I want that personality coming through in the reviews as well as descriptions of what the track does and does not achieve musically.

Only had the one listen to that score so i’m not qualified to say. I will say this though, Desplat always has one or two astounding cues per album. If he wins the oscar, I will put together a Desplat playlist of what I consider his best and why, for you and the readers, what do you think? Will maybe listen later today and reply to the thread when I have something to say.

Dull, in the way that it’s a boring listen, meaning my mind wanders towards the half-full waste basket on the floor near the table and wonder if I should empty it or not. Lest you forget, boring and dullness can be a feeling while you are doing something. Some cues (not necessarily on this score) can be so painfully tedious to listen to that you would rather clean the house than do any more listening, but as the geeks we are, we keep listening anyway. That is ‘a’ definition of dull by the way. What is yours?

We talked about it after my first listen. As you yourself have told me a couple of times, a lot of things can change after the first listen. For you it was Flash of Genius I believe. I had an amazing transformation with Max Payne, from terrible to great. This is one of those scores that requires a few listens (at least for me) before I can really grasp it’s subtle beauty. I haven’t heard all of Desplat’s scores, but this has to be near the top. What did you think of this score Tim?

“‘Mr. Button’ which has a dramatic flair, but feels strangely dull. ” If you are going to call this cue dull, then i’d like to know why. In what way?

We’ve talked about this core before and nothing in the way you speak of it, denotes a score of 8, that’s the most “curious” thing of this review.

For Desplat’s crtics, i always point them in the way of THE LUHZIN (sp?) DEFENCE, a flat out 10/10 score from him, his best work and possibly even best of that respective year.

I wasn’t seeking an all out Brian Tyler-esque cue for the action material of course, but action could be done better and certainly by Desplat who did a fine job on Largo Winch. Firewall, Hostage and The Golden Compass are not some of my favorite Desplat scores.

As far as oscars go I have another favorite, but Curious are second in close combat with Wall-E.