2012 The Movie Suite

2012 Movie Suite

Music by Harold Kloser

This science fiction thriller may or may not be prophetic about the end of 2012, but the music is all about quick crescendo's and short cues to take you on a bumpy ride toward the finale. Along the way we are treated to persuasive percussion, singular strings as well as multiple endings. Connecting all this into a cohesive compostition was difficult because there seems to be no main themes to act as the glue, so in the end were left with some loosely knit cues that signify the end of mankind as we know it. I hope you enjoy.  -MJ

APE FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3amk4i09rc215m/2012M0Ste.zip

MP3 FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ay25io8gh476jt0/2012M0vieSuite.mp3

Doctor Zhivago Movie Suite

Doctor Zhivago Movie Suite

Music by Maurice Jarre

This classic award winner from 1965 has the sound of olde Russia with the strings of a singing balalaika that merges into the orchestral cues. The main theme of this suite meanders in and out as it starts and stops many times. Okay, it is a bit repetitious, but you can't help but forgive Mr. Jarre since he was composing his score in the accepted fashion of the day. If you have never heard this, give it a listen. With a timing of just 18:50, I hope you'll enjoy.  -MJ 

APE FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ilgcmzof4edl3q/DrZhvgM0Ste.zip

MP3 FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9po1n2r0ebgxk6/DoctorZhivagoM0vieSuite.mp3

Titanic Movie Suite

Titanic Movie Suite

Music by James Horner

Taking this award winning score and converting it into a movie suite has proved to be both difficult and oh so much fun. Mr. Horner utilized synthisizers peppered with choral voices as well as haunting Celtic pipes to evoke the majesty of his masterpiece, keeping the orchestra in the background unless it was required for dramatic effect. Add to the fact that the daunting amount of music composed for this epic spans many hours of content, you can imagine the creative genius we were faced with here. Still, nothing worth doing is going to be easy, so what we end up with is a rather large movie suite with a current timing of 35:48 that is mostly orchestral in nature, yet still has plenty of choral voices and synthetic cues that were necessary to complete the fluidity of the composition. This is one suite that needs to be listened to and enjoyed.  -MJ

APE FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ohd1mw9b2s9pokg/TitncM0Ste.zip

MP3 FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/buxk8u0f26j3dwf/TitanicM0vieSuite.mp3

Iron Man Movie Suite

Iron Man 1 Suite

Music by Ramin Djawadi

This movie suite has very little orchestral music content, instead the listener is barraged by electric guitars, various electronic synthesizer sound and plenty of thunderous percussion. If you like the sound of this, then you'll be pleasantly surprised and you should enjoy this suite. On the other hand, if your tastes fall far from this tree, you may still want to sample this because it may be where movie scores could be heading in the future. With a timing of 23:25, I hope you enjoy.  -MJ

APE FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g178u3aemnxgg4b/IrnMn1Ste.zip

MP3 FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dh1yyyevsiqeulz/IronMan1Suite.mp3

Iron Man 2 Movie Suite

Iron Man 2 Suite

Music by John Debney

With the prolific use of electronic instruments, choral mixes, raging electric guitars and a spattering of orchestral cues, we have a movie suite that sounds like so many of the other recent scores of late. So if you think this sounds a bit like Hans Zimmer scored this, you would not be surprised to hear that he did produce this for Mr. Debney, which conveniently explains the similarities. Still, after stripping away much of the fluff, we have an interesting suite that carries on the feel of the first Iron Man Suite while taking on all comers. If you listen carefully, you may even hear some Poledouris moments with the use of building percussion and hotly played strings. Since it is a new year, with a timing of 18:48, I hope you enjoy this. -MJ

APE FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/snv5xfkte9hmkze/IrnMn2Ste.zip

MP3 FILES:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylgxfu5kuhshvzh/IronMan2Suite.mp3