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Originally Posted by Austruck
Originally Posted by Mr Minio
OK now tell us what band it was.
Originally Posted by Mr Minio
OK now tell us what band it was.
Originally Posted by Yoda
Nothing like finding a new band or bands and immediately getting half a dozen great new songs in rotation. Almost makes you excited to drive somewhere.
Nothing like finding a new band or bands and immediately getting half a dozen great new songs in rotation. Almost makes you excited to drive somewhere.
Originally Posted by AgrippinaX
I concur — the above are just outstanding and in a league of their own. I guess I don’t mind a bit of Gerrard either, that’s all. My mother, a former violinist and an utter purist, wasn’t too sold on Zimmer/Gerrard and made me feel like a rube for a moment there. What can I say — I enjoy it all.
Originally Posted by Corax
Originally Posted by AgrippinaX
I heard it live (Hanz Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard) and enjoyed it, personally. It’s an artificial language Gerrard created and the style is called glossolalia. I do appreciate it can come off as annoying in the wrong circumstances, but I think it fits Dune.
In the present series, however, it's so over the top (the featured singer digging into vocal fry for soulful affectations). I can almost hear a vocal coach shouting "Really reach into your inner noble savage! Belt it out!" It's all dialed up to 11. To me it sounds like a bunch of Wilhelm screams.
It has all the verisimilitude of a drunken Bostonian vocalizing to the Riverdance OST at a Karaoke bar.
If we want something ethereal and other-worldly, Brian Eno exists.
I'm glad you like it--to me it's like listening to the synth soundtrack from Ladyhawke.
Originally Posted by Yoda
That said the technical distinction has more detail than I'd known, so thanks.