Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The Ultra-Mega Film Score Collection (UPDATED)

Everyone who knows me knows I love movie scores. It was really the first genre of music that I really got into, long before I got into the good oldies like The Beatles or David Bowie (my other favorite music). I have been collecting film scores for years now, and I finally finished an ultimate compilation album. This 75-track long compilation contains samples from all my favorite movies, and a few niceties thrown in. I mixed the tracks up in random order, and here they are:
  1. The Breaking of the Fellowship (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
  2. Theme from Back to the Future
  3. Star Wars Main Title
  4. Star Trek Suite
  5. Prologue from (Thor)
  6. Themes from Jaws
  7. Yellow Submarine Suite
  8. Time (Inception)
  9. Selections from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  10. Suite (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl)
  11. A Bug's Life
  12. The Lost World (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
  13. Lily's Theme (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2)
  14. Suite (Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan)
  15. Harry in Winter (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
  16. Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  17. The Dragon Warrior Rises (Kung Fu Panda)
  18. Page 47 (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
  19. Les Miserables End Credits Suite
  20. Across the Stars (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
  21. Prime (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
  22. Main Theme (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1)
  23. I Am Iron Man (Iron Man 2)
  24. Finding Nemo Suite
  25. Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)
  26. Only The Beginning (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe)
  27. The King's Speech
  28. Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
  29. Storybook Love (The Princess Bride)
  30. Call of the Crystal (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
  31. Duel of the Fates (Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
  32. Theme from Jurassic Park
  33. The House (Home Alone)
  34. Once Upon A Time (Shrek)
  35. To Infinity and Beyond (Toy Story)
  36. Parade of the Slave Children/Short Round's Theme (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
  37. Up Is Down/Drink Up Me Hearties (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
  38. Brachiosaurus on the Bank (Jurassic Park III)
  39. Driving with the Top Down (Iron Man)
  40. Themes from The Wizard of Oz
  41. Gettysburg Main Title
  42. Rose (Titanic)
  43. National Treasure Suite
  44. Forrest Gump Suite
  45. Opening Titles (Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
  46. Chicken Run Main Title
  47. Eragon Theme
  48. Discombobulate (Sherlock Holmes)
  49. Main Title/Thru the Planet (Lost in Space)
  50. The Hobbit Suite (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
  51. The Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
  52. Super 8
  53. A Window to the Past (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
  54. Luke and Leia (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  55. The Hunger Games Medley
  56. The Avengers
  57. Excerpts from Batman Begins
  58. Theme from Back to the Future Part II
  59. The White Tree (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King)
  60. The Cleaner (Toy Story)
  61. All Is Revealed (Shrek 2)
  62. Sentinel Prime (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
  63. Prince Caspian Suite (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian)
  64. Flying Theme (E.T. The Extra Terrestrial)
  65. Theme from Schindler's List
  66. Piano Suite (Secondhand Lions)
  67. Battle of the Heroes (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
  68. Theme from Shrek the Third
  69. Samwise the Brave (Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)
  70. Captain America Theme (Captain America: The First Avengers)
  71. The All-Spark/Bumblebee (Transformers)
  72. Suite from Star Trek VIII: First Contact
  73. Spider-Man Medley
  74. The Dark Knight Medley
  75. Dumbledore's Army (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
  76. The Imperial March (Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back)
  77. The Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
  78. Monsters Inc.
  79. Introduction (Edward Scissorhands)
  80. Alice's Theme (Alice in Wonderland)
  81. Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
  82. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Main Titles

Friday, January 11, 2013

Takua and Jaller go on an Adventure

For three years now, I have been making stop-motion Lego Bionicle videos. Truth be told, these videos are my main source of subscribers on YouTube, and easily my most viewed videos... I've always felt a bit conflicted about them though. When I started them, I was nineteen and just using them to try something new with videomaking that I hadn't done before. It took me by surprise the popularity of these videos, and prompted me to make a series of serious stop motion films, which of course became the Chronicles of the Chronicler series. Aside from that, I still would try new things, and would fall back on stop motion to try them, and so The Adventures of Takua and Jaller were born. These don't get as many views on YouTube as COTC did, but viewers still love them. Now, I'm twenty-two and still very much conflicted about playing with Legos in my basement, but in the end, it's all about making new videos and keeping my viewers happy.

One of the things my viewers have asked for is longer Takua and Jaller videos. Well, yesterday I finished filming the upcoming Takua and Jaller go on an Adventure film, which came out to just over eighteen minutes. I've got to say, it's been one of the whackiest videos I've ever made, but it makes me laugh, and not all my funny videos make me do that by the time I'm done with them. I just watched a first cut of it, and I think it's really good. Still needs a bit of fine-tuning, but it will be a blast.