Podcast # 387 - Guest Apes

saunders · June 05, 2012, 10:29:08 AM

Loved the podcast, but I've always been a fan of the Apes movies. I like 'em all including the TV series. One thing that you guys didn't mention that I think the franchise really has going for it is the music. Jerry Goldsmith did the soundtrack for the 1st (and 3rd) and it is fantastic. He used a lot of strange instruments and sounds and It really sets a mood for the film and captures a bizarre and seemingly alien (interestingly enough) landscape. The soundtracks are all good. Leonard Rosenman (of "Star Trek IV") did the soundtrack for "Beneath" and "Battle" and they are excellent as well. Lalo Schriffin ("Mission: Impossible" and several "Dirty Harry" films) scored the TV series to great effect. Probably the best thing about Tim Burton's remake was the Danny Elfman score.

Film Score Monthly has released all the original sequel soundtracks and the TV series soundtrack in the last couple of years if you're interested. I don't know if they're still available or not.

I also always loved the cinematography of the original film. It is beautiful, especially on Blu-ray and adds a real sense of scope to the film. The trek through the desert with Goldsmith's score is just brilliant.

ChrisMC · June 05, 2012, 01:10:21 PM

Quote from: saunders on June 05, 2012, 10:29:08 AM
Loved the podcast, but I've always been a fan of the Apes movies. I like 'em all including the TV series. One thing that you guys didn't mention that I think the franchise really has going for it is the music. Jerry Goldsmith did the soundtrack for the 1st (and 3rd) and it is fantastic. He used a lot of strange instruments and sounds and It really sets a mood for the film and captures a bizarre and seemingly alien (interestingly enough) landscape. The soundtracks are all good. Leonard Rosenman (of "Star Trek IV") did the soundtrack for "Beneath" and "Battle" and they are excellent as well. Lalo Schriffin ("Mission: Impossible" and several "Dirty Harry" films) scored the TV series to great effect. Probably the best thing about Tim Burton's remake was the Danny Elfman score.

Film Score Monthly has released all the original sequel soundtracks and the TV series soundtrack in the last couple of years if you're interested. I don't know if they're still available or not.

I also always loved the cinematography of the original film. It is beautiful, especially on Blu-ray and adds a real sense of scope to the film. The trek through the desert with Goldsmith's score is just brilliant.

Yeah, the funny thing is we had talked about it before we recorded and wanted to include it, but we just ran pretty long generally talking about the 5 movies. You're right about the score for the first movie especially, the atonal score was very unique. And yeah, the blu-ray looks fantastic. We used the opening theme for "Escape" because that's my favorite.

Bryancd · June 05, 2012, 04:24:34 PM

Listening now, you guys are doing a GREAT job!

moyer777 · June 05, 2012, 04:29:14 PM

oh yes, I so love the music in these films, but we ran out of time. Perhaps a VARTOK segment is in order?

Ensign Random · June 06, 2012, 12:55:44 AM

Loved the Apes podcast. When I was a kid, they used to play all the movies for one of those week long summer TV runs. Used to love that.
I am curious to see what direction the reboot takes in terms of themes. The Apes movies were big on social commentary, but this new one looks like it's going to explore more science, evolution, intelligence.

Redshirt97 · June 06, 2012, 07:00:35 AM

sorry about the name mix up Chris, my post was getting long and time was short so I was trying to finished up, I think I got you confussed with one of the other podcasters. I hope that you and rick will be able to do more podcast in the future.

Bryancd · June 06, 2012, 08:52:25 AM

Chris, dude, I used to love channel 11 in NYC!

Bromptonboy · June 06, 2012, 09:26:47 AM

Just started listening, this is a great cast guys. Really enjoying it. You know what would be a good guest cast idea - one devoted to Charlton Heston's forays into Sci-fi in the 60's and 70's. Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, the Omega Man...

ChrisMC · June 06, 2012, 02:02:44 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on June 06, 2012, 08:52:25 AM
Chris, dude, I used to love channel 11 in NYC!

I grew up on it, man! Plus it's also where Star Trek TNG aired new episodes.

Quote from: Bromptonboy on June 06, 2012, 09:26:47 AM
Just started listening, this is a great cast guys. Really enjoying it. You know what would be a good guest cast idea - one devoted to Charlton Heston's forays into Sci-fi in the 60's and 70's. Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, the Omega Man...

That's funny, we were kinda throwing around talking about the Omega Man, which I just recently got on BluRay, what a funky movie. And Soylent Green is so cool and weird as well. That's a good idea, I'm a HUGE Heston fan.

Bromptonboy · June 06, 2012, 04:26:55 PM

To get off topic - Soylent Green is one of my favorites. I even read the original story by Harry Harrison 'Make Room!'. The movie has two of my favorite actors - Charlton Heston, and Edward G Robinson. How can you miss!
"It's people!!! TELL THE WORLD!!! IT'S PEOPLE!!!!!"

jedijeff · June 06, 2012, 07:45:40 PM

Great Podcast Guys. You did a great Job covering the franchise and gave each move a good run down, well done for covering such a big topic. I have only seen a few of the Ape movies and a little bit of the TV series, but have a good understanding of the stories now. Never did see the last Ape movie as I thought the Apes looked to realistic, and just preferred the more classic Planet of the Apes Look I guess :)

M-5 · June 07, 2012, 12:55:00 AM

Great podcast, Rick and Chris! :cheers

Feathers · June 07, 2012, 04:33:36 AM

There are more Apes films than I'd realised but I think I've seen more than I knew.

I actually quite liked the reboot before last but I don't know that it compares with the originals in any way. My preference in these things is always the post-apocalyptic elements but as more of these were introduced, the general quality seemed to go down which was a bit of a shame. Think what could have been achieved if both elements had been held to a consistent high!

billybob476 · June 07, 2012, 05:50:37 AM

Had lots of fun with this one guys. I've seen the first two movies, haven't gotten around to all of them (though I know I bought my dad all of them for his birthday once).

moyer777 · June 07, 2012, 11:57:07 AM

Thanks for the kind words. Chris and I dug it. What an awesome franchise!