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Orchestration by
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Album Produced by
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Junkie XL
Executive Album Producer:
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Executive in Charge of Music for Warner Bros. Pictures:
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Peter Axelrad, Joseph Billé, Paul Broucek, Rocco Carrozza, Eve Foreman, Kerrylyn Genetive, Rachel Gill, Ray Gonzalez, Laura Haber, Dan Jensen, Joe Kara, Kevin Kertes, Kolette Kleber, Ny Lee, Kris Little, Kari Miazek, Lori Miyakawa, Genevieve Morris, Marlene Seki, Sandra Smokler, Laurie Soriano, Nina Stevenson, Bobby Thornburg, Raymond Walden, John F.X. Walsh, Robert Zick
Release date : 05/12/2015
Survive (1:40)
Tom Holkenborg
Escape (3:28)
Tom Holkenborg
Immortan's Citadel (8:58)
Tom Holkenborg
Blood Bag (3:39)
Tom Holkenborg, Christian Vorländer
Buzzards Arrive (1:26)
Tom Holkenborg
Spikey Cars (4:08)
Tom Holkenborg
Storm Is Coming (6:16)
Tom Holkenborg
We Are Not Things (1:42)
Tom Holkenborg
Water (6:25)
Tom Holkenborg
The Rig (6:31)
Tom Holkenborg
Into The Canyon (2:49)
Tom Holkenborg
Brothers In Arms (5:52)
Tom Holkenborg
The Chase (3:16)
Tom Holkenborg
Moving On (1:56)
Tom Holkenborg (Eleni Karaindrou)
The Bog (12:32)
Tom Holkenborg, Christian Vorländer
Redemption (1:45)
Tom Holkenborg
Many Mothers (8:58)
Tom Holkenborg (Eleni Karaindrou)
The Return To Nowhere (5:17)
Tom Holkenborg
Claw Trucks (5:43)
Tom Holkenborg, Christian Vorländer
Immortan (11:10)
Tom Holkenborg
Chapter Doof (6:49)
Tom Holkenborg
Walhalla Awaits (2:40)
Tom Holkenborg
My Name Is Max (2:23)
Tom Holkenborg
Let Them Up (2:36)
Tom Holkenborg
Mary Jo Bassa (2:26)
Tom Holkenborg
Coda (4:43)
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|| 2020-06-11 00:33:54
Sooooo junkie just got offically announced as the composer for Godzilla vs Kong... Now i like tom but i find myself less excited for the movie and very angry. What Bear did for KOTM was absolutely incredible, the Japanese choir/chants as Godzilla appeared on screen, taiko drums. It was just so well done and orchestrated i doubt toms work will be as good i really wanted to see him create a new theme for Kong. what do you guys think? Am i wrong to feel like that, you guys think he'll be better??
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Hybrid Soldier
2020-06-11 00:47:13
Will they do a GOOD film this time ?
2020-06-11 01:58:02
Lol get McCreary back to write for Godzilla and have Holkenborg do the Kong theme!
Seriously though, I am a little disappointed that Bear isn't returning. His score for KOTM is easily the best of 2019. Then again, being a fan of Holkenborg's, I am pretty excited to see what he brings to this. Especially if he pays tribute to the classic Steiner score (he mentions being a fan on Studio Time) and the Ifukube Godzilla Music.
2020-06-11 02:06:53
Bear McCreary's score was awesome. Best of the year for me. I am disappointed he isn't returning but not surprising. Holkenberg at least has really come into his own as a composer. I am still looking forward to what he has to offer.
2020-06-11 03:11:42
I'm excited for it!!!!!!
2020-06-11 03:50:51
Imagine if it's Bear McCreary and Henry Jackman scoring this lol
2020-06-11 11:21:49
It's really official?
Because aside FMR, neither Tom or others sid something.
2020-06-13 14:57:25
Godzilla v. Kong moved to May 2021
Randy Watson
2020-06-15 16:49:37
@MrZimmerFan, I think Holkenborg mentioned he was scoring this one some time ago. Not sure where though. And FMR has rarely been wrong on their composer announcement.
2020-06-20 09:58:29
@Randy: I read the Linkedlin of Antonio Di Iorio, and worked in the movie between January and April.
Also, Tom make it official in his Twitter.
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|| 2018-11-18 03:09:27
Tom is gonna score Mortal Engines
What kind of sound do you expect?
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Sideshow Bob
2018-11-18 05:23:48
a more orchestral fury road
2018-11-18 15:15:45
For a Peter Jackson production I was expecting Howard Shore.
Thomas Branson
2018-11-18 16:06:14
I think that Howard´s style of music doesn´t really fit to the post apocalyptic genre
2018-11-18 18:54:19
Eh, Shore is a smart composer. He could make it work. I guess whether that's what studios think audiences want is another question entirely...
Sideshow Bob
2018-11-18 21:34:16
emoji movie. live action Pokémon movie. 5 transformers movies. Let's be honest studios have no clue what people want
Edmund Meinerts
2018-11-20 15:29:05
Given how much money those 5 Transformers movies have brought in, maybe they do have a clue
2018-11-20 20:34:32
Not to mention people are actually excited for the Pokémon movie, and as hated as it is, Emoji Movie apparently did okay at the box office.
So I suppose what we should say is that we probably should be concerned about our current generation of movie goers. :P
Replies: 0 || 2018-11-19 15:06:13
Wasn't sure where to post this but anyone looking for a classic RCP style score check out Robin Hood by Joseph Trapanese - I know he's not an RCP guy but this sounds very much like 2,000s Zimmer and co.
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|| 2018-03-18 20:26:14
Some of you may like this guy's cover of Brothers in Arms! Pretty epic, honestly.
https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=LCIY41hopq4
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2018-03-18 23:39:33
I think I just sharted myself. Thanks!
Mike (OTM)
2018-03-19 03:37:10
Wow. Pretty solid! It keeps the core track intact and, somehow, adds even more raw power into it. Thanks for sharing!
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|| 2017-10-11 02:44:04
Have any ASCAP cue sheets popped up for this? Or any JXL scores for that matter? I'm interested in which cues weren't released
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2017-10-11 02:44:33
Same with Run All Night/Point Break
Edmund Meinerts
2017-10-11 11:48:03
I find it hard to believe that anything from Run All Night or Mad Max wasn't released with the two-hour albums they got.
2017-10-11 17:00:51
There were a few unreleased from Mad Max if I remember correctly. Only one from Run All Night that was pretty decent.
Replies: 0 || 2017-08-09 05:08:36
I watched the movie today (yes, a crime) and I'm speechless. My eyes are blurred, my ears are buzzing, my legs are shaking, my stomach is upset ... I'm tense. I do not remember ever seeing a movie as harmful to the senses as this (in a good way).
Maybe when those "symptoms" pass I change my mind, but for now, that's it.
And XL, well...
nailed it!
The conductor of the choir of death ... lol
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|| 2015-05-25 18:58:40
Its always a surprise to see the fact that people / fans / critics / moviegoers / haters actually do not really (REALLY) listen to music. its either somewhat similar or its not and that is the end. the person behind the Hybrid Soldier name said not so long ago that there is zero Hans in this score, nothing...
well, its an interesting thing to say because the score that was released in europe and the version of the movie was maybe a special studio cut but I'm convinced that I heard many-many times the almost ancient Zimmer choir motif...
Hans started to use this signature motif somewhere around crimson tide and since then, everybody in remote control history, I mean everybody used it. also Hans is still today obsessed about it and nobody talks about this. its almost like the famous "danger motif" from Horner. but, yes its true that Hans is in re-invent mode every time, so sometimes its a female choir or sometimes male but fuck, dont bullshit around after 20 years of music.
other then that, yes its Junkie alone but in the end its not only his craft, he borrowed / used directly from HZ in this too.
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-25 19:03:42
Don't mistake sound samples and music style.
2015-05-25 19:14:44
Well of course he must have - Junkie is a protege of Hans Zimmer....Like all the other composers - Badelt, Jablosnky, Powell, etc. - When they first started their scores sounded similar to Hans' music in terms of orchestration and motifs used...
not to denigrade the man's work, but this doesn't surprise me and I'm fine with that...Junkie will develop his own sound eventually and explore new techniques, just as I'm sure Zimmer tutored him to do....Jesus I remember when both Powell and Jablonsky's scores sounded practicaly the same to Junkie's...And this was a decade ago.
2016-09-26 20:18:11
Bit late to the party but IMO you're absolutely right. If you listen to these pieces back to back with the Crimson Tide score, which is phenomenal, you'll notice how present Zimmer's influence is.
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|| 2016-03-30 22:11:38
I want the film mix of the final chase (Chapter Doof) so bad!! It's freaking awesome. Sadly the extended version cue in the standard edition still missing my favorite piece. :(
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2016-04-02 16:25:00
The final chase sequence contains (Claw Trucks, Immortan & Chapter Doof), however they missing few parts as the doof warrior (that flame-throwing base guitar) last performance is totally different than the OST one.
Just wait for the isolated score. :D
2016-04-02 18:20:53
There's not going to be an isolated score
2016-04-02 18:41:53
The isolated score should be part of the Black-And-White version new DVD release, right?
2016-04-03 00:03:19
This was never confirmed by WB. George Miller said he'd like to release it, and all of a sudden people are expecting B&W with an isolated score. Sigh...
2016-07-08 16:51:48
For those of you that were interested, WB confirmed a DVD release including the black and white edition of the film, so an isolated score might be a possibility.
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|| 2016-03-25 09:40:56
Immortan's Citadel
Blood Bag
Buzzards Arrive
Spikey Cars
Storm Is Coming
We Are Not Things
The Rig
Into The Canyon
Brothers In Arms
The Chase
Elegy For Rosa (Karaindrou)
Moving On
The Bog
Dies Irae (Verdi)
Refugee's Theme, Symphonic Variation No. 1 (Karaindrou)
Many Mothers
The Return To Nowhere
Claw Trucks
Chapter Doof
Walhalla Awaits
My Name Is Max
Let Them Up
Mary Jo Bassa
Teardrop (Massive Attack) (source music ?)
Little Secrets(Professor Green, Uncreditred, Japanese Release end song ? )
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2016-03-26 03:17:18
ok and what is this. nothing special.
Hybrid Soldier
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|| 2015-10-07 23:26:42
Little who did what here...
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Edmund Meinerts
2015-10-07 23:32:03
Good to know, even if there's not much TO know. ;)
Who's Eleni Karaindrou?
Hybrid Soldier
2015-10-07 23:36:19
Some old greek composer apparently... She's credited for 2 source cues in the film... Probably used by Junkie.
Elegy For Rosa
Composed by Eleni Karaindrou
Refugee's Theme Symphonic Variation No. 1
Composed by Eleni Karaindrou
2015-10-08 14:47:03
Eleni Karaindrou is one of the best Greek composers!! Glad to see that Junkie used her work!! I had noticed it, but I wasn't sure. Some of her best compositions are "The Wedding Waltz", "Canteen Rock", "The Weaping Meadow" and "Eternity Theme".
2015-10-08 15:40:10
Great! It's always interesting to know the full composing credits!
2015-10-08 16:15:05
Many Mothers not 100% by Junkie? Damn, I thought it was an original piece... :(
2015-10-08 16:34:25
I think the Many Mother's version released on cd (until 5:16) is original. That's what I understood from the third studio time with Junkie XL tutorial.
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Does anybody know which scene in the movie does the last one and half minutes of Chapter Doof track comes in? Right after the drop in the tempo. I am unable to make out.
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|| 2015-05-20 03:16:06
Brothers in Arms is absolutely incredible!
I don't know how any film score lover can hate that track. Rest of the score maybe but that one track is freaking incredible.
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2015-07-06 08:05:18
ultra frikin epic best OST song ever :´)
Edmund Meinerts
2015-07-06 14:47:43
I must have gone to the YouTube comments section by mistake.
2015-07-06 16:01:51
I agree, typically JunkieXL's music doesn't do much for me, but I can't help enjoying "Brothers in Arms."
Credits Track
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|| 2015-06-20 07:03:05
Anyone know if the music from the end credits has been released?
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2015-06-21 17:59:30
Also curious about this!
2015-06-21 19:13:40
No they haven't
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|| 2015-05-27 08:41:56
One thing I don't understand, what's the deal with Tom v Junkie? What is the purpose of the two names? Which one does he go by? Which one will he use in the future?
And why, here, has he used both?
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-27 09:02:24
His artist name was Junkie long before film scoring.
Funny thing is when he scored Dutch films he went with his real name Tom (though he's named Antonius Bernardus Johannes Holkenborg lol... remember the Antonius remix in Sherlock 2 ? ;)).
In Hollywood he went with Junkie (not on TDKR though), but he seems to go back toward Holkenborg recently. Now seems to be the transitional phase with the 2 names. I guess in the future he'll be Tom Holkenborg only... :) In the end, I don't matter as long as I know who we're talking about !! :)
Speaking of him and Mad Max, just check his recently posted videos, it's great insight !
youtube.com/watch?v=VkNeXS0Lmxc&list=PLPDbiB89zUSI-bAKsef_UC 87OMsHrv_tR&index=4
Edmund Meinerts
2015-05-27 20:23:15
My name is Antonius Bernardus Johannes Holkenborg. Father of a murdered child, husband of a murdered wife and blah blah blah you know the rest. ;)
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-27 20:23:57
Poor Dutch people... :P
2015-05-30 19:21:18
That didn't seem at all logical to me. Both Hybrid's account for JXL's name-dilemma, as well as Edmund's Fake-Junkie bio.
2015-06-20 21:16:12
Lol, Edmund. Why do I see that post only now. :D
I just came here to say that this turns out to be Junkie's first GREAT score imo. I already liked Divergent but Mad Max just tops it all.
I only managed to see the movie this week since I didn't have the time recently, but man, it was a blast, and "Brothers in Arms" was perfectly integrated into the bike chase scene, perhaps made it the best scene in the entire movie.
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|| 2015-05-27 15:54:28
Hybrid, check "Black Mass" trailer - "Music by: Tom Holkenborg" without JXL.
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2015-05-27 15:56:23
Ooops new topic instead "reply" previous thread
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|| 2015-05-26 01:00:29
I'm convinced that Hans actually did Brothers in Arms. Must have stumbled in drunk one night.
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2015-05-26 23:34:07
It was Tom not Hans. Hybrid said it before.
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FYI the music that plays when Furiosa is stabbed during the final chase is in the piece "Immortan", about in the middle.
The piece starts off with the scene after the first chase when they lose the pregnant bride...Then it kicks into Furiosa's stab scene, then some other actiom music I dont remember.
But in case you were looking for that bit to put right before Chapter Doof drops the bass, that's the track....
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|| 2015-05-19 08:00:18
I think the score of BvS:DoJ is in good hands :)
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2015-05-19 15:49:32
Lol this reminds me of how the media often forgets that Hans is also scoring it! They go like "Junkie XL who's also scoring BvS" and sometimes they add zimmer's name as nr 2 lol.
2015-05-24 05:33:14
I was gonna say the original Composer announced was Hans. does anybody ever pay attention to that
2015-05-24 19:23:45
2015-05-25 17:07:57
I was Basically reiterating what you were saying.
2015-05-25 17:25:40
Now I saw what you meant! Indeed. Since when is Junkie THE film composer and Zimmer the co composer...
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fits the movie perfectly well. incredibly powerful... the only problem to this soundtrack and you could say that both the movie and the soundtrack have the same flaws no real story (action-like road movie), furiosa and max are the same character, they almost have the same background story. no real need of a theme. They are interesting cues but nothing that truly deserves a melody.
the pursuit cue and the epic cue when furiosa and max are working as one-two punch. But that's pretty much about it.
as a whole, there are many ressemblance between this soundtrack and what zimmer has done since the joker theme. the ostinato motif, the big drum/percs ensemble, the sound design, the heavy guitars/electric strings, the bane theme as well.
it fits the movie very well. it's a good score. i enjoyed the movie even more. it was breath-taking. it's a great flick from Miller. I stayed out of any trailers for a year so it was really fascinating and surprising. The movie cost 150m$ and you can really say "here they really spend that money". Doing almost all the stunts for real at our epoch is challenging. hats off for miller. No cgi heavy movie. I expect a lot more from the second movie story-wise tho.
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|| 2015-05-19 19:26:38
Best work by Junkie XL to date.
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2015-05-19 19:35:23
Saturday Teenage Kick still better.
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Immortan's Citadel, Storm Is Coming, The Rig, Brothers In Arms, The Bog, Chapter Doof and Walhalla Awaits are perfect.
This score has a lot of energy, is strong and Im very happy with the length. It's crazy!
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|| 2015-05-18 22:54:12
EPIC Movie, EPIC Score. Like Hybrid said, 2.5 years working on this, that's the reason of the influence in man of Steel and 300 rise of an empire. Great great score.
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Edmund Meinerts
2015-05-18 23:11:47
Huh. Here I was thinking working on something for 2.5 years would make it more original!
2015-05-19 00:40:12
For me it's original from Tom. And remember, that's the musical visión from George Miller too.
Toyota Hybrid
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|| 2015-05-16 18:35:47
Tonight I'll watch Mad Max... lol
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2015-05-16 23:59:01
2015-05-17 14:29:15
Not sure which it is, but the scene where One of the women die during the final chase - the music is not on the OST...Unless I'm mistaken and its under the Immortan track. Anybody know what I'm talking about?
End credits piece is also not on the OST...
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|| 2015-05-14 10:14:35
I am sure the director asked for this, but I feel very empty after have my heard 2 hours and 6 minutes of mad max fury road. Tom has some talent and it can be spotted at times like in brothers in arms, but for the most part of this score, he kills melody and just has sound design. Sure we're in 2015 and he's in the spotlight but why does he kill melody? Melody is such an important part of music. In my opinion, Tom did make a 45 min long score and then for the rest he worked on sound effects that made their way to the album which is sadly so much longer than the average Zimmer score (not talking about MOS and INterstellar). I have no problem with this sound because I don't have to listen to it and it probably works in the movie. What worries me is that Tom is going to score batman. I really hope he reinvents himself for that task because if batman is just sound effects that's kind of depressing after Hans effort on the Nolan trilogy!
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-14 11:23:51
Yeah for sure Run All Night doesn't have a proper theme... lol
2015-05-14 11:26:20
I can't say anything about run all night as I haven't heard it. I'm not saying he can't compose a theme. I just said that this score did not. The theme that plays in my name is max isn't by holkenborg. The more traditional cues, the divergent cue and the brothers cue are the best.
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-14 11:30:54
And don't you think George Miller wanted this ?
Tom spent like 2.5 year on it, they had plenty of time to discuss it...
2015-05-14 11:58:11
Yes as I stated above, the director of course wanted this. I still think it's a bit bland.
If you compare this to say divergent (Junkies best score imo) do you like it a lot?
2015-05-14 17:19:37
A bit off topic, but thought I'd share some info from the players PoV. I know some musicans who have played film music and apparently the experience isn't very nice anymore. This is evacuee they Record in sections so you don't get the full picture. Apparently very frustrating. I can't speak for the brass as I only know about strings and viola.
Hybrid, do you know if pitch was recorded in this way?
2015-05-15 01:52:26
Saw the film today, and it's exceptionnal, I absolutely loved it. Quick, brutal and very inventive in it's action scenes and graphical ideas, and managing to create interesting characters in the middle of so many action scenes, with most of the time not a lot of dialogues...
About Junkie's score, I won't spoil anything but it has quite an amusing justification in the movie...I still don't like it a lot as a standalone experience, but understand better the reason for it.
2015-05-15 12:06:57
The movie was AWESOME!!!
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(I'm sorry for the long testament, bare with me and I hope some understand) I'll be honest in my own opinion, I've heard Tom scoring from being a co-written work with Hans, to doing Paranoia and time went by and we got this. Now, from what you can hear, Tom mostly uses synth sounds while also using actual collection of instruments from an orchestra. I did like Paranoia for it to be one of his first features, but from that to Divergent, later 300, then Run all night and now this, it is a change. Of course he has some similarities on his various film scores but like any composer, it happens. He may be struggling getting the right idea of music for every piece he writes and composes and that is a tough job (after all, this particular score took him 2 years to complete), for which I believe that having Hans helping him out from time to time is a good thing... After all, there is a reason Hans believes in him and gave him the opportunity of this kind of career, which goes back to my point, Tom as an ex DJ is used to synth musical sounds and he feels comfortable on that kind of area. That being said, Divergent seemed fun, 300 like a loud but action felt kind of a score. Run all night is a surprise cause every musical beat I get to like is all over the place, but then in the film the music works well without a single issue. Now, going back to Mad Max (which had a similarity to Run all night being all over the place) this is a real surprise, because analyzing it as the music that it is, around half of the full material or a bit more is actual score material, the rest is pure sounds and ambiance which if you realize, you can find that in many of the bonus tracks (even though it is also spread around the normal tracks as well), my expectation for this was over the top, and after Hybrid released the track "brothers in arms" I was over the top for it, especially when the note in the minute 3:00 hits and becomes emotional but also heroic, which if you see the film you will understand (apart from the track title already speaking for itself). There are good sentimental moments of music like "redemption" or "moving on" just like "many mothers" which is exceptional in its beauty, but then again, as an individual piece of analysis, I find that the track Hybrid released was actually the best, and that most of the score was spread around ambiance and sounds which I did not favor at all. I do recommend for you all to see the film, it is brilliant and I was on the edge of my seat most of the time, and yes, most of it was due to the spectacle and visuals just as the choreography, but its the music that works BRILLIANTLY wrapping it all as a masterpiece. It is until you see the film that you get to understand the score as a whole and see it in a different perspective. I am not sure and probably going out on a limb here but I felt like all that was released was actually in the movie, like the full score was there, but since everything went so fast I may be wrong. Also, if some find the guitar parts cool but also all spread out instead of all fixed together (I felt that too) do go and see the film and you will understand why, the reason is both cool and funny (but if you have seen some TV Spots you may have guessed what I am talking about). If someone can get a track list of the order of songs in the film I would appreciate it since it all ran to fast for me to picture every single one (even though I got atleast a bit more than half of them on my head in order if I am sure). All that being said, Tom has talent, he should try and work more out of his comfort zone with synths but after all, even if we buy the music, the score itself is meant for the movie, and yes it works perfectly in every way, so there is no reason to be worried about that. I believe that all in all and having watched the movie, I truly believe that this is his best work in the visual matter, now as an individual piece of music, I won't debate that since that really is a matter of taste and thorough analysis.
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|| 2015-05-14 13:50:19
I'll be honest, like for me it's almost only noise, random sounds, I do not understand admiration for this job ... I'm afraid of superman in edition of this "composer"
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Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-14 16:20:44
Who already co-wrote Man Of Steel... lol
2015-05-15 08:21:53
Yes it's true, but he made it with Zimmer, and we don't know what he put inside of some tracks from him self. I heard (mr. Tom XL) his own soundtracks like: 300 and Run all night - and they have this same problem, are boring, noisy, without soul. Of course it is only my opinion. But truly what are you think about Mad Max? Of course we can find some interesting moments but...only small parts of the score.
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|| 2015-05-13 00:07:56
This actually might be the most intense score I've ever heard. But what's really mind blowing here isn't the action music, but THAT string writing!
"Many Mothers" may in fact be the most beautiful cue I've heard so far this year.
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2015-05-13 05:46:08
Is there some kind of honor system at play with Remote Control? What I mean is, do underling/fresh composers have a quota they have to meet before they can upgrade to use the good shit? I say this because this score takes me back to Hans Zimmer's Peacemaker scoring days....It's like Zimmmer threw Tom his old stuff and says "When you reach a million dollar blockbuster status, THEN will I graduate you to my new toys. Until then, work with this."
Damn this score is harsh....
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-13 08:26:44
There's zero sound of HZ in this score. Zero, nada, nothing. It's all Junkie's craft, his samples, his instruments. And don't fool yourself because you heard them in Man Of Steel... lol
And Hans didn't have any say whatsoever with Mad Max... He was curious like everybody else what Tom would come up with.
2015-05-13 17:02:05
It seems likes Tom's synth writing has its roots based in the 80's. Especially his action material. It works though, especially with something like Divergent.
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I don't know if it is only me or what but I've sensed that since junkie xl is not known by many or he is just that many believe that his soundtracks are messy is the reason why this soundtrack isn't getting either the attention or buzz that it should be getting.
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2015-05-12 05:14:48
Incorrect and incorrect....
2015-05-12 05:39:55
Trust me, I am nuts about hearing it, I want it so much, but it gets a different interest than a Hans soundtrack.. Probably its only me haha
2015-05-12 05:41:48
To me, tom holkenborg is an amazing apprentice of Hans and deserves so much credit. I've liked all of his soundtracks and that means a lot
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2015-05-12 09:23:31
Isn't getting attention or buzz? Are you not reading all the "I want it so much omg please let it leak now" comments here? Meanwhile, Lorne Balfe's very enjoyable score for Home comes and goes with barely anyone batting a lash...Harry Gregson-Williams puts out a documentary score and it gets like two comments. No buzz my foot!
2015-05-12 15:25:51
People only buzz at scores these days when it has loaaaaaaaaaadz of percussion, synth and sound design.
Actual orchestra and melodies is soooooo 2005.
Sarcasm aside, I agree with you totally
2015-05-12 19:28:56
No. The only scores that get buzz are the ones for big, hyped movies. It only depends on the movies, nothing else
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-12 19:38:03
I completely agree... :)
2015-05-12 19:43:35
It also has a little bit to do with the composer;) If there's a new Hans score people are understandably extra hyped, no matter the size of the movie!
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-12 19:45:03
Did you see any hype for Casi Divas or The Burning Plain ? Do you think there'll be any for Freeheld ?
2015-05-12 20:10:41
There isn't even that much for "Woman in Gold", or "Le petit Prince"... But most of the time, I have the feeling that Zimmer himself is very discreet about this works. Hybrid, correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't Hans Zimmer talk more about them, in order to make those scores more popular ?
As far as "Mad Max Fury Road" is concerned...at the first listening, I'm very far from impressed, I'll give it some more chances but I suppose that Holkenborg's style is just not for me...
Hybrid Soldier
2015-05-12 20:12:24
I've been fighting with Hans for that for years, but he won't change him... lol
2015-05-12 21:50:07
You're probably right. I'm however very hyped for Woman in Gold and Freeheld, just as I was about Mr. Morgan's last love (which sadly didn't get a release).
I really like Hans' smaller scores!
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You can definitely hear some Joker influences in a couple of tracks. Especially "the bog"
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U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 110th Congress – 1st Session
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|Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on S.1639 )
|Vote Number:
|Vote Date:
|June 28, 2007, 11:04 AM
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|Cloture Motion Rejected
|Measure Number:
|Measure Title:
|A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
|Vote Counts:
|Not Voting
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State
|Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Allard (R-CO), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Nay
Bayh (D-IN), Nay
Bennett (R-UT), Yea
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Clinton (D-NY), Yea
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Coleman (R-MN), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Craig (R-ID), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Nay
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dole (R-NC), Nay
|Domenici (R-NM), Nay
Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Yea
Hagel (R-NE), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lott (R-MS), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
|McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Nay
Obama (D-IL), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Nay
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Smith (R-OR), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Specter (R-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Sununu (R-NH), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Warner (R-VA), Nay
Webb (D-VA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State
|YEAs —46
|NAYs —53
|Not Voting – 1
|Vote Summary
|By Senator Name
|By Vote Position
|By Home State
|Sessions (R-AL), Nay
|Shelby (R-AL), Nay
|Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
|Stevens (R-AK), Nay
|Kyl (R-AZ), Yea
|McCain (R-AZ), Yea
|Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
|Pryor (D-AR), Nay
|Boxer (D-CA), Yea
|Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
|Allard (R-CO), Nay
|Salazar (D-CO), Yea
|Dodd (D-CT), Yea
|Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
|Biden (D-DE), Yea
|Carper (D-DE), Yea
|Martinez (R-FL), Yea
|Nelson (D-FL), Yea
|Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
|Isakson (R-GA), Nay
|Akaka (D-HI), Yea
|Inouye (D-HI), Yea
|Craig (R-ID), Yea
|Crapo (R-ID), Nay
|Durbin (D-IL), Yea
|Obama (D-IL), Yea
|Bayh (D-IN), Nay
|Lugar (R-IN), Yea
|Grassley (R-IA), Nay
|Harkin (D-IA), Nay
|Brownback (R-KS), Nay
|Roberts (R-KS), Nay
|Bunning (R-KY), Nay
|McConnell (R-KY), Nay
|Landrieu (D-LA), Nay
|Vitter (R-LA), Nay
|Collins (R-ME), Nay
|Snowe (R-ME), Yea
|Cardin (D-MD), Yea
|Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
|Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
|Kerry (D-MA), Yea
|Levin (D-MI), Yea
|Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
|Coleman (R-MN), Nay
|Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
|Cochran (R-MS), Nay
|Lott (R-MS), Yea
|Bond (R-MO), Nay
|McCaskill (D-MO), Nay
|Baucus (D-MT), Nay
|Tester (D-MT), Nay
|Hagel (R-NE), Yea
|Nelson (D-NE), Nay
|Ensign (R-NV), Nay
|Reid (D-NV), Yea
|New Hampshire:
|Gregg (R-NH), Yea
|Sununu (R-NH), Nay
|New Jersey:
|Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
|Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
|New Mexico:
|Bingaman (D-NM), Nay
|Domenici (R-NM), Nay
|New York:
|Clinton (D-NY), Yea
|Schumer (D-NY), Yea
|North Carolina:
|Burr (R-NC), Nay
|Dole (R-NC), Nay
|North Dakota:
|Conrad (D-ND), Yea
|Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
|Brown (D-OH), Nay
|Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
|Coburn (R-OK), Nay
|Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
|Smith (R-OR), Nay
|Wyden (D-OR), Yea
|Casey (D-PA), Yea
|Specter (R-PA), Yea
|Rhode Island:
|Reed (D-RI), Yea
|Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
|South Carolina:
|DeMint (R-SC), Nay
|Graham (R-SC), Yea
|South Dakota:
|Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting
|Thune (R-SD), Nay
|Alexander (R-TN), Nay
|Corker (R-TN), Nay
|Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
|Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
|Bennett (R-UT), Yea
|Hatch (R-UT), Nay
|Leahy (D-VT), Yea
|Sanders (I-VT), Nay
|Warner (R-VA), Nay
|Webb (D-VA), Nay
|Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
|Murray (D-WA), Yea
|West Virginia:
|Byrd (D-WV), Nay
|Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
|Feingold (D-WI), Yea
|Kohl (D-WI), Yea
|Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
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Statement of Robert W. Mooney, Deputy Director, Consumer Protection and Community Affairs, Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on An Examination of the Availability of Credit for Consumers before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House Of Representatives; 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Maloney, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify on options available to consumers in need of small-dollar, short-term credit. Expanding the availability of mainstream financial services in general, and affordable small-dollar loans in particular, is a significant priority at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The FDIC believes that banks already have the tools and infrastructure to create small-dollar credit products that are both affordable for consumers and beneficial for banks. Also, enhancing opportunities to save and bolstering financial literacy can help consumers better manage economic disruptions, and perhaps avoid using short-term credit altogether. Small dollar loan products are a useful business strategy for banks to establish new customers and foster long-term banking relationships. To that end, the FDIC implemented a number of initiatives to help banks stimulate an increase in offerings of reasonably-priced, safe alternatives to high-cost short-term credit and to improve consumers' overall financial resilience. Our testimony addresses these initiatives in more detail, including the results of the FDIC's Small Dollar Loan Pilot Program.
Demand for Short-Term Credit is High
In the wake of the longest economic recession since the 1930's and against the backdrop of persistently high unemployment, record foreclosures, a moribund housing market, and stock market volatility, many U.S. households are struggling to make ends meet, and do not have the capacity to deal with further financial shocks. A paper published earlier this year showed that one-half of U.S. households are "financially fragile" in that they would "probably" or "certainly" be unable to cope with a short-term financial emergency.1
Not surprisingly, in this economic environment, there is a large demand for small-dollar credit to cover emergencies, but all too often, consumers turn to high-cost products to meet their needs. For example, estimates peg payday loan volume to be in excess of $38 billion annually2 and annual revenue from overdraft fees at about $38 billion.3 Annual percentage rates (APRs) for these products can top several hundred -- or even thousand -- percent, putting more stress on already weakened consumer balance sheets.
The effects of high-cost credit can be particularly significant for lower-income consumers. According to the most recent Federal Reserve Board Survey of Consumer Finances, one in five consumers in the lowest income quintile ($20,600 or less) had zero or negative net worth.4 Moreover, the FDIC's Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households in 2009 found that nearly 20 percent of households with incomes of $30,000 or below had used non-bank companies for credit needs rather than banks.5
FDIC Efforts to Encourage Banks to Offer Affordable Small-Dollar Loans
A generation or so ago, it was common for banks to make small, unsecured loans to individuals. However, over time, a series of product and technological innovations and changes in the competitive landscape in banking, among other factors, contributed to a decline in the number of banks offering small loans and an increase in alternative credit providers, such as payday loan stores, auto title lenders, and pawn shops that often offer costly credit products. Not long after, many banks began to offer automated fee-based overdraft products on a wider scale that also can be a costly way for consumers to deal with financial emergencies. The FDIC Study of Bank Overdraft Programs in 2008 illustrates the steep costs of automated fee-based overdraft programs; it showed that the median overdraft was $36, but the median fee to cover overdrafts was $27.6
The FDIC began reviewing whether banks could feasibly offer alternatives to high-cost short-term credit in the context of military personnel, whose financial problems can collectively affect the readiness of our armed forces. More specifically, in December 2006, the FDIC held a conference, titled "Affordable, Responsible Loans for the Military: Programs and Prototypes" where attendees, including banks, representatives from the Department of Defense and other agencies, community groups, and others developed a template for an affordable, small-dollar loan program.
Subsequently, in a broader effort to encourage more banks to offer small-dollar credit products that are affordable, yet safe and sound and consistent with all applicable federal and state laws, the FDIC issued the Affordable Small-Dollar Loan Guidelines (the Guidelines) in June 2007. The Guidelines explore several aspects of loan product development, including affordable prices, reasonable loan terms, streamlined underwriting, and the benefits of linking a savings component and financial education to short-term loan products. Importantly, the FDIC recognizes that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) could also provide a valuable incentive to offer affordable small-dollar loans. The Guidelines clarify that FDIC institutions providing such products consistent with the Guidelines will receive favorable consideration in the CRA examination.
Building on the Guidelines, the FDIC Board of Directors in June 2007 also approved a two-year case study known as the FDIC Small-Dollar Loan Pilot Program (the Pilot) to determine the feasibility of banks offering small-dollar loans as an alternative to high-cost emergency credit sources, such as payday loans or fee-based overdraft programs. The idea for the Pilot originally stemmed from a recommendation by the FDIC's Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion (the Committee), which was established in 2006 to provide advice and recommendations to the FDIC regarding expanding access to banking services for the one-quarter of U.S. households that are underserved.7 The Committee is comprised of representatives from banks, academia, consumer and community groups, and government agencies.
Like all of us, underserved consumers need to cash their paychecks, pay bills, and save for the future with products that are safe, affordable, and easy to understand. They also need access to reasonably-priced credit to buy a car or a home, pay for their children's education, and, of particular relevance to this hearing, to meet unexpected short-term financial needs. The Committee provides a forum to stimulate discussion and obtain information about these and other important issues and challenges facing underserved consumers.
The Pilot was launched in February 2008, and concluded as of the fourth quarter 2009. Twenty-eight volunteer banks participated with total assets ranging from $27 million to $10 billion, and almost 450 branches in 27 states. During the Pilot, banks made 34,400 loans with a principal balance of $40.2 million. While delinquencies on loans originated under the Pilot tended to be 3 to 4 times higher than for unsecured consumer loans in general, charge-offs were in line with the charge-off ratios for unsecured consumer loans in general. The Pilot has resulted in a model, or template, of product elements for a safe, affordable, and feasible small-dollar loan. Product elements include loan amounts of $2,500 or less, loan terms of 90 days or more, APRs of 36 percent or less, low or no fees, streamlined but solid underwriting, and optional savings and financial education components. The template is replicable in that it is simple and requires no particular technology or other major infrastructure investment to implement.
Best practices and elements of success emerged from the Pilot and underpin the template. In particular, a dominant business model emerged: most Pilot bankers indicated that small-dollar loans were a useful business strategy for developing or retaining long-term relationships with consumers. In terms of overall programmatic success, bankers reported that long-term support from a bank's board of directors and senior management was most important. The most prominent product element bankers linked to the success of their program was a loan term longer than just a few pay cycles to give consumers time to repay. Perhaps most importantly, the Pilot shows that banks can offer affordable small-dollar loans in a manner that suits their business plans and is fair to consumers. In testament to that fact, 26 of the 28 institutions continue to offer the product today even though the pilot program terminated in 2009.
Going forward, the FDIC is working with the banking industry; consumer, community, and philanthropic groups; other government agencies; innovators in small-dollar lending; and others, to research and pursue strategies that could prove useful in expanding the supply of small-dollar loans. Among other things, these strategies include:
Additionally, the FDIC has engaged in a number of initiatives, briefly described below, to improve the overall financial well-being of consumers and reduce their need to tap credit sources when financial shocks arise.
FDIC Model Safe Accounts Pilot
In August 2010, the FDIC Board approved a case study, recommended by the Committee, designed to evaluate the feasibility of financial institutions offering safe, low-cost transactional and savings accounts that are responsive to the needs of underserved consumers. Known as the Model Safe Accounts Pilot, the study launched in January 2011 and will run over the course of a year. The study includes nine financial institutions that volunteered to offer unbanked and low- and moderate-income consumers deposit accounts with core features for safe, low-cost transactional and basic savings account products based on account templates that were published for comment in May 2010.
The account templates address predominantly electronic accounts to limit acquisition and maintenance costs. Transactional accounts are card-based, electronic accounts that allow withdrawals through automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals, automated clearinghouse preauthorizations, and other automated means. As needed, and on a limited basis, transactional accountholders may obtain money orders, convenience checks, or e-checks. There are no overdraft or non-sufficient funds fees associated with the transactional accounts. All of the accounts are FDIC-insured; are subject to applicable consumer protection laws, regulations, and guidance; and have reasonable rates and fees that are proportional to their cost.
As with the Small Dollar Loan Pilot Program, results of the Model Safe Accounts Pilot will be analyzed to determine best practices to share with the industry to encourage more banks to offer similar products. Over the long term, expanded access to safe and affordable bank accounts could provide more undeserved consumers with the option of tapping savings for emergencies, rather than relying on high-cost forms of credit.
Financial Education: the Money Smart Initiative
Clearly the need for small dollar short-term loans could be ameliorated if consumers became more knowledgeable about personal financial management. To address this and other needs on the part of consumers, the FDIC initiated a national financial education campaign in 2001 by launching Money Smart, a comprehensive financial education curriculum designed to help individuals outside the financial mainstream develop financial skills and positive banking relationships. Over 2.75 million consumers have been reached with Money Smart and over 1,200 organizations are actively part of the FDIC's Money Smart Alliance. Money Smart is available today in seven languages and comes in adult and young adult versions. In addition to the original version designed to be taught in a group setting, it is also available for consumers to complete independently online or through an MP3 player.8
A 2007 study of the effectiveness of Money Smart showed that the curriculum can positively influence how participants manage their finances. A majority of the Money Smart graduates surveyed reported an increase in personal savings, a decrease in debt, a better understanding of financial principles, and an increased willingness to comparison shop for financial services.
The FDIC continues to form alliances with public, private, and non-profit entities to promote financial education and encourage linkages between financial education and access to mainstream banking services. For example, last November, the FDIC entered into a partnership with the U.S. Department of Education and National Credit Union Administration to facilitate partnerships among schools, financial institutions, federal grantees and other stakeholders. The partnerships provide effective financial education, increase access to safe, affordable and appropriate accounts at federally insured banks and credit unions, and encourage saving.9 In addition, approximately 230 of the more than 1,200 organizations recognized as Money Smart Alliance Partners are financial institutions or their trade groups. Many of these institutions are using the Money Smart curriculum in collaboration with community-based partners by, for example, delivering the curriculum or providing bank products responsive to the needs of Money Smart program participants.10
Alliance for Economic Inclusion
Another area where the FDIC has addressed the needs of underserved consumers is through the Alliance for Economic Inclusion (AEI). AEI is the FDIC's national initiative to establish coalitions of financial institutions, local policymakers, community-based and consumer organizations, and other partners in 14 markets across the country to bring unbanked and underserved populations into the financial mainstream. The focus of AEI is on expanding basic retail financial services to underserved populations, including savings accounts, affordable remittance products, small-dollar loan programs, targeted financial education programs, and asset-building programs. AEI has approximately 1,130 members nationwide, and a number of the banks participating in the AEI also offer affordable small-dollar loan programs.
FDIC Unbanked and Underbanked Surveys and Other Consumer Research
Section 7 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-173) requires the FDIC to conduct ongoing surveys "on efforts by insured institutions to bring those individuals and families who have rarely, if ever, held a checking account, a savings account or other type of transaction or check cashing account at an insured depository institution into the conventional finance system." The Act further requires the FDIC to provide a "fair estimate of the size and worth of the 'unbanked' market in the United States."
To satisfy the congressional mandate, the FDIC designed two complementary national surveys, the 2008 FDIC Survey of Bank Efforts to Serve the Unbanked and Underbanked and the 2009 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households (referenced above). The results of these surveys provided new and valuable information to policymakers, the banking industry, consumer groups, and other organizations interested in expanding safe and affordable financial access to underserved populations. We are repeating the surveys this year.
In addition to the surveys, the FDIC provides research, data, and other resources for consumers, banks, policymakers and others regarding issues related to consumer protection, underserved populations, savings, credit, and the use of alternative financial services. All of this information is available on www.economicinclusion.gov, an award-winning website maintained by the FDIC that is designed to centralize and disseminate information about our economic inclusion efforts.
The FDIC issued guidelines to encourage banks to offer affordable small-dollar credit products, conducted a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of banks offering these products, and continues to explore strategies to scale small-dollar lending across the financial mainstream. Also, the FDIC has pursued initiatives to increase underserved consumers' access to savings and financial literacy as an option to potentially avoid costly forms of emergency credit. Through these steps, and by working with other interested groups, the FDIC looks forward to the day when affordable small-dollar loans become a staple product at all banks, helping American families address their short-term credit needs in a safe, reliable and financially sound manner.
1 Annamaria Lusardi, Daniel J. Schneider, Peter Tufano, "Financially Fragile Households: Evidence and Implications" Working Paper 17072, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2011. Data were collected between June and September 2009 from a statistically representative sample of 2,148 U.S. households. In response to the question "How confident are you that you could come up with $2,000 if an unexpected need arose in the next month?," 24.9 percent reported being "certainly able" to cope; 25.1 percent reported being "probably able" to cope; 22.2 reported being "probably unable" to cope; and 25.1 percent reported being "certainly unable" to cope.
2 Jessica Silver-Greenberg "Payday Lenders Go Hunting," Wall Street Journal, December 24, 2010, which, cites a year-end 2009 report from Stephens, Inc. as the source for the estimate.
3 Moebs Services, press release: "Overdraft Fee Revenue Drops to 2008 Levels for Banks and Credit Unions," September 15, 2010, which projects overdraft revenue at $35 billion in 2010 and $38 billion in 2011.
4 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances," Federal Reserve Board.
5 "FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households," FDIC, Washington, DC. December 2009. The household survey was conducted in January 2009 as a supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. http://www.fdic.gov/householdsurvey/Executive_Summary.pdf
6 "FDIC Study of Bank Overdraft Programs," FDIC, Washington, D.C. November 2008. Data refer to automated overdraft programs.
7 The 2009 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households (See Footnote 4) found that 7.7 percent of U.S. households are unbanked, meaning that they lack a checking or savings account at an insured financial institution, while 17.9 percent of U.S. households are underbanked, meaning that they have a deposit account at an insured financial institution, but continue to rely on alternative financial services providers
8 http://www.fdic.gov/moneysmart
9 http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/press/2010/pr10251.html
10 See, for example, Financial Institutions Encouraged to Work With Schools to Promote Youth Financial Education, FIL-80-2010, http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/financial/2010/fil10080.html
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In response to that blog, I received an e-mail from the Wild Center in Tupper Lake. Coincidentally, the museum has just created a website about mountain lions (also known as cougars, pumas, or panthers). It includes evidence pro and con for the big cats' presence, tips on identifying mountain lions, and a readers' poll. It went live today.
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Editor's note: Peter Fragiskatos teaches at Western University in London, Canada. You can follow him @pfragiskatos. The views expressed are his own.
Amidst the horror that continues to plague Syria, a glimmer of hope emerged last week as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced they will try to bring together the Syrian state and its opponents by convening an international peace conference.
In principle, negotiations are the right way to go. Had talks taken place earlier, the bloodshed, which has now claimed the lives of more than 70,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more, could have been vastly reduced. The only way it can be stopped is if there are some compromises, and this will only happen when the warring sides start talking in earnest. Yet reports that Russia is sending advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria are a reminder that Moscow's commitment to the process remains an unpredictable wild card.
In preparing for the discussions, a division of labor appears to have been set – the Americans are trying to persuade the rebels to take part, while Russia is pressing the al-Assad regime. And there are some promising signs on both fronts. According to Kerry, Salim Idriss – chief of staff for the main opposition Free Syrian Army – has expressed strong interest in negotiations, while reports suggest Lavrov has received a list of negotiators from the Syrian government.
But actually getting both sides to the negotiating table – and ensuring they are genuinely committed to the process – will be no easy task. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has demanded that the rebels disarm before any discussions occur, while rebel leaders are worried about losing credibility. After all, having promised revolution, rebel supporters, many of whom have lost loved ones, are unlikely to accept an outcome that could leave the regime – or something resembling it – in place.
There is, though, another factor standing in the way of a dialogue, one harder to grasp but no less important.
Russia is, by far, Syria's largest arms supplier. Between 2007 and 2010, almost $5 billion was made by Russian firms selling weapons to Syria. This has continued since the conflict began more than two years ago, with Russia pledging to veto any effort by the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the Syrian state. What is more, roughly three million people are employed in the defense industry, according to an RIA Novosti report in 2009, which it noted represents about a fifth of the manufacturing jobs in Russia. With this in mind, a casual observer might be somewhat suspicious of whether Russia's heart is really in Lavrov's pledge to halt arms transfers.
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Still, there had been genuine cause for optimism that Russia really was serious about getting the two sides to the table. Late last week, reports emerged that the planned delivery of advanced surface-to-air missile systems, which are said to be made up of six launchers and close to 150 missiles, would not go ahead. The decision to halt the delivery reportedly followed concerns expressed by Israel to the United States about the issue. But the move, we have been offered a clue to Russian motives.
In the past, Russia has cancelled sales of arms and military hardware to the al-Assad regime in order to ease Tel Aviv's concerns. The decision to do so could be interpreted as a desire to boost ties with a relatively stable and more reliable Middle Eastern state now that Syria and Iran, Russia's other major ally in the region, are beset by problems.
In addition, Russia no doubt fears that radical Sunni elements of the Syrian opposition – the al-Nusra Front is a good example – might inspire Islamist rebels in its restive republic of Chechnya. This aligns its interests with Israel, where worries about what might come after al-Assad have guided Tel Aviv's policy towards the rebellion against a state that has engaged in anti-Israel rhetoric and whose ties to Hezbollah in Lebanon have made it a threat. Israel's recent bombing raid against Syrian targets underscores this point.
The problem for Israel is that Russia has generally resumed arming Syria each time Israeli concerns have eased, because Russia's leadership still sees much to lose economically and strategically from cutting Syria loose, a reality borne out by the cruise missile news. Ultimately, Russia sees Syria as another test case for the West's appetite for intervention, and views the danger of U.S. involvement as a direct threat to its own interests.
All this suggests that despite Moscow's talk of a conference next month, Russia and Syria will find a way to be friends again. Putin needs Israel, but he needs al-Assad more. For the Syrian people, this means that their misery will continue – and possibly intensify in the coming weeks and months.
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