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Alwin Oscar® Winner	For me, it was The Replacement Killers and K2. I still cry over all that money wasted. I'd sell them, but no one would take them, or would they? Hint, Hint, Hint. Oh well, they might make good coasters
posted 01-19-2000 01:10 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	People Under the Stairs. Drop Zone The first one I tossed. The second on I donated. Scott
posted 01-19-2000 01:18 PM PT (US)

JoeInSanDiego Oscar® Winner	Goldeneye by Eric Serra...what a waste of cash... [This message has been edited by JoeInSanDiego (edited 19 January 2000).]
posted 01-19-2000 01:34 PM PT (US)

spango Oscar® Winner	GOLDENEYE is really bad,but my worst score is ANGEL by Craig Safan. I´m not sure why I bought this crap (I guess it was cheap).
posted 01-19-2000 02:33 PM PT (US)

Onelegger Oscar® Winner	Although Goldeneye is up there, I didn't pay for that one. And I try not to buy any unless I know I'll like it. I'm pretty picky. So I guess mine would be.... Wing Commander. If I had to choose. NP - The thin red line [This message has been edited by Onelegger (edited 19 January 2000).]
posted 01-19-2000 02:36 PM PT (US)

Dr.Evil Oscar® Winner	Flame me: Peacemaker Hans Zimmer Dick tracy Danny Elfman. Well, can we just put our opinions here or will be an offense, Mr. what is your name?
posted 01-19-2000 02:40 PM PT (US)

Andre Lux unregistered	"Batman Returns" (Elf-man) - I donated it "Patriot Games" (Horner) - waiste of 5 bucks. don't remember what I did with that. "Mission: Impossible" (Elf-man) - ok with the movie, but unlistable on album. I still have it, but never listened again. "Dick Tracy" (Elf-man) - no comments... "King Kong" (Barry) - fon-fon-FON!
posted 01-19-2000 02:50 PM PT (US)

robin4 Oscar® Winner	Well, I guess I disagree with many of you here as I like those you don't. My personal worst is Hard Target with 1, maybe 2 good cues.
posted 01-19-2000 02:52 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Hahaha, Dr. Evil... you crack me up. I can hear your Brazilian accent in the way you type. I love it!! Geeesh, you guys sure do hate a lot of good scores. I for one have and love: K2 Drop Zone GoldenEye Wing Commander Peacemaker Dick Tracy Batman Returns Mission Impossible Probably the worst cd I've purchased, and many of you may remember me mentioning it, is Arlington Road. As for the others above... send them to me! I know people that would love them. Jeron NP - Medal of Honor (in my head)... I think I memorized the whole cd. 5/5
posted 01-19-2000 03:04 PM PT (US)

Foobsie Oscar® Winner	Could not have done any worse. Worst purchase last year: John Beal Trailer project. What a lame CD. (2 actually) Next "Enemy of the state" Trevor Rabin. WINDBAG!!! [This message has been edited by Foobsie (edited 19 January 2000).]
posted 01-19-2000 03:51 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	I'd have to agree that Hard Target is definately up there with the worst. Don't really care for Angel Heart of Scanners either. Also Nemesis and 8MM.
posted 01-19-2000 04:36 PM PT (US)

otten Oscar® Winner	Wow, you guys are harsh. Peacemaker and Enemy of the State are two of my favorites. My worst buy ever would have to be, well, umm, well actually I really haven't bought a soundtrack that I couldn't bear to listen to at least part of. I guess I am just that good. I don't listen to Eraser much, I just never got into it.
posted 01-19-2000 04:55 PM PT (US)

Cole Oscar® Winner	ARMAGEDDON ooh gosh. what was up with everyone and that score? The Vanishing by Goldsmith was unbearable. sorry Jeron. I dont even think you have that one so that must tell you something
posted 01-19-2000 04:55 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Hey now FOOBSIE - Watch what you say about John Beal's set. Last time I made a bad comment about that cd-release, John Beal himself not only replied, but personally e-mailed me!! Jeron PS - HAHAHA, Cole - good point. Though I would be interested in hearing it. Do you have it? Wanna send it to me? =D NP - The Land Before Time (Horner) 5/5 (Yes, I give everything 5 stars. Shut up.) [This message has been edited by Jeron (edited 19 January 2000).]
posted 01-19-2000 05:26 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	1. Running Man (harold faltermeyer) YUCK! 2. Most Wanted (paul buckmaster) LAME! 3. Star Wars New Hope /Phantom Menace (John Williams) 1 or 2 good pieces but most of it is very annoying!
posted 01-19-2000 06:21 PM PT (US)

Dr.Evil Oscar® Winner	Well, now I see John Williams in the list!!! I must protest! Kill, no mercy!! See how any composer enter in any list? Please, hombres, forgive my a-c-cent here, again!
posted 01-19-2000 06:55 PM PT (US)

Andre Lux unregistered	I don't know... I think it would be better if we start saiyng sorry for including Elmfan on our list. You never know...
posted 01-19-2000 07:16 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	I can't believe you guys dared to mention Batman Returns. Next thing you'd be bashing is Edward Scissorhands! They are virtually the same score except a little darker and with the Batman theme encorporated within. As far as the worst one I've ever bought...the score would have to be "Die Hard 2." It's just an over-all lame CD. Nothing thematic, just a bunch of low strings. But the worst SOUNDTRACK I ever recieved would be the "Steel" album, and it was given to me for free. Oh well. I guess some things aren't even worth paying money for.
posted 01-19-2000 07:28 PM PT (US)

Jack Oscar® Winner	Gary Chang's The Island of Dr. Moreau. Not even good enough to be a coaster.
posted 01-19-2000 08:04 PM PT (US)

Matt Oscar® Winner	None. Want to know why? because unlike SOME people on this board....I buy scores I have heard. DONT BUY SOMETHING YOU HAVENT HEARD PEOPLE!!! Otherwise we get posts where people bitch and moan about "OOOOH, how terrible this is, what a waste of money!" If you dont like what you hear in the movie DONT BUY THE ****ING CD! MUHUAHAHAHA!! Oh, Batman Returns and Peacemaker kick ass...so you're on my list.
posted 01-19-2000 08:54 PM PT (US)

Justin Oscar® Winner	AMEN MATT and halleluah!!!
posted 01-19-2000 09:23 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Justin!!! I thought I'd trained you better than that. Shame, shame. Jeron
posted 01-19-2000 09:31 PM PT (US)

Wedge Oscar® Winner	I can't badmouth "Dick Tracy." Yes, it evokes a lot of "Batman," but the theme is so infectious ... (Bum-bum BUM-Bum ba-Ba-BA-BAAAAAA!!!) The WORST score I ever bought was James Horner's "Glory." I'm tired of explaining, but this is a new messageboard. "Glory" is Horner's most successful fraud. Any scrap of musical merit that score has is owed entirely to Prokofiev and Orff. It may be well and good for those not familiar with the above masters, but you're buying into a lie. I suspect much of the nostalgia and whimsy surrounding this derivative trash is due to fond or poignant recollections of the moving film. Do yourselves a favor: buy "Ivan the Terrible." (No offense intended, of course. Just my strong opinion. Feel free to ignore me.) NP "Shakespeare in Love" (not the CD, the end credits are playing on the TV. Mushy. Nice, but mushy.)
posted 01-19-2000 09:51 PM PT (US)

Matt Oscar® Winner	Wedge: please, dont take any offense when i say this, but you are, for lack of a better word, a moron. Glory is a bad score??!! HA! from this point on, i think ill ignore you. i dont want to get into the criteria that actually makes a good score, nor do i want to get into a discussion about composers who borrow from classical music. So ask someone else who knows my arguement, or look at my old posts. wait...actually: please feel free to take offense.
posted 01-19-2000 10:41 PM PT (US)

Mary Oscar® Winner	OK, I've got one. I was desperate for a copy of HIgh Noon by Tiomkin so I bought a laserlight c.d. called "Academy Award Songs 1944-1953" Horrors! It's an elevator music jazzy version. Mary n.p. Academy Award Songs 1943-1955. I put it in to make sure I still hate it. Yep.
posted 01-19-2000 11:14 PM PT (US)

Cole Oscar® Winner	Thank you Wedge - about Glory (although I do own it and dont mind listening to it every other year) I can see that we will get along fine. and Matt: no need to get so upset Jeron: sorry, I no longer have the vanishing; but go rent the movie (good flick) and see for yourself: the maestro can do wrong
posted 01-20-2000 12:38 AM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	I didn't think that Goldsmiths Vanishing got released? And Batman Returns is one of my all time fav. scores (although I'd admit it works less well on disc than in the film). I really wish that I hadn't bought the compilation with Death Wish 4 & other stuff on - Tough Guys Don't Cry by Badalamenti was on it, which was pretty good, but the rest sucked. And Terry Plumeri's Terror Within 2 wasn't good either. Still, they only cost a couple of quid each, & I was able to sell them on at a profit! Splendid.
posted 01-20-2000 04:42 AM PT (US)

Andre Lux unregistered	I just remembered more of the worst I bought: - "Darkman" (Elfman) - what a waiste of a great movie. I wonder what Lo Duca would have done with it... - "Nightbreed" (Elfman) - annoying - "True Lies" (Fiedel) - that's what an orchestra must sound like. Can you please let me come back to my keyboards now? Of course I bought all these cds when I was nothing but a teen. At that time I bought almost anythig with the label "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". I could add "Peacemaker", "Enemy of the State"(was that a score? or just noyse?), "The Rock", etc... but I don't buy just anything these days.
posted 01-20-2000 04:46 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Crimson Tide....I just hate this! NP: Henry Mancini's brilliant LIFEFORCE!
posted 01-20-2000 05:03 AM PT (US)

sabbey Oscar® Winner	I don't think I ever bought what I'd call an bad score. Hey I am glad to have any at all. Don't get me wrong there are definitely scores I dislike, though those are ones I would not buy. The few I have bought without knowing too much about, I ended up liking. The closest though would probably be Terminator 2 from Brad Fiedel. Though since I want to buy it again, maybe not. Actually, I do remember not caring to much about Philip Glass's Koyaanisqatsi, which was one I liked at least some what, it was just an little repetitious. I guess I am one of the few, who can listen to practically anything. I will say, liking most if not all of the genres of film music helps. Maybe that is why I can stomach The Rock, Con Air and all those other Media Ventures scores. Anyone else feel the same? Sean Robert Abbey [This message has been edited by sabbey (edited 20 January 2000).]
posted 01-20-2000 05:29 AM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	The worst? Probably THE OUTER LIMITS, the new TV-series with a bottomless score by John van Tongeren. The theme by Mancina is kinda catchy, though. Never too fond of Jarre's GORILLAS IN THE MIST either (although I love Jarre in general).
posted 01-20-2000 08:52 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	I tried, but couldn't stay quite any longer. The Vanishing was a very fitting score to a very good movie. Scott NP:Basic Instict (***/**)
posted 01-20-2000 11:47 AM PT (US)

Mark Hatfield Oscar® Winner	I kinda liked the movie THE FIFTH ELEMENT, and I'm sure that some of you love the score.....but I use this soundtrack CD as a coaster (honestly!) to remind me not to purchase indiscriminately. Outside of the Peter Gabriel tune & the "diva"'s cue I have never found anything to like about it. An absolutely ruinous score purchase. However, as a coaster, it cleans well & is always easy to locate..... NP: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME (Poledouris) 5/5*
posted 01-20-2000 12:02 PM PT (US)

Ed Coleman Oscar® Winner	I agree with you Mark it has to be The Fifth Element" Ed NP - TWINE [This message has been edited by Ed Coleman (edited 20 January 2000).]
posted 01-20-2000 12:03 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	It's really interesting to me to see all of the scores being listed, which many I actually like. And I'm sure many of you like what others are listing. Just shows the variety of tastes among the group. Nothing wrong with that.
posted 01-20-2000 12:05 PM PT (US)

SFT Oscar® Winner	Andre, I can understand why a "non-elfman fan" would dislike "Darkman", but how on earth could you not like "Nightbreed"? It´s absoluty awesome! The cue "Carnival Underground" is amazing...and so is every cue in from that score! I don´t get you... SFT NP: Citizen Kane, Bernard Herrmann ***/***
posted 01-20-2000 12:08 PM PT (US)

JEC Oscar® Winner	The worst soundtrack album I ever bought was DEEP THROAT. It was mostly organ music.
posted 01-20-2000 12:17 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	I have to agree with SFT, that Nightbreed is an awesome score. One of my favorites by Elfman.
posted 01-20-2000 12:35 PM PT (US)

JoeInSanDiego Oscar® Winner	JEC: I got that!!! I really did!!! ROTFL!!!
posted 01-20-2000 01:13 PM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	Not exactly a score, an adaption. Meco's Star Wars album from about 1977. I must have been a bit crazy at the time.
posted 01-20-2000 03:21 PM PT (US)

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