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Vladimir Oscar® Winner	My score collection has been growing over the past 2 yrs.Last time I had alot of ppl reply saying that I should expand and go after some different composers so here is a list of some composers and if you could tell me what scores I need from these composers that are good and that will make my collection complete thanks. Vladimir(Matt) P.S I know there are alot of composers here but if you can just give me some scores that will be great thanks again Barry Beltrami E Bernstein B Broughton C Burwell Denbey Doyle D Davis Edelman Newton Howard M Ishham T Jones M Kamen Mancina McNeely Morricone R Newman J Ottman B Poledouris A Silvestri G Revell
posted 01-31-2000 04:42 PM PT (US)

JClark Oscar® Winner	I feel qualified only as to scores by Patrick Doyle. If I had to start my Doyle collection all over again, I'd begin with these four scores: Henry V (EMI) Hamlet (Sony Classical, I think) Dead Again (Varese) Indochine (Varese). There are numerous others (but not so many as, for instance, Poledouris or Barry), and it appears that the following are also consensus favorites: Carlito's Way (Varese) Needful Things (Varese) Much Ado About Nothing. Doyle's output has been fairly slender of late due to illness. His style is very distinctive in general, although a fair number of his scores (Mrs. Winterbourne and Exit to Eden, or Frankenstein and Dead Again) might almost sound interchangeable. I do hope that he can regain whatever foothold he had in the soundtrack world, because his style is quite engaging.
posted 01-31-2000 05:21 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	I haven't time to tell you much right now, but I expect there's more than a few on this board who'd tell ya POLEDOURIS - CONAN THE BARBARIAN....expanded Varese release....a BIG MUST GET!!!
posted 01-31-2000 06:15 PM PT (US)

Will Oscar® Winner	I don't know whether do you already have these, but just in case: Barry : Dances with Wolves Edelman: Dragonheart Newton Howard: Dave, Waterworld Kamen: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Silvestri: Judge Dredd NP: Hercules
posted 01-31-2000 06:51 PM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	I wont list for all the composers, but here are some top selections for some of them. For Beltrami, I'd have to recommend Mimic as the No. 1 choice at present. Scream/Scream 2 is also worth getting, although you may want to wait until Scream 3, to be able to compare them. For Broughton, go for Silverado, Tombstone & Lost in Space in particular. Cutthroat Island is probably Debneys best CD, for Mancina, I'd go with Twister, & maybe Speed as well. For Graeme Revell, The Saint & The Crow are probably his best works. np Hard Rain [This message has been edited by Pete M (edited 03 February 2000).]
posted 02-01-2000 06:06 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Off the top of my head: Elmer Bernstein: THE GREAT ESCAPE; THE BLACK CAULDRON (hasn't this been expanded?) Randy Newman: THE NATURAL; AWAKENINGS (his own favorite of his scores) John Ottman: THE USUAL SUSPECTS (this is the one must-have he's composed to date) Basil Poledouris: CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CONAN THE DESTROYER, THE BLUE LAGOON Alan Silvestri: PREDATOR, PREDATOR 2, VOLCANO (much underrated, that one! You can preview it on Varese's "Towering Inferno and Other Disaster Themes" CD, itself a nice busy-sounding buy.)
posted 02-01-2000 10:39 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	(A repeated post) [This message has been edited by H Rocco (edited 01 February 2000).]
posted 02-01-2000 10:40 AM PT (US)

Audacity Oscar® Winner	Just some: James Newton Howard - Waterworld, Wyatt Earp, Grand Canyon Broughton - Young Sherlock Holmes Mark Isham - Blade, Fire in the Sky John Ottman - I agree with Rocco, you need The Usual Suspects Joel McNeely - Soldier, Virus John Debney - If you can find them, The Cape, The Relic, I Know What You Did Last Summer Audacity
posted 02-01-2000 01:53 PM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Barry: OUT OF AFRICA, SOMEWHERE IN TIME Davis: WARRIORS OF VIRTUE!!!!!!!! Debney: CUTTHROAT ISLAND, CLASS OF '61, NOT SINCE CASANOVA Jones: MERLIN Kamen: 101 DALMATIANS Ottman: INCOGNITO Silvestri: MOUSE HUNT, THE PARENT TRAP [This message has been edited by James (edited 01 February 2000).]
posted 02-01-2000 02:37 PM PT (US)

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	Barry- Somewhere In Time Beltrami- Definately Scream 1&2, Mimic Broughton- Lost in Space, Tombstone Burwell- Conspiracy Theory Debney- Cutthroat Island, End Of Days Doyle- Carlito's Way, Frankenstein Davis- Matrix Edelman- Dragon Heart, Mask, While you were Sleeping Newton Howard- Waterworld, Fugitive, Outbreak Isham- Timecop, Blade Jones- Cliffhanger Kamen- Robin Hood, Highlander, Mr. Hollands Opus Mancina- Speed, Twister McNeely- Shadows of the Empire Morricone- Untouchables, The Thing Newman- Bug's Life, Maverick, Toy Story 2 Ottman- Usual Suspects, Portrait of Terror (aka Haloween H2O) Poledouris- Conan, Robocop, Starship Troopers Revell- Crow, Craft Silvestri- Back to the Futures, Eraser, Forrest Gump, Judge Dredd, Abyss Just to name a few [This message has been edited by SEBULBA (edited 01 February 2000).]
posted 02-01-2000 02:44 PM PT (US)

J. Peter Wolk-Laniewski Oscar® Winner	Morricone: The Mission
posted 02-01-2000 07:38 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Barry: You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Living Daylights, Dances With Wolves Bernstein: To Kill A Mockingbird, The 10 Commandments, House (on The Midas Run CD), The Comancheros Morricone: A Fistful of Dynamite
posted 02-01-2000 10:18 PM PT (US)

Cole Oscar® Winner	I went through your list of composers and picked who I thought were the best and listed the one score that I thought was their most enjoyable, best, interesting and listenable score as well as a score that would be a good introduction to their music. Barry - Across the sea of time* (this is a score he did for an imax film and possibly my favorite - but since it is hard to find try Somewhere in time, Raise The Titanic, Dances with Wolves, Bernstein - to kill a mockingbird Debney - Cutthroat Island Doyle - Henry V (this is a must! "non nobis domine" makes me cry) Jones - Merlin Kamen - 101 Dalmations Mancina - Twister Mcneely - Shadows of the Empire Morricone - The Mission Newman - A bugs Life* Poledouris - Conan the Barbarian* Silvestri - Back to the Future trilogy Revel - The saint Try those (especially the ones with an * beside them) and you wont be disapointed
posted 02-02-2000 01:52 AM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Barry = Somewhere In Time, Dances With Wolves, Any of his James Bond Music. E Bernstein = The Ten Commandments, The Age Of Innocence B Broughton = Silverado, Lost In Space C Burwell = Rob Roy Denbey = Cutthroat Island, End Of Days D Davis = The Matrix Edelman = The Last Of The Mohicans, Dragonheart, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Newton Howard = Waterworld T Jones = Labrynth, The Dark Crystal M Kamen = Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, Highlander, Mr. Holland's Opus, Lethal Weapon 3, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Morricone = The Godfather R Newman = Maverick, A Bugs Life, Toy Story 2 J Ottman = Usual Suspects B Poledouris = Starship Troopers, The Hunt For Red October A Silvestri = Contact, Forest Gump, Back to the Future III, The Abyss, Predator 2 G Revell = The Crow, The Craft [This message has been edited by AaronR1074 (edited 02 February 2000).]
posted 02-02-2000 04:40 AM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	>Broughton - Young Sherlock Holmes Does anyone know if there's ever going to be a CD of this (I have the LP, & it's excellent.) np Beastmaster 2
posted 02-03-2000 04:16 AM PT (US)

Ron Pulliam Oscar® Winner	For Poledouris, you ought to go for "The Blue Lagoon" -- it's absolutely gorgeous. Few of Bernstein's truly great scores have made it onto CD, but "To Kill A Mockingbird" (the Varese re-recording conducted by Bernstein himself) is brilliant. One score recently released by BMG (Spain) is "Summer and Smoke" and it's also brilliant. For more action-oriented Bernstein, Ryko issued both "The Magnificent Seven" (mono) and "Return of the Magnificent Seven"(stereo). Get 'em while the getting's good. Ryko is out of the soundtrack business. I'll second any recommendation for Doyle's "Hamlet," but don't bypass "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Sense and Sensibility." As for Randy Newman, you can't do any better than "The Natural." [This message has been edited by Ron Pulliam (edited 03 February 2000).] [This message has been edited by Ron Pulliam (edited 03 February 2000).]
posted 02-03-2000 01:01 PM PT (US)

spango Oscar® Winner	take the following and I assure you will be happy: OTTMAN: A PORTRAIT OF TERROR (the best Halloweenscore ever) BURWELL: FARGO/BARTON FINK NEWTON HOWARD: GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS SILVESTRI: DEATH BECOMES HER; THE ABYSS ISHAM: OF MICE AND MEN; COOL WORLD RANDY NEWMAN: THE PAPER
posted 02-03-2000 02:42 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Debney -- Hocus Pocus Newton Howard -- Snow Falling..., Flatliners, Waterworld, Man in the Moon Ottman -- Incognito without a doubt! E Bernstein -- Frankie Starlight, Magnif 7, To Kill a Mockingbird, Great Escape, Comancheros Burwell -- Being John Malkovich, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, Rob Roy
posted 02-03-2000 04:34 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Me again. Someone mentioned Barry's Across the Sea of Time--a beautiful score.
posted 02-03-2000 09:58 PM PT (US)

THE GREEK Oscar® Winner	As i see you refer to composers that cover a 40 year period of film music.You want selections from BARRY, MORRICONE and BERNSTEIN who have created their own page in filmmusic history and you also mention mediocre(in my opinion)composers like BELTRAMI and MANCINA.So.... BARRY:I'd suggest the bulk of his early career, especially THE IPCRESS FILE, MONTE WALSH, THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM, DEADFALL, LION IN WINTER, LAST VALLEY, PETULIA, FOLLOW ME, THE KNACK, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, THE CHASE.You should also buy BODY HEAT, THE SPECIALISTS and DANCES WITH WOLVES. BERNSTEIN:Most of his early works is wonderfull.SUMMER AND SMOKE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, KINGS GO FORTH, SOME CAME RUNNING, CARPETBAGGERS, SILENCERS, CARETAKERS, WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, HAWAII.You should also buy HEAVY METAL the score, THE JOHN WAYNE vol 1 and 2 CDs. BROUGHTON:YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, TOMBSTONE, SILVERADO and THE DOUBLE CD PROMO. BURWELL:Very interesting composer.You should listen to all of his works. DEBNEY:CUTTHROAT ISLAND DOYLE:ALL!! DAVIS:ALL!! EDELMAN:His PROMO CD. HOWARD:THE PRINCE OF TIDES, DEVIL'S ADVOCATE ISHAM:COUNTRY. JONES:MISSISIPI BURNING, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, EXCALIBUR, MERLIN. KAMEN:BRAZIL and DEAD ZONE MANCINA:NOTHING! BELTRAMI:NOTHING! MCNEELY:NOTHING! R.NEWMAN:RAGTIME, THE NATURAL, AVALON, PLEASANTVILLE. OTTMAN:THE USUAL SUSPECTS POLEDOURIS:ALL!!Especially his wonderfull CONAN THE BARBARIAN, FAREWELL TO THE KING and HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. SILVESTRI:I believe that his career is mostly consisted by main titles but his work for FORREST GUMP and PREDATOR is very good.(especially the esecond) REVELL:THE CROW. MORRICONE:From where to start and where to end!!!!I suggest that you should listen to his earlier works first.My best? IL GRANDE SILENCIO ORCA LE CLAN DES SICILIENS VERGOGNA SCHIFOSSI ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA THE UNTOUCHABLES THE MISSION CACCIATORI DI NAVI LA COSSA BUFFA I PROMESSI SPOSSI CINEMA PARADISO REVOLVER UN ESCERCITO DI 5 UOMINI(FIVE MAN ARMY) BLUE EYED BANDIT DAYS OF HEAVEN METTELO
posted 02-04-2000 11:59 AM PT (US)

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