I would love to see an isolated score on the Wyatt Earp DVD. James Newton Howard composed an incredible score for this movie and there seems to be a whole lot of good music in the movie that didn't make it on the OST.

Notting Hill was also another DVD I had hoped to see an iso score on. Does a promo exist? It's wonderful music, and the DVD came at a time where Universal seemingly could not get enough of putting Isolated scores on their discs. I was very upset.

The very first announcement of The Shawshank Redmeption on DVD from about 2 years ago had an isolated score feature down on the specifications list. All this time later the disc is here without that feature (or indeed the other extras announced for it way back then). The CD is missing my fave theme that appears about 3 to 4 times in the film. I need it badly!

I would have likes one on The Prince of Egypt as well. Couple of nice cues not on the released CD.

There are quite a few I would really like. As for upcoming DVDs, I hope Toy Story 2, American Beauty, Green Mile and some others have the feature.

Columbia seems to be really into isolated scores right now, they're appearing on quite a few of their discs and some of their upcoming releases are ot have them (The Messenger, Little Women...etc).

Also, Columbia is planning future Special Ed's of Fifth Element and Leon for sometime in 2000, and Eric Serra isolated scores on them would go down VERY nicely!

Also, I am hoping the May release of The World is Not Enough will have an isolated score, because if it does not I will be protesting on MGM's front doorstep faster then you can say "David Arnold"!

Dan (UK)

NP: Bad Boys Promo (*****/*****)

*ADDITIONAL*

Cruel Intentions is another score I would have loved to see isolated on the DVD. At numerous points on the commentary does the director and producers say how much they love the score...but obviously not enough to release anything from it huh? (they released a money making cash in soundtrack instead)

Shame.

I just realised you said, "don't go crazy". Ooops, sorry my friend. Yikes, and those are just a FEW I'd like to see.

Just kidding, I read your text. Serious. I think all movies that didn't get a proper cd release should get an isolated score on the DVD. For example:

Loch Ness (Jones)
Mathilda (David Newman)
Alaska (Reg Powell)
Home Alone 3 (Glennie-Smith)
...

Then there are several movies that have 30 minute scores that deserve an isolated track:

Starship Troopers (Poledouris)
Under Siege 2 (Poledouris)
Sudden Death (Debney)
...

Certain movies have good releases and one shouldn't whine about the fact that there's not enough on the disc. Just to mention a few stated above:

Face/Off (John Powell)
Wyatt Earp (Newton Howard)
Every movie by Spielberg

No offense meant.

Dan (UK)

HEAVY METAL (Bernstein's score, not rock)
GHOSTBUSTERS and STRIPES (see above)
HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II
THE BOY WHO COULD FLY
GALAXY QUEST
SLEEPY HOLLOW
AMERICAN BEAUTY

Ah, nuts. Just ammend that to say "All of 'em"!

Hey, great! Someone else on this list who has actually heard this score! I've felt like a voice in the wilderness for so long.

The rest of you, when this comes out on DVD or video, rent it and listen to the score. It's great. And it's a shame it isn't being released.

Jeron

Jeron -- Rent this when it becomes available! Wonderful scoring in service of a pretty good little film. The music manages to be both introspective and uplifting without falling into "sports movie" cliches. Heck of a nice site here, BTW. Thanks for allowing me to join in!

How about isolated scores for

THE GREAT RACE
VICTOR/VICTORIA
10
S.O.B.
?

I much prefer the definitive edition cut of Close Encounters to LD re-mastered in THX and Dolby Digital by Columbia. That documentary is longer the the movie!

Columbia do not allow Criterion to release their movies unfortunately, so the DVD from Criterion will never happen. It was good though.

Dan (UK)

A number of things have always stood out for me. Bob Balaban backs away into the wind - he looks left, he looks right, he looks up; the Crescendo Summit; the last 35 minutes of the film; the mothership rises above Devil's Tower; how suddenly everything went silent at the end, the only sound being William's score. Words like operatic and poetically visual come to mind to explain it. It was the perfect ending to a perfect movie.

There are some films that I wish I could erase the experience of seeing it for the first time so I could experience it all over again. This is one of them.

This film has remained with me for a long time, and still remains my favorite.

And Mystry Alasaka

--Kyp