This is what I got recently:
Last week: The Ninth Gate (Kilar)
Today: Angela's Ashes (Williams; Decca). For $3 each: Judge Dredd (Silvestri), Toy Story (Randy Newman), A Fish Called Wanda (Du Prez), Casper (Horner), "Brian de Palma/Pino Donaggio" (Donaggio compilation)

Galaxy Quest (D. Newman)
Candyman Bootleg (P. Glass)
The Hurricane (C. Young)
Magnolia Promo (J. Brion)
Tomorrow Never Dies Expanded (finally-D. Arnold)
The Ninth Gate (W. Kilar)

Not too much so far this month...but much more to come.

Legend (Goldsmith)
Dragonheart
Titus
Tribute to Korngold
Marnie (Tsunami release)
Night Digger

Ordered (they're sent and should arrive this week):
Mulan Expanded
The Mummy expanded
Armageddon expanded
The Matrix expanded
Thirteenth Warrior expanded
Small Soldiers expanded
Thirteenth Warrior (Graeme Revell)
Born on the 4th of July expanded
The Phantom Menace expanded
Alien Resurrection expanded
Far and Away expanded
ID 4 expanded
Galaxy Quest promo
Deep Water promo
The Faculty promo
PT Barnum Promo
Trinity and Beyond

np: Cider House Rules *****/*****

FLIM FLAM MAN/A GIRL NAMED SOONER (nice, and it turns out there's LOTS of great FLIM-FLAM music that wasn't on the SPFM tribute)

BICENTENNIAL MAN (decent, heard it all before though)

ANNA AND THE KING (some good patches)

TITUS (superb! Where's its Oscar nomination?)

THE OLIVER STONE CONNECTION (2 CDs packed with stuff, only ran me $4! I really mainly wanted it for the interview quotes from Stone himself.)

BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (okay, but Burwell's done way better -- maybe once I see the film I'll appreciate it more)

CLAY PIGEONS (some good songs; it was cheap)

PSYCHO (Elfman/Bartek version) (decent but no reason to have it, the McNeely version is just as good and also includes ALL the music)

A CIVIL ACTION (fine, somewhat Thomas Newmanish)

INDECENT PROPOSAL (typical John Barry tune, not one of his more engrossing, but for $3, I was willing to roll the dice)

FREEDOM SONG (only $4 but I thought there was going to be at least SOME SCORE music on this ... )

DESTROY THE MONSTERS (hard-rock covers of various Godzilla themes -- it's growing on me)

SYMPHONIC FANTASIA (1999 issue of a 1995 rerecording of the Ifukube trilogy of concert versions of some of his fantasy themes -- probably a better rendition than the 1983 live recording, arguably better than the version Masaru Sato conducted in 1993, but that was perfectly all right)

GODZILLA (1998, only bought it for "Come With Me," was waiting for it to get cheap enough to justify it in my mind)

Someone wanted to send me ENTER THE DRAGON, but I ain't seen a sign of it yet ... perhaps the whole offer was a mirage ... And come to think of it, where's my SUPERMAN? Patience, patience ...

Wow!...Thats the only score Iv'e bought this year!

Of interest to me, I look forward to purchasing ...
For Love Of The Game - Poledoris
Galaxy Quest - Newman
The Hurricane - Young
Angela's ashes - Williams
The possibly expanded EMI Bond scores....I'll NOT buy a single one if they are not!!!

Anyone know if I can e-mail EMI and let em know my oppinion? ( Do they give a toss?? )

Wow!...Thats the only score Iv'e bought this year!

Of interest to me, I look forward to purchasing ...
For Love Of The Game - Poledoris
Galaxy Quest - Newman
The Hurricane - Young
Angela's ashes - Williams
The possibly expanded EMI Bond scores....I'll NOT buy a single one if they are not!!!

Anyone know if I can e-mail EMI and let em know my oppinion? ( Do they give a toss?? )

Universal Soldier: The Return - Don Davis
Warriors of Virtue - Don Davis
Universal Soldier - Christopher Franke
Congo - Jerry Goldsmith
Logan's Run (CDR) - Jerry Goldsmith
The Secret of N.I.M.H. - Jerry Goldsmith
Animal Farm - Richard Harvey
Citizen Kane - Bernard Herrmann
The Egyptian - Bernard Herrmann / Alfred Newman
Wyatt Earp - James Newton Howard
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (CDR) - Ron Jones
Last of the Mohicans - Trevor Jones / Randy Edelman
The Legendary Italian Westerns - Ennio Morricone
Galaxy Quest - David Newman
American Beauty - Thomas Newman
The Green Mile - Thomas Newman
Fried Green Tomatoes - Thomas Newman
For Love of the Game - Basil Poledouris
Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa
Mouse Hunt - Alan Silvestri
Final Fantasy: Symphonic Suite - Nobuo Uematsu
Best of the West - Various
Cinema Choral Classics - Various
Gundam: Symphonic Poem - Takeo Watanabe / Yushi Matsuyama
1941 - John Williams
Amistad - John Williams
Dracula - John Williams
Empire of the Sun - John Williams
Far and Away - John Williams
The Fury - John Williams
Jane Eyre - John Williams
Jaws 2 - John Williams
Superman (Rhino Version) - John Williams
The Thin Red Line - Hans Zimmer

NP: The Relic - John Debney ****

Sean Robert Abbey

Galaxy Quest (Newman)
My Fellow Americans (Ross)
Clear and Present Danger (Horner)
Bulworth (Morricone)
Contact (Silvestri)
Islands in the Stream (Goldsmith)
City Slickers 2 (Shaiman)
Masada (Goldsmith)
The Hurricane (Young)

Galaxy Quest
Gormenghast
U-Turn (cool score!)
Love Affair
Legend of 1900
Angela's Ashes, narrator-less version
The Flim-Flam Man/ A Girl Named Sooner (those guys at FSM hit a homerun again!)
All About Eve/ Leave Her to Heaven
Medal of Honor
The Hurricane
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hocus Pocus
Josh and S.A.M.
Images
Home Alone 2

and last, but certainly not the least:
TITUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE ELEPHANT MAN
John Morris

KRULL
James Horner

THE FURY
John Williams

T-REX: BACK TO CRETACEOUS
William Ross

These are from the past couple of weeks...

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Gabriel Yared

TARAS BULBA and
FRANZ WAXMAN: LEGENDS FROM HOLLYWOOD VOL. 1
Franz Waxman

THE SONG OF BERNADETTE
Alfred Newman

Today, I picked up Danny Elfman's fantastic score to A SIMPLE PLAN. One of his best, I think. Cliche time! Terrific in every sense of the word! I was planning on getting Thomas Newman's very good score to THE GREEN MILE, but none were in, so I finally bought A SIMPLE PLAN. As great as I remember it in the film. Too bad not more of Elfman's music was included on the album.

I got:

1. Chrono Trigger '99 (PSX Edition) OST
2. Shakespeare In Love
3. Final Fantasy VIII Orchestra Edition (Mar)
4. Mission to Mars (Mar)
5. Scream 3 (Mar)

A Simple Plan was missing one important cue that everybody seemed to love but me. It's the "Bill Paxton rides the snowmobile" music. It's good, but it's nothing to freak out about, people. There's still great stuff to be had on the album, particularly "Tracks In The Snow".

Hey JJ! I was just listening to U-Turn the other day and wondering why this wasn't a huge huge hit of a score. Every single track of the score is brilliantly "off". I love the moment where the "Goofy Bass Theme" returns at the climax of "End Of Sheriff".

Damn I love being an American right now! Where's my stoic trumpet theme? Hey? Morrison, where art thou? Well, the feeling has subsided. What a terrible country we live in. OK, it's back! Damnit, McNab, where are you when a good ol' American needs a distant trumpet solo to back 'im up? Ah, forget it! I guess I'll go upstairs to a Herrmann "Dirge".

Extremely excited at the prospect of sleep,
Shaun

NP---The voices in my head! Oh, these blasted voices! Shut it! Shut your mouths, all of you up there! I can't take it any longer (sound of head being mashed into a drawer).......evil devil head voices! Take that!

Ugh.

Finally somebody who also has Bernard Herrmannīs brilliant score to NIGHT DIGGER!
Isnīt it great????

I myself got Carpenterīs Christine, and Williamīs adaption of Fiddler on the Roof. In the next couple of weeks, I will have 17 cds arriving from amazon.com and Screen Archives Entertainment.

SFT

I'll play a little ditty in remembrance of your former sanity.

Anyway, I just bought Sleepy Hollow last Saturday.

Anyway, here's what I've got these last few weeks:

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (Elfman)
An interesting score, Elfman's first foray into his "new sound". Cool 70's percussion.

EXTREME MEASURES (Elfman)
Slow and foreboding thriller score. Only the last track really goes somewhere.

SLEEPY HOLLOW (Elfman):
Somewhat disappointed initally, but it really grows on you. Loud and unmelodious, yet intriguingly complex.

PSYCHO (Herrmann/Elfman):
No Herrmann fan, but I recognize this score's greatness. Best interpretation since the original.

ANGELA'S ASHES (Williams):
Superb score incorporating the religious sound I love so much.

LOST IN SPACE, VOL. 3 (Williams et. al.):
Very herrmannesque. Once again, it needs to grow on you.

THE PLAYER (Newman):
Highly original, with great orchestrations. Precursor to things like AMERICAN BEAUTY and RED CORNER.

STAR TREK: INSURRECTION (Goldsmith):
Not the best in the franchise, but a nice romantic theme coupled with basic, mediocre action writing.

For March, how am I supposed to know.

Scott

NP:Mendelsshon again.

The Hurricane (Christopher Young)
Reeltime:The Rosewood rejected score (Wynton Marsalis)
Swept By The Sea (John Barry)
Titus (Elliot Goldenthal)
Jawbreaker (Stephen Endelman)
The Thirteenth Floor (Harald Kloser)
The Cider House Rules (Rachel Portman)
Freedom Song (James Horner)
Liberty Heights (Andrea Morricone)
The Ninth Gate (Wojeich Kilar)
The Faculty (Marco Beltrami)
The Flim-Flam Man/A Girl Named Sooner (Jerry Goldsmith)
As Good As It Gets (Hans Zimmer)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi)
Eyes Wide Shut (Jocelyn Pook, Academy Promo)
Payback (Chris Boardman, expanded promo)
The War At Home (Basil Poledouris)
The Towering Inferno (John Williams)
Romancing the Stone/The Bodyguard (Alan Silvestri)
No Mercy/Super Mario Bros. (Alan Silvestri)
Year of the Dragon (David Mansfield)
Phenomenon (Thomas Newman, score only)
The Witches of Eastwick-expanded (John Williams)
Fright Night (Brad Fiedel)
I Love You to Death (James Horner)
The Ice Storm (Mychael Danna, academy promo)
Clean Slate/Grumpy Old Men (Alan Silvestri)
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (David Newman)
Bride of Chucky (Graeme Revell, score only)
Suicide Kings (Graeme Revell)
Days of Thunder (Hans Zimmer)

And I'm expecting:
Galaxy Quest (David Newman)
The Whole Nine Yards (Randy Edelman)
Scream 3 (Marco Beltrami)
Punchline (Charles Gross)
The Puppet Masters (Colin Towns)
Wagon's East (Michael Small)
Superman The Movie (John Williams, expanded)

Coming soon:
Well, I know I will be getting Scream 3-Beltrami for sure, but there are 7 other cds I am trying to get a hold of and will let you know what they are as soon as I acquire them.

A Dream of Kings by Alex North
A Summer Story by Georges Delerue

Scott

Mr. Target (or anyone) -- how do the HURRICANE and PAYBACK promos compare with the commercial versions?

Marc
NP: The Truman Show

Freedom Song (Horner)
The Ninth Gate (Kilar)
Titus (Goldenthal)
Tomorrow Never Dies (Expanded - Arnold)
The Red Violin (Corigliano)

is there any actual SCORE on FREEDOM SONG, or is the whole thing gospel? And which bits did Horner actually work on? (The $4 disc I bought does not have a booklet, hence my weird question.)

Sweet Honey in the Rock is responsible for tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15 and 16.

Bertha Gober composed track 11 and track 18 is a Carole King contribution.

Hope this helps.

The Matrix (Don Davis)
Princess Mononoke (Joe Hisaishi)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (Randy Edelman)
Superman-Expanded Original (John Williams)
The Secret of NIMH (Jerry Goldsmith)
Cutthroat Island (John Debney)

JJ