I've completed my compilation that I first mentioned over at FSM. (The one I was asking around about to see if somebody could do it for me, since I didn't have a CDR-burner at the time?) If you're still interested in hearing how it turned out, I'll post the details.

NP: John Carpenter's Vampires ***/*****

YES! I Definetly would like to know
how the story turned out!!!

Marcelo - Long time no see. I was afraid to post at FSM, for fear of it disappearing without you seeing it, but I was glad to see that you're now here so I can tell you about it.

It took me a couple times before I finally got it right. My first time was virtually a disaster, but hey - that's what experimenting's for, right? Anyway, I also couldn't decided on which cues to use, but I ultimately did, and - on my fifth attempt - finally got it right.

I suppose you may feel I tricked you, as the final recording was not made from a cassette tape, as I had mentioned I wanted it done over on FSM. When I got a CDR-burner for Christmas, I decided to just record the music right from the videos/DVDs, which many other people have obviously done.

The entire CD runs 60 minutes and 52 seconds, and contains the following:

Music From The Films Of MICHAEL DUDIKOFF

1. Cobra - Theme: Main Title (1:09)
2. Strategic Command - End Credits (4:09)
3. Bounty Hunters - End Credits (3:07)
4. Black Thunder - The Nova: Main Title (2:45)
5. Black Thunder - End Credits (4:07)
6. Platoon Leader - "Welcome Back"/End Credits (3:41)
7. The Shooter - End Credits (4:06)
8. Crash Dive - End Cast/End Credits (5:26)
9. Fugitive Mind - Main Title/The Lab (4:16)
10. Freedom Strike - End Credits (4:06)
11. Moving Target - End Credits (3:30)
12. American Ninja - The Convoy: Main Title (2:11)
13. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation - Motorcycles - Main Title (1:56)
14. Avenging Force - The Swamp: Main Title (2:21)
15. Midnight Ride - Main Title (0:53)
16. Midnight Ride - Borrowing A Car (1:41)
17. Midnight Ride - Elevator Attack/End Credits (2:58)
18. Chain of Command - The Oil Field: Main Title (2:20)
19. River of Death - The Amazon: Main Title (2:20)

That was it for the main part of the music. But I didn't want to waste the rest of the disc, so I added a couple of pieces that were actually in the movies, as opposed to the opening/closing credit suites.

20. Counter Measures - Moscow: Seven Years Later (1:05)
21. Fugitive Mind - Robert Escapes (0:24)
22. Midnight Ride - Justin's First Victim (0:21)

I closed out the movie music section with a bang . . .

23. Cobra - Theme: End Title (1:08)

. . . then closed the entire album with . . .

24. Cannon Pictures logo (0:21)

I also made a very nice little case for the CD. The track titles are fully listed on the back, and I even made a little booklet for the case. The front has full-color artwork of three pictures: 1 film still and 2 promo shots. The inside first page contains a fairly complete biography, and the second is a list of his films (starring roles only) and two more promo pictures. The back of the booklet again lists the track titles, as well as 4 still pictures.

Then comes the part I really like. The part of the case the CD rests in is clear, so behind it I place a promotional picture taken on the set of American Ninja.

The thing I like about listening to this (other than being a huge Dudikoff fan) is that the music is extremely impressive for low-budget movies. You usually don't get very good - or even just good - scores with direct-to-video movies, but some of the tracks here I'd put in the same field as the best of Goldsmith and Williams.

All-in-all, it's a pretty impressive little piece of work (according to my friends) for something that will never be seen in a music store.

Sorry for making you wait so long to hear the outcome, but I was pretty busy with college at the time I was experimenting, so I couldn't work on the CD for days at a time. I also hope you're not disappointed learning the final CD was recorded directly from the videos/DVDs instead of the cassette tape.

Anyway, that's all I can think of to tell you about it.

NP: Music From The Films Of Michael Dudikoff *****/***** (like I'm gonna rate my own work badly !)

By the way: anybody know if Cannon is still making movies? I don't think I've seen any fairly recent ones.

NP: Army of Darkness *****/***** (God, I LOVE this score!)

And gladd You're in the forum again
in the discussion of the great hollywood masters.