And does anyone know the correct pronounciation of his last name?

NP: Eraser - "Kruger Escapes" ***/***** (Not Silvestri's best action score - that honor goes to Predator - but still fairly enjoyable. This is the best track on the whole CD.)

And here I was, thinking the whole time it said Jerry Goldsmith in the credits and on my CD.

NP: Eraser - "When I Have Proof" ***/*****

SOAPDISH is a surprising and likable comedy score, mainly written as a mambo -- my favorite comedy score from that year, as I recall (1991, wasn't it?) Vibrant and interesting music, not the kind of lightweight stuff you expect from the average comedy score.

It's certainly Predator-esque, wouldn't you say?

anyway, I like Forrest Gump and Contact.

Any thoughts on a CD I just found out about searching Yahoo! called Voyages, a Silvestri compilation? (Also includes the Silver Pictures logo.)

1) THE ABYSS (his fineste work) ****

2) FERNGULLY (all synths, but interesting) ***

3) FORREST GUMP (cheesy, but nice) ***

4) THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (some bombastic parts run against the good and gentle moments) ***

5) JUDGE DREDD (he probably got inspired by Goldsmith glorious trailer music and did a great action score, different from all the other repetitive stuff he has done) ****

6) CONTACT (again, the bombastic cues run against the good parts) ***

Others I like are: PREDATOR (but won't pay lots of bucks for a boot), BACK TO THE FUTURE (contains some nice cues).

THE ABYSS(Sure, the last three tracks are good, but the first ten tracks have merit, particularly "The Crane" & "Sub Battle", which sound as if they were lifted from PREDATOR)

MOUSE HUNT(One of Silvestri's all-time best, it cries out for an expanded boot)

DEATH BECOMES HER(Another great comedy score)

I also like:
SGT. BILKO
SUPER MARIO BROS.
GRUMPY OLD MEN
RICHIE RICH, and
JUDGMENT NIGHT, which has, inexplicably, never been released in any form.

Buy the VARESE SARABANDE compilation "Voyages: Film Music of Alan Silvestri".

It contains a great cross-section of his scores and is a wonderful overview of his career.

It's the single best place to start your Silvestri collection with.

IMHO of course.

Regards

Thanks for the correction. Silvestri was originally slated to score the
film, and we've just neglected to remove the reference after Goldsmith got
the job.

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I still have the old L.P. fold out!!

Milan CD FMC 1

I also remember being impressed by the "Abyss" score, but I never bought it because it's rather expensive, and it's been a long time since I've heard it in the movie.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
I only have his "Demolition Man", but that's very good. Recommended even though the CDs contains a bunch of songs that I never listen to; still, Silvestri's score runs for 30 or 40 minutes.

I also remember being impressed by the "Abyss" score, but I never bought it because it's rather expensive, and it's been a long time since I've heard it in the movie.

I'd pick up "Roger Rabbit" if I found it anywhere, but it's out of print, right?

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Isn't Demolition Man from Elliot Goldenthal? Either way, I am planning on getting it. How is the score?

Thanks.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

I wonder how much additional score is within the film, would it be enough for an expanded soundtrack?

It's not my own website, in fact I don't even run a website, in fact I don't even know the guys who do run it. But it's a good one, the best Goldsmith site I've ever seen, and there are other wonderful tidbits available there that I absolutely recommend (start with HOLLISTER at least!) Not just MP3s, but great links to great articles. If you really care about Mr. Goldsmith, then you owe it to yourself to go there. (This is probably the tenth recommendation I've ever made for this site ... they should be forwarding me royalties at this point ... )

Seriously,

I've already mentioned the site's heartbreaking minute-and-a-half OST clip from THE AGONY & THE ECSTASY. I ought to listen to the Intrada rerecording of the whole thing and see how it compares. Again. (My memory is that the Intrada recording doesn't rub the nerves quite as raw. Could just be me.)

dantoris, it doesn't cost anything to load a RealAudio player, doesn't cost anything except a little bit of time. Look into it, you're cheating yourself and missing a lot (not just from that one site).

Silvestri is, IMO, the best action writer there is, next to Goldsmith. His long sustained notes (particularly brass and strings) and rhythmic, semi-militaristic percussion is first class. He is also fully capable of subdued drama, although it sometimes tend to be a bit mushy (FORREST GUMP, CONTACT).

NP - THE MUMMY COMPLETE (Disc 1) - Silvestri....ooops....Goldsmith

Bodyguard, this one is a little hard to come by, but definitely worth looking for. It is a bit repetitive but the action cues are very good. And it has some great jazzy slow themes as well.

I have to second Joe's recommendation of Young Guns II. Despite the fact that it has a lot of electronics, I think it is one of the best "post-western genre" western scores there is. What I mean by "post-western genre" is out of the more recent western's like Dances with Wolves and Tombstone...etc, I think it's one of the best.

I just received Richie Rich in the mail and was surprised how good it is, great main theme that Silvestri's gives many variations throughout the whole score.

1) It's just funny how almost every thread ends up with Jerry Goldmsith being mentioned in it.

2) The problem with threads like 'Composer X recommendations' is that almost every score comosed by that composers ends up being listed. How the hell does the creator of the topic know what he has to buy?

3) There's one score by Silvestri I'd really like to be released (commercial or boot, I don't care): PRACTICAL MAGIC. One day I'll just buy the song album for those two cues.

np Days of Thunder ****

[This message has been edited by Kris (edited 06 April 2000).]

Kris just touch on an important subject that I was thinking about last night.

Kris said,

"The problem with threads like 'Composer X recommendations' is that almost every score comosed by that composers ends up being listed. How the hell does the creator of the topic know what he has to buy?"

This is where I believe the NP idea comes into play. By reading everyones NP and seeing how many stars they give 'score X', I know which board members have realatively the same taste in music as me.

That and the fact that I have talked to a lot of the board members, makes it easy for me to tell what kind of scores that person likes. Me and Dan have somewhat different interests in the kind of scores we like, but I have gotten to know him so well that I know he likes slower themes more than hard action themes, even though I am the opposite.

So I think the key is to find someone that has pretty much the same taste in music as you and listen to their recommendations. You can also visit the soundtrack reviews section to get an idea of this.

Audacity
NP Mac & Me (Alan Silvestri)****