I'd definitely recommend the following:

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Highlander
License to Kill
101 Dalmations

I haven't heard his score to Brazil, but I've heard only good things about it. Actually, I'd recommend every Kamen score I own - that includes Don Juan DeMarco, What Dreams May Come, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Three Musketeers, Hudson Hawk, and The Iron Giant. I haven't heard a bad Kamen score yet, and I'm definitely looking forward to X-Men.

Kamen has done so much, and is extremely versatile and adaptable.

An excellent sampler of some his more subdued scores is to be found on the MICHAEL KAMEN SOUNDTRACK ALBUM. Among his action scores, which he also does brilliantly, I'd recommend ROBIN HOOD, DIE HARD/LETHAL WEAPON-franchise and HIGHLANDER (just to mention but a few).

Later,
Aaron

I also think the album "Mr. Kamen's Opus" is a very solid introduction to certain of his themes that might not be worth buying entire other soundtracks just to get. DON JUAN DE MARCO has some lovely stuff as well.

Producer Joel Silver's two favorite composers during his action-movie height in the 1980s and early 90s were Alan Silvestri and Michael Kamen. Kamen recalled how Silver said to him during the scoring of LAST BOY SCOUT -- having just heard Kamen's BARON MUNCHAUSEN -- "You know, you write really beautiful melodies. How come you never give me a melody?" Kamen replied, "How do I write a melody for some guy getting his nose punched through the back of his head?" And Silver said "THAT'S WHAT I MEAN! Give me a melody for THE SOUND OF A GUY GETTING HIS NOSE PUNCHED THROUGH THE BACK OF HIS HEAD!" I'm not sure Kamen quite managed that, though one of his very best scores, the original DIE HARD, was for Mr. Silver. (And I don't relate that story to make fun of him, I don't know Joel Silver personally, but as Hollywood types go, he seems pretty likable, seems to have a sense of humor about himself, and his output isn't as overall terrible as some guys I could mention ... hey, most of you loved THE MATRIX.)

I adore Kamen's main title/end title theme for one of his earlier jobs, VENOM (1982, Klaus Kinski and Nicol Williamson vs. a giant snake which winds up crawling up Oliver Reed's trousers -- hmmm, this all makes it sound more fun than it actually is), and I've never ever ever found anyone who either has that melody or has even heard of one existing in ANY form apart from the film. I even have studio tapes of VENOM, and the only reason I wanted them was for that main title. No dice. My source laughed, "Maybe Mike didn't write it." But I'm sure he did, it's too quintessentially a Kamen tune.