Score:
Battlefield Earth - Elia Cmiral (Simply amazing. This guy is sure to be sought-after before long. To read my official review, check out the entry for the CD here in the MovieMusic database. It should be up as soon as PeterK gets back).

Non-score:
Brian Regan Live (Without a doubt, this guy is THE funniest comic I've ever heard. Covering everything from sealbelts to blasting zones, fishing on TV to spider webs & bees, this album, within the first two minutes, will have you rolling on the floor in a state of hysteria that'll make your parents/friends quickly calling an ambulance.)

Movies:
The Sweeper (VHS) - C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Fahey (And you thought The Rock had action!)
The Silencers (VHS) - Jack Scalia (On order from Suncoast. Rented it a few weeks ago. What other movie gives you a 10min.+ action sequence involving a huge fuel tanker, numerous military and pedestrian vehicles, tons of explosions, and a helicopter, the fate of it would amaze and susprise anyone watching)

GLADIATOR ****/*****: it finally got released here in Belgium. Great score to a great movie. I think it perfectly fits to the movie. A score such as Rosza's would've been completley misplaced in this realistically filmed movie.

JESUS ****/****: great emotional score.

No, seriously, here are a few more additions from the far north:

* TO DIE FOR (Elfman)

A nice score, incorporating choir and heavy metal grooves. Unneccesary songs tacked on to the end of the CD.

* THE 13TH WARRIOR (Goldsmith)

THE MUMMY-companion with a higher emphasis on turbulence over melody.

* BANDA SONORAS DE PECULAS ESPANOLAS (2CD, various)

Sunshine (Maurice Jarre)
Passion of Mind (Randy Edelman)
The Spy Who Loved Me (Marvin Hamlisch) for 2.99 you can't beat that
Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)
Rugrats The Movie (Mark Mothersbaugh and Jamsheid Sharifi)
Four Rooms (Combustable Edison)
Love's Labour's Lost (Patrick Doyle)
East-West (Patrick Doyle)
Any Given Sunday (Richard Horowitz, score only promo)
Continum/Journeys/Voyage of The Damned (Lalo Schifrin)
The Eagle Has Landed (Lalo Schifrin)
Che! (Lalo Schifrin)
Shakespeare In Love (Stephen Warbeck)
Benny and Joon (Rachel Portman)
Timecode (Mike Figgis and Anthony Marinelli)
Don Quoxite (Richard Hartley)
The 10th Kingdom (Anne Dudley)
Born Free (John Barry)
Just the Ticket (Rick Marotta)
Running Free (Nicola Piovani)
Damage (Zibgnew Prisener)
28 Days (Richard Gibbs)
Up At The Villa (Pino Donaggio)
Revenge of the Ninja (Rob Walsh)
F/X (Bill Conti)
The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding)
The Manhattan Project (Philippe Sarde)
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (Edward Shearmur)
Jazz Meets the Symphony 5 CD Collection (Lalo Schifrin)

Coming Attractions
The Big Khuna (Christopher Young)
Shanghai Noon (Randy Edelman)
The Fox (Lalo Schifrin)
Mission Impossible 2 (Hans Zimmer)
The Patriot (John Williams)
The Perfect Storm (James Horner)
Wonderboys (Christopher Young)
Batman and Robin-complete (Elliot Goldenthal)
Stuart Little-complete (Alan Silvestri)
Blade-complete (Mark Isham)
Chill Factor (Hans Zimmer and John Powell)

I'm a long time visitor/first time member.
Here's a few of my recent purchases.

-The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
-Once Upon a Time in America
Special Edition
-The Spanish Prisoner cdr
-Cinema Paradiso

Soon to be purchases:
Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde
Shanghai Noon
Mission Impossible II score album
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm

But wouldn't you know it, the day my moratorium begins, Intrada's new releases list comes out with the two new Marco Polo releases--which I must have (if only because I want to keep my MP collection complete)! Oh well, I just have to assume that nobody's breaking down the doors to get at the latest Georges Auric and Roy Webb albums--and maybe on July 1 I'll have to give myself a healthy musical treat.

Running Free (Piovani)
Hamlet (Burwell)
Being John Malkovich (Burwell)

I must say, I have VERY happy w/ my purchases. "Running Free" takes awhile to warm up to, but it is definitely a wonderful score. Highly recommended.

Morricone:
The Red Tent

John Scott:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Second Jungle Book

Bernstein:
Frankie Starlight

Shore:
Big

Some Goldsmith:
Leviathan
Gremlins 2
Explorers

and
Jean de Florette (Petit)

Where are those new Chapter III discs?!!

Genocide (Bernstein)
Escape from L.A. (Walker & Carpenter)

This one came in Tuesday (5/30), but what the hell:

Dennis the Menace (Goldsmith)

anyway, today I went browsing the stores and got:

Forever Young (Goldsmith)
A Walk in the Clouds (Jarre)
State of Grace (Morricone)

and got Frankie Starlight in the mail!

Newly in--

Francis of Assisi/Doctor Faustus (Nascimbene) DRG

The Story of 3 Loves (Rozsa) boot

Taming of the Shrew (Rota) DRG

Captain from Castille (Newman) Facet---I had this on LP and never got around to picking it up on CD until now which is surprising considering how cheap it is.

Tribute to Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Juarez, Elizabeth & Essex, The Sea Wolf on Koch

Dimitri Tiomkin: Legendary Hollywood on Citadel

RICHARD ADDINSELL: FILM MUSIC
Richard Addinsell

If your just discovering Mark McKenzie's music for the first time, trust me and go with Durango.

NP Godzilla score

I bought the score to Gladiator - Awesome, especially track 3, I listen to it over and over.

quote:

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Originally posted by Lou Goldberg:
Rang! Wow! Someone else who has Addinsell film music in their collection. I hope you like it.

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Yeah, Lou, I like the CD (conducted by Alywn). I principally got it for the SCROOGE suite, but the other music is very nice. Particular standouts being BLITHE SPIRIT (the waltz reminded me of Herrmann's score for THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO - from what I've heard, Addinsell really excelled at writing waltzes), GASLIGHT, WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS, WRNS MARCH, and SOUTH RIDING and FIRE OVER ENGLAND were excellent. I'm generally not too fond of compilations, but this was pretty good.

What I've cadged this first week in June:

SUPERMAN (Williams, expanded OST)
TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (Goldsmith)
GREMLINS (Goldsmith)
ALIENS (Horner, expanded)
BIG (Howard Shore)
GALAXY QUEST (David Newman)
THE EXORCIST (OST version coupled with rejected Lalo Schifrin cues)
THE BLACK HOLE/HOWARD THE DUCK (Barry)
RAISE THE TITANIC (Barry)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (Elfman)
RAMBO II (Goldsmith, expanded)

and, not exactly new, but recently signed by the Composer himself, and so are in a sense new to ME:

SPFM TRIBUTE TO JERRY GOLDSMITH (issued 1993, signed June 2, 2000)

FIRST BLOOD (purchased 1989, signed June 2, 2000)

A bit of an increase in the old MV collection

Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith
I have an CDR of it thanks to JJH, but wanted to get the real deal.

Outcast (Game Soundtrack) - Lennie Moore
Thanks go to Alex, who ordered this from me, since it was almost impossible for me to do so myself.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

* CONCERT WORKS (Williams)

A bootleg plagued with pops, digital hisses and "muffled" sound that nevertheless displays some of Williams' finest works. Very modernistic.

* FANFARES AND THEMES (Williams)

Another poor-sounding boot with music from NBC NEWS and various other non-soundtrack compositions. From the heroic to the challenging (e.g. "The Wind Sinfonietta").

* CROCODILE DUNDEE (Best)

Picked up by moviemusic.com recommendations. A fun, easy-going listen in the pop meets instrumental-mode. Is this the Pete Best of Beatles-fame?

* ARMAGEDDON (Rabin)

I loved the superpatriotic main theme, but did not expect the spanish inquisition...I mean, a rock album when I bought it. Too many el guitars, and not enough dramatic refinement. But has its highlights.

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (expanded)--Williams
THE BLACK CAULDRON--Bernstein
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Vol. 2)--
Williams
Roy Webb compilation (Marco Polo)
Georges Auric vol. 3 (Marco Polo)
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST--Doyle

new in my collection this month:
Starship Troopers - Basil Poledouris
Executive Decision - Jerry Goldsmith
Ricochet - Alan Silvestri
Dragonheart - Edelman

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Elfman): Been wanting this one for a while. Not one of Elfmans best, but definatly worthy of the price I payed.

The Silence of the Lambs (H. Shore): Man, this is one of the most dark, deep, orchestrally thick scores I've ever heard. Definatly suitable for Hannibal Lector.

Rob Roy (C. Burwell): Burwell is quickly becoming one of my favorite composers. This is a really good score, though different from the majority of his.

Conspiracy Theory (Burwell): Upon first listen, this is probably my least favorite Burwell score I've heard so far. Just doesn't click with me.

Lonesome Dove (Basil Poledouris): Have the original version, but wanted to get this for the extra tracks. One of my all-time favorite themes.

First Blood (Goldsmith): Couldn't believe I got this one for $1.99, since it's getting pretty rare now. Too bad I don't like it very much. Part II is much better.

Sommersby (Elfman): Can't believe I didn't pick this one up sooner. It's been sitting in the used CD store for ever. One of Elfmans very best.

Also got these one's yesterday:

The Vanishing (Bootleg) Goldsmith
Ransom (Rejected Score) H. Shore
I.J. and the Last Crusade (Complete) J. Williams
The War of the Buttons (R. Portman)

Thanks!

If you've heard "The Silence of the Lambs", you've heard this score. Not that it's exactly the same, but it's basically just dark, brooding string work. There are a couple good action cues, but overall, it's pretty standard.

The bootleg is VERY high quality. It has great sound quality and 25 tracks, totalling 60 minutes of music. If you like Shore and "Silence of the Lambs", you'll probably like this score. If you don't fit into this category, you should avoid it.

NP: Dinosaur 4.5/5