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logied Oscar® Winner	One of the CDR,s I,m putting together is a collection of Goldsmiths light hearted cues, an area we talk little about. Now days most scores are heavy hitters and the light score, when it does appear, comes from fun situtation films if it is not full of rock crushing songs. One of my favorites not on CD but I,ve recorded from VHS is IQ. The cue during the test squence is one of my faves. Some scores have nice local flavor, Moon Over Parador by Jarre comes to mind. Fun scores like Hatari and the Burbs are hard to come by and I need to dig in my older material to have a smile on my face while working. If you wanted to relax and put a smile on your face today, what would you put on?
posted 05-31-2000 05:11 AM PT (US)

Cole Oscar® Winner	pokeman score, matinee, antz, a bugs life, the thomas crown affair, Dave, 101 dalmations
posted 05-31-2000 05:46 AM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	FITZWILLY.
posted 05-31-2000 06:07 AM PT (US)

HAL 2000 Oscar® Winner	FLINT man! If "Your Zowie Face" doesn't bring a smile what will? Older breezy Goldsmith suggestions for your compliation? Why not The Great Train Robbery, Dennis The Menace, Mom And Dad Save The World?
posted 05-31-2000 06:53 AM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Let's not forget The Parent Trap (Silvestri) and For Love of the Game (Poledouris). Jeron
posted 05-31-2000 08:51 AM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	Two words: FIERCE CREATURES.
posted 05-31-2000 08:59 AM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	One of my all-time faves: Broughton's "Heart of Darkness". That rollicking, bouncy theme will always put a smile on my face. I am listening to Leviathan right now and "A Lot Better" is a whole lot of heroic fun. Plus, just about any Shaiman score, besides Misery, can be fun, light-hearted, and easy listening. Perhaps Out-of-Towners? logied, what cues do you already have planned to put on the Cd-r? NP: Goldsmith's "Leviathan"
posted 05-31-2000 09:30 AM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith's Dennis the Menace does right by me. NP -- Hamlet, Carter Burwell strikes again!
posted 05-31-2000 11:33 AM PT (US)

Mark Hatfield Oscar® Winner	Saw the topic and was going to write "Fierce Creatures", but was late to the party as usual..... THE GREAT RACE by Mancini; a whole buncha his collaborations with Blake Edwards could do nicely here. BIG by Shore RAISING ARIZONA by Burwell (love that yodeling!) SPLASH by Holdridge Have fun!
posted 05-31-2000 01:07 PM PT (US)

dantoris Oscar® Winner	"Crocodile" Dundee is a pretty fun, easy-going score. So are some trucks on Six Days, Seven Nights, especially the first few. NP: "Crocodile" Dundee - "The Walkabout Bounce" **/* (I really** like this score.)
posted 05-31-2000 02:13 PM PT (US)

Norman McCay Oscar® Winner	As Good As It Gets by Hans Zimmer.
posted 05-31-2000 03:37 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith's boisterous THE (FIRST) GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (a clear precursor of the abovementioned DENNIS THE MENACE). Parts of James Horner's JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN. (Strange, reflecting on this, how melancholy so much of Horner's work is.) HOME ALONE by John Williams. Pretty much any of the Bond scores by John Barry. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE by Christopher Young. Goldsmith's FLINT scores. CASINO ROYALE by Burt Bacharach (not even close to being one of my favorite composers, but that album's a fun listen). And so on.
posted 05-31-2000 08:53 PM PT (US)

Hard Target Oscar® Winner	I've got a few: Soapdish (Alan Silvestri) Who Framed Roger Rabbit "Eddie's Theme epecially" (Alan Silvestri) The Cable Guy (John Ottman) Article 99 (Danny Elfman) Random Hearts (Dave Grusin) Mulholland Falls (Dave Grusin) The Russia House (Jerry Goldsmith) Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith) The Gauntlet (Jerry Fielding) Forces of Nature (John Powell) The Rainmaker (Elmer Bernstein) Exit to Eden (Patrick Doyle) The Goonies (Dave Grusin) especially the Fratelli Chase The Big Khuna (Christopher Young) Mouse Hunt (Alan Silvestri) Rounders (Christopher Young) Richie Rich (Alan Silvestri) Forget Paris (Marc Shaiman) The Spanish Prisoner (Carter Burwell) Cool World (Mark Isham) The Hudsucker Proxy (Carter Burwell)
posted 05-31-2000 10:13 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Anything by Shaiman.... City Slickers 1 and 2, The American President, Patch Adams... all wonderful. Jeron
posted 05-31-2000 10:22 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	I don't have any Shaiman scores except for HEART AND SOULS, which is wonderful. Although SOUTH PARK was, I thought, the best score of 1999, I don't have the song album yet, because I haven't found it for cheap. I've heard tantalizing rumors that Shaiman might do a promo of just the score ... sure hope so. I'd happily buy both. I'd buy em both full price, if I felt I had that kind of cash. (And who knows what the future holds ...) NP: RUNAWAY (Goldsmith's first all-synth score -- and just as I type this, it's started up "Lockons," one of his all-time best action cues, I think, even if it IS all electronic! He was paying attention to the depths and textures that WERE possible with synths, and doing a damned good job with them. Although the overall score does sound faintly antique now, given the advances that have been made in electronic instruments.)
posted 05-31-2000 10:28 PM PT (US)

S Smith unregistered	Ooh. Mancini's "Great Race" is...um...a great one. In the same vein, Mancini's "What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?" is also pretty fun. NP: Carter Burwell: "Conspiracy Theory"
posted 05-31-2000 11:29 PM PT (US)

pietari Oscar® Winner	Almost anything by Broughton, especially Young Sherlock Holmes main theme (not the Rame Tep scenes). ´What´s This?´ from Nightmare before Christmas! Np-Small Soldiers complete **/***
posted 06-01-2000 02:19 AM PT (US)

Al Oscar® Winner	I want to hear Young Sherlock Holmes VERY badly! Pietari, people say this theme is similar to his theme for Heart of Darkness. What do you think? Is it similar? If so, is it better? NP: Elfman's "Sleepy Hollow"
posted 06-01-2000 04:09 PM PT (US)

Matthew Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith's GREMLINS and GREMLINS 2 Debney's INSPECTOR GADGET Edelman's KINDERGARTEN COP and ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD
posted 06-01-2000 04:30 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	S Smith mentions Conspiracy Theory. The Mancini-esque "Overture" surely deserves a nomination. Also have to mention JNH's Space Jam. It's nothing the eminent Carl Stalling hadn't already achieved 50 years ago, but it's great fun nonetheless. ...and of course the Carl Stalling CDs on Warner Bros., if you can find them.
posted 06-01-2000 05:43 PM PT (US)

Norman McCay Oscar® Winner	The Preacher's Wife from Zimmer....(I throw a lot of Zimmer's stuff in here), and even True Romance.
posted 06-01-2000 05:47 PM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	My apologies, Mark. It's like a involuntary reflex. Another good score: LIAR LIAR. It may be Howard's theme, but it's Debney's show.
posted 06-02-2000 09:58 AM PT (US)

mlw Oscar® Winner	Bruce Broughton's Honey I Blew Up the Kid is some of the loveliest orchestral writing from last decade. I know it's old-fashioned and of appeal only to old farts over 26, but it has heart and grandstanding showmanship. It's still cluttering up Circuit City bins. Get it.
posted 06-02-2000 01:17 PM PT (US)

pietari Oscar® Winner	Al, I haven´t heard Heart of Darkness yet, but knowing Broughton´s scoring style, I presume that they are quite similar. YSH is definitely worth seeking out, great theme, great choral stuff and more. NP-Mission:Impossible rejected **/***
posted 06-03-2000 02:43 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	I'd mention some of the soundtracks released in the 60s which ditched most of the dramatic underscore in favour of embellished versions of the source cues. Things like Mancini's Charade, Arabesque and Breakfast At Tiffany's, or Schifrin's The Liquidator. They're great to listen to, but it's about time we got to hear what was actually in the films. I also have a soft spot for Lady In Cement (Hugo Montenegro) and some Dudley Moore scores such as 30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia and Bedazzled ("Oooh Oooh, I'm bedazzled!" "You fill me with inertia.")
posted 06-03-2000 06:37 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I'm a bit late, but still: Much Ado About Nothing!! (Doyle) The Great Train Robbery (JG) Gremlins 2 (JG) Fierce Creatures (JG) Legend (JG) The Reivers (JW) The Cowboys (JW) Home Alone (1 & 2) (JW) The lighter parts of Jaws (JW) The Cider House Rules (Rachel Portman) NP: Poltergeist (Mr. Detroit)
posted 06-04-2000 06:22 AM PT (US)

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