1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

Im sure I could think of some more. If anyone has some obscure thoughts or questions I would like to hear them as well.

1. I don't bash Horner a lot, but I wouldn't say he's one of my top favorites. Still, I own only two of his scores, The Rocketeer and Titanic.

2. The most I've totaled up at one time was around $78.

3. Me, too. I've got The Peacemaker and The Rock.

4. Fortunately, most of my friends actually enjoy scores. Most have a few that they like, another as about as many as I do.

5. No, but I do occasionally say, "I'm gonna back for awhile." Within two days, I'm buying more scores!

6. I haven't had this problem. Sad as it may be, I haven't had a date since the first half of 1995, and I've never had a girlfriend (embarrasingly sad, isn't it!?)

7. All the time!!

8. Nope.

9. Well, closest I've gotten to this is my brother, 15, who has about ten scores or so, a couple of which are ones I gave him after growing tired of them.

10. Don't know. I never feel guilty about liking something.

11. Nope. I find there's more excitement, as I can now get things I've been wanting for a long time.

12. Well, I had one dream where I found a whole bunch of unreleased, out of print, and expanded Goldsmith scores for films that didn't even exist.

13. Either one works for me.

14. Yup!

15. YUP!

16. I usually just pick them up Saturday or Sunday mornings when I'm in town.

Well, I think I'm done now.

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

Yep, that's true. But I would be the first to admit that James Horner was at one time a very interesting and fresh composer. I'm also not as nasty a Horner basher as some other folks may be. There are quite a few good scores by Horner.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

At one single day probably not, and just for film scores exclusively probably not either, but I have spend that much within a week for CDs. But not too often.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

Nope. But then, my CD collection consits of plenty of other music, too, mostly classical. Not just soundtracks.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

Nope, but a similar thought: "Man I need to get more space".

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

Perhaps the biggest problem for the young aspiring soundtrack collector. Oh, but there are a few tricks, you know.

When you first pick up your date, you play a prepared tape that sounds like a top 40 radio station (including DJ voices, news, weather reports etc.) but you replaced all the songs with tracks from PLANET OF THE APES, ALIEN, KING KONG, JAWS, POLTERGEIST... it's a way to slowly introduce her to the sound without being too overt.

You are going to that inevitable first date noble restaurant dinner, but you are prepared and show up with a copy of Goldsmith's THE OMEN and tip the waiter to play it while you're eating. Then, when the two of you gaze in each others eyes with "Ave Satani" playing in the background, you may say "that's our song from now on". All the other music you may play then will be okay.

When she's visiting you for the first time, you are cuddling up on the sofa, you ask her if she too finds that strings are sometimes sooo romantic. Chances are she will say yes, so you light up a couple of more candles and put in the score for PSYCHO. If she's still there the next morning, marry her.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

No, I'm glad that scores are more available. I buy CDs because I like the music, not because some of it may be rare or collectable.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

I prefer an original. But a CDR is still better than nothing.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Hihihihihihihihi!

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

AARRGH!

NP: Richard Stauss DON QUIXOTE
Berlin Philharmonic/Rostropovich/Karajan (EMI)

NP: SILENCE

NP: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 18
Alban Berg Quartett (EMI)

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

Guilty as charged. I usually don't bash his early works like ST2 or Krull - in fact, he's written some of my favorite scores. Unfortunately, I've found very few of his '90s scores that don't have huge flaws, especially Titanic and Braveheart.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

It's been known to happen...

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I used to own only one, but then I received promos for Gladiator and the M:I-2 score, so I'm up to 3. Surprisingly, I enjoyed his most recent two.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

All the time

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

All the time. Especially with my almost-complete Wagner collection on top.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

Definitely. If I'm lucky, she'll understand. I gave my current one my promo copy of the M:I-2 song compilation (she's a huge metallica fan), so that definitely helped.
In fact, the website has made film music (and me) really popular at school - once a month I give away all the horrid song compilations the record labels send me and tell them to go to my site, http://scoresheet.tripod.com/ for some info on REALLY good music.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

At least once a day...

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

not yet.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

don't have kids

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

In my case, they're really "guilty" pleasures. For example, while I enjoy Zimmer's M:I-2, I don't even see it in the same league as Gladiator, let alone the "great" scores.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

No - for me there is more excitement, since I have a higher chance of finding my proverbial Holy Grails.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

Sadly yes - at least once a month. And in case anyone's wondering, sometimes it's the 120 minute ST:TMP or the 3CD Spartacus.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

It depends. If a CDR is the only way I can get the music (i.e. Aliens complete, available on Napster or Alien complete, from the DVD), I'll take it. If the CD is in wide release, I only accept the original.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Yes, especially if it's an awesome main title cue. Pretty sad, isn't it?

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Definitely. The most recent experience was Gone in 60 Seconds.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

As much as I'd like to do the former, I wait until I get home.

[This message has been edited by Andrew Drannon (edited 18 June 2000).]

29 actually, with 2 copies of Apollo 13, one CDR of the score promo and the song/score version.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

'snot me.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I have 8. None of which I listen to regularly, except for POE.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

Never happened. At least not to my face. Who knows what people say behind my back? But then why should I care? Maybe THEY need to get a life for talking about mine constantly.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

I've done that once, but then realized many of the people I know are actually impressed by what I have (and of course want me to burn stuff for them).

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

hmmm. See above.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

NO. I don't live at home. I'm a big boy.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

N/A. I have neither a wife, husband, girlfriend, not a boyfriend.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

M/A. No kids. No kidding!

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

just that: guilty pleasures. I would never EVER compare Zimmer, Rabin, Edelman, and the like to the high standards with which I regard Rozsa, Williams, Goldsmith, the Newmans, etc... Even Williams guilty pleasures, like Missouri Breaks are better music than anything Rabin pumps out of the drum machine.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

I feel frustrated because people acquire VAST collections, and will no longer trade for anything, becuase they HAVE everything of note (except for some really obscure titles). and whu should I have to pay Screen Archives $32 for a bootleg when I can trade for basically free?
Not to rag on SA, but they ARE pricey.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

I have never, to my recollection, had ANY music in a dream. Mostly a set of images that I wish I could record and out on a big screen for a mass audience, so they wold know just how evil and twisted I am.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

I want the original. CDRs are basically stops along the way for me. CDRs of widely available commcerical CDs are evil. CDRs of limited CD that have been sold out for eons? Not as bad, but I still want the original.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

no. I'm not THAT fanatical. Seems my fammily does though. When they Jerry Goldsmith on the screen when watching The Waltons, they go ape nuts and call me to point that out becuase they're aware of my extreme interest in musical scores of all kinds.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Well, yeah. My best example is Edward Artemyev's score for a recetn TV movie, The Odyssey, which starred Armand Assante as Odysseus. Horrendous. It really made the movie unwatchable. It was by the grace of God I got through it. (I had to watch it for a Classics class I was taking at the time.)

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

NO, I just get it on my free time after work. A score like JW's The Patriot will be available for a long time, so there's no point in rushing to get it.

I have about that range of Horner. However, most of it was bought when I was first starting to collect film music (i.e. young and stupid), and it's mostly his earlier stuff, when he was still trying to write interesting music instead of boring us for 78 minutes each CD. I haven't bought a Horner CD in about five or six years.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

I refuse to answer this question on the grounds that it may incriminate me.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I have a few Zimmer discs, again, from back when he actually sounded new, fresh and interesting. Black Rain was an interesting approach to scoring an action film. Now, thirty-six some-odd practically identical scores later, I'm a little less impressed.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

No, but then again, I have quite a wide variety of non-film music in my collection, including much classic rock, jazz and classical.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

Absolutely not. More often, I will walk by my soundtrack collection and sigh with contentment and the confidence of knowing that my music will make me happy today as it did yesterday, and the day before that, stretching all the way back to the beginning of my collection.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

Nicolai answered this so perfectly and eloquently that anything I would say here would really just be an afterthought.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

No. They know I do.
My parents actually like my hobby. My mother encourages me to write a lot about film music.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

No.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

I don't have any kids, but my brother is eight years old, and I do, on occasion, try to make him listen to film music. Not very successfully, I might add.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

Well, let's face it, we all have scores in our collection that we listen to all the time that are not very good, but we like them.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

Hell's no! That's what makes it more interesting, the idea that the music is out there somewhere... I just have to find John Williams' Images, Carter Burwell's Waterland and Basil Poledouris' Cherry 2000 (for something less than five grand).

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

Yes. Sometimes I have dreams where I find a favorite expanded or unreleased out of print score for films that don't exist. That's wierd.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

In general I prefer the original, but I'll take a CDR if I can't do that.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Anyone who doesn't get goosebumps when Bernard Herrmann's name appears in the title sequence of Vertigo, especially with the what the music is doing at the moment, should get their heads checked.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Yes.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

I just go. If he's a good boss, then he'll understand that we workers need the things that make us happy. If he doesn't than he must be liquidated. Oops- I mean, then I must re-evaluate my position with the company.

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

I have about 50-some scores of his, on which I like about one track each. Actually, the other night I listened to Horner for the first time in months. I keep my Horner collection as far away from my CD player as possible. That's true. I'm one of those collectors who got into film music with Horner, only to learn the awful truth way too late. Even after I realized I hated him, I still bought his discs (go figure), but I haven't bought Bicentennial Man or Freedom Song, and I hope to God I don't like any of The Perfect Storm, as I want to see how long this streak of terrible scores can last.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

One time and one time only. New York. 1998. Virgin Megastore. About $300. Just got my income tax check back. It was a good day.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.
I have about 10, of which I listen to The Thin Red Line the most, as it's the least noisy.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

The only friend that tells me that with contempt in his voice is Jason. That's it. He's a bastard. You don't see me ever telling him to get a life after walking past his collection of soiled blow-up dolls, do you?

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

I think the majority of us have this moment at one time or another.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

When I first starting dating my girlfriend, I was surprised to find that she had a bunch of soundtracks already (mostly the ones that most people who don't like soundtracks own, like The Last Of The Mohicans, Medicine Man, and Dragonheart, etc.), and knew composers by name. She's a keeper, and not just because of that.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

They know I do.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

This kind of thing has happened with my girlfriend. Again, I think most girlfriend's have this moment, where they pick the ones "they hate the least". Prentiss (my girlfriend) isn't too fond of Goldsmith's atonal stuff.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

Lately, there hasn't been much cause for excitement in the bootleg world. I'm psyched for Jaws, baby!

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

All my dreams are about falling into a vast pit of waste, the only thing that changes is the type of waste.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

Someone else wrote that if the CD has been released officially, I'll only take the original, but if it's something like Under Fire, you know damn well that you'll take a CDR. CDRs are fine with me, just so long as the person making them knows what they're doing.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

I get that way about a lot of people, like the cinematographer, the editor, the writer, and the director. I remember having a fascination with Marion Dougherty a long time ago, as she cast pretty much every Warner Bros. movie I watched back then.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?
Oh yeah. Gladiator is a good recent example.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

ADVANTAGES OF WORKING IN A RECORD STORE.

Shaun
NP---Being John Malkovich

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Originally posted by Nicolai P. Zwar:

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

Nope, but a similar thought: "Man I need to get more space".

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You too? And I thought it was just me.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.
--------- >I almost never bash Horner. I even bought the double CD expanded version of "Krull."

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?
--------- >I only buy 5 scores at once because I have a 5 CD changer.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.
--------- >I'm probably the biggest Zimmer fan on the board!

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?
--------- >Most of my friends either like film music or recognize my compassion for it.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?
--------- >No, I'm proud of my collection. Took me my whole life to build it up.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?
-------- >I grew up with the girl that I just started dating, so we have alot of the same interests.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?
-------- >No, my parents don't care. They just hate it when I spend money

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?
---------- >Never occured to me that this could possibly happen. Most ppl don't touch my cd collection.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?
---------- >I don't have kids.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?
--------- >Armageddon & Deep Blue Sea are currently on my top 50.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?
---------- >I've had periods of time where nothing seems interesting enough for me to buy, but I've never been bored with my hobby.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?
-------- >No, but I think I had a dream once where I got a 6 x 6foot box filled with hundreds of dollars worth of scores.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?
------- >Only if CDR's are the only thing available.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?
------- >Yes, I've been known to applaud in the theatre.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?
------- >Yeah, everytime a movie has rap music in it, or when I hear that song "Pretty Woman"

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?
------- >If they have it, I buy it from work during my breaks

Wow, what a fun survey!

I've got Star Trek II, Casper and a CDR of Braveheart, which I all find quite nice. I think Alien 2's score worked very well in the movie, except for that blatant Trek II rip-off during the finale. Don't think I want to get the CD though, because when listening more carefully, there's much more familiar stuff in it.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

Maximum is about $130.00 I guess.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I've got Lion King, which I like. I think he did a great job arranging Elton John's songs (which sound mediocre in his own versions), and I also enjoy the score (although it's mostly Mozart). I'm sceptical about him and MV, though.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

Don't think so.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

No. I love music.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

Sorry to say, I've never had a girlfriend so far.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

No. My father's classical collection is still a bit larger than my combined CD collection (and that's without counting his LPs). He DID say something similar about my growing collection of video tapes.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

See #6.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

See #6.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

I think I sometimes like what I want to like. Having favourite composers introduced me to types of music which I didn't like until I heard something similar which they composed.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

No. I'd rather be able to find all those CDs I read about here in Vienna.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

Just today I dreamt that I finally found Gerhardt's The Sea Hawk compilation.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

No problem with CDR's. I believe I spend enough money on CDs. Copying certain CDs simply allows me to get more CDs, without paying less to the industry, because I also buy as much as I can afford anyway. In cases of CDs which I really like, I do prefer the original. Also, I really like the CDs in my collection. I would never give one of them away or replace them with a CDR.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

It's the music that gives me the goosebumps!

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Sure.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

I have around 24 of his scores. Most were bought before I actually realized how much his scores seemed alike.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

I've done it on 3 seperate occasions. Once to buy Futurelands Godzilla series, This past week, and 2 years ago.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

The Lion King and Crimson Tide

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

My friend does it, but he means no insult to it because I listen to other kinds of music as well.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

At least once a week. But I'm proud of my collection.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

My ex wife understood although my collection was small at the time. My last girlfriend took somewhat of an interest. She called me the day The Phnatom Menace came out on cd to make sure I picked it up because I had been telling her about it for a month, but never to a point where we listened together.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

My mother does, but she understands.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

Yes my ex wife did it.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

My son likes film music, in fact if I get an expanded or duplicate I give the original to him. My daughter plays the clarinet in band and she listens now and then. They don't complain if we are in the car and I put a score on.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

They don't get played too much, but they are there when I get in that mood.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

Sometimes I feel that way. I know i can now get most of what I want.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

Yes I always find an expanded Temple of Doom.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

If a CDR is the only thing available I'll take it, but I will try to find the original.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Oh hell yeah!!!

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Yes.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

I usually go at lunch that day.

Twelve actual scores, 2-3 items on compilations. Long gap between purchases of early to mid-80's and Braveheart/Titanic.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

Sometimes about $100 when I've bought through mail order. Never more than $60-75 at the store.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

Four scores, including Peacemaker, the only one I've really enjoyed.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

No, but my mother looked at it once and asked me how much it would cost to replace the collection if I had a fire?

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

No, I reserve that for my fellow Trekkies.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

It takes awhile, but it becomes a turning point that determines if they are able to accept you as you are.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

Don't think she ever has.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

No.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

No kids.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

Hard to say...I've never made any distinctions (except between the Golden Age composers such as Rozsa, Steiner and Herrmann...and everyone else).

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimesm feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

I have felt like I've listened to everything lately and not so quick to pop in a soundtrack asI used to be...I hope it's only a phase.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print)
expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

NO, but I always have dreams about walking into hobby stores and finding all the model kits (my other hobby) I've ever wanted...and then waking up.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

Prefer only originals.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see
your favorite composers name on the screen?

Not so much anymore.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Yes...especially when Jerry Goldsmith writes songs. He is the absolute master, but with the exception of that song in the Twilight Zone movie, he should stick to writing scores.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

No, but I almost had an auto accident once in my rush to get the original Star Wars LP back in 1977. I learned from that experience.

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

-- I don't know off the top of my head how many I have, but it's quite a few. I don't really enjoy getting on his case, anyway.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

-- Highest I've ever gone is $158.77

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

-- I own 4 I think.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

-- (*sigh*) I have very few friends, but the few that I have are much more understanding than that

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

Nope.

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

-- (*heavier sigh*) I've never had a girlfriend, I've never dated. Bad subject...

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

-- Once.

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

-- Nope.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

-- My little sister, who is six, is really interested in them. She loves it when she'll be playing in the basement and I'll put on something she recognizes. One time we were watching The Rescuers Down Under and as she was dancing (yes, dancing) to the end credits music she remarked "You should get this CD." I then had to sit down with her and explain to her the evils of marketing...

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

-- I'd say pleasures.

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

-- No, because even if everything I want was available (which it is not), I still don't have the money to buy it all, so the anticipation is merely transplanted, not deleted. Besides, it's not about the CDs, it's about the music they contain.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

-- Sadly, all the time. I've dreamed about finding an expanded Rescuers Down Under at least 15 times. Sometimes I even dream about producing the expanded releases. And like a few others have mentioned, sometimes I find scores that don't even exist.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

-- So far, always original.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

-- Oh yes!

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

-- Oh yes!

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

-- I go after work, or I will have already ordered it off the 'net.

This was fun! .... except for question 6, that was heartwrenching...

James

As of now I have 26 scores from him, and love each and everyone of them. He might reuse a lot, but I for one don't care.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

The highest I can distinctly remember spending at one time was about $115-$150.

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I have 9 myself. As with James Horner I like all of them, and don't care about borrowings
and what not. However I admit, some are not as good as they could be. Then again, what composer doesn't?

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you
need to get a life"?

No.

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

No not at all. If anything I think more like what Nicolai said. "Man I need to get more space".

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

No. I am not dating.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

Doesn't all parents!

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend
with your cds in two stacks A) ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

No, look at #6.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

No Kids.

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armageddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or
do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

Personally, If I like a score. I like it. There is nothing to feel guilty about. However sometimes I wonder why I like an particular score. Especially if I am the only one who does. Then again I usually just say,

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available? There is no excitement left?

No not at all. Just buying and hearing new scores I find exciting. Heck even listening to scores in my collection is exciting as well. Since I always find something new to hear each time.

However, I will say that I get more excitement out of going to a actual store. Unfortunately I am mostly an online shopper anymore. So in a way, some of the excitement is gone. Luckily not all of it.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print)
expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

Well, I have many dreams. Who doesn't? As for scores, none that I can remember.

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CD-R work for you?

I want the original. However I am not about to pass on an CD-R if it is the only way to get it. Personally I can't understand why anyone would, to be honest.

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you
see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Sure! Though I don't act all weird in front of everyone.

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Counts on how bad it is. Though most of the time I just put up with it, or I don't watch it. It's pretty simple IMO.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

No, I order online. So that is not applicable for me.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

[This message has been edited by sabbey (edited 19 June 2000).]

1. As much as we love to get on James Horner (I'm as guilty as everybody), I'd be willing to bet most of us actually own 10 - 20 of his scores.

No. I have 30. Used to be a huge fan of his work. Not anymore.

2. How many of you have actually rang up around $300.00 to $400.00 at a time on scores?

I did it once one month about 5 years ago. Felt incredible guilty, altought didn't feel any guilty when had to pay $500 bucks for some mechanics to fix my car... Go figure!

3. I only own 2 scores by Hans Zimmer.

I don't have any. This guy sucks.

4. Have you ever had a friend look at your at your soundtrack collection and tell you "you need to get a life"?

When I was young, all the time. My dad even told me once, on one of those "father-son" conversations that I should start to listen to pop music, otherwise I won't get chicks...
Now that I'm almost 30 people look at my 500 cds colletion with astonishment. It's like they are thinking: "Jesus! So one CAN spend lots of money being happy!! No one told me that before!!!"

5. Have you ever walked by your soundtrack collection and thought to yourself "Man I need to get a life"?

No. I use to think: "Get more money!"

6. Do you find it hard to explain to your girlfriend/boyfriend when you first start dating them about your soundtrack collecting?

In fact, the first thing I used to do was put some Goldsmith to play. If she said: "Nhé... I hate classical music!!" them I kicked her butt out of my car.

7. Do your parents ever ask you "do you even listen to all those cds"?

I remember the day I finally convinced my mother to give me "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" LP, after months of crying. My father them said: "Damm. Why spent money with this one? It's the same music from the first movie, isn't it?". And my father IS movie buff... Well, he wanted me to be a basketball player. I can understand his pain!

8. Have you ever come home from work and found your wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend with your cds in two stacks A)ones that they suddenly find enjoyable and want to listen to B) ones that they think are nothing but noise and what can you possibly see in them?

My wife felt in love with me when I put Doyle's "Much Ado About Nothing" to play at my car. But of course, I can force her to hear "Alien" and be happy.

9. Do you try to get your kids interested in film music? And if yes do they listen to your cds?

Don't have kids, but my 7 years old nephew is great movie music fan. Yes, he is. I remember when he was only 4 years old we went to see "The Huntchback of Notre-Dame" on theaters and all of sudenly he start to sing the Superman theme loud before the movie starts. He was perfect and I only played it for him, what?, 2 times?? The entire crowd turn to watch him singing. Man, I was so proud...

10. Are guilty pleasure scores (Armegeddon, Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda) really pleasures or do we actually hold them in the same esteem as our other scores?

Of course not. My guilty pleasures are "Escape from New York", "Mr. Baseball", "Spacehunter", etc...

11. With the internet and availability of promos and bootlegs do you find yourself sometimes feeling bored with your collecting because everything is now becoming available?
There is no excitement left?

No way. I really like to see all my favorite scores getting proper release.

12. Do you have dreams in which you find your favorite score (Unreleased or out of print) expanded and it feels so real and then you wake up feeling disappointed?

All the time!!

13. Do you prefer the original copy or would a CDR work for you?

Don't buy CDRs. They ruin your CD player!!

14. When you are watching a movie do you get goosebumps or a feeling of pride when you see your favorite composers name on the screen?

Sureeeee! I even use to aplaude when see their names...

15. Do you find yourself wincing when you hear really bad music in a film?

Yes. Bad music can really ruin a movie. Hans Zimmer and his clones are there to prove it.

16. And finally, when a score is released do you take the day off, tell your boss you'll be in a little late in the morning, go at lunch to get it, or go after work?

I work at home. Got all the free time I need to chase scores... but don't do it like I use to do, simple because there just aren't too much good scores to chase these days.

2. & 7. Never.

3. So do I. (Radio Flyer & Backdraft)

4. & 6. Don't have.

5. NEVER!

11. Sadly, yes.

13. Whichever is cheaper.