I notice that happens quite an bit with me, since I only have an small amount to spend each month. An example would be, "The Rock" it took me until just about 6 months ago to get it, and I was lucky enough to get an copy of The Phantom earlier this year. However that is after wanting them since they came
out.

I guess I am lucky compared to some, since I always get at least 2-10 CDs a month. Though even at that amount, there are many needed to be passed each and every month.

Here is an small list of scores I have wanted for quite sometime, however for some strange reason have yet to buy. Probably because of the money, Duh!

Forest Gump - Alan Silvestri
Contact - Alan Silvestri
Brainstorm - James Horner
Jumanji - James Horner
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Rambo 1-3 - Jerry Goldsmith
Enemy of the State - Trevor Rabin
Much Ado about Nothing - Patrick Doyle
Carlito's Way - Patrick Doyle
The Usual Suspects - John Ottman
Incognito - John Ottman
The Joy Luck Club - Rachel Portman
Hard Rain - Christopher Young
Arabian Nights - Richard Harvey (However, I think it is because of the supposed defect in this case)

Many others as well, however if I were to list everyone, I would be here for weeks if not months. Who knows maybe even years!

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by sabbey:
Arabian Nights - Richard Harvey (However, I think it is because of the supposed defect in this case)

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Well I had the defective one but JVC was happy to replace it free of charge.

I think this phenomenon happens to us all, except Bill Gates' relatives who frequent this board; and since I joined the net about a year ago it has gotten even more pathetic. I see rare scores I wanna order over the net, then there are the new releases, the used cd sections, the rare gems that appear outta nowhere...oh, yes... and Jeron's habit of sending me MP3's that make me rush to the store buy the darn score, get back to the pad and while listening to the music come up with a plan to rob the biggest bank in town. Sad thing is, I haven't come up with a good pland yet...

A sad bunch of people we are...

POWDER
EARTHQUAKE
THE MISSOURI BREAKES

These are a few of the scores I constantly see and pass on them, thinking i will get at another time.

It took me a long time to get Basic Instinct, or The Cowboys, or Born on the 4th of July (because of the songs, although when I finally bought the CD, I discovered that I like most of them), or Total Recall, or Empire of the Sun. I'm still hestitating to pick up Mulan, because I've never heard the score and there are so many songs on the album.

I passed on Indy 2, The Secret of Nihm, The Adventures of Robin Hood and others, and now I can't find them anymore.

But I have to order you to get Much Ado About Nothing right tomorrow, Sean! It's a must-have!

It happened to me just yesterday - I went to Tower Records for the first time and found all these Goldsmith albums I'd been meaning to pick up forever - ended up getting Basic Instinct, Secret of NIMH (like Marian, I had passed this up at a Virgin Megastore, only to never find it again. Luckily, Tower had a copy. I think it's OOP), and some new headphones. Also saw Gladiator for the first time - almost an indescribable film experience.

Yesterday I went out to find Chicken Run. First I went to the mall... Sam Goody didn't even have it (their soundtrack section is a waste, anyway). Next, I went to Record Town. I think we all know that Record Town's prices aren't the best, but I haven't seen them too outrageous until now. They had one copy of Chicken Run with a price of $19.99! Twenty bucks for a normal, 'unlimited,' non-bootleg, single disc album? Anyhow, I said da'heck with that and went across the mall parking lot to Borders. I ended up purchasing it there for $17.99. Still a bit too expensive, but atleast it was a couple of bucks cheaper.

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Originally posted by Andrew Drannon:
Secret of NIMH (like Marian, I had passed this up at a Virgin Megastore, only to never find it again. Luckily, Tower had a copy. I think it's OOP)

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
Hey, I also saw it at the local Virgin Megastore. Some time ago, as I said, they no longer have it.

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I only wish I had a local Virgin Megastore... (but then again, I'd be even poorer than usual). This one was in Orlando, Florida. The Tower records was in Nashville (nope, Memphis doesn't have one of those, either ) It's really a great score, kind of a precursor to Legend, with Goldsmith's magnificent early '80s impressionism found in Twilight Zone, Poltergeist, and so many others.

Anyway, let me tell you, if indecision was an problem for me in the past, it has got to be an epidemic now, with all of these great suggestions.

I think I am going to be sick.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by TimT:

See, this is why I always buy the score on the release date. So then when the next week
comes I'll buy the next thing becuase I've already bought the previous CD I wanted. If I wait too long then the want list will pile up, and I won't have ebough money to buy them all at once.

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Actually I do the same. However unless you have an time machine, it is impossible to do that for most of the tiles we would want.

Either way, that is a good strategy. However it doesn't really help, for already released CDs. Which was the point I was trying to make.

Anyway, I have been pre ordering the scores I think I'll want beforehand, for the last 6-12 months. Unfortunately, there are always times I will find a score I didn't want originally, but found out was worth getting. Case in point, Chicken Run. I had no plan whatsoever to get this until I read all the great posts and heard an suite of it. Definitely a lot better, than my first impression of what it would be like.

Personally, now that I pre order the scores I think I'll want. I noticed that I usually get less older CDs, since after pre ordering the titles I want, I am pretty much spent out for the month. I guess it is time to start earning more money.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by TimT:

Well I had the defective one but JVC was happy to replace it free of charge.

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Yeah, but I didn't want to have to go through the hassles to do that. Which is the reason I am waiting. Perhaps by the time I do get it, there will be less likely a chance that I will get an defective copy? At least that is my feelings toward it.

Actually I almost bought it an few weeks ago, but got another score instead. The defect is the only reason I can think of for skipping it.

Anyway, I'll be getting it soon enough.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:

I keep track of all the CDs I want on my Amazon wish list. While I don't usually buy
the discs from Amazon, I think their wish list is a great way to keep track of things that I want to buy. Of course, Amazon doesn't carry the Prometheus and FSM releases, so I have to keep track of those myself.

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Don't forget the promos and bootlegs we all love.

Anyway, I do the same thing as well, I also happen to use the CDNOW wish list too. The only problem is, as you said they don't list all the scores we want. And there are some that are on one site, but not available on another. For an example there was some OOP scores that was listed on CDNOW, though Amazon didn't have it, and vice versa.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't mind just making an wish list on the PC, using software like Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word. Actually I used to have one, though it became too much of an hassle to update, and got "so" big, it was more of an "heartache" than anything else. To see ones I most likely would never get, kind of bummed me out, so I decided just to dump it.

Though maybe now is a good time to start again, however this time keep it down to just the ones I know 100% I'd like to have? Though it still would be pretty big in my case.

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:

Yesterday I went out to find Chicken Run. First I went to the mall... Sam Goody didn't
even have it (their soundtrack section is a waste, anyway). Next, I went to Record Town. I think we all know that Record Town's prices aren't the best, but I haven't seen them too
outrageous until now. They had one copy of Chicken Run with a price of $19.99! Twenty
bucks for a normal, 'unlimited,' non-bootleg, single disc album? Anyhow, I said da'heck
with that and went across the mall parking lot to Borders. I ended up purchasing it there for $17.99. Still a bit too expensive, but atleast it was a couple of bucks cheaper.

NP: Chicken Run

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Man! twenty bucks for an CD is totally an rip off. Personally I haven't seen it over $17 myself. And was able to get it from CDNOW for $12.58 plus tax and shipping, though even with that, it was less than $17. Have you thought about ordering CDs online? It really does help, where money is concerned!

I noticed that I can get an CD or two more doing it online, than going to an regular store. Even though I like buying in a actual store better, the prices are just too high anymore IMO.

Hopefully, retail stores will get that through their heads, and price their CDs accordingly. If not, then the chances that within 25-50 years, there will be no actual stores, probably will be true. Which I would think they wouldn't want to happen, so do something about it. Sheesh!

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:

Hey, I also saw it at the local Virgin Megastore. Some time ago, as I said, they no longer have it.

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I just got The Secret of NIMH recently, well about 3 months ago.

Anyway, I think it is OOP, though can still be bought online. I think it was at Borders.com that I purchased my copy. Anyway, if you really want it, I would suggest going there and pick a copy up while you can. It definitely deserves to be in everyone's collection.

And yes, I'll make sure to pick up Brainstorm and Much Ado About Nothing ASAP.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

In Maine, the prices I typically see on soundtrack albums is $16-$18...

In the case of Chicken Run, I had a few bucks burning a hole in my pocket so I went to the mall instead of using the plastic online. I figured it would be easy finding Chicken Run in stores since it is a recent release.

Another thing, The Hollow Man is now listed for sale on most of the online merchants for about $13.99! Amazon - Buy.com

BTW (off-topic-- did anyone else notice Patrick Tatopolous n The Patriot?)

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Originally posted by sabbey:
Anyway, I think it is OOP, though can still be bought online. I think it was at Borders.com that I purchased my copy. Anyway, if you really want it, I would suggest going there and pick a copy up while you can. It definitely deserves to be in everyone's collection.

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I'll have to order it soon. Maybe I can even find an online store that has both Nihm and the Prokofiev album Wedge recommended - CDNow have the Prokofiev, but not Nihm. Maybe I'll even add Brainstorm on that occassion.

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Originally posted by sabbey:

I just got The Secret of NIMH recently, well about 3 months ago.

Anyway, I think it is OOP, though can still be bought online. I think it was at Borders.com that I purchased my copy.

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Oops! Make that Barnes and Noble. I wonder how that mistake got past me, sheesh.

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
I'll have to order it soon. Maybe I can even find an online store that has both Nihm and the Prokofiev album Wedge recommended - CDNow have the Prokofiev, but not Nihm. Maybe I'll even add Brainstorm on that occassion.

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Not to sound rude, but are you sure CDNOW doesn't have it? I saw it there just an few months ago. Maybe doing an search under the record label "Varese" would help. If not try Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. Hopefully B&N still have it available.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by sabbey:
Not to sound rude, but are you sure CDNOW doesn't have it? I saw it there just an few months ago. Maybe doing an search under the record label "Varese" would help.

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Indeed! And I also found several other discs I've been looking for which the simple search didn't find. More money to spend...

I found it funny that while most scores are listed as "Soundtrack", Lionheart is called "Epic Symphonic Score" instead.

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
(we burned the main title onto the end of my promo disc and sent it to our good buddy Mark Hatfield, whom you might wish to ask a bit more about MULAN ... )

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You know, our good buddy Mark was faster than you

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Originally posted by jonathan_little:

Yesterday I went out to find Chicken Run. First I went to the mall... Sam Goody didn't even have it (their soundtrack section is a waste, anyway). Next, I went to Record Town. I think we all know that Record Town's prices aren't the best, but I haven't seen them too outrageous until now. They had one copy of Chicken Run with a price of $19.99! Twenty bucks for a normal, 'unlimited,' non-bootleg, single disc album? Anyhow, I said da'heck with that and went across the mall parking lot to Borders. I ended up purchasing it there for $17.99. Still a bit too expensive, but atleast it was a couple of bucks cheaper.

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You know! I guess it is more widespread than I thought. Seeing as I rarely go to retail stores for CD' anymore, I was always seeing $17 as the highest price the discs were being sold for. Still could be better IMO though.

However I finally went back again the other day, and again today. The first store was an small independent store, prices were rather high, but pretty good compared to a lot of the other stores in the area.

The second store was way worse, you can tell prices have definitely gone up in price since I was buying regularly from them. Most of the CD' I was looking at were at least $2-$4 over MSRP. X-Men and most new CD', or at least popular new CD' were $20. And even the lower priced CD' were $2-$5 over what you can get at most online stores and a good portion of retail outlets.

Sorry for the rant, but it has gotten to an unrealistic point, no wonder why people are using the net to get music for free. And the retail outlets wonder why they keep losing money to online stores and the web in general. Duh, lower the prices sherlock.

Anyone have any opinions on the price of CD' nowadays?

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

By The way "The Rock" is one of my favorite soundtracks as well.

Hopefully something will occur to get prices down at all CD shops, both off-line as well as online too.

BTW, The Rock is one of my favorite scores. Too bad some people can't see the Media Ventures composers as what they are, "good composers".

38 tracks, coming in at about 73 minutes.
And, I have a 39th track tucked away somewhere else.
Opens with the "Suite from Mulan." gotta love CD burners.

To be honest, I just can't think of why anyone would actually buy them at that price at all, when they are available cheaper elsewhere. Or at least on any regular basis. Who knows, maybe it's just me.

Another thing, maybe I am naive. But are these retail stores selling them at a higher price because they are getting less money, because of online stores, such as Amazon and CDNOW? Or are they just wanting as much profit as possible, even if it means screwing over their customers?

It would seem to me to get more people to buy your CD', you should offer them at an comparable price that the other stores are selling them for too, counting online stores.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey