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Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	CAN you spend a day WITHOUT listening to film music? No? Freak! Just kidding. What WOULD you listen to? Classical music doesn't count, either, JJ. Damn cheater. For instance, I'm listening to Elliott Smith's latest album, Figure 8 (not a bad song on here, I say). As a friend's boyfriend likes to say, "he's McCartney's bastard child." It won't kill you to leave film music "under the bed" for a day. If any of you write that you're listening to NSYNC (or any other boy band that features some kind of a "number gimmick" or "misspelling gimmick" or "look-at-the-guy-with-the-hair gimmick"), I will ridicule you. Shaun NP---Elliott Smith, "Easy Way Out"
posted 08-04-2000 10:00 PM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	Well...it's been many years since I haven't had a day without film music! But if I had to miss one day I'd probably listen to alot of Enigma albums (especially "Screen Behind the Mirror" thats my fav) And a little bit of Delerium.
posted 08-04-2000 10:06 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	I do have days like this, in fact. The Beatles (anything) "The Joshua Tree" by U2 Gerry Rafferty (don't laugh!) "Body Count" by Ice-T and company "Straight Outta Compton" by NWA (fast and funny! although it peaks early) the SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER soundtrack (is that cheating? Too damn bad, it's a nostalgia trip for me) whatever that Echo & The Bunnymen/John Lydon tape is going to turn out to be (I'm getting tired of waiting, bud!)
posted 08-04-2000 10:15 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	classic music doesn't count? damn you Rutherford! anyway... benn listening to Radiohead's album called The Bends a lot lately. good stuff. Moby as well. Play has some great music on it. love th last 4 or 5 cuts. favorite group has to be U2, and I always get a fair amount of them...their new album's just around the corner! happy Shaun?
posted 08-04-2000 10:18 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	The Cars! "Drive" is one of my favorite songs. I made a complete ass of myself trying to karaoke it a couple of years ago. I will never try that again. (I keep telling myself that, and yet somehow --) Oh, of course, THE DOORS!!!! And Hikashu, led by my very good friend Makoto Inoue. I saw Violent Femmes in concert in Rome about fifteen years ago, and found them cool. The album I subsequently bought did NOT have any of the stuff they performed there, though. [This message has been edited by H Rocco (edited 04 August 2000).]
posted 08-04-2000 10:21 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Listening to music is probably my minor way of being addicted to something. I listen to all kinds of music, although there isn't a day in remembrance where I haven't listened to film music. My favorite group is Jars of Clay. Matchbox 20 isn't too far behind. The list goes on and on, yet after awhile film music comes back with a vengence. Always in a day's work. Hmm,,,..... Scott
posted 08-04-2000 10:23 PM PT (US)

Hard Target Oscar® Winner	One day without film music, I'd definetly go with jazz. It's cool and relaxing. And listen to classic and modern jazz by the likes of Coltrane, Davis, Ellington, Corea, Baker, Jobim, Grusin, Ritenour, Metheny, Schifrin and more.
posted 08-04-2000 10:28 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Attaboy, JJ! I have The Bends, too! Great stuff! I need to pick up OK Computer (it's one of those albums that all my friends have, so the need to purchase it isn't too great). U2 AND Radiohead this October, baby! Still waiting for that new Roy Orbison album. Come on, Roy.....lazy ass! And---jazz. That reminds me. You are all to go get Don Ellis' Electric Bath album, newly reissued by Sony Legacy. You won't regret it. Shaun
posted 08-04-2000 10:38 PM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Oscar® Winner	Well a little AC/DC, U2, The Police, Madonna, The Commodores, KC & The Sunshine Band, and Van Halen to name a few.
posted 08-04-2000 10:53 PM PT (US)

Lorien Oscar® Winner	I'd go with absolutely anything by The Beatles. The Art of Noise (the earlier the better) Shatner (classics only) Thompson Twins Steely Dan (anything) Tommy Dorsey Duran Duran Queen (greatest etc.) Howard Jones any 70's funk ... by the way, once while I was looking on Amazon for some old Duran Duran, and I saw the following: Customers who bought titles by Duran Duran also bought titles by these artists: U2 Depeche Mode Pet Shop Boys Jerry Goldsmith George Michael I kid you not, and no cookies either! For a moment I believed in the potential transcendancy of demographics. Just for a moment . . .
posted 08-04-2000 11:40 PM PT (US)

litmus tester unregistered	Well, if I can't choose film music, and I can't choose classical...I usually end up choosing not to listen to anything at all since I invariably hear somebody else playing something I don't I have stacked on my wall.
posted 08-05-2000 12:07 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	AC/DC! I love "Who Made Who." But mentioning that one might break Shaun's rule, since that's nominally a soundtrack album (for MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE, but most of it wasn't written for the movie.) And I adore "Toys In The Attic" by Aerosmith. My father used to play hard rock music all the time. One of my better friends is amused to think that my getting interested in film music was actually my way of rebelling against Dad, since he played all the stuff most kids would normally play to rebel against the folks. I had to find SOMETHING he couldn't relate to!
posted 08-05-2000 12:22 AM PT (US)

mgh Oscar® Winner	Dire Straits Harry Chapin Buddy Holly Willy Nelson The Kingston Trio Bob Dylan Asleep At the Wheel Don McLean The Chieftains
posted 08-05-2000 12:25 AM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	Oh, I've got lots of other music in my collection; fairly dated though. A few picks... ROCK: Camel, Red Rider, Yes, Santana, Peter Gabriel, INXS, etc. BLUES: Stevie Ray Vaughn, I miss this guy so much PROGRESSIVE: Steve Morse/Dixie Dreggs, Jean Luc Ponty NEW AGE: David Arkenstone, Cusco Every so often I give my wife a break and put on a CD with a good old fashion 'beat'! Once a rock 'n roller, always a rock 'n roller... _Sc I visited my brother in Cal. recently and heard a LOT of Beatles tunes while being driven around!
posted 08-05-2000 12:50 AM PT (US)

Jens Dietrich Oscar® Winner	What do you mean "classical doesn't count"? What am I supposed to listen to then, huh? I haven't listened to a song in AGES! Jens
posted 08-05-2000 12:54 AM PT (US)

shrubber Oscar® Winner	Eclectics/iconoclasts of the world unite! U2 Live Radiohead Lenny Kravitz Simple Minds INXS Coldplay (new UK band, quite good) and, er, Junior Walker and the All Stars...
posted 08-05-2000 01:37 AM PT (US)

DeadPoet Oscar® Winner	I listen to a lot of different types of music, with the exception of a few. Mostly rock 'n' roll. What's been spinning in the cd player lately: -Creedance Clearwater Revival (simply the best rock band ever. I usually need at least one of their cds where ever I go) -Blood, Sweat, and Tears -Radiohead -Travis -Blues Traveler -Dave Matthews Band -Eve 6 ...and many others. --Jason S.
posted 08-05-2000 04:00 AM PT (US)

ManOfSorrows Oscar® Winner	I listen to... Metallica Iron Maiden Rage Paradise Lost Danzig EdGuy Sentenced Saxon Megadeth Europe Bruce Dickinson and many more...
posted 08-05-2000 04:06 AM PT (US)

logied Oscar® Winner	Some oldie intrumentals, Percy Faith, Coniff and some New Age. There is one New Age I like alot and can,t think of the name. Its by Amin Bhata and is about space. Its a score waiting for a movie. I am putting together a couple CDRs of just my favorite songs, a real mixed bag. Everything from Drive and Rosanna to It will be a good day tommorow and Blue. I,ll throw in some KD Lang.
posted 08-05-2000 05:05 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Some days I only play classical music (Anton Bruckner in particular), but as this doesn't count... The Rolling Stones! Some Beatles Some Eric Clapton Some O.M.D. (a guilty pleasure) Some Simon & Garfunkel Blues Brothers and Pulp Fiction soundtracks, if they are allowed NP: The Blues Brothers
posted 08-05-2000 07:19 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	I second your choices JJ. The main non-score CD I'm listening to nowadays is PLAY by Moby. 'Everloving' is a great track. My favourites are - Automatic for the people - REM The Bends - Radiohead Anything by Queen, Beatles Best of George Michael Blur Anything by The Prodigy N.B. Shaun - tastes are obviously varied, but I thought OK Computer wasn't half as good as The Bends. Except for 'Paranoid Android' of course. NP - Shining Through - Kamen
posted 08-05-2000 09:18 AM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	Hmmm. As I say in my How I Got Into Film Music Article, I have a long musical history before I even heard about film music. Among my favourites were these (I'm sorry if some of these show my age)(then again, I'm only 26, so I ain't THAT old)(how come I've started to post like H Rocco with all these parentheses?): *names in parentheses denote solo albums* - 10CC (Godley, Creme, Eric Stewart) - Alan Parsons Project, the (Alan Parsons) - Animals, the (Eric Burdon, Alan Price) - Bachman Turner Overdrive (Randy Bachman) - Band, the - Beach Boys, the (Brian Wilson) - Beatles, the (Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) - Blues Brothers [Band], the - Booker T. and the MG's - Brown, James - Canned Heat - Clapton, Eric - Cream (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce) - Creedence Clearwater Revival (John og Tom Fogerty) <--- see that, DeadPoet? - Crosby, Stills & Nash/Young (Neil Young) - Dire Straits (Mark og David Knopfler) - Doors, the (Jim Morrison) - Emerson, Lake and Palmer/Powell (Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, Carl Palmer, Cozy Powell) - Jan & Dean - Jefferson Airplane/Starship - Jethro Tull (Martin Barre, Ian Anderson) - Kinks, the - Lewis, Jerry Lee - Little Richard - Manfred Manns Earthband (Manfred Mann) - Oingo Boingo (Danny Elfman, Richard Gibbs, Steve Bartek) - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Richard Wright) - Rolling Stones, the (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts) - Santana (Carlos Santana) - Steppenwolf (John Kay [& The Sparrow]) - SUPERTRAMP (Roger Hodgson, Bob Siebenberg) <--- MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE!! - Wakeman, Rick * NEW AGE/ELECTRONIC MUSIC: - Clannad - Enya - Era - Isham, Mark [også filmkomponist] - Jarre, Jean Michel - Jones, Michael - Kitaro - Lanz, David - Nyman, Michael [også samtids/filmkomponist] - O'Hearn, Patrick - Sakamoto, Ryuichi [også filmkomponist] - Schulze, Klaus - Schönning, Klaus - Tangerine Dream (Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke [også filmkomponist], Peter Baumann) - Vangelis [også filmkomponist] - Vollenweider, Andreas - Yanni ...Just to mention SOME!! These things fluctuate all the time. Then there are also those that I don't listen to that often, but which I like nevertheless: - Barclay James Harvest - Berry, Chuck - Bown, Alan - Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll & The Trinity - Cale, J.J. - Charles, Ray - Cocker, Joe - Cooder, Ry - Coyne, Kevin - Deep Purple - Diddley, Bo - Dollie Deluxe - Domino, Fats - Dylan, Bob - E.L.O. (Jeff Lynne, Rob Devan) - Fairport Convention - Fleetwood Mac (P. Green, M. Fleetwood) - Franklin, Aretha - Free - Genesis (Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins) - Golden Earring - Grand Funk Railroad - Hendrix, Jimi - Hooker, John Lee - Howlin' Wolf - Humble Pie - Iron Butterfly - James, Tommy (& The Shondells) - Joel, Billy - John, Elton - Jones, Keziah - Jones, Quincy - Joplin, Janis - Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant, Jimmy Page) - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Marley, Bob - Mayall, John (and the Bluesbreakers) - Mountain - Nektar - Newman, Randy - Oldfield, Mike - Perkins, Carl - Presley, Elvis - Procol Harum - Rea, Chris - Redbone - Ryder, Mitch (& The Detroit Wheels) - Sam & Dave - Seger, Bob - Shakin' Stevens - Simon & Garfunkel (P. Simon, A. Garfunkel) - Sly & The Family Stone (Sly Stone) - Springsteen, Bruce - Sweet - Taste - Taylor, James ("den eldre") - Ten Years After - The Black Crowes - The Byrds - The Doobie Brothers - The Five Americans - The Incredible String Band - The Move - The Nice - The Righteous Brothers - The Shadows - The Yardbirds - Three Dog Night - Tower Of Power - Traffic - Waters, Muddy - Webber, Andrew Lloyd - Yes - Zappa, Frank
posted 08-05-2000 11:04 AM PT (US)

James Oscar® Winner	Wax Ecstatic - Sponge (Vinnie Dombroski needs an intimate movie to score for guitar and cellos) The Joshua Tree - U2 (What's the Story?) Morning Glory - Oasis S&M and a few others - Metallica and anything from... Pink Floyd Enya Apocalyptica R.E.M. "Weird Al" Yankovic That's all I can think of off the top of my head. James NP - The Rugrats Movie (***) P.S. As bad as NSync is, after repeated listens in the car (thanks to my sister) I can tell you that they're 10 times better than the Backstreet Boys. Bring on the ridicule. [This message has been edited by James (edited 05 August 2000).]
posted 08-05-2000 01:39 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Cool, I learned a Norwegian word! Ah yes, "Weird Al"! I'm still angry that I seem to have deleted mp3 files from 2 entire "Weird Al" albums. NP: Trek 2 (James T. Horner )
posted 08-05-2000 01:57 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	EVERYTHING! Natalie Merchant Juliana Hatfield Bush No Doubt Enya Enigma Aerosmith (hey, I'm from MA so I'm allowed to listen to them) THE BEATLES QUEEN Sting 10,000 Maniacs Alanis Morrisette The Cranberries Stone Temple Pilots Creed Sponge Metallica Simon & Garfunkel Joe Satriani The Clash Green Day Goldfinger The Offspring Stabbing Westward I think I have about 500+ CD's total, only half of which are soundtracks.
posted 08-05-2000 02:18 PM PT (US)

Kevin Oscar® Winner	I probably haven't put a score CD on for a week now. Just haven't had the time. I've stuck to the radio or some rock stuff (nothing newer than the 1980's). Kevin
posted 08-05-2000 02:38 PM PT (US)

Alwin Oscar® Winner	Just droppin' in from my summer work... haven't posted since probably... April? Anyways, that's an easy one to answer: METALLICA or Collective Soul Actually to tell the truth, I'm starting to get bored of film music. See you all in September!
posted 08-05-2000 03:24 PM PT (US)

Todd Reifinger Oscar® Winner	Is this topic music exclusive? Because, ladies and gentlemen, I have an obsolutely overwhelming passion for audio drama. I have CD's, tapes, and mp3's of everything from classic radio shows like "X Minus One" and "The Shadow" to more recent productions like "Star Wars" and the BBC's excellent "Superman Lives!" (If anyone's interested in classic radio drama mp3's, let me know on this thread and I'll give you some excellent websites where you can get them for free.)
posted 08-05-2000 06:21 PM PT (US)

Ted Oscar® Winner	When it comes to non movie-music, most of my interest lies in rock, such as: Metallica Pink Floyd System of a Down Rage Against The Machine Dave Matthews Band (less now than earlier) The Offspring "Weird Al" (who is still the man) --Ted
posted 08-05-2000 07:54 PM PT (US)

Shivered_McTimber Oscar® Winner	Hmmm. Would "Video Game" soundtracks count? If so, I'd go for the soundtracks to MYST and Riven, the two greatest games ever (MYST III: Exile is on the way). But if not (And I have a feeling, not). I'd have to go for some great Christian Bands. "Five Iron Frenzy" is among my favorites. and of course, the greatest band of incredible musicians I've yet heard: "Burlap to Cashmere" Every now and then I pull out my "Aquabats" CDs and give 'em a spin in me CD player. ~Shivered NP: "Independence Day"
posted 08-05-2000 08:13 PM PT (US)

Lorien Oscar® Winner	Mr. Reifinger, you've beaten me to the punch! (well, one I passed up, but thought about, anyway) I, too, love audio drama. Favorite is the BBC's Lord of the Rings with Ian Holm. The Star Wars series is great, and I enjoy X MINUS ONE as well as any fully dramatized, unabridged Shakespeare. If you can find them, look for a series of Ray Bradbury stories dramatized in the early 80's. They're outstanding, published by Durkin-Hayes as "Paperback Audio", those single cassettes found on spinning racks on bookstores. SOUND OF THUNDER, THE VELDT, KALEIDOSCOPE, DARK THEY WERE AND GOLDEN EYED . . . wonderfully realized all. There are 12 (or an original 13) out there, two per cassette.
posted 08-05-2000 11:37 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	-BEN FOLDS FIVE!!!!! YEAH!! -Jazz: Dave Brubeck, Harry Connick Jr., Cherry Poppin Daddies (or at least their swing album) -The Whitlams -Barenaked Ladies -New Radicals -U2 -Crowded House -The Doors
posted 08-05-2000 11:38 PM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	Marian: >>Cool, I learned a Norwegian word!<< Oops. Sorry about that. I shoulda edited the list more thouroughly. Das ist ja AUCH ein besonderes Fehler....(?)
posted 08-06-2000 04:56 AM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Hey, Thor, your German sentence was også perfectly right! Oh, except for one wrong letter, I just noticed: "ein besonderer Fehler". Sorry, I'm such a perfectionist, I always have to point out things like that. It's meant to be constructive criticism, I hope you don't mind. Anyway, your German is better than my Norwegian. All I can say by now is også filmkomponist. [This message has been edited by Marian Schedenig (edited 06 August 2000).]
posted 08-06-2000 05:58 AM PT (US)

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