We've had a number of CD's appear in the last several weeks and almost no discussion (or even comment) about them, have any of you out there picked these up and have any comments (good or bad) about the these discs?

1.) DRAGONHEART-A New Beginning (Mark McKenzie)
2.) KIMBERLY (Basil Poledouris)
3.) THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD (Hummie Mann)
4.) The Fox (Lalo Schifrin) (Great new recording)
5.) Hammet (John Barry)
6.) Switchback (Basil Poledouris)
7.) Creature from the Black Lagoon (various)
8.) Music For Films By Charles & Ray Eames (Elmer Bernstein)
9.) The Last Run/Wild Rovers (Jerry Goldsmith)
10.) Sally Hemings (Joel McNeely)
11.) Marnie (New Recording by Joel McNeely)

OK, let's hear some opinions...

I don't have any of the other scores, but I did notice Ford that you forgot to mention Autumn in New York by Gabirel Yared nor Christipher Young's Bless the Child or do you only support Intrada and Varese? :-)
Becuase those are also a fantastic scores! you can read my comments for Aumtumn in New York in the Soundtrack Review section.

And I like to mention that ON THE BEACH is still my best CD buy of CDs released this year.

NP Shogun Mayeda by John Scott *****/*****

It's one thing to just come in here and post blindly without checking up on things, it's another to actually insult everyone who's been participating in some good discussion about these scores but suggesting there's been no discussion (or even comment). You managed to get both of these birds with one stone! Great shot!

PeterK

NP - "Last of the Mohicans" by Jones/Edelman

PeterK

Dragonheart 2 has been disscussed alot here.
But I haven't seen anything about Kimberly, Autumn in New York or Bless the Child.
And I have to almost force conversations on ON THE BEACH :-)

NP- Shogun Mayeda by John Scott *****/*****

You might note that MOST of the titles listed have received to quote my post "almost no discussion."

DRAGAONHEART and the Goldsmith titles have to some small degree, however most of the other titles have gotton almost no attention whatsoever in this forum.

The point of the post was to PROVOKE discussion, nothing more.

I'm stunned b you this comments.

<<It's one thing to just come in here and post blindly without checking up on things>>

Mr. Kelly, I tend to review most of the active thrends,most of the titles I listed didn't seem to be getting very much attention.

<<it's another to actually insult everyone who's been participating in some good discussion about these scores but suggesting there's been no discussion (or even comment). You managed to get both of these birds with one stone! Great shot!>>

How you can interpret my original post as some sort of insult makes no sense to me whatsoever.

As to my opinions, I happen to like Mann's score to "Thomas".

Do you have any opinions Mr. Kelly on the scores I've mentioned?

If you have a moment, why not post them.

I think it might add to the discussion

Sincerely

Ford A. Thaxton

PeterK

I happen to like all of the scores you listed.

Woah!!! The depth hurts my brain.

Ford, what is it about Thomas and the Magic Railroad that makes you like it? You haven't sold me on it yet, and your opinion doesn't seem to differ much from the "I happen to like it" opinion you had Peyton Place.

How about some descriptive words? Thanks!

There is no rivalry. Ford has just complained to me that everyone on the MovieMusic message boards are "spoiled brats."

I have an awful lot more respect for you all than Ford does, so I take a slight, entertaining bit of offense when he comes in here and tries to PROVOKE discussion. Personally, I feel his approach to provoking discussion is all wrong, expecially when he himself has nothing provoking to say about anything, other than to list a few titles and say they haven't been discussed.

As the administrator and creator of this forum, my goal is to nurture real discussion, hopefully to set this message board apart from all the other movie music-related boards. This is also one of the reasons the shameless plugs forum was created - to clear the non-discourse debris from this one, so we at least have a solid foundation to really DISCUSS.

Hence one of my latest threads, "Discussing this summer's best scores." I asked for people to actually talk about WHY they liked their favorite scores of the summer and not just list them. Of course, lots of lists came through - nurturing valuable DISCUSSION takes time.

I hope it's easy to see why I like to have fun with Ford. He's insulted all of you (and me) by calling us "spoiled brats." I really don't like that, but I am not going to go to war with him, I'm just gonna give him a little rough play on my turf!

Anyone have any complaints? Suggestions?

I am all ears...

PeterK

I'll email you on this matter, but in the furture please quote me correctly, you have failed to do so in your last two messages.

Now returning to the topic, look at the above list of titles and offer your opinions.

I've answered you via email, and corrected your statement that serves to confuse me about what you said regarding "spoiled brats." I am not confused, and will not be, especially when it concerns the members of this web site!

Any more words to describe your happiness with Thomas and the Magic Railroad soundtrack?

Ford I appreciate the fact that you just mean to start a topic regarding opinions on new released scores, that you feel haven't been mentioned much. I Consider it a good contribution to Movie Music.com and I hope you never become discourage from posting topics in the future.

I was very surprised with The Last Run... it turned out to be a very enjoyable listen!

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Originally posted by Cole:

tell me about the score to kimberley. do u have it? what type of score is it?

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I mentioned what Kimberly was like, read above.

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is the dragonheart score really that good or is jeron just being his usual optomistic self?

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Jeron likes everything, so when he says something is good...It may not be helpful.

Cole that was cruel and funny at the same time and well deserved.

Forgive me for butting in, but did you have your breakfast lately?

Like I said, I don't currently own any of these scores as it stands right now, except for those mentioned a few posts up. So, I don't know what Kimberly sounds like at all. As for Dragonheart 2, I've heard some clips, and it sounds pretty good. From what others have said, it's up there all right, and probably this year's best score in the "straight to video" category. Knowing McKenzie's music, though, I would agree with what everyone's been saying after I actually have the chance to fully listen to it.

As for Ford, he won't answer you. I asked him to talk a little bit more about how he feels about Thomas and the Magic Railroad, but he doesn't seem to want to expound on those bubbly happy feelings he gets from the score. Sometimes there just are no words to describe certain feelings.

Odd, though, that Ford doesn't answer us! He's the one who started this thread! Ah, well.

Bernstein/Eames Vol. 1---Once again, I love these scores and these films. I consider House to be one of Bernstein's best scores (although it had already been released on Citadel). I was hoping for a copy of the original tracks to Toccata for Toy Trains without the Charles Eames narration but I guess it doesn't exist. Bernstein could have used the re-record he did for the EB Filmmusic Collection but opted not to. The Polavision scores were fine although they didn't make the strong impression that some of EB's other Eames scores have. I adored the Westinghouse "cantata". The CD has first rate packaging---only fitting that a CD linked to these great designers should have great design itself. Despite my nit-picking, I think Amber Records could be the best thing to hit here in a while. I'm looking forward to Volume 2 and some of their proposed CDs--I can only hope they get to accomplish what they plan.