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Scott Oscar® Winner	This is really annoying. Here I've seen this cd many times and never, ever considered it or asked anyone about it because the cover was so un-appealing. It is just a bad cover and I wonder why they couldn't have spend a little more time and effort on it. I mean, some of the members on this board have done outstanding jobs designing their own covers. Naturally the score is great and the only reason I picked it up after all is because of the comments made about it on this board. I know, I know, Jeron already told me that what counts is the score not the case and cover. True, true. Yet, the cover is supposed to be visiually appealing and get people interested to buy it. I don't know how many times I saw this cd and never gave it another thought. Even after all the positive comments, once I saw the cd, I had to think really hard about buying it. Perhaps that is the reason why Varese hasn't sold much of it. My question, has there been any scores that you have failed to buy initially because of the bad cover design? Oh yeah, I was talking about "On the Beach". Scott
posted 10-03-2000 06:03 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	I can think of a MOVIE I didn't rent for years because of the box cover: REPO MAN. Boy was I missing out. And I can think of an album I DID buy because I thought the cover (and even a handful of liner notes) made it look cool: DEAD HEAT by Ernest Troost. BIG waste of money ...
posted 10-03-2000 06:06 AM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	You know what, Scott? I'll make you a new cover.
posted 10-03-2000 06:46 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Lol. Jeron, you are just too nice to me. But,ehm...weren't you the one who designed the original cover in the first place? Scott
posted 10-03-2000 01:43 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Yeah, that's funny Scott. Really funny.
posted 10-03-2000 04:29 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Scott
posted 10-03-2000 04:50 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Oscar® Winner	I'd rather have a very plain black and white cover. The money saved from having the plain cover could fund a disc containing more than 30 minutes of music! [Message edited by jonathan_little on 10-03-2000]
posted 10-03-2000 07:55 PM PT (US)

ActionGuy Oscar® Winner	I would have to say that the worst cover I've seen thus far is for the Back to the Future trilogy, it was a decent re-recording by Debney, but the cover was horrible, it looked like a bad bootleg cover. It's not like varese to do a release like that with such a horrible cover. Rich D. NP - The 13th Warrior
posted 10-03-2000 08:05 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	The cover for "Demolition Man" has a cover that looks as if I printed it out from my computer.
posted 10-03-2000 09:37 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Scott, it's terrible, but sometimes I consider other people's opinions when it comes to buying a CD. What would my cool friends think if they saw a CD with a picture of a dog or a horse on it (similar to the pictures my grandmother has hanging on her living room wall)? That's why I haven't got Lassie or Black Beauty. And Star Trek 3, with that lino-cut of Mr Spock is a bit cringeworthy. I've got it, but I put more coffeetable things on the coffee table when friends come round.
posted 10-04-2000 02:47 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	If my friends have a problem with a cover, I just laugh and tell 'em to deal with it. Why worry about what other people think? If it keeps you from enjoying something you love, there are apparently some issues that need to be ironed out. For me, it's all about the music (and while my friends might not particularly enjoy it, they respect it). To hell with the cover if it looks bad... we all were equipped at birth by God w/ the fascinating "ignore" feature located on the toolbar in our brain. Those of you who have upgraded to the newer version will find that an intuitive "get over it" algorithm has been incorporated into the operating system's normal functionality. For you, this shouldn't be a problem at all! Jeron [Message edited by Jeron on 10-04-2000]
posted 10-04-2000 03:02 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Lol. See guys what happens when you get a devoted Christian into Computers. Lol. (Ooops, that could be me too....ehm) Scotty
posted 10-04-2000 04:15 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I dunno, JeronMan. It was REALLY hard to buy Doyle's A Little Princess with a straight face. and the look in the clerk's face when he saw that, AND Sense & Sensibility along with a Dave Matthews CD.... NP -- Deep Water, Beltrami; what a great score.
posted 10-04-2000 04:48 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Yeah well, those are just hard purchases to make! But if it makes you feel any better, there was a FINE chick at the cash register when I purchased the Pokemon score. Talk about getting some looks! I bet she thought I was a psycho... of course, I laughed and said, "What? Don't you listen to this stuff?"
posted 10-04-2000 09:27 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	DON'T BE OFFENDED BY WHAT'S TO BE POSTED BELOW. THIS IS AIMED AT MY FRIEND JJ. Did the clerk look at you and ask, "Just how gay are you, sir?" Shaun
posted 10-04-2000 11:08 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Jeron: Yeah well, those are just hard purchases to make! But if it makes you feel any better, there was a FINE chick at the cash register when I purchased the Pokemon score. Talk about getting some looks! I bet she thought I was a psycho... of course, I laughed and said, "What? Don't you listen to this stuff?" But Jeron... Pokemon?!? You'll pay for that...
posted 10-04-2000 11:20 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Hehe... hey!! It has it's moments!
posted 10-05-2000 06:17 AM PT (US)

SBD Oscar® Winner	This cover isn't so much bad as it is unambitious: Silva's latest Hitchcock compilation. Maybe they should've taken a cue from Hip-O Records and their Hitchcock cover (a great one, might I add). Then again, they (the design and record label) are basically Universal products.
posted 10-06-2000 06:17 AM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	The original release of Krull comes to mind...with the cheesy blue background and the really bad scanjob that makes it look all blurry and smudged. Also, I HATE CD's like the SW Special Editions, Raders of the Lost Ark, and Superman that all have those crummy cardboard boxes to protect the overly long liner-notes. They don't fit in the standardized slot sizes for most CD racks. I have to keep them on a friggin' bookshelf!
posted 10-06-2000 11:50 AM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by AaronR1074: The original release of Krull comes to mind...with the cheesy blue background and the really bad scanjob that makes it look all blurry and smudged. Also, I HATE CD's like the SW Special Editions, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Superman that all have those crummy cardboard boxes to protect the overly long liner-notes. They don't fit in the standardized slot sizes for most CD racks. I have to keep them on a friggin' bookshelf!
posted 10-06-2000 11:51 AM PT (US)

A.G Oscar® Winner	Hey! Raiders was supposed to come with a cardboard cover? Mine didn't Anyway, I'll agree that Rhino's Superman packaging left alot to be desired. Also, the Episode One: Ultimate Edition cover is 'orrible.
posted 10-06-2000 12:11 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	What's wrong with "overly long" liner notes? Is it possible to have "overly long" liner notes?? I've been under the impression that the more text we get the better! This is a curious observation... Jeron
posted 10-06-2000 02:53 PM PT (US)

Rang Oscar® Winner	I don't think I've ever bought a score based on the quality of its cover. It's generally my interest in the music or composer I let dictate my spending habits, and when the music is the sole incentive, it's usually because I've heard it beforehand in the film.
posted 10-06-2000 04:19 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	Shaun aksed: quote: Did the clerk look at you and ask, "Just how gay are you, sir?" In fact he did. We went out for pizza and a movie that night...
posted 10-06-2000 04:54 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Jeron, I don't mind the liner notes to be detailed and informative, but when the booklets have these ultra thick glossy pages it kind of sucks.
posted 10-07-2000 10:24 AM PT (US)

Aaron R. Brown Oscar® Winner	I didn't like the cover of Angela's Ashes but that is a great score. The cover didn't keep me fron buying the score. If you new to film score the cover might pose a problem. Jeron, I agree with you about the liner notes. The more info about the score the better. I would mind if the composer wrote a little about the score instead of talking about the director or producers. Why does everyone hate the cover of the new Episode One soundtrack. I can't think of any one or else that should have been on the cover. I wonder what the Ultimate soundtrack disc will look like? No one made mention that the first disc would look like, so it was the only thing that surprised me when I open my EP1 soundtrack.
posted 10-08-2000 07:49 AM PT (US)

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