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John Dunham Oscar® Winner	Posted this at Filmtracks, too, but what the heck... Well, I just finished making up James Newton Howard Suites and Themes Volume II. I was wondering, how many of you guys out there also make your own composer-themed compilations? I've made three myself, and I thought it would be interesting to see what the rest of you have come up with. Here are the tracklistings for my three: James Newton Howard Suites and Themes Volume II: 01 The Man In The Moon Suite (6:26) 02 The Prince Of Tides Theme (5:44) 03 Alive Suite (10:04) 04 The Fugitive Theme (6:29) 05 Falling Down Theme (4:49) 06 Just Cause Theme (4:35) 07 The Package Suite (12:12) 08 Vertical Limit Suite (13:38) 09 Unbreakable Suite (14:50) Total Time: 78:48 James Newton Howard Suites and Themes Volume I: My Best Friend’s Wedding 01 Main Titles (1:06) 02 E-mail (3:12) 03 Garden Chase (1:05) 04 Jules Makes An Entrance (0:50) DAVE 05 How’d You Get Started? (2:02) 06 End Credits (4:12) Wyatt Earp 07 Main Title (4:41) 08 Railroad (1:50) Restoration 09 The Fire (3:18) The Devil’s Advocate 10 Lovemaking (3:30) 11 57th Street (2:02) Flatliners 12 Redemption (4:24) 13 To Fly Alone (0:57) Dinosaur 14 The Egg Travels (2:42) 15 Across The Desert (2:23) Waterworld 16 Escaping The Smokers (3:52) Outbreak 17 Motaba River Valley (0:59) 18 Cedar Creek Exodus (1:07) 19 Finding The Ship (1:42) 20 End Credits (6:52) The Postman 21 The Belly Of The Beast (6:45) The Sixth Sense 22 Main Title (2:50) 23 End Credits (4:15) Snow Falling On Cedars 24 Humanity Goes On Trial (4:43) 25 Snow Drive (1:26) 26 End Credits (6:14) Total Time: 78:55 Hornerisms: Apollo 13 01. Main Title (2:33) 02. Lunar Dreams (2:35) 03. All Systems Go – The Launch (10:16) The Pelican Brief 04. Main Title (2:34) The Spitfire Grill 05. The Mystery Of The Night (1:21) 06. An Uncertain Future (3:39) Deep Impact 07. A Distant Discovery (3:57) Courage Under Fire 08. Al Bathra (10:13) A Far Off Place 09. The Swamp (3:48) The Rocketeer 10. The Flying Circus (6:26) Jumanji 11. Jumanji Suite (8:06) The Perfect Storm 12. Coast Guard Rescue (9:48) Balto 13. Heritage Of The Wolf (5:55) The Land Before Time 14. End Credits (6:23) Total Time: 77:31 John
posted 12-23-2000 08:46 AM PT (US)

Camillu Oscar® Winner	Are your suites (e.g. Unbreakable) simply tracks after each other, or do you edit them to make one piece?
posted 12-23-2000 08:57 AM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	I used Cool Edit to edit them together. Sometimes I have two tracks immediately after one another edited so there's no skip, sometimes I have pieces of tracks edited into a suite. The flow is smooth, though, which is the most important thing. Unbreakable is composed as follows: four fifths of Unbreakable/two thirds of The Wreck/one third of Reflection Of Elijah/four fifths of Visions/all of The Orange Man NP: Dvorak: The 9 Symphonies conducted by Rafael Kubelik, disc 2, Symphony no. 2 in B flat major, op. 4
posted 12-23-2000 11:56 AM PT (US)

TimT Oscar® Winner	I once made a James Newton Howard compliation. 01. Fanfare from "Grand Canyon" 02:11 02. Theme from "Liar Liar" 02:42 03. Theme from "Dante's Peak" 02:51 04. End Credits from "Alive" 03:03 05. Theme from "The Fugitive" 03:02 06. Helicopter Chase from "The Fugitive" 04:47 07. Theme from "Flatliners" 04:28 08. Theme from "Pretty Woman" 03:43 09. Love Theme from "Outbreak" 02:37 10. A Little Resistance from "Outbreak" 02:48 11. Suite from "The Prince Of Tides" 06:39 12. Theme from "Waterworld" 02:18 13. Escaping the Smokers from "Waterworld" 03:49 14. End Credits from "The Man in the Moon" 02:34 15. Main Title from "Wyatt Earp" 04:37 16. The Wagon Chase from "Wyatt Earp" 02:40 17. Suite from "My Best Friend's Wedding" 03:37 18. Love Theme from "Restoration" 01:41 19. Main Title from "The Postman" 02:23 20. The Belly of the Beast from "The Postman" 03:01 21. Suite from "One Fine Day" 08:54 74:24 NP What Dreams May Come [Message edited by TimT on 12-23-2000]
posted 12-23-2000 12:04 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	John, Something I notice about many a compilation is that, when using "newly acquired material", people tend to "heavy up" on that, whereas the things they've been listening to for years can be pared down to a more reasonable length (for instance, nearly 15 minutes of Unbreakable vs. almost 5 for Falling Down; same with Vertical Limit vs. The Fugitive). Just one of those things that I was thinking about and decided to write down. Weird. Shaun
posted 12-23-2000 10:28 PM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	Shaun: Granted, I used more of Vertical Limit than the Fugitive, and more of Unbreakable than Falling Down. I think, though, that this is because I like both of those scores quite a bit more than The Fugitive and Falling Down. Look at Alive, which is likewise not a new score for me. Also, notice my first JNH comp: Outbreak and Snow Falling On Cedars get more time than most of the other scores, but neither of them was a newly acquired score at the time I made the comp.
posted 12-24-2000 06:22 AM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	John, I wasn't suggesting anything negative toward you, I just wanted to comment that it's hard to make compilations using new material. Especially if it's from a new score that you enjoy, as it's harder to pick just one cue. Of course, a year or so later, that ONE cue will become clearer. Nevermind, I know what I'm talking about but I can't write it out. Merry Christmas, Shaun
posted 12-24-2000 09:40 PM PT (US)

John Dunham Oscar® Winner	Shaun: I know what you're talking about, too, and I sort of agree with you. I just don't think it's as big a factor as you seemed to be suggestng. Merry Christmas to you as well. NP: The Mighty, Trevor Jones
posted 12-25-2000 06:17 AM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	I'm working on a John Williams one myself 1) Star Wars - Main Title (alternate) 2) Empire Strikes Back - Imperial March 3) Return of the Jedi - Forest Battle (Concert Suite) 4) Raiders of the Lost Ark - Raider's March 5) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - Parade of the Slave Children 6) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Scherzo for Motorcyle and Orchestra 7) Superman - Main Title 8) ET - End Credits 9) Jaws - Main Title 10) Jurassic Park - Welcome to Jurassic Park 11) Lost World - Main Title 12) Empire of the Sun - Exultate Justi 13) Far and Away - The Land Race 14) Hook - The Ultimate War 15) Amistad - Dry Your Tears, Afrika 16) Angela's Ashes - Main Theme 17) Saving Private Ryan - Hymn to the Fallen 18) The Patriot - Main Theme 19) Stepmom - Always and Always 20) Seven Years in Tibet - Main Theme 21) Schindler's List - Rememberances 22) Sabrina - Theme from Sabrina 23) 1941 - March Encore Track) Phantom Menace - Duel of Fates I'm not sure what order of tracks, or how many discs this is going to use up...but I'm hoping it's a pretty complete collection. Was thinking of encluding the Kunzel version of the Olympic Fanfare also
posted 12-25-2000 10:05 AM PT (US)

Obi Jok Kenobi Oscar® Winner	Well, I haven't done any Composer Compiliations, but I have just done recently a 5 disc James Bond collection of my favourite cues and of course the theme songs. I also have got a Buffy and Roswell collection of songs from the 2 series.
posted 12-25-2000 05:36 PM PT (US)

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