And that most soundtrack buyers couldn't care less about score releases?

The most amazing part is that some 34% of people actually answered that they prefer scores.

If you were to take a random sample on a busy street, I'm ready to bet that the number of people who prefer score soundtracks would be much lower than 34%.

And if you think people who like song soundtracks are freaks and weirdos, imagine what they think of us.
(Never has it even crossed their minds that the way one purchases Mozart CDs, one can also purchase Goldsmith albums.)

I mean, seriously, what's the point of buying instrumental film music? Isn't it just noise? Come on, you people can't seriously consider not only buying that stuff, but actually following the careers of given composers, and commenting on their latest compositions.
Can each one of you score liking losers please get a life?

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Originally posted by wistiti:
Isn't this because many people who visit MM don't care about the board?

And that most soundtrack buyers couldn't care less about score releases?

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But why do people who just care for the songs, not for the scores, visit film music websites?

However, this poll was flawed IMO. There were select choices not included that should have been. Such as, "best representation of film's soundtrack", or "score only, except when there are songs actually with the film"

(1) Songs from the movie
(2) Songs not from the movie
(3) Mix of songs from the movie and not from the movie
(4) Anything with a good beat

More seriously, one ought to distinguish between original songs and random licensed crap. It's not *always* wrong for a song to be on a soundtrack...songs definitely belong on the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack, for example. But 99% of the time, no...

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Coyote Ugly:
5 stars - comments made by a soundtrack fan on 8/17/2000
favorite track: 9

This was a great soundtrack to go with a great movie. It's just like me! Moving from a small town to a big city to hitting big in the music industry. Now all i have to do is become a coyote. WA OWWW....

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Now all I have to do is become a coyote... Yeah. As the saying in the film music world goes, "Have you taken your meds lately?"

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Save the Last Dance:
5 stars - comments made by a soundtrack fan on 1/29/2001
favorite track: 4

There aren't very many romantic songs on here, but the ones that are hit hard!! I do appreciate all the songs that don't have to cuss every other word, and that's cool. I think this is a great soundtrack... there are not many you can say that about!!

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Ah yes, a "great, hard-hitting" soundtrack. Those are pretty rare these days. I just wish they had more cuss words.

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Notting Hill:
comments made by a soundtrack fan on 4/10/2001
favorite track: 8

This soundtrack portrays the emotions of the movie exactly in 13 songs. It makes me want to fall in love every time I put it on my cd player.

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Ah yes, there is nothing like a soundtrack song album to make you fall in love... (fall in love with what? My CD player provides great music, but...)

I am going to recast this poll, but switch the order of the choices (the first will go last), and re-word the choices a bit.

There may be a comparatively interesting outcome after this little experiment. What do you say?

What do you like on your movie soundtracks?

Songs from the movie 69%
Original score music only 19%
Mix of songs and score 4%
Music not heard in the film 6%
total votes: 1612

Now what does this mean? Do people just pick the first option in a poll without reading it? Or is the poll software faulty? Reminds me of that "Favourite Horner score" thread which failed at the beginning because several of us voted for one score, only to see their vote had ended up being given to another one. Hmm.

What do you want on your movie soundtracks?

Score music only 31%
Songs not in the movie 9%
Songs and score 15%
Songs in the movie 40%
A good beat will do 2%

1565 total votes.