The Caveman's Valentine - Terence Blanchard
Objective Burma! - Franz Waxman
Shadow of the Vampire - Dan Jones

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

- Cinema Septet (Chris Young)*
- Hard Target (Graeme Revell)
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Bruce Broughton)*
- Island of the Sharks (Alan Williams)*
- Major Payne (Craig Safan)*
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Graeme Revell)
- Money for Nothing (Craig Safan)*
- Street Fighter (Graeme Revell)

• Stagecoach/The Loner, Goldsmith
  
• The Portrait Of A Lady, Kilar
  
• Silverado, Broughton
  And thanks to Aaron:
  
• Virus Expanded, McNeely
  
• The Corruptor, Burwell
  
• U-Boats: The Wolf Pack, Young
  
• King Ralph, James Newton Howard
  
• The Last Days, Zimmer
  
• The Vanishing, Goldsmith
  
• Studs Lonigan, Goldsmith
  Also:
  
• Phantom Quest Corp DVD
  

That's all for now.

I am such a happy camper right now. I was feeling little down, and then these came, and now I'm positively gleeful.

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Thanks for the info wistiti

The movie sounds really interesting, and the music too.

Is Fnac the only store carrying this thing? I don't really understand french...

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New today:

Licence To Kill (Kamen)
Superman: The Movie (Williams)

Titan A.E. (Graeme Revell)
She Devil (Howard Shore)
Laurence Rosenthal Music for Television
P.T.Barnum (Hummie Mann)
Dungeons and Dragons (Justin Burnett)
Circle of Friends (Michael Kamen)
Frankenstein (Patrick Doyle)
Island of the Sharks (Alan Williams)
Evolution (John Powell)
Pearl Harbor (Hans Zimmer)
Fled (Graeme Revell)
A Little Piece of Heaven (Don Davis)
Look Who's Talking Now (William Ross)
Far and Away-complete (John Williams)
Africa (Alex North)
Blonde (Patrick Williams)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit-complete (Alan Silvestri)
Deep Water (Marco Beltrami)
The Funhouse (John Beal)
The Quiller Memorandum (John Barry)
The Flintstones Viva Rock Vegas (David Newman)
The Marrying Man-complete (David Newman)
The Jungle Book (Basil Poledouris)
My Giant (Marc Shaiman)

A Walk in the Clouds - Maurice Jarre
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Evolution - John Powell

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

They include:

-The Five Sacred Trees
-The Green Bird
-The Symphonic Works of Dan Asia
-Overnight Mail by Michael Torke
-Radiant Voices(Corigliano and Ticheli)
-Pied Piper Fantasy(Corigliano)

They are all great discs. I suggest if you want a change to check into all of these. If you have questions about these cd's, don't hesitate to email me.

Godzilla Vs. MegaGuirus - Michiru Oshima

Quick question, has anyone tried the other Godzilla discs that GNP has released? If so, I'd appreciate any comments you might have of them.

NP: A Walk in the Clouds (Maurice Jarre)

• Police Story - Jerry Goldsmith
  
• Contract on Cherry Street - same gent
  

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Originally posted by sabbey:
Quick question, has anyone tried the other Godzilla discs that GNP has released? If so, I'd appreciate any comments you might have of them.

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Only heard their 195?-197? compilation. The Ifukube music good. As well as some of the Masaru Satoh (I think that was his name) compositions. But many of the selections are probably the cheesiest late-60's/early 70's b-movie type of music you can find.

Boy...my wallet is already struggling from this massive spending
Desperately waiting for
1. Final Fantasy : The Spirits Within
2. Planet of the Apes - Danny Elfman
3. Jurassic Park 3
4. A.I
5. Harry Potter
6. Final Fantasy X
7. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Mixed Nuts (George Fenton & various artists)

The Mummy Returns-Alan Silvestri
Scream 3-Marco Beltrami
Flubber-Danny Elfman
Beauty and the Beast-Alan Menken,Howard Ashman
White Squall-Jeff Rona
Legends of the Fall-James Horner
Mars Attacks-Danny Elfman
Swashbucklers(2cd)
Face Off-John Powell

Dennis the Menace-Used
Mulan: The Complete Score
The Blue Max-Used

I just ordered Goldsmith's Alien (Silva Screen). I should have it by Tuesday. Does anyone have the boot Alien. Is it any good?

Brother - Joe Hisaishi
Frasier (Tossed Salads & Scrambled Eggs and Other Frasier Favorites) - Various

• Waterworld (James Newton Howard)
  
• The Hallelujah Trail (Elmer Bernstein)
  
• Back to the Future (songs & 2 score tracks by Alan Silvestri)
  
• Back to the Future II (Alan Silvestri)

Got from Timmer (thanks!):

• Conan the Barbarian (Basil Poledouris, Varese release) - Finally, I won't have to by angry about the shorter Milan anymore
  
• A Far Off Place (James Horner) / Walkabout (John Barry)
  
• Canto Olympico (Mikis Theodorakis)

Picked up in London (HMV's got a huge sale going on):

• Star Wars Anthology (the 4CD set)
  
• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture / Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Symphonic Suite "On the Waterfront" / Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (LA Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)
  
• Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 3, 5, 6 & 7 (Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy)
  
• Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance (LSO, LPO, Sir Adrian Boult)
  
• Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus / Choral Symphony (LPO, Sir Charles Grove, Sir Adrian Boult)
  
• William Walton: Henry V (Suite) / The Battle of Britain (Suite) / As You Like It (Suite) / A History of the English Speaking People (March) (LPO, Carl Davis)
  
• William Walton: "Spitfire" Preflude and Fugue / Scapino (Overture) / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre / Johannesburg Festival Overture /Cappricio burlesco / Funeral March from "Hamlet" / Prelude: "Richard III" / A Shakespeare Suite from "Richard III" (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves)

(I've only heard one piece by Walton before - time for a proper introduction!)

Also picked up 2 DVDs (Love's Labour's Lost and The Frighteners), Escape from Monkey Island (PC game), a J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, and the "Fellowship of the Ring" teaser poster.

Anyone want to pay my VISA bill?

• The Specialist, John Barry
  
• Steel Magnolias, Delerue
  
• The Last Run/Wild Rovers, Jerry Goldsmith
  
• Innerspace Expanded, Jerry Goldsmith
  
• Cowboy Bebop: No Disc, Yoko Kanno
  
• The End Of The Affair, Michael Nyman
  
• Six Days, Six Nights, Michael Nyman
  
• Pavilion Of Women, Conrad Pope
  ...and one game:
  Myst III: Exile (Haven't got the CD yet, but I will!)

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Just in the mail...

Godzilla Vs. MegaGuirus - Michiru Oshima

Quick question, has anyone tried the other Godzilla discs that GNP has released? If so, I'd appreciate any comments you might have of them.

NP: A Walk in the Clouds (Maurice Jarre)

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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I'd recommend getting both of them. Akira Ifukube provided the majority of music for the Godzilla series.

You will notice a big difference in the perfromance of the orchestra as well as the orchestrations for the films Ifukube scored as compared to the other composers.

Vol 1 does have some cheesy sounding music, but The compositions by ifukube and Masaru Sato stand out, although Sato's style does sound dated. the rest on Vol 1 is not really worth it, the music reflects the quality of the films in my opinion.

Vol 2 is Ifukube re-working his earlier music for some of the new movies, but they are in stereo and there are some new ones. Also the difference in orchestrations and performances are more obvious.

I'd stay away from Godzilla 2000. It is simply a weak and dreadful album. Takayuki Hattori provided the score for that film as well as Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla (which is on Vol 2). Godzilla 2000 is much worse than G vs SpaceG, which sounds like a bad version of John Barry's You Only Live Twice at times. You'll notice that on Vol 2 the other composers try to "Americanize" their scores and when some of them do use Ifukube's themes they aren't performed to well.

• Star Wars Anthology (the 4CD set)
  
• Leonard Bernstein: Candide Overture / Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Symphonic Suite "On the Waterfront" / Prelude, Fugue and Riffs (LA Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein)
  
• Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 3, 5, 6 & 7 (Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy)
  
• Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations / Pomp & Circumstance (LSO, LPO, Sir Adrian Boult)
  
• Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus / Choral Symphony (LPO, Sir Charles Grove, Sir Adrian Boult)
  
• William Walton: Henry V (Suite) / The Battle of Britain (Suite) / As You Like It (Suite) / A History of the English Speaking People (March) (LPO, Carl Davis)
  
• William Walton: "Spitfire" Preflude and Fugue / Scapino (Overture) / Crown Imperial / Orb and Sceptre / Johannesburg Festival Overture /Cappricio burlesco / Funeral March from "Hamlet" / Prelude: "Richard III" / A Shakespeare Suite from "Richard III" (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves)

(I've only heard one piece by Walton before - time for a proper introduction!)
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I like your style, Marian - some great stuff you picked up in HMV. Glad to see someone getting into William Walton - great composer! Since you're obviously into classical as well as film music, I shall continue my quest to advertise the classical works of Malcolm Arnold - brilliant stuff, so check him out if you haven't done so already. He and Walton were great friends, and indeed there are certain Walton influences in Arnold's work.

Hope you enjoyed your trip to London - looks like it was well worth it!

Cleopatra (North)
Arlington Road (Badalamenti/Tomandandy)
Quartermass Collection (Cary/Bernard)
Carmina Burana (Orff, cond Mata)
Life is Beautiful (Piovani)
Sonic Flower Groove (Primal Scream)
Three Colours: White (Preisner)
Space Jam (Newton Howard)

Hmmm, I'm sure there were more than that. Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of them soon...
Curiously, no Goldsmith . However, I did buy (sadly not in the sale):

Nonhosonno (Goblin)

Wow, this on kicks major butt. Expect review soon...

Np: Space Camp (John Williams)

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Glad to see someone getting into William Walton - great composer! Since you're obviously into classical as well as film music, I shall continue my quest to advertise the classical works of Malcolm Arnold - brilliant stuff, so check him out if you haven't done so already. He and Walton were great friends, and indeed there are certain Walton influences in Arnold's work.

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Some great stuff on these two Walton CDs. I did look for Arnold CDs in London, but didn't find any. Perhaps I didn't look well enough, but then, I couldn't have carried more CDs anyway. Rest assured that I will be trying to hear more Arnold soon. I love his Tam O'Shanter!

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Tam O'Shanter is a great piece - you should also check out any of his nine symphonies, Marian. The best available recordings are the superb ones on Chandos, so far available are 1-6, all performed fantasticlly by the LSO conducted by Richard Hickox. Chandos are completing their Arnold symphonic cycle this year with the release of his 7th, 8th & 9th. The 7th is incredibly dark and compelling - I think you'll be surprised and impressed.
His other shorter pieces are too numerous to mention but are all fabulous! There's a GREAT disc on the American label Reference Recordings called "Arnold Overtures", featuring 5 stunning overtures performed by The London Philharmonic conducted by Arnold himself - including a wonderful, fairground-waltz-type piece called The Fair Field - Arnold dedicated this piece to Sir William Walton.
The two film-music collections (also on Chandos) are likewise fantastic, and another great starting point for anyone curious about Arnold.
Happy listening!!

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Sean

I'd recommend getting both of them. Akira Ifukube provided the majority of music for the Godzilla series.

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Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely look into these when I do my next order from GNP. Those, along with some imports should be good!