Ed Wood - It's in the mail for me even as we speak.

Ed Wood....also great cd, fun source scoring, menacing 50's brass and theremin, Philadelphia-esque dramatic cues, soft strings and winds, minor dialogue enhances certain cues. Bravo! Shore does rule!

NP:Barnaby Jones-Pilot (Goldsmith)

The frenetic opening music is bone-chilling, and the rest seems to be more pastoral than I remembered in the film. oh well.

Definitely check it out if you're a fan of Badalamenti (and find the CD used).

Be careful you don't let Blockade War run on repeat loop for days. Highly recommended.

Ed Wood

Howard Shore in light accessible mode, highly recommended as well. One of the very few albums where the dialogue (only a few times) really is a good thing. Pull the string! Pull the string!

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
NP:Barnaby Jones-Pilot (Goldsmith)[/B]

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Are you doing this to gibe at me?

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Originally posted by JJH:
[b]Arlington Road you have to be in the mood for, but I like it quite a bit.

The frenetic opening music is bone-chilling, and the rest seems to be more pastoral than I remembered in the film. oh well.

Definitely check it out if you're a fan of Badalamenti (and find the CD used).

Ed Wood is one of the great 1990's scores.[/B]

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What do you mean? Jibe? I missed something, and this won't be the first time!

tomandandy is the other composer. not sure what this person or people worked on, but it can't have been much. It's not exactly "easy" music in places, but there some more "pleasant" pieces on the CD, from what I recall.

is it techno? eh, I think just the first track is about as techno as it gets.
There are synths involved in much of the music, but it's good use of synths. If you like Revell or God forbid, Zimmer synths, then you shouldn't have a problem with the CD.

I haven't been able to find my CD to use as reference, so I have to go on my admittedly sketchy memory; sorry dude.

It's not that bad at all, and I think it slightly underrated.

all I will say though, is that Badalementi knows how to use the synths and orchestra in a way that puts Zimmer to shame.

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Is it thematic?
Is it techno in part? Since there's an additional composer with a keyboard of some sort

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If you're talking about Ed Wood: It is very thematic. It's certainly not techno. It's fun, deliberately goofy in parts, and there's even a heroic bit in it. Much funny-spooky stuff as well, of course

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What do you mean? Jibe? I missed something, and this won't be the first time!

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Barnaby was one of the best surprises at the London concert. I had never heard it before, but...

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Barnaby rocks!

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You bet!

NP: Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)

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re: [b]Arlington Road:

I doubt I've helped sell you on the CD all that much.[/B]

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'Course, that's not saying anything for the score on disc. I don't remember any of the music itself except some pounding percussion near the end (when the bomb goes off).
The music itself might make for a good listen, but I just don't know because all I remember is my reaction to it at the time.

It doesn't surprise me that BARNABY JONES,THE BLUE MAX and RUDY appealed to you as these are true classics!

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Originally posted by Dean Evans:
I'm interested to know what other scores from Jerry Goldsmith have you yet to experience?

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Uhm...still a lot. My collection has grown during the last view years, obviously, and I have most of the "important" stuff, but he's written enough to keep me busy for at least several more years.

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It doesn't surprise me that BARNABY JONES,THE BLUE MAX and RUDY appealed to you as these are true classics!

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As is Train Robbery, which was the score that turned me into a Goldsmith fan before the main titles were over when I first saw the film.