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Michel Oscar® Winner	I have found CotT brand new for $8.49. I see that it is out of print. I haven't watched the movie in a while so I don't remember the music. Is the score worth buying? Is it collectible at all? Michel
posted 08-31-2001 09:01 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Ok... #1. Yeah, buy it! #2. Don't buy it because of the collectablity. (Which Clash isn't, really....it's been available for a while now.) Rosenthal's written a great score for this mythological film vision--it's worth it to own in your library. 'Course, if that doesn't float your boat....
posted 08-31-2001 09:29 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	Dear Michel, Collectible? No. Worth buying? YES! It's a very nice score, and if I had found it (as you have), it would already be spinning in my CD player!
posted 08-31-2001 09:31 PM PT (US)

Michel Oscar® Winner	Thanks for your responses. I'll buy it! I was just asking about collectibility because I didn't want to pass on it, and 5 or 10 years from now, it end up being hard to find but popular and expensive! Here you go, Chris! I just ordered it so I hope you can get it, too. http://www.towerrecords.com/product.asp?pfid=1256996 Michel
posted 08-31-2001 10:59 PM PT (US)

SPQR Oscar® Winner	AHHH...but is it the one with the 3 extra cues?
posted 09-01-2001 02:12 AM PT (US)

wistiti Oscar® Winner	The problem with this Tower Records album is that it has 14 tracks. There is an expanded version with 3 extra cues, for a total of 17 tracks which amounts to about 10 more minutes of music. That version is available in most Soundtrack specialty outlets. And is available on the Super Tracks label from Supercollector.
posted 09-01-2001 06:01 AM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Don't confuse the lad. $8 for a score he's never heard, what's the difference, 14 vs. 17 tracks? Go for the cheap.
posted 09-01-2001 07:57 AM PT (US)

Probable Oscar® Winner	By all means, go for the cheap one. At under $9, you can't lose. If you enjoy it, you can always watch for the extended one.
posted 09-01-2001 09:28 AM PT (US)

Michel Oscar® Winner	Yeah, don't confuse this lassie! I don't mind missing those few cues! I'm satisfied with it. Thanks! Michel, like Michelle, "only not spelt the same"
posted 09-01-2001 12:01 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	My apologies. (Guess I was thinking of Jean-Michel Jarre or something off the wall like that...excuses, excuses...)
posted 09-01-2001 01:10 PM PT (US)

Howard L Oscar® Winner	I would buy Titans for the Pegasus cue alone.
posted 09-02-2001 11:50 AM PT (US)

Michel Oscar® Winner	Apology accepted! Perfect! I love Pegasus! He's my favorite thing in the movie. Also, my nickname at another board is Pegasus. I love horses and flying so it's a perfect combination! I even have the original Pegasus toy from the movie. This was one of those great childhood movies for me so now you see why I want the score and haven't even heard it except in the movie years ago. Michel aka Pegasus
posted 09-02-2001 06:10 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	A winged horse born from the blood of a Gorgon. Swell....
posted 09-02-2001 06:36 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	Clash of the Titans is a wonderful little score with an epic quality reminescant of the Gladiator movies of yesteryear, with a dash of Korngoldesque swashbuckling romaticisim. The main titles alone is one of the most memorable sounding cues I've heard in my lifetime. Yeah, I think it's worth it Don't EVER buy scores for collectablilty. What matters is if you like the music.
posted 09-03-2001 03:20 PM PT (US)

Howard L Oscar® Winner	If you're into the Pegasus cue then I would heartily recommend Last Reel Fight from The Adventures of Superman and Jet Umbrellas from Batman (1966).
posted 09-04-2001 09:20 AM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	Along those lines, Rosenthal's Peter the Great is also quite good, if you can find a copy...
posted 09-04-2001 11:47 AM PT (US)

Lancelot Oscar® Winner	....and as film adaptations of myths go, Clash is pretty decent. Sure, it's early 80's schlock, to a certain degree, but it's Ray Harryhausen...No CGI, here. Look at something like Hercules: The Legendary Adventures...it's a good show, though most of it's CGI...hydras, cerberus, etc. (LoDuca does terrific work here, by the way.)...Harryhausen's a pioneer...you can see his influence in everything from Hercules to Nightmare Before Christmas and Phantom Menace.... ...seeing Olivier play Zeus...well, it's just classy. It's like seeing Connery play King Arthur... ...Harry Hamlin? L.A. Law? Guess playing Cusack was a step down from Greek Demigod... ...Bubo the Electric Owl. It's not R2-D2, but it fills the "cute non-verbal sidekick" role...and look for Pat Roach (famous big guy) as Hephaestus... ...just rambling on a favorite subject....s'all....
posted 09-07-2001 08:24 PM PT (US)

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