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BMUSTANG Oscar® Winner	For me, I like at least one song of every kind of music, even rap and opera. I almost bought an Ozzy Osbourne CD the other night, but I ordered it from the library instead. The song of "Dreamer" I really like, mostly because it brings back a good memory from stuff I did Saturday night. And my Shakira CD is playing right now. How about you?
posted 01-16-2002 04:11 PM PT (US)

ManOfSorrows Oscar® Winner	Heavy Metal/Hard Rock! Examples: Dare, Iron Maiden, Danzig, Paradise Lost, Pretty Maids, Blaze, The 69 Eyes, Talisman, W.A.S.P., Metallica, Doro, Warlock.. and the list goes on. And some softer bands: Toto, Roxette and more.. Bang the head that doesn't bang!!
posted 01-16-2002 04:19 PM PT (US)

André Lux Oscar® Winner	Besides movie scores, I love Brazilian Popular Music (MPB) - which is among the best of the world - specially from Caetano Veloso, Giberto Gil, Marisa Monte and, of course, Tom Jobim. I also dig Pink Floyd (who doesn't?), Beetles, Supertramp, Queen. Not to mention Jazz (specially Fusion), Blues, Rap (just like Goldsmith!) and some New Age stuff. And, of course, classical music...
posted 01-16-2002 04:20 PM PT (US)

BMUSTANG Oscar® Winner	Great!! And I LOVE my Classical Thunder 3 CD set too
posted 01-16-2002 04:22 PM PT (US)

majestyx Oscar® Winner	Mainly progressive heavy metal and hard rock - many of the bands that ManOfSorrows listed and more. Speaking of which, the leader of one of my favorite bands of this genre, Chuck Schuldiner of the group Death, passed away from an inoperable brain tumor just before Christmas last year. He was only 34 years old. My profile lists my favorite bands. In addition to metal, I also like Tori Amos, Jeffrey Gaines, Del Amitri, Frank Zappa and a lot of the "art rock" bands from the 70s and 80s such as Rush and Yes, and the "arena rock" bands like Styx and Journey.
posted 01-16-2002 04:43 PM PT (US)

El Cid Oscar® Winner	http://www.moviemusic.com/cgi-bin/mb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Classical+Music&number=5&DaysPrune=20&LastLogin=
posted 01-16-2002 04:45 PM PT (US)

Kyriacos S Oscar® Winner	"What other types of music do you like?" Film Music. NP:Pet Sematary(Elliot Goldenthal)**/***
posted 01-16-2002 05:36 PM PT (US)

Kevin Oscar® Winner	Too many individual groups to list, but my tastes run from oldies to "acid" rock, country to classical. I've got Garth Brooks sitting next to Boston, sitting next to Beethoven. I never got into heavy metal, nor rap (if it could be called music) or anything really new. I do like a little Sheryl Crow, and I have Natalie Imbruglia's albumn with the song "Torn" on it. Otherwise, lots of film music, rock, and classics. In fact, in my player right now is the remastered "Disraeli Gears" by Cream. Kevin
posted 01-16-2002 06:45 PM PT (US)

Kimiakane Oscar® Winner	Well, Sheila, I like a little rap (very little) and it's only what some would call hip-hop or pop-rap (i.e. C & C Music Factory, Will Smith, LL Cool J, Hammer, you know...the relatively harmless stuff). To be honest, I despise most Rap. I also like country as long as there is not too much twang and depression in it. R & B is also appreciated, but as a rule, the older stuff back to the 70's and earlier is better than most in the last couple of decades. This includes Blues as well. I have always liked Funk and Disco a lot. When it comes to world music, I have collected an extensive amount of it with the most CDs coming from Russian/Ukrainian, Latin, Reggae, African, Italian, French, Japanese, and the Middle East. There are more, but these are the largest in my collection. I'm sure no one counts music from the USA, UK (with the exception of Celtic music, of which I have a lot), or Canada as "world music" do they? Next is classical and this includes all variants from the early part of the last millennium to modern classical. Although I have and like so very much, the preferred age is that of the Renaissance period. Jazz and Fusion are also wonderful forms of music which I have been collecting more extensively in recent months than in the past. The more I buy, the more I get in to this form of music. The BET JAZZ channel has helped me discover many artists (especially from the past) that have become desireable to collect on CD. Thank goodness for compilations that feature the "best" of each performer's music. It really helps on the purse! Then comes Rock and Pop. I love it all!!! The 50's, 60's, 70's and especially the 80's & 90's from when I was a little girl to my teen years. Although the 80's were better than the 90's IMHO. For some reason, with some exceptions, most of the newer bands are not impressing me as much as the music from the 50's to the mid-90's. Hey, does this mean I'm getting old? Oh yes, and then there is filmscores, televison scores, musicals, and cartoon music! My favorites!!! But then, everyone knows about that, don't they? the filmscore gal, Galina
posted 01-16-2002 07:18 PM PT (US)

Richard Oscar® Winner	Mmmmmm'. Aside from film scores, I like Ben Folds Five, Aimee Mann, New Radicals, Leonardo's Bride and Harry Connick Jr. on the band-ish front, but I'm also a huge lover of Jazz (Dave Brubeck in particular). Classical music goes down well sometimes too, mainly during the semester when I need to listen as a part of my course when I listen to a wide range from Gregorian chants to 20th century, though I quite enjoy the works of Shostakovich. NP: Ocean's 11 - David Holmes
posted 01-16-2002 09:52 PM PT (US)

cine-sin Oscar® Winner	Adult pop: Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac Contemporary: Jamiroquai, Moby, Coldplay British 80's new wave/ underground/neuromantic: Joy Division, New Order, Simple Minds, Blue Nile, Talk Talk, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Big Country, Associates. Rochelle
posted 01-16-2002 09:53 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	I like just about everything except for Heavy Metal and Country: too much noise on the one side, not enough on the other. Still, despite liking Classical, Rock, Jazz, and even avant-garde electronics, film music still reigns above all. I'd give you names of favorites, but there're too many greats to list.
posted 01-17-2002 03:13 AM PT (US)

Valmar Oscar® Nominee	Underground Hip-Hop, if you're interested, pick up "Boom Bap Project" Hardcore Rap (not that Jay-Z shiet), interested, pick up a Three 6 Mafia or Twista album. Electronica, interested? Pick up a Paul van Dyk or DJ Tiesto mix. Classical, well...everyone would school me on that subject but i'm really into Mozart. I've recently just got into making my own music on my computer. I'm not that great yet...but give me a couple of months and maybe i could compose a soundtrack to a short film or something.
posted 01-17-2002 04:48 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Oscar® Winner	First and foremost, I listen to classical music. I've got far more classical CDs in my collection than soundtracks. I basically have everything, from Gregorian Chant to cutting edge electronic experimental music. Then I also got some jazz CDs in my collection. I don't actually have a lot of rock/pop/hiphop music in my CD collection, since I get that (sometimes more than) enough going out or listening to the radio.
posted 01-17-2002 05:19 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Good topic! I think that many 'film score people' tend to like just about everything, since film scores encompass just about every type of music known to man. I love all music, except rap(unless it's instrumental!lol). My faves are ELO, Tangerine Dream, Philip Glass, George Jones, Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Pet Shop Boys, Metallica, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina(Hey Andre!), Mike Oldfield, Mike Nyman, Steve Reich, Pink Floyd(of course!), Led Zep, Portishead, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, The Cramps(yes!!!),The Doors, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Cab Calloway, Blondie, Berlin, Giorgio Moroder, The Eagles, anything 80's and synthy....and, how could I forget THE BEATLES!!!! Then ya got yer classical and opera...Beethoven,Tchaikovsky,Mozart,Bach, Rimsky-Korsakov,Prokoviev,Bartok,Ravel,Debussy - there are too many to mention....also avant-garde weirdness...Penderecki,Constant,Schoenberg,Varese,Xenaxis,Ligeti As far as opera goes, I love it all, but Verdi is the KING in my book! Sorry to make this a laundry list, but what are threads like this for? Music is what makes life worth living! Best, Sean [Message edited by OHMSS76 on 01-17-2002]
posted 01-17-2002 08:27 AM PT (US)

John Prytz Oscar® Nominee	Apart from film/TV scores, I've got a lot of classical music with the emphasis on Richard Wagner, and American classical, mainly Copeland, Gershwin, Hanson, L. Bernstein, Grofe, L. Anderson, etc. For a change of pace, my other extreme is country music, something to get you boot-scooting out the door in the morning! My concentration there is mainly female country & western vocalists, ranging from the 40's to the present day. I also maintain a smaller collection of mainly 50's & 60's instrumental pop, with a lot of Duane Eddy, The Ventures, The Shadows, some exotica (Martin Denny), some lounge, a fair collection of Ray Conniff, Doris Day, Nancy Sinatra, and Glenn Miller to boot! No matter what the time of day or what mood I'm in, I've got something to cater for it!
posted 01-17-2002 02:04 PM PT (US)

Christian Madsen Oscar® Winner	Oldies from the 60'es and 70'es like Bee Gees, Smokie, John Denver, Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Middle of the Road etc. My favorite rock group: THE JOHN BARRY SEVEN!
posted 01-17-2002 02:39 PM PT (US)

HadrianD Oscar® Winner	I got some Metallica, some Propellerhead, Powerman500, like some Slipknot, Enigma, Enya , Mozart Requiem and others, Orgy, Boys 2 Men, Celine Dion, Lauren Christy , Rambient , Spineshank, Vivaldi's 4season, Bach and Karl Jenkins'"Diamond Music" among other
posted 01-17-2002 02:51 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Classical (most importantly Anton Bruckner of course, of whom I've just today I added 20 CDs to my collection); mostly from Beethoven onwards. And I love the Rolling Stones. I like to believe that I respect all good music, and try to enjoy most of it, but I find most (not all!) of today's popuplar music to be not good. My focus is mainly on film scores and classical though, so the rest has a rather small part in my collection. NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #4 (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner)
posted 01-17-2002 03:31 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I forgot to mention that I'm also a great fan of good computer game scores. There's a lot of GREAT music from C64 and Amiga games out there - not at all what people usually consider "typical computer beep music", those systems had great sound chips. A particular favourite is Chris Hülsbeck (started writing music for German games and now has done several Star Wars game scores for LucasArts). And nearly all of the LucasArts games have excellent music as well (most notably TIE Fighter and Grim Fandango). NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #5 (Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner)
posted 01-17-2002 04:48 PM PT (US)

Peter Criss Oscar® Winner	Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Balck sabbath above all the rest, ozzy osbourne, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Kiss, of course, and even nasty pop bands like Madonna, Michael Jackson, Cher and etc. I´m ecletic, so what? Tha Catman
posted 01-17-2002 04:54 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Tooooo Much to mention... A LOT of the above listed, and almost ALL of Sean's 'laundry listing!' There is a ton of good 'popular' music out there today, you just have to know where to look for it...ain't that right Shaun (aka Bastard) Rutherford
posted 01-17-2002 06:51 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Anyone here heard of an album by GOLDFRAPP called FELT MOUNTAIN? this album was nominated for some prestigious awards recently, if you like your pop heavily influenced by the likes of JOHN BARRY, ENNIO MORRICONE and ANGELO BADALAMENTI in a PORTISHEAD stew then don't hang around...go out and BUY IT!...it's brilliant get on the gravy train before every other film uses a track from this a la MOBY's Play!
posted 01-17-2002 07:00 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Jazz, I'd say, mostly post-50s. Amazing how so many composers/ performers of something which is intrinsically free-style have adapted so well to the constraints of film. And amazing too how they are so good at non-jazz scores. Do I have to name names?
posted 01-18-2002 02:54 PM PT (US)

AaronR1074 Oscar® Winner	I like it all, except for Rap and country. The Beatles, Crosby Stills & Nash, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Simon & Garfunkel, Peter Paul & Mary, Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cream, Guess Who, The Who, Yes, Boston, to name just a few classic rockers. Modern rock? Oh man the list goes on, Alice In Chains OFFSPRING!!!! Metallica, Adema, Tool, Goldfinger, Stone Temple Pilots, Puddle of Mud, Rage Against the Machine, Stabbing Westward, Rob Zombie, Staind, Megadeath, Sponge, Weezer, Mighty Mighgty Bosstones, Godsmack, Disturbed, No Doubt, Blink 182, Radiohead, Juliana Hatfield, Bush, Smashing Pumpkins, Live... Contemporary Artists, Alanis Morrisette, Oasis, Nickleback, Barenaked Ladies, Joe Satriani, Melissa Ethridge, Jewel, Natalie Merchant & 10,000 Maniacs, Lorena McKennit, Clannad, Enya, Enigma, Billy Joel, Sting, Tom Waits... I guess my horizons have broaden dramaticly in the past 5 years but film music and classical will always be my roots. I like to say I probably have over 500 cds in my collection at this point.
posted 01-18-2002 04:49 PM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	I wasn't aware there were other types of music. Does Trevor Rabin count? Oh wait I don't listen to him. (I think the really question here is does Rabin's "music" acctually count as music?) Heh heh I think I'd better go down and hide in the wine cellar for a few weeks now. C'ya! Jz
posted 01-18-2002 07:32 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Ha! Timmer! Someone suggested GOLDFRAPP to me two days ago, but I haven't had a chance to check it out yet...they're a HUGE Morricone fan, and said this band goes along well with the maestro's work While I'm here, I forgot to mention my love of 60's-70's soul and Motown....Sam & Dave,Supremes,Four Tops,Spinners,Wilson Pickett,James Brown.....ALLLLL good! NP:Pelican Brief(Horner) Sean
posted 01-18-2002 07:39 PM PT (US)

LRobHubbard Oscar® Winner	a simple question - with a LOT of answers; I grew up listening to classical music and I do have a lot of 20th Century classical music (Glass, Adams, Nyman) - rock n' roll/pop - I had the usual diet of Beatles/Stones along with Nugent/Pink Floyd/Van Halen, although I don't have any of it in my collection anymore (well, exceptions for The Beatles and Pink Floyd)... most of what I listen to currently is still a mixture, but not so much with 'mainstream' groups... American Music Club/Mark Eitzel; The Billy Nayer Show; David Baerwald; Dieselhed; Ed's Redeeming Qualities; The Fibonaccis; Clubfoot Orchestra; Kelly Hogan/Jody Grind; House of Freaks; Laika and the Cosmonauts; Los Straightjackets; Glass Eye/K. McCarty; Naked Barbies/Vagabond Lovers; The Rezillos/Revillos; Stan Ridgeway/Wall of Voodoo; The Smithereens; Tarnation/Paula Frazer; Soul Coughing; They Might Be Giants; X Basically, whatever catches my ear
posted 01-18-2002 11:09 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I listen to a ton of classical music. some jazz, some rock. Rock I like includes U2, Radiohead, Dave Matthews (very hit and miss with me). most rock/ pop you can keep. In the 80s it was all about fun -- excess cheese, but still fun; in the 90s it's all about....well, something I guess. A lot of bitching and moaning about relationships gone awry. eh. but anymore, film scores are the way I go. NP -- The Oklahoma Kid, Steiner
posted 01-19-2002 01:34 AM PT (US)

BMUSTANG Oscar® Winner	I too grew up with 80s music, so I like Journey, Chicago, etc. Does Jock Jams count as Rap or what? I used to hate that kind of music, but ever since I have been going to the baseball games here, and they play those songs, so I grew into it and actually love it now. Brings back good (and a few bad) memories I guess.
posted 01-19-2002 09:25 AM PT (US)

John Zimmer Oscar® Winner	I enjoy Irish music, some kinds of Jazz, and Classical. Jz
posted 01-19-2002 12:39 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Currently playing Starsailor's Love Is Here album (glad I didn't buy this as an import, as it's available stateside for $10!). The first track creeps and cools me out in a way only "Everything In Its Right Place" did in October of 2000. Shaun
posted 01-19-2002 07:21 PM PT (US)

Peter Greenhill Oscar® Nominee	Gato Barbieri Miles Davis Cathy Dennis Astrud Gilberto are a few of the non soundtrack peeople I like (though Barbieri did score 'Last Tango In Paris')
posted 01-21-2002 05:06 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Hey Pete, did you see 'mad cap' Cathy on Never Mind The Buzzcocks last week? ...boy, would I like to play that ladies pair o'bongos
posted 01-21-2002 05:18 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	...just for the hell of it, a selected list of stuff on my shelves... The Beatles The Rolling Stones Cream Jeff Beck ELO Kate Bush Clannad Massive Attack Portishead Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Mike Oldfield Santana The Doors The The Talk Talk Joe Satriani The Brand New Heavies John Martyn The Beach Boys Van Morrison The B-52's Fat Boy Slim The Who 808 State Gipsy Kings Mother Earth Incognito Dionne Warwick The Supremes Marvin Gaye Stevie Wonder Zero 7 Masters At Work Goldfrapp Groove Armada Nightmares On Wax Jamiroquai Joni Mitchell Frank Sinatra Tony Bennett Art Blakey Anita Baker Billie Holliday Louis Armstrong Django Reinhardt Dexter Gordon Miles Davis Charlie Parker Oscar Petterson Stanley Clarke Jaco Pastorius Pat Metheny Lyle Mays Herbie Hancock John McLachlan Stan Getz Astrid Gilberto Antonio Carlos Jobim Milton Nascimento 'phew' that's all I can remember off the top of my head...You can stop speed scrawling past now ...plus dusty nik naks, ethnic bits and pieces from my travels, loads of books and some very well painted (if I do say so myself ) Dinosaur models! NP : You Only Live Twice - Barry
posted 01-21-2002 05:46 PM PT (US)

Peter Greenhill Oscar® Nominee	Timmer wrote: Hey Pete, did you see 'mad cap' Cathy on Never Mind The Buzzcocks last week? ...boy, would I like to play that ladies pair o'bongos I did see Cathy Dennis on 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks and I know what you mean, I think!. It's funny, I'm usually not attracted to 90s pop at all but saw her on TOTP2 a few months ago and thought that her brand of pop song was highly listenable and so picked up an excellent compilation album, 'The Irresistable Cathy Dennis' which I play quite a bit.
posted 01-22-2002 02:55 AM PT (US)

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