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PeterK FishChip	Howdy everyone. The MovieMusic Store will soon be stocking product from this label. Now's your chance to put in your vote to influence which titles are available first! If you need a list of releases, let it be known and someone will chime in. Thanks for your interest!
posted 01-31-2002 11:40 AM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	Well, This is good news!
posted 01-31-2002 12:01 PM PT (US)

El Cid Oscar® Winner	I thought those labels were defunct. Who owns them now? Is there a URL?
posted 01-31-2002 12:05 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	What's on the Label X/Southern Cross/Preamble conglomerate of labels? I have 4 of their CDs, but have no idea as to what their complete catalogue has in it.
posted 01-31-2002 12:16 PM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	How about Dragonslayer? I'm sorry I didn't pick it up years ago when I saw it on the shelf.
posted 01-31-2002 12:22 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Yah, yah, we need an album listing, since I thought most of their stuff was OOP....Id love an original Dragonslayer too, since my cdr has a skip in it, but it was a ltd. ed. If it's not OOP, I'll put in votes for NIGHT DIGGER(Herrmann, one of his greatest, misunderstood, unheard of masterpieces) THE QUIET EARTH/IRIS(Charles, gorgeous stuff) and CHEYENNE AUTUMN(North, nuff said!) Best, Sean
posted 01-31-2002 12:38 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Here's what is available to choose from: BIRTH OF A NATION 1915 (LXCD701) UTU (LXCD06) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (LXCD14) HERRMANN, BERNARD AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2003) NORTH, ALEX AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2004) CHEYNENNE AUTUMN (LXCD04) CONTINUUM JOURNEYS VOYAGE (LXCD11) SMEATON, BRUCE AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2006) STEINER, MAX AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2005) BAND OF ANGELS (LXCD03) SCI FI AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2001) AMERICA AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2007) STAR TREK VOLUME ONE (LXCD703) STAR TREK VOLUME TWO (LXCD704) RAINTREE COUNTY 2 CD (PRCD1781) CITIZEN KANE (1941) (PRCD1788) THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) (PRCD1783) THE INQUIRER (PRCD1789) THE CARDINAL (PRCD1778) RAZOR'S EDGE (PRCD1794) HIGHROAD TO CHINA (SCCD1030) SOPHIE'S CHOICE (SCCD902) BATTLE OF NERETVA (SCCD5005) SISTERS (SCCD903) THE BLUE LAGOON CD (SCCD1018) ANASTASIA … THE MYSTERY OF ANNA (SCCD1015) TIME AFTER TIME CD (SCCD1014) ICEMAN (SCCD1006) A TOWN LIKE ALICE (SCCD1013) KING KONG (SCCD901)
posted 01-31-2002 01:28 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Good man, PK! I'll just randomly comment on these, since I have many of them HERRMANN, BERNARD AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2003) This is great, has NIGHT DIGGER, BATTLE OF NERETEVA, both great albums, and 5mins. from SISTERS NORTH, ALEX AT THE MOVIES (ATMCD2004) This has a nice suite of DRAGONSLAYER STAR TREK VOLUME ONE (LXCD703) STAR TREK VOLUME TWO (LXCD704) These are both very good, a bit different than the ost's, but well played, some very good music on them. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) (PRCD1783) Terrific Herrmann score, great notes, highly recommended dramatic stuff THE INQUIRER (PRCD1789) Good compilation of Herrmann, with a killer 20min. suite from THE KENTUCKIAN, among other things...nice intro to the composer. THE CARDINAL (PRCD1778) Hey, I thought this was impossible to find! THE BLUE LAGOON CD (SCCD1018) Essential Poledouris, my favorite of his, next to CONAN ANASTASIA … THE MYSTERY OF ANNA (SCCD1015) Very nice Rosenthal score, gorgeous 7min. finale, swings between romantic, atonal, jazz, dramatic scoring TIME AFTER TIME CD (SCCD1014) Essential Rozsa, Waltz is superb, one of his greatest melodies! Strong orch. action, romance, suspense. ICEMAN (SCCD1006) A TOWN LIKE ALICE (SCCD1013) Haven't heard these...anyone have thoughts on Bruce Smeaton's work?? KING KONG (SCCD901) A bit unecessary, since Marco Polo nailed this score, but its still a fun album, good bombastic 'concert' take on the lengthy score What do you think Sirs? Sean
posted 01-31-2002 01:48 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	These are the ones I might be interested in... someday or other: BIRTH OF A NATION 1915 (LXCD701) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (LXCD14) RAZOR'S EDGE (PRCD1794) HIGHROAD TO CHINA (SCCD1030) BATTLE OF NERETVA (SCCD5005)
posted 01-31-2002 01:51 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	Hmmm... The Cardinal Magnificent Ambersons Best Years of Our Lives Cheyenne Autumn Raintree County are must haves for me.
posted 01-31-2002 08:34 PM PT (US)

BobaMike Oscar® Winner	I assume these cds will be rather pricey?
posted 02-01-2002 04:15 AM PT (US)

JEC Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by MWRuger: Hmmm... The Cardinal Magnificent Ambersons Best Years of Our Lives Cheyenne Autumn Raintree County are must haves for me. RCA Spain has released The Cardinal and Raintree County. Those versions have the original artwork. I don't know if it would be cheaper to stock those or the Preamble ones.
posted 02-01-2002 05:41 AM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	quote: CHEYNENNE AUTUMN (LXCD04) STAR TREK VOLUME ONE (LXCD703) STAR TREK VOLUME TWO (LXCD704) Picked up Cheyenne Autumn at Intrada late last summer... (http://www.intrada.com) Saw at least one of the Trek albums the other day on Footlight Records (http://www.footlight.com)
posted 02-01-2002 08:19 AM PT (US)

Dana Wilcox Oscar® Winner	quote: RCA Spain has released The Cardinal and Raintree County. Those versions have the original artwork. I don't know if it would be cheaper to stock those or the Preamble ones. [/B] The Preamble version of THE CARDINAL is not the complete original soundtrack, lacking the "Alleluia" vocal track at least, maybe more. The Spanish BMG is the complete thing, and probably cheaper (I paid $17 for mine). I don't think there's any real difference between the two RAINTREEs, so go for the cheaper one. I believe that all 3 of these labels are owned by John Stephen Lasher, who also originated the Entr'Acte LP label. These were all high quality releases. I hope the MM store will always include THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES in stock, as this is certainly one of the ten best film scores ever written. I'd also like to see the Herrmann titles carried, since I've missed a few good ones like SISTERS and would like to pick them up before they disappear forever.
posted 02-02-2002 09:37 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	IMHO, no collection should be without: Best Years of Our Lives Sisters Time After Time The Razor's Edge Of the rest two struck me as slightly more important than the rest: Continuum/Journeys/Voyage of the Damned (as one should try both Schifrin scores and concert works) The Magnificent Ambersons
posted 02-03-2002 08:12 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Ah, The Razor's Edge. I love that score so damn much...
posted 02-03-2002 08:34 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	There is a concert work on the Schifrin disc, Continuums I think it is, a 22min. piece for solo percussionist, who IIRC had to read 6 copies of the score...can anyone comment on this? Is it dull? Or as exciting as the idea sounds? Sean
posted 02-04-2002 10:45 AM PT (US)

El Cid Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Lou Goldberg: IMHO, no collection should be without: And just how big should every collection be? :-)
posted 02-04-2002 02:03 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Bigger than a baby's arm, smaller than a cadillac? I'm sorry, I couldn't resist that Huzzah!
posted 02-04-2002 02:09 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Oscar® Winner	Your collection should be as big as you want it to be. However, extreme caution should be exercised. At a certain undefinable point, you don't own the collection, it owns you! You have reached this stage when you spend any time cataloging, creating databases with custom reports and investigating how libararies handle this sort of thing. It is already too late when you have a list to keep from duplicating titles.
posted 02-04-2002 02:42 PM PT (US)

dgoldwas Oscar® Winner	Heh.. I'm waaaaay past that point.... I'm nearing the 2,000 CD mark... urgh.... Dan
posted 02-04-2002 02:49 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	You can have 2 CDs or 2000. But if you want to have a collection of the best film music has to offer there are certain must-haves that I believe should be there.
posted 02-04-2002 08:42 PM PT (US)

Dana Wilcox Oscar® Winner	Originally posted by Lou Goldberg: You can have 2 CDs or 2000. But if you want to have a collection of the best film music has to offer there are certain must-haves that I believe should be there. So then, if I was going to go for the 2000 soundtrack thing like Dan, what 2000 soundtracks would you say are the must-haves? Dyin' to hear... [Message edited by Dana Wilcox on 02-04-2002]
posted 02-04-2002 09:36 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Putting aside the mishmash about who's got the largest weiner, the first handful of titles from this group of labels is now in and available. The Razor's Edge Sophie's Choice Time After Time Sisters Magnificent Ambersons The Blue Lagoon The Best Years of Our Lives Battle of Neretva It's funny, I've been listening to my personal copies of these scores and can only notice how refreshing these are (despite them being years and years old) after listening to more recent scores. Man, this Battle of Neretva is good stuff. If you don't believe me, read Doug Fake's take on the music over at Intrada. Classic Herrmann.
posted 03-05-2002 05:20 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Some absolutely fantastic percussion in Battle Of Neretva....
posted 03-05-2002 05:38 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	I wholeheartedly recommend Jack Nitzsche's score to The Razor's Edge. It's my favorite score from him and I rank it pretty high on my own list of favorites.
posted 03-05-2002 05:41 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Really Mike, what a fantastic soaring main theme on Razor's Edge. Lee Holdridge may have well been an orchestrator on this one the way these strings soar!
posted 03-05-2002 06:41 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	Pete--Thanks for stocking these and it looks like you took my suggestions too! Everyone--So we can settle this once and for all, let it be known that I have the largest phallus of anyone here at the board Dana--I will have to get back to you on my suggestions for what the Must-Haves in any collection should be. In the meantime, I suggest you take a look at my member profile and see some of the scores I have listed there as my favorites. BMJ--Heavy Metal arrived! And for praising the merits of The Razor's Edge there is a place awaiting you in heaven. [Message edited by Lou Goldberg on 03-05-2002]
posted 03-05-2002 08:27 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Thank you, Monsieur Lou. I remember happening to flip onto this movie while it was playing on cable one day. I had always dismissed it as total garbage. But sitting down and giving it a chance allowed me to discover one of my favorite film scores and buried in the film were great performances from Denholm Elliot and the beautiful Theresa Russell. I immediately fell in love with her... Little did I know that she was styled after the equally beautiful Louise Brooks until I saw one of her silent films in school and then I fell in love with her, as well.
posted 03-05-2002 11:20 PM PT (US)

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