I would bet a weeks wages that if this very same score had been used on a hit film (say, Lord of the Rings), it would have been hailed as magnificent and won the Oscar in a second.

As it is, however, it is shackled to a much less succesful film. I do realise that it is a score and so is inevitably tied to the film, but it is far, far superior to the score for one of the century's most hideously overrated films, Ridley Scott's plagiarised, self-serving, pompous, soulless and utterly insulting 'Gladiator'. The soundtrack to Dungeons got moderate reviews when it deserved rave ones. I can't imagine it sold very well either.

Anyone who has not heard it, do yourself a favour and download 'Resurrection/End Titles' from Dungeons and Dragons then go out and buy the album.

Scores in similar situations:

Christopher Young's haunting score for 'Flowers in the Attic'

J. Peter Robinson's 'Wes Craven's New Nightmare'

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*I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (John Debney)
*URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT (John Ottman)
*FRIDAY THE 13TH PARTS 1-6 & 8 (Harry Manfredini/Fred Mollin)
*JEEPERS CREEPERS (Bennett Salvay)*
*CLUE (John Morris)
*SPACEBALLS (John Morris)
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Howard Shore)
*THE MONSTER SQUAD (Bruce Broughton)
*Countless David Newman scores!

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Originally posted by TimT:
[B]Are you telling me Dungeon and Dragons is better than Gladiator? Hmmm I don't know about that. Last I heard D&D was slightly below adverage. Gladiator broke no new grounds, but it was emotionally moving at least. But I'll listen to both of them agian.
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Originally posted by David Maxx:
*I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (John Debney)
*URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT (John Ottman)
*FRIDAY THE 13TH PARTS 1-6 & 8 (Harry Manfredini/Fred Mollin)
*JEEPERS CREEPERS (Bennett Salvay)
*CLUE (John Morris)
*SPACEBALLS (John Morris)
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Howard Shore)
*THE MONSTER SQUAD (Bruce Broughton)
*Countless David Newman scores!

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Hmm.....is it just me, or do the scores to the Friday the 13th films sound more like a sound effect than a true score? Or is this part of its appropriateness?

The film was a boxoffice flop, and the studio buried it, and refused a score release...even though it should have been an Oscar winner.

Last year I met with the director and there was much talk and hopes and plots began to develop...

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Originally posted by metaphor123:
Hmm.....is it just me, or do the scores to the Friday the 13th films sound more like a sound effect than a true score.

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I guess you haven't heard THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE by Tobe Hooper and Wayne Bell. I could perform it live by just spilling a bunch of pots and pans on my kitchen floor.

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Hmm now I don't know about most of these. I remember many disscussions and request for Debney's Last Summer score.
And Ottman's Final Cut got some decent reviews and feedback. And I remember it was much anticipated before its release. And the same goes for Jeepers Creepers and Spaceballs.

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Hummie Mann's YEAR OF THE COMET.

Goldsmith's LEVIATHAN.

Trevor Jones' HIDEAWAY and DESPERATE MEASURES.

I'd totally agree on Ottman's stuff (BUBBLE BOY's a recent oddball fave) and Debney's I KNOW WHAT YOU DID score, great score.

FINAL DESTINATION, if that hasn't been mentioned already.

David Newman's GROSS ANATOMY and MY FATHER, THE HERO and some of his other random 90's Disney comedy/drama stuff.

Link by Jerry Goldsmith

Devil's Brigade by Alex North

Beastmaster bY Lee Holdridge

Pit & The Pendulum by Richard Band

Tourist Trap & The Howling by Pino Donaggio

Dragonslayer by Alex North