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Topic: What's New In Your Collection - JANUARY 2004?
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Graham Watt
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I haven't seen this up yet, so I'll start. I got the following for our late (January 6) catholic Christmas -TOMBSTONE (Bruce Broughton) - A truly hands-down GREAT western score! There are a few nods towards Goldsmith, Williams and even Horner, but this is no rip-off! Broughton's score is one of the best I've heard from him, every bit as good, if not better, than his wonderful SILVERADO. In fact, along with SILVERADO and James Newton Howard's WYATT EARP, this shows that there's still musical life in the old musical horse-opera genre. So much great music on display here. "Morgan's Death" is an absolute stunner, but it's ALL great. DR PHIBES RISES AGAIN (John Gale) - Thank you, Perseverance, for releasing this. I suppose it'll mostly find favour with nostalgia buffs. A mixed bag musically (some of the horror and suspense cues are almost a pastiche of a pastiche), but at its best it's really beautiful. "Vulnavia's Theme" is rapturously lyrical, and put me in mind of Michael J Lewis' lovely theme for THEATRE OF BLOOD (though this predates it). I'll be asking Saint Valentine for Basil Kirchin's THE ABOMINABLE DOC P now, though I glean from the RISES AGAIN liner notes that director Robert Fuest wasn't entirely satisfied with Bazza's contribution (and indeed brought John Gale in to rescore some of it). THE SEA HAWK etc (Erich Wolfgang Korngold : includes THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, CAPTAIN BLOOD and THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, with André Previn conducting the LSO) - My first Korny, and very happy I am with it, though I haven't had a chance yet to scrotumize it to the nth degree. Great stuff so far, and the final duel scene for THE SEA HAWK is just amazingly thrilling. It even reminded me of James Bernard's fantastic music for the final Pete Cushing-Chris Lee chase in (HORROR OF) DRACULA. What may be more interesting historically is how one cue in particular from THE SEA HAWK ("Gold Caravan" on the Previn disc) is so similar to Hugo Friedhofer's ONE-EYED JACKS (Friedhofer was one of Korngold's chief orchestrators).
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posted 01-10-2004 01:55 PM PT (US) ip
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Marian Schedenig
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Birthday presents:- Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Morgan, Stromberg; DVD-A)
- Nyman: Drowning by Numbers
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posted 01-17-2004 05:12 PM PT (US) ip
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franz_conrad
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I've decided, along with many others on this board, to be a tad more reluctant in my purchasing of scores this year. Two Christmas presents which I've only gotten into recently:* Varese 25th Anniversary Vol 1
* Varese 25th Anniversary Vol 2 - disc three is incredibly good. I hardly knew any of these scores until I heard this. I'm also listening a lot to Blue Planet by George Fenton, and Long Walk Home by Peter Gabriel. Both offer rewards to multiple listens.
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posted 01-17-2004 06:09 PM PT (US) ip
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Alexborn007
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The Mask of Zorro (Horner)
Ran (Takemitsu)
Rising Sun (Takemitsu)
Beyond Rangoon (Zimmer)
You Only Live Twice (Barry)
Patriot (Williams)
The Godfather Trilogy (Silva Compilation)There were a couple of JNH titles too...they escape me atm.
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posted 01-17-2004 08:25 PM PT (US) ip
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HadrianD
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John Powell - Paycheck
John Barry - Somewhere in TimeBoth good scores. Paycheck's relese just need more softer cues to balance out the heavy cues. SIT CD just need more music.
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posted 01-18-2004 06:04 AM PT (US) ip
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azahid
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I got these as presents:
1) Field Of Dreams-James Horner- great classic score from Horner
2) HULK- Elfman-Good fusion of middle eastern rythms in the action cues.Love the main title. 3)WINGS OF A FILM-Zimmer's greatest hits ala concert. Enjoyable album on the whole- 'wished they included Backdraft & Crimson Tide. Amer [Message edited by azahid on 01-18-2004]
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posted 01-18-2004 07:52 AM PT (US) ip
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SBD
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The Wind and the Lion (Jerry Goldsmith; **** - a terrific, Middle Eastern-flavored score)
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posted 01-18-2004 09:53 AM PT (US) ip
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Dinko
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The Star Trek Album earlier this month.
Much better than expected, although The Undiscovered Country recording is particularly awful.
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posted 01-18-2004 11:33 AM PT (US) ip
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Alex
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High Road to China - Barry
28 Days Later - Various
1492 - Vangelis
Prancer 2 - Various
Drop Zone - Zimmer
Varese Volume 2Bought a lot of soundtracks this month.
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posted 01-18-2004 11:59 AM PT (US) ip
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workaluk
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Well after a couple of months in which i bought very few cd's,now i bought cd's for 2 or 3 months,here we go:Iron Giant-Michael Kamen
Shenmue Chapter 1
Rescuers Down Under-Bruce Broughton
Peter Pan-JNH
Big Fish-D.Elfman
Last Samurai-H.Zimmer
House Of Sand Fog-James Horner
Timeline-Brian Tyler
Paycheck-John Powell
Showdown in Little Tokyo-David Michael Franke
Dream-Kitaro
Gaia-Kitaro
Daylight Moonlight-Kitaro
Rundown-Harry Gregson Williams
Feds-Randy Edelman
High Spirits-George Fenton Well very good scores,and some of them i didn't heard yet... Nuno Cunha
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posted 01-18-2004 02:57 PM PT (US) ip
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Jim Ware
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The River (John Williams)
Earthquake (John Williams)
The Empire Strikes Back (Charles Gerhardt re-recording)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
Bubba Ho-Tep (Brian Tyler)
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posted 01-19-2004 11:04 AM PT (US) ip
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Jim Ware
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More new stuff on the way...
Night Crossing (Goldsmith)
The Challenge (Goldsmith)
The Boy Who Could Fly (Broughton)
[Message edited by Jim Ware on 01-25-2004]
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posted 01-25-2004 06:20 AM PT (US) ip
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justin boggan
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Under The Tuskan Sun - Christophe Beck
-Not bad at all. :-)
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posted 01-25-2004 01:06 PM PT (US) ip
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justin boggan
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Futurama - Christopher Tyng SMA promo - To quote Mr. Burns, "Excellant..." (and place my hands together.)
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posted 01-26-2004 04:05 PM PT (US) ip
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cawriter
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* East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause - Leonard Rosenman - Excellent scores that work better sans the films.* The Golden Age of Hollywood - Leonard Slatkin conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra, a BBC Music Magazine Recording - Leonard Bernstein - On the Waterfront; Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Cello Concerto from Deception; Geroge Gershwin - Promenade-"Walking the Dog" from Shall We Dance; Miklos Rozsa - Spellbound Concerto; and Franz Waxman - Tristan and Isolde Fantasy from Humoresque. * Monsieur N - Stephan Eicher * The Wizard of Oz, The Deluxe Edition from Rhino.
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posted 01-27-2004 01:26 AM PT (US) ip
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Jonesthecat
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Pride and Prejudice (Carl Davis)
Superman (John Williams)
Country (Charles Gross)
The Shipping News (Christopher Young)
The Outsiders (Carmine Coppola)
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posted 01-28-2004 03:30 PM PT (US) ip
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John Zimmer
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Big Fish (Danny Elfman)Man I need to get some scores.... Jz
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posted 01-29-2004 05:27 AM PT (US) ip
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lars b
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PETER PAN (James Newton Howard)
THA MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Vol. 2 (Various)
BASIC (Klaus Badelt)
THE RETURN OF THE KING + DVD (Howard Shore)
THE WILD ROVERS (FSM - Jerry Goldsmith)
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posted 01-29-2004 07:30 AM PT (US) ip
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