I pulled out 2 Portman scores the other day while making a tear-jerker CD for my father, and was reminded how much the drama in music, if done right, just keeps one listening. the two scores were Legend of Bagger Vance, which is just magical, and Only You, which has a similarly outstanding theme that evokes a certain sense of nostalgia.

nifty.

I recently did this with Portman's stuff too. I really dig Legend of Bagger Vance...

What I find myself doing a lot of lately is actually going back and cycling through older Goldsmith, Williams and Barry. I've got so many albums of theirs... 88 Williams CDs... 161 Goldsmith... can't recall the Barry... and I'm finding it harder and harder to have a sharp mind on all the music like I used to. My collection has grown beyond my mental capacity, lol. It's always fun to go back and listen to those old gems, though.

Listening to King Solomon's Mines right now.

no. 3, 5, 7 and I forget the other. In addition to those I have always liked Forced Flight, esp the opening part of it, Dancing Shots and the opening bars of Pot Luck. Great stuff.

I am also going back and listening to lots of older scores later. I now have around 183 Goldsmith CDs and I have always liked that Blue Max and listen to it often. We saw it at the Ridglea on the Roadshow trip in summer of 66. Those aerial dogfights so much more realistic than the CGI fake stuff in the new Flyboys I saw on TV. That looked terrible.