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nuts_score Standard Userer	Time to kickoff the last collection thread for 2006! THE PROPHECY - David Williams - I remember very little things about this movie, I remember Viggo Mortensen as a superbly evil Satan and the fact that Christopher Walken was in it. Surprisingly, I picked up the score (and cheap too, $5.99!) based on some reviews I read late in the Summer; one of them was by Tom over at GoldenScores. I don't know what I was suspecting when I put this into my car's CD player as I drove home; but it certainly surprised me. This is honestly one of the most beautiful and captivating pieces of choral scoring I've heard. And it has just the right balance of thrilling and brooding music. I'll call it the score that Zimmer wishes his DaVinci Code score was (surprising for me to say that, I love that score too). "All About Fate" opens the score on a haunting chorus and is, in itself, enough reason to at least hear this score. SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW - Edward Shearmur - I'm growing tired of these: scores that sound like a particular temp track that you just can't shake the similarities. If you've heard Shearmur's score (keep in mind, I find Shearmur to be a great composer after The Count of Monte Cristo and Reign of Fire) and anything with the name "Superman" or "Star Wars" in it than you undoubtedly know what tempp was used. All in all, this is a mediocre release. It reminds me of JNH's King Kong. I'm sure I would have loved this early in my collecting career. NP> Shirley Walker's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (***/***) [Message edited by nuts_score on 12-01-2006]
posted 12-01-2006 10:38 AM PT (US)

BackToTheFutureFan Non-Standard Userer	King Arhur - Zimmer Bombast with no variation. First listen was ok. I hope it grows on me. No tracks stood out. Maybe I missed something. Armageddon - Rabin A few tracks on here are worth the money. Probably Rabin's best. Long Distnace Goodbye/Landing and Launch are the highlights.
posted 12-01-2006 09:21 PM PT (US)

Bond1965 Standard Userer	From my eBay seller in Germany: AZUR ET ASMAR by Gabriel Yared ALATRISTE by Roque Banos From Tower Records sale at 50% off: SOMETHING WILD by Aaron Copeland TEN COMMANDMENTS by Randy Edelman STARGATE: ATLANTIS by Joel Goldsmith ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY & LAVAGIRL by John Debney, etc. PINK PANTHER (2006) and THE SENTINEL by Christophe Beck THE OMEN (2006) by Marco Beltrami WHERE THE TRUTH LIES by Mychael Danna THE LAKE HOUSE by Rachel Portman DIANE by Miklos Rozsa AN INCONVIENT TRUTH by Michael Brook GOODBYE, COLUMBUS by Charles Fox A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Alex North THE TRIANGLE by Joseph Lo Duca LAYER CAKE by Lisa Gerrard, var. LA CORTA NOTTE DELLEBAMBOLE DI VETRO and COME IMPARAI AD AMARE LE DONNE by Ennio Morricone EARTHSEA by Jeff Rona NANNY MCPHEE by Patrick Doyle GHOST SHIP by John Frizzell and I thought I was broke last month! James
posted 12-03-2006 08:34 PM PT (US)

franz_conrad Standard Userer	Will be interested to hear about LAYER CAKE. Recent purchases... INDOCHINE (Doyle) DEAD RINGER (Previn) THE FOUR HORSEMAN OF THE APOCALYPSE (Previn) CHIMESE AT MIDNIGHT (Lavagnino) GHOST STORY (Sarde) GOSPEL OF JOHN (Danna) GIANT (Tiomkin) GODS AND MONSTERS (Burwell) MY UNCLE SILAS (Wiseman) THE GRIFTERS (Bernstein) COUER DE MATISSE (Yared) LONDON SESSIONS VOLUME 1 (Delerue) THE TEMP (Talgorn) FRANKIE STARLIGHT (Bernstein) HAUNTED (Wiseman) SPIDER (Shore) RAISING CAIN (Donaggio) BALLETS RUSSES LINGUINI INCIDENT (Newman) Orders... CHILDREN OF MEN APOCALYPTO THE DEPARTED BREAKING AND ENTERING THE NATIVITY STORY Future purchases... None.
posted 12-04-2006 02:49 AM PT (US)

vdemona Standard Userer	The Fountain
posted 12-05-2006 09:59 PM PT (US)

Christian K�hn Standard Userer	Henry V (Doyle) arrived yesterday. In the mail are another 11 CDs, all of which I hope to get in time for under the Christmas tree. That includes a certain blue-packaged set for lotsa $$$! CK
posted 12-06-2006 09:35 AM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	So far... INCOGNITO (Ottman) MARIE WARD (Bernstein)
posted 12-06-2006 11:07 AM PT (US)

eggerty Non-Standard Userer	Lates package to arrive included: Basil Poledouris: Hunt for Red October Basil Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian Steve Jablonsky: The Island Thomas Newman: Road to Perdition Rendy Newman: Toy Story 1 & 2 Boxset Should keep me going for a while
posted 12-08-2006 10:24 AM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	Tower Records is having a "Going out of business" and cds are 60% to 70% off. Jaws-Anniv. Collection (J.Williams) Annapolis (B.Tyler) All the King's Men (J.Horner) Birth (A.Desplat) Seven Swords (K.Kawai) All for about 7.50 a piece.
posted 12-08-2006 03:15 PM PT (US)

Christian K�hn Standard Userer	Call of the Champions (Williams) Eragon (Doyle) Planet Earth (Fenton) Eight more in the mail... CK
posted 12-09-2006 01:31 AM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	I dunno which is better...that I FINALLY found it or how much I paid for it. The Power of One - H.Zimmer...mint! Home Alone - J.Williams ...for $5 a piece!
posted 12-15-2006 06:00 PM PT (US)

Bagtatta Standard Userer	Children of Men (John Tavener) I can't wait to listen to it..
posted 12-15-2006 10:24 PM PT (US)

BackToTheFutureFan Non-Standard Userer	...more to add for this month. Alexander (Vangelis) So far, the first listen exceeded my expectations. I can't wait to listen to it again.
posted 12-15-2006 11:30 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	THE DEPARTED - Howard Shore - Have I made my love of Shore apparent enough in the past? Sure, I hardly post on the LotR Package Update thread; but that's because I actually look forward to everything Howard Shore is involved with. I'm not just into hobbits and wizards. Once again he proves himself and I can feel good about claiming him to be amongst my top 5 favorite composers ever. This is an interesting score. The thing I enjoy most about Shore is the fact that he can move between music styles almost chameleon-like. Outside of his LotR repetoire, his work is extremely diverse. This shows what he's capable of. The tango-inspired score he provides for Scorcese's exhilerating film captures a sense of cat-and-mouse that is rarely ever achieved in scores of this nature. The primary guitars are superb and its great to see the great SNL-alum G.E. Smith partnering with Shore again. Definitely recommended for Shore fans and fans of the film. You others might have trouble adjusting to the non-Middle Earth sound of the whole package. NP> Shore's The Departed (**/***)
posted 12-16-2006 12:38 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Recently got all these (in 3 bunches) at ridiculous prices, second hand. Harry Potter 2 (Williams) Harry Potter 3 (Williams) Sneakers (Horner) X2 (Ottman) Catch Me If You Can (Williams) Hoodlum (Bernstein) Saxaphone Concerto (Kamen) Ray (Armstrong) Hurricane (Young) AI (Williams) Reel Love (Compilation) James and the Giant Peach (R. Newman) Man on the Moon (REM) Dark City (Jones) In the Name of the Father (Jones) Love Affair (Morricone) Devil's Advocate (JNH) Enough (Arnold) - lol 'this album does not contain any recording by Jennifer Lopez' The Yards (Shore) Sleeping with the Enemy (Goldsmith) To Die For (Elfman) The Firm (Grusin)
posted 12-16-2006 10:26 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Some of you guys must spend your entire checks for a month on all these. I remember when I was such a cheap bargain hunter and got so much for my money. Well, things kept going up and even though I still get plenty of bargains, they just arent nearly as cheap as they used to be. This months purchases so far: 1. Taras Bulba-Waxman 2. FSMs Undefeated/Hombre-interested in hearing the trailer music for Hombre. I heard this music when I saw the promo once many years ago and vaguely remember it. One, want to see if its the same music I heard then and see if I can identify it. and 3. 36 Hours great piano work by Tiomkin 4. Predator 2-Silvestri goes wild on the bongos-some of this is pretty good 5. Frieds I Bury the Living, etc. Return of Dracula so on 6. Korngold's Sea Hawk and other themes, I have had the LP for a zillion years, but never got around to getting this until now, it has some extra music over the old LP 7. Capricorn One-Intrada-was very fortunate to find this and I did not pay ebay prices either for it. LOL. Some more to follow later this month. J.
posted 12-16-2006 04:46 PM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	When I look back at my checking history, its really amazing how I've pretty much evened out in how much I've spent and how much I've sold...granted I sold all of my guitar effect pedals which helped immensely. But considering I haven't had a job since I graduated high school (June 2004, started working Sept 2003), I think I've fared really, really, well. After I graduate from college and move out, and have to actually pay for the cost of living, i don't know how I will be able to keep up this hobby, without selling everything I have and simply relying on the digital copies I make.
posted 12-16-2006 05:00 PM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	$5 pile: Needful Things (P.Doyle) $6 pile: The Thin Red Line (H.Zimmer) Forever Young (J.Goldsmith) $7 pile: The Taking of Pelham 123 (D.Shire)
posted 12-17-2006 04:47 PM PT (US)

BackToTheFutureFan Non-Standard Userer	Another this month... The Omen (Beltrami) A very good score. Reminded me why I got into this music in the first place. Beltrami is the next generation big time composer.
posted 12-18-2006 12:33 AM PT (US)

vdemona Standard Userer	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
posted 12-18-2006 04:53 PM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	In the last week or so: HAWKINS ON MURDER/WINTER KILL/BABE (Goldsmith) TRAPPED IN PARADISE (Folk) BLIZZARD (McKenzie)
posted 12-19-2006 07:23 AM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	ERAGON - Patrick Doyle - It pains me to say this, but this is Doyle at his mediocre best. Certainly given the subjwect matter, he did his best. But he's more than capable of delivering a timeless and classic score to a abhorrent motion picture (Frankenstein comes immediately to mind). I noticed some of these same remarks on the Eragon thread and I'm agreeing with them. Granted, this is still great music and much more magical than most composers could accomplish; but it lacks that certain Doyle-greatness. Here's to hoping it grows with age! PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER - Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, and Reinhold Heil - Seriously, where did this come from?! I'm creating a thread for this masterpiece. NP> Tykwer, Klimek, and Heil Perfume (***/***)
posted 12-20-2006 06:33 PM PT (US)

Squiddybop Standard Userer	Haven't posted in one of these threads for awhile� Here's what my December looks like so far: Salom� (Roque Ba�os) The Princess Blade (Kenji Kawai) Le Chevalier D'Eon (Michiru Oshima) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (Yoko Kanno) Millennium Actress (Susumu Hirasawa) Paprika (Susumu Hirasawa) - Most addictive theme I've heard all year. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Refrain of Soul (Toshiyuki Omori and Shiro Sagisu) Planet Earth (George Fenton) Sasuga no Sarutobi (Joe Hisaishi) Piano, volume 2 (Joe Hisaishi) Agri (Taro Iwashiro) Guild Wars: Factions (Jeremy Soule) Hakusen Nagashi (Taro Iwashiro) The Departed (Howard Shore) - My second favorite tango score of the year. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tykwer/Klimek/Heil) The Fountain (Clint Mansell) Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (Carter Burwell) Alatriste (Roque Ba�os) The Traveling Executioner (Jerry Goldsmith) Musashi Encore!! (Ennio Morricone) Non-Soundtracks: Better Days (Joe Hisaishi and the Mkwaju Ensemble) Gu Guanren: Spring Suite/Singapore Glimpses/Erhu Cocerto NP: Save This World: Phantasy Star Universe Original Score (Hideaki Kobayashi, Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi) [Message edited by Squiddybop on 12-20-2006]
posted 12-20-2006 07:46 PM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	Supergirl (J.Golsmith) $9
posted 12-23-2006 04:10 PM PT (US)

craig Standard Userer	And comin down the pipe (hopefully before the new year...) The Nightmare Before Xmas: 2-Disc edit $9 - The 2nd disc having eleven (11) tracks. 2 more Danny Elfman demos then the reg 2-Disc (love the demo stuff!!). Bubba Ho-Tep (B.Tyler) $22 - Signed editon. Been searchin for this one forever.
posted 12-24-2006 09:39 AM PT (US)

vdemona Standard Userer	Carnivale. Only just saw the show last week on dvd. Great stuff, great music.
posted 12-30-2006 01:37 PM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	Christmas presents: CASINO ROYALE (Arnold) INSIDE MAN (Blanchard) V FOR VENDETTA (Marianelli) Just because: THE CAT IN THE HAT (D. Newman) GOODBYE LOVER (Ottman) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (Barry)
posted 12-31-2006 02:54 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Added these also lately Predator 2-very good I Bury the Living etc by Fried Korngold-Sea Hawk expanded RCA Classics the Capricorn One-Intrada and I didnt get it off ebay for one thousand dollars either, LOL Waxmans Taras Bulba and a few more. J.
posted 12-31-2006 05:34 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by SBD: [B]Christmas presents: CASINO ROYALE (Arnold) INSIDE MAN (Blanchard) V FOR VENDETTA (Marianelli) [B] If I didn't own these before the holiday and I was given them as a gift, I would be so excited listening to all three of them. Some of my top favorites of the year.
posted 12-31-2006 05:45 PM PT (US)

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