So anyway, just thought I'd throw this out there (to any and everyone except Brad of course - cuz I know he can't help), but now that I've finally acquired a legit copy of Larry Rosenthal's score for Clash of the Titans (#3 on my Most-Sought-After wishlist of scores) I just wanted to ask if anyone might point me in the direction of #1 and #2 which are (respectively):
Artificial Intelligence (2-disc Academy Awards Promo - as a side note, I already have a CDR of this, but since I'm a bit of a Johnny collector, having an original would be like finding the Holy Grail for me!), and...
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(I need a minute to muster up the courage to actually admit to this...)
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Masters of the Universe (yes, as in the He-Man movie - by Bill Conti - original OST or Expanded Euro-Promo Version - what the hell, I'll take either...or both).
I'm willing to pay high (but within reason) dollar for these. Funny part is, if I ever get my hands on them, the new #1 disc will then be Graeme Revell's rejected The 13th Warrior score promo (talk about a stretch)!
I also picked up Trevor Jones' 2-disc The Dark Crystal (on the Numenorean label) recently. For those fans of film music (which is everybody who reads this regularly I guess - and this does include you Brad - hehe) and don't have this, I strongly urge you to get a copy ASAFP as it is a limited pressing and really kicks all kinds of ass!
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i haven't got a list yet. what else should be on it?
First of all, Mike, you're gay. You may be married and the evil monkey may be due this week, but that doesn't stop you from being gay. Master's of the Universe??? SERIOUSLY?!?
Is this a list of scores you would kill to have? Or just a comprehensive list of scores one should own because they're that stinking good?
For me at or near the top are JNH's Wyatt Earp, Miklos Rozsa's Quo Vadis? and anything I don't already have by Jerry Goldsmith (which is only about 100 albums I think). I would probably also die if I ever got a recording of John Williams' score for Robert Altman's Images. It's fairly standard but Conan the Barbarian is highly recommended as well. I know it's not a film score, but I would LOVE to get my hands on a recording of James Horner's doctoral thesis composition Spectral Shimmers. Come to think of it, that kind of sounds like one of those pretentious, cheesy-ass titles someone would give to their thesis composition like Solar Flare or Dream Mediations.
Perhaps I'll start a comprehensive list of the true greatest film scores ever. Forget that AFI crap. We know what it's about.
And Mike...
You're still gay.
i would actually like to see a "true greatest film scores ever: through the eyes of the MV2 team!"
Working on it! I'll premiere my initial thoughts and then we can let the debating begin!
In retrospect, I'm probably asking the wrong crowd to help me find these as you'd all be more likely to keep them for yourselves if you got a copy...so...
Yes these are the scores that I'm looking for. Masters is the most awesomely bad action score I've ever heard (the fanfare is nearly drool-worthy!). Using our collective knowledge to compile a list of the greatest scores ever would be fascinating (and stroke inducing).
Reed, I'd like to know what you've got (particularly the rarities) before I started recommending things to get. Brad and I have a combined 800+ score CD's between us...that's not bragging, it's just admitting that we're sad little men. And I didn't realize that Wyatt Earp was a hard one to find...hmm, have to head out to the web and look around a bit...
There is a "complete" Conan bootleg/promo floating around, but it's usually being sold for $200+, and by someone in South America.
And Brad, we both had a little too much to drink that night, and some things happened...things might have gone a little too far...
...I've tried to move on, don't you think it's time you did the same?!
Oh...and I still say that I broke the dam!
Just a thought, but I think before we start making selections we should lay down a concrete set of criteria for our choices. I think everyone in our little coffee klotch should participate and have a say. We'll decide what's important, what's not, what's eligible, what's not, etc...
That would at least be doing more than those AFI fuckers I think...
Yeah, I was thinking about a list of scores that were either high water marks for film music history or a watershed for the composer that wrote them.
I was thinking a little more detailed then that. Now this is getting more into aesthetics and what not, but I was thinking also of techincal merit. Granted that's pretty subjective, but I think there are a few things we could all agree on.
And I totally forgot about Images...which, by the way, is on Ebay right now from a guy in England for about $30.00 (*wheel starts turning in head*).
That's what I was thinking, too. Artistic merit, advancing the medium, good composition, etc...
this should be cool, and i am excited to read it. for this particular comment i will just list the soundtracks i have in the order they appear on my iTunes. i do have quite a few 'singles' from soundtracks (i.e. theme from Back to the future) but i will only list full albums i have.
Alan Silvestri - Van Helsing
Danny Elfman - Corpse Bride
Elliot Goldenthal - Interview with the Vampire
Graeme Revell - Chronicles of Riddick
Hans Zimmer - Black Hawk Down
Batman Begins (w/JNH)
Gladiator (w/LG)
Harald Kloser - Day After Tomorrow
Harry Gregson-Williams - Kingdom of Heaven
Metal Gear Solid 3
Howard Shore - LOTR I,II,III
Jerry Goldsmith - The 13th Warrior
John Powell - Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
John Williams - Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
Star Wars all episodes
Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Martin O'Donnell - Halo 2 (w/MS)
Steve Jablonsky - The Island
Thomas Newman - Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate events
Trevor Rabin - National Treasure
i know it is a drop in the bucket, but try to remember i just started, and i know from a couple on my list you will wonder why i didn't start with somebody else...like Jerry Goldsmith. i don't know. all i know is that i just made a seperate category for film and game scores vs. lumping them in my "classical" category.
Well Reed, if you want a rough idea of what Der Herr und I have in our collection, head over to www.soundtrackcollector.com and search for our user ID's. His is Brad Fowler I believe, and mine is Shehan23 (my secret identity is out I guess!).
Anyway, yes this should be a blast.
Now I'll have to update my list. I haven't in awhile!
BTW, Reed, it looks like you're off to a good start. I have most of those, too. The 13th Warrior is probably one of Jerry's tightest scores from a compositional standpoint. His materials are pretty simple but almost the entire score is developed out of a very small amount of material. One of my absolute favorites of his!
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