1977

The platter looks almost like a LaserDisc.

What are the chances that we may get Maurizio's podcast before Christmas, I wonder?

Perfect Storm = Warner, so no. Great that we are getting more Horner. Please let there be premieres such as I Love You to Death or/and Heaven Help Us!

Improvisation is probably the primary reason I enjoy jazz (or certain types thereof).

I've kind of given up on new films but this description gives me hope! I look forward to checking it out, I could do with some fun again after all the franchise disappointments of the past five or six years.

Thanks @Jurassic Shark, that's good advice. My sister-in-law is an accomplished muzo and a brilliant pianist, if I needed help I 'm sure she'd be willing to help me out with a few lessons.

So I've always been a bit fuzzy on the term "jazz". I enjoy things like Stacey Kent, Anne Hampton Callaway, Natalie Cole (her later standards stuff), Linda Ronstadt's three Riddle albums as well as Hummin' to Myself, some of Tierney Sutton's earlier albums, Jane Monheit, Harry Connick Jr., Peter Cincotti, etc. I also enjoy the jazzy type film scores and those with jazz elements and associated songs, think stuff like *batteries not included, both Cocoons, Swing Kids, The Rocketeer, Chinatown, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Body Heat, The Specialist, Hammett, Farewell My Lovely, L.A. Confidential and so on. Would these types of albums be considered jazz, or at least "jazz-influenced", albeit very much on the commercial side of the spectrum?

So there's hope for me yet. Perhaps time to consider getting that digital piano I've been eyeing. #2ndMidLifeCrisis

Is the movie any good? I'm a big fan of the original.

Absolutely gorgeous covers @raferjanders! Another thing. Why is Jack Lemmon holding a duck?

This thread depresses me. I studied musical theory and piano for eight years at school and yet couldn't sight-read to save my life. I had to learn pieces through constant repetition. Music is one of the great joys of my life and yet I can't compose or play a thing.

Rowing term.

There is a Spanish BD that is considered a boot but apparently is legal in Spain, available on Amazon. It's not perfect but might be the best option.

Why is it that when things get "improved" they end up worse than before? I guess I'll just have to live with my Abyss and True Lies DVDs.

Some Barry Bond would be amazing, but I wonder if it will ever happen. I guess we'll know next year.

I wonder what this could be. Part of me hopes it is The Cotton Club, as that one seems possible (despite the Warner Bros. connection) after Silva Screen was able to release another American Zoetrope title, namely Hammett. Then again, not sure this would qualify as a "major" John Barry score.

See? I do buy Blu-rays sometimes

Why'd it have to be a digipak?

I don't believe that. There is a method online explaining how to remove that green tint which I have done and the corrected version looks stunning. If it were a digital grade surely the colour timing would have fluctuated within the film, making this correction impossible to do in one pass.

What was the problem with this set? I was hoping to pick up the EE Blu-ray set as I understand that it corrected the horrid green tint on FOTR.

Also Hatching Baby Raptor. Manages to sound hauntingly beautiful yet unsettling at the same time. A perfect marriage of visuals and music.

A euphemism surely?

Agree. Some of the choral work is absolutely ethereal and seems to connect directly with the soul on an almost tangible level. As someone once put it to me, it makes one miss people one has never met. If Face of Pan was based on Agnes of God, I have to say Williams took that piece and absolutely elevated it into the stratosphere.

Will be ordered!

I started with the American made films. The Untouchables Disclosure In the Line of Fire U-Turn The Mission Love Affair Wolf Bugsy City of Joy Days of Heaven Hamlet Fat Man and Little Boy