Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I bloody hope so, as I wouldn't have forked out AU$60 otherwise.
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted May 13, 2006 Posted May 13, 2006 I dont even have the Superman Rhino Expanded on original CD yet...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted May 14, 2006 Posted May 14, 2006 Prokoviev: Alexander Nevsky (New Yorl Philharmonic Orchesta conducted by Thomas Schippers.)A very thunderous 1961 recording that puts many film score recording of that era to shame.The performance sounds very good to me, but this is my first Prokoviev, so I am without a frame of reference.An SACD, like the above disc.Recorded in 20 bit quality, so doesn't use the full potential of SACD, but it's a good recording nontheless.Damn good performance overall. The Psycho Suite could have been a little colder though.
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted May 15, 2006 Posted May 15, 2006 TimAye its great. I went into the store looking for War of the Worlds but ended up with that. Today I made another attempt to get WOTW. I visited the nearest music store to my home, but before I reached the W section, my eyes fell on something so unbelievable I stared at it dumbstruck for 5 secs. Finally! I own...and yes its nearly impossible to get it in stores here. :D
nightscape94 968 Posted May 15, 2006 Posted May 15, 2006 I stared at it dumbstruck for 5 secs.Pfff, just 5 seconds? Some fan..... Tim
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted May 15, 2006 Posted May 15, 2006 What does it matter, I've been grinning ear to ear nonstop since I got it and 1hr and a hlf ago...
nightscape94 968 Posted May 15, 2006 Posted May 15, 2006 It's a great score, one of his very best of the 90s. I'm glad you were able to locate it, although seemingly by accident. Tim
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted May 15, 2006 Posted May 15, 2006 I've been lusting for it for ages but never hoped to find it.
Johnnyecks 44 Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 Please don't hurt me for only getting it now!Boy is my bank balance unhealthy after my most recent eBay splurge...I just got this the other day! Took me a LOOONG time to finally get it! And I thought the Varese / McNeely 2 cd set was good.Damn!Thank you Buysoundtrax. Hope you enjoy my $45.
robthehand 3 Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 Thank you Buysoundtrax. Hope you enjoy my $45.It would have been a lot cheaper here... that's only $19... 8OOr even here - $23...
adamtron 0 Posted May 18, 2006 Posted May 18, 2006 I went online and downloaded a bunch of songs from "The SCI-FI Album" with The City of Prague Philharmonic. They want $35 dollars for the 2 disc set, but I was able to make a nice 80 minute CD for about $14 by purchasing the individual tracks I wanted. I'm a SCI-FI freak, so here are the tracks I purchased (although some are Adventure/Fantasy tracks):Battlestar Galactica Suite- Stu PhillipsGodzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla- Akira IfukubeGremlins 2 - The New Batch- Jerry GoldsmithLast Starfighter Main Theme- Craig SafanLifeforce- Henry ManciniMatrix - Anything Is Possible- Don DavisPirates Of The Caribbean Suite- Klaus BadeltPredator- Alan SilvestriRaiders - Map Room At Dawn- John WilliamsRobocop Suite- Basil Poledouris Stargate SG1 Suite- Joel GoldsmithStarship Troopers Suite- Basil Poledouris H. Potter - Chamber Of Secrets- John WilliamsThe Black Hole Overture- John BarryTotal Recall- Jerry GoldsmithWar Of The Worlds Suite- Leith StevensThe Ten Commandments Overture- Elmer Bernstein Some of the soundtracks I already had, but it was nice to hear new arrangements and suites. I especially thought the sound quality and arrangement was better on the Pirates Of The Caribbean Suite, compared to the original soundtrack. Also, some tracks like Lifeforce, Predator, The Black Hole Oveture are not available on CD, (unless you buy bootleg or find a rare copy) so I was excited to get those.As for regular CD's, I bought:LOST soundtrackMI III soundtrackStealth soundtrackHopefully the Summer movies will bring us more good soundtracks.
Red 75 Posted May 26, 2006 Posted May 26, 2006 Williams on Williams: The Classic Spielberg Scores. It has some great Hook tracks.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted May 26, 2006 Posted May 26, 2006 Cheap (22 euros for 11 CDs) and supposedly excellent.
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Burga - who saw Star Trek TMP (the shiny silver cover one) at the store but couldnt afford it (some USD 20). :P
King Mark 3,975 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 An original pressed copy of Spacecamp?How much did you pay for it?K.M.
KingPin 247 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Actually, none of these are original pressed copies, but copies made by the seller from the LP's. I paid $12 for each LP, and the seller burned the CD at no extra charge and sent it as part of the package. And shipping was really cheap, so it was a pretty good deal.(And I'm going to try to sell the LP's online... )
KingPin 247 Posted May 29, 2006 Posted May 29, 2006 Also got an original pressed copy of Return of the Jedi a couple weeks ago during a visit to San Francisco - only six bucks!!!
Docteur Qui 1,581 Posted June 2, 2006 Posted June 2, 2006 I've been listening to Superman for the last week and its absolutely phenomenal, particularly the Krypton theme (and of course its breathtaking statement in "The Planet Krypton").Sadly the book/liner notes didn't come with my copy, and I found out I payed more than I needed to. Oh well, the music is enough for me.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Bought the following items today on eBay.And of course....
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Why did you scale that back cover down so much? Are you afraid of us finding out that you're listening to classical music? And what's on that Prokofiev disc? The Village (James Newton Howard)
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Why did you scale that back cover down so much? That's the size is was on eBay.Are you afraid of us finding out that you're listening to classical music? And what's on that Prokofiev disc?It has the Theme From 2001, I need that in SACD. As for the Prokofiev disc, it has a suite from Romeo and Julliette, and some symphony thing that I can easily skip.
Marian Schedenig 11,694 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 As for the Prokofiev disc, it has a suite from Romeo and JullietteOh, more classical.
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,383 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 No it's film music.Just listen to The Search For Spock.
King Mark 3,975 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Also got an original pressed copy of Return of the Jedi a couple weeks ago during a visit to San Francisco - only six bucks!!!I lost mine.Dissapeared from my collection,poof!I also lost my Psycho 2 c.d.K.M.
Kendal_Ozzel 36 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 I was just at Sam Goody in my local mall. The store was closing, and everything was at least 50% off. Looking over the soundtrack shelf, it was pretty picked over, but there were a few good things left. I grabbed...and...two scores I had been wanting very badly, for under $9 each. When I was checking out, the guy said if I had one more CD or DVD, I'd get 10% off. So I went back and grabbed...However, now I'm kicking myself because I later remembered that I saw Silvestri's Polar Express there earlier. I wish I had grabbed that one! (In fact, I might just go back and get it.) I also almost got Ottman's Fantastic Four. I've heard some samples from it...though it was okay. I really only what to hear it just to get a better idea of what to expect for Superman. I don't know...should I have gotten it?
futuremartymcfly 0 Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 I I also almost got Ottman's Fantastic Four. I've heard some samples from it...though it was okay. I really only what to hear it just to get a better idea of what to expect for Superman. I don't know...should I have gotten it?well, what I heard during the movie isn't anything like what I've heard so far from the SR clips, so don't kick yourself over missing the Fantastic Four score, which is mediocre at best.
tjguitar 0 Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 I went online and downloaded a bunch of songs from "The SCI-FI Album" with  The City of Prague Philharmonic.  They want $35 dollars for the 2 disc set, but I was able to make a nice 80 minute CD for about $14 by purchasing the individual tracks I wanted.  I'm a SCI-FI freak, so here are the tracks I purchased (although some are Adventure/Fantasy tracks):Battlestar Galactica Suite- Stu PhillipsGodzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla- Akira IfukubeGremlins 2 - The New Batch- Jerry GoldsmithLast Starfighter Main Theme- Craig SafanLifeforce- Henry ManciniMatrix - Anything Is Possible- Don DavisPirates Of The Caribbean Suite- Klaus BadeltPredator- Alan SilvestriRaiders - Map Room At Dawn- John WilliamsRobocop Suite- Basil Poledouris  Stargate SG1 Suite- Joel GoldsmithStarship Troopers Suite- Basil Poledouris  H. Potter - Chamber Of Secrets- John WilliamsThe Black Hole Overture- John BarryTotal Recall- Jerry GoldsmithWar Of The Worlds Suite- Leith StevensThe Ten Commandments Overture- Elmer Bernstein  Some of the soundtracks I already had, but it was nice to hear new arrangements and suites.  I especially thought the sound quality and arrangement was better on the Pirates Of The Caribbean Suite, compared to the original soundtrack.  Also, some tracks like Lifeforce, Predator, The Black Hole Oveture are not available on CD, (unless you buy bootleg or find a rare copy) so I was excited to get those.As for regular CD's, I bought:LOST soundtrackMI III soundtrackStealth soundtrackHopefully the Summer movies will bring us more good soundtracks.Silva has recorded an SG-1 suite?
Trent B 354 Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 I bought this the other day from Screen Archives.
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 Bought the following items today on eBay.And of course....Anyone else think "Luke and Leia" is great on this CD?
Ollie 1,375 Posted June 10, 2006 Posted June 10, 2006 I used to have that CD but when the 4 disc anthology came out I didn't need it anymore.It had some decent versions on it.
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 How is that CD set, Genius?I'm in the middle of CD3 so I haven't really got a chance to listen to the whole thing. The selections are pretty good. I'm real glad to finally have the full "Han Solo and the Princess." Overall, I'm really happy that I bought it (used, ~$25).Now, I'm not the JW nut that a lot of you guys are so I shouldn't critique anything other that the Star Wars stuff, but I will say this: First, the orchestra isn't particularly tight. Second, the cds don't have the best sound engineering. Strangely, these are GOOD things! They sound so vintage, I love it! Keep in mind this is just an early evaluation.*EDIT: "Across the Stars" may be better here than on the OST, wow!
Genius_Gone_Insane 5 Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 I'm just going to add one more time that Across the Stars is fantastic here!!! Has anyone else heard it?It reminds me of Kojian's version of "Luke and Leia" that is a little more slower than JW's, and, IMO, better.
nightscape94 968 Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Okay, okay, it's not a soundtrack, and not even a CD, but I had to share my purchase! Signed by Drew Struzan and Frank Darabont.Tim
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