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I have absolutely no idea who that is, and I don't believe I've seen him in anything, but hey -- let's see.

Moving on through my dad's LPs, here's another one with some evergreens on it. I'm not quite sure what's "HiFi" about it, though, but that may be the state of the LP itself. Needs a bit of cleaning. I know that Karajan's 50s DG recordings are definitely HiFi.

Harsh, but amusing.

I'm going to be the boring and irritating one now, sorry.... I don't understand this fascination for what one wishes he did, or wishes he didn't do. These alternate reality thingies. I'm more than content with what he actually did, in this world - here and now. If you think there's been enough discussion of all the STAR WARSes and INDIANA JONESes and HARRY POTTERs of this world (which I totally get -- I feel the same way!), and you want to talk about something else, there's so much else in his back catalogue. Let's talk about his flute concerto or THE PAPER CHASE or the CONVOY series or his piano gigs. There's enough existing Williams work to talk about for the remainder of our lifetimes!

One of my top 3 scores from 2022, with gorgeous use of synths and Pink Floyd-ian elements (including a shout-out to "Echoes"). You can read my review here. Gary was so kind as to send me this transparent vinyl, for which I'm very grateful. It's the best-sounding vinyl in my collection!

Continuing my journey through my father's vinyl gifts, I found this one too! Again, not as good as 52ND STREET, but still wonderful! I know many people have this as their fav. I had no idea my dad liked Billy Joel so much, but kudos to him! Hey, I love that one! Even if a friend of mine at the time played the song over and over again.

Mary Ann?!? That may very well be, yes! If so, a second 60s item. Cool!

TWO HOURS! "It's a MADHOUSE!". Oh well, I expected it to be one of those excessive things, but I feel confident it's possible to whittle this down to a solid 40 minutes or so. In addition to the hunt music (which wasn't verbatim the Goldsmith, but close), there was also some of that Goldsmith search music approximated.

Maybe, but her hair is slightly different in that film.

Wild guess -- Geena Davis in THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST? Wild guess -- the kid who played the Dalai Lama in SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET? I also think the piccolo woman must be Julia Ormond from SABRINA, as Mr. Hooper said. Shame that only the LOST IN SPACE robot made it as far as his 60s output is concerned, but more would be too obscure, I guess. Either way, great - albeit busy - piece of artwork. Congrats on getting an actual copy on your wall, Taikamochi.

Spurred by Konstantinos to play some of my Illarramendis again, this is a nice 1997 collection of various scores for the producer Elias Querejeta, including one of the first-ever scores I owned by him, EL ALIENTO DEL DIABLO. That one was on a fan-made 2CD-R set of Spanish film music, for which Jim Titus later designed a cover. Illarramendi is fantastic when he's wistful, less so when he does suspense, which is often a bit static and intense (again much like Delerue). But it's all gold.

Just another Wednesday at Boston Symphony Hall.

I played this a lot when it came out in 2016. Came in 8th that year. But the novelty value of the vocal variations eventually wore off a bit, so I haven't played it in a long time now. But it's still good stuff, and of course, the 1-minute JURASSIC PARK variation was icing on the cake.

I like it, but it's not as ethereal and gorgeous as some of his other work in a similar idiom. It's a little "stark" and detached somehow.

Only 19 minutes, but one of my favourite scores from 2011. Love the religioso/pastoral/Delerue-ian bits as well as those 70s/Pink Floyd-esque organ bits. Haven't found another Hewitt score yet that reaches these heights.