whoopiecat

Thank you all for your input, and thanks to Matt for the heads-up about the former library copy. Hopefully, it will get an expanded treatment someday, but I suppose I'll just keep an eye out for a copy that's rasonable in price.
I appreciate the help as well as the opinions.

~T.

LLL did a great job with the expanded Mars Attacks score, I picked that up last year and was glad for it.

1. Edward: As a young man of 23 in 1990, I was moved to tears by the haunting melodies and lilting beauty found in this score. It still has that effect on me.

2. Pee-Wee: That same year, a co-worker turned me onto film music with a comp. tape of Williams and a copy of 'Music For A Darkened Theater', which started me on the path of appreciating film music. Breakfast Machine alone is not only a lovely piece of work, but also tons of fun.

3. Beetlejuice: Again, the suite on MFADT caused me to pursue the full album for this zany piece of work, which turned out to be well worth my time.

4. Dick Tracy: A film maligned by the critics, though I think it's great, with a score to match. I have a love for the WB Gangster films of the golden age anyway, so this score was right up my alley. Elfman's effort was a fine mix of action and romance.

5. Darkman: Another score reminiscent of Hollywood's golden age: equal parts hard boiled crime, blood and thunder action and monster flick. Another sleeper, but a killer just the same.

Honorable Mention - Scrooged: One score I'd love to hear the rest of. We get just under nine minutes from the suite included on MFADT, I believe Danny recalled in the liner notes that he wrote around twenty minutes or so of music before the film execs thought the film was too dark, and lightened the tone. What we got was certainly sinister in tone...and I liked it.
Someday I'd like to figure out how to rip audio from DVD, so I can have this score in full.

~T.

Thnks for the reply, Jason. Their loss, I suppose, as they would stand to make a lot more money by releasing these as stand-alone titles later in the year.

Was going to inquire about the sound quality of the NBC Orch.-only tracks, as they were contained on the demo disc, but that question was answered...thanks!
The Chronological Score site has a lot of great info, once again, my thanks. I was wondering though, under the Corpse Bride listing, it has track#s 21-24 as part of the Elfman box only, but these were part of the regular release as well.
I'm most likely pointing out the obvious there, but thought you'd like to know:)
Lastly, are there any plans whatsoever to release these seperately at all? Forgive me if it's a common question, I'm just curious, as there are only parts of some of the scores I'd be interested in.

Thanks,
~Tom