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And the digital download of the prior release is still available: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-cowboys-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1444014230

If you get the McNeely disaster compilation you're all set, as it features a generous suite covering the highlights of Inferno, and also has the themes from Poseidon and Earthquake. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-towering-inferno-and-other-disaster-classics/76314766 The CPPO disaster comp is also pretty good. It has a gorgeous rendition of David Shire's The Hindenburg with vocalese instead of trumpet. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-disasters-movie-music-album/136065334 I struggle to listen to music while doing other things, also the fact that all my audio equipment is packed up doesn't help.

The Varese re-recording of The Black Cauldron wipes the floor with the film tracks. It's such a fantastic album.

I absolutely do. It's just that the last few years I've not really had much time/energy to listen to music, or read books, or watch films. But being a collector I still buy a lot of stuff, knowing that when it's sold out it most likely will never be available again.

At this stage I do not have plans to sell them, but things can change. I very seldom read liner notes unless there is something specific I want to know. I wouldn't know what to do with spectrograms TBH

And the earlier Varese DE is also available on iTunes/Apple Music. That would be great.

At least once each (except for Midway, but I know it well from the film, having taped it off TV in the '80s).

Well if I had to pick only 3 Silvestri's to own, these would be them. Different strokes.

These are all titles I'm glad I have.

To clarify, I hardly ever listen to anything. I just buy the stuff because it's limited and it will likely never be released again.

Well if it helps I have all Williams' scores (multiple versions) and never listen to them. But at least if you have it, you have it. Don't think it will ever be released again.

Technically I bought it but it's still stuck overseas, along with Minority Report. You should get it. If memory serves you spent a ton on The Poseidon Adventure though, so I understand your hesitance.

Indeed. I asked them why at a stage and they seemed puzzled by the question. "Why would you need artwork at higher than 600x600 resolution?? What for??" LOL

Exsultate Justi repeat.

I kind of did the same when I started collecting Goldsmith. I only bought stuff from the time of The Wind and the Lion and onwards, but then I heard The Blue Max and that idea went out the window... You do like John Williams, right?

Disney: Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend https://music.apple.com/us/album/baby-secret-lost-legend-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1511586029 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bmbzyywbyjzd5fuqvgzq6e5wbvm https://open.spotify.com/album/0QM4b47C38p1sLXwBxbNI6?si=FEB6uPlpQAK052uwtUgHKw DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp https://music.apple.com/gb/album/ducktales-movie-treasure-lost-lamp-original-motion/1509125201 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bkpgtzibq5bzibjjecc4yk3mc4m https://open.spotify.com/album/5NjjsazTcrnsy458lMnQBk?si=vjN-XI1BQW-S1afebPCvjA Iron Will https://music.apple.com/gb/album/iron-will-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1510470294 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Blphcglg4nol2q2apalfrccvlpm https://open.spotify.com/album/2PRuVlC2AwXHMRrSOpGdrd?si=uKS4QJMiQz218vZY9qa5aQ Honey, I Blew Up the Kid! https://music.apple.com/gb/album/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1512826200 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bbdp6twhmycu66ajljzh6f7sqr4 https://open.spotify.com/album/4yadotupRRq4ovsA4oBTgp?si=FqnVJ-x1RxuD0sOBFpIGdA The Haunted Mansion https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-haunted-mansion-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1521384772 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bfksuvr4lsbdni5tigbizjfac6a https://open.spotify.com/album/0o0T9MI5eJEvYZjb9duU1C?si=DGsJ_m6QSbyABaRqV4NIGQ Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (Expanded) https://music.apple.com/us/album/homeward-bound-incredible-journey-original-motion-picture/1522606369 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bdp236thfvty76nrxspptrysale https://open.spotify.com/album/3BEDDXuO3L31KvdkWgY5xJ?si=GkiJMWv2QveIZublFTlqqw Fox (some of these were available prior to the Disney takeover but have subsequently been copyrighted to Hollywood Records): Warlock (Goldsmith) - expanded A Walk in the Clouds (Jarre) - expanded Hoffa (Newman) Dutch (Silvestri) The Good Son (Bernstein) Only the Lonely (Jarre) Mrs. Doubtfire (Shore) Big Trouble in Little China (Carpenter) Baby's Day Out: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bahtbtcwghoc3twzk3kvuvnvlei https://music.apple.com/gb/album/babys-day-out-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1512827341 https://open.spotify.com/album/7bciTaumJymzq0Z9A27w1G?si=QfgnNxWzTKuYEELv929Ldg

For regular releases I'd say 70%, for LEs, precious few. I've been collecting scores on CD since '88. For me the secondary market only really opened up around 20 years ago though. I don't care about having new stuff, as long as the price is commensurate with the condition, and of course with the proviso that the discs must rip perfectly. On balance I would say that nearly all my JW stuff was purchased new, save for a few of the Phillips Boston Pops albums.

Heads up... For those that care about such things, Disney has released this for streaming and download purchase. It appears to be the remastered 2018 edition. https://music.apple.com/us/album/baby-secret-lost-legend-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1511586029 https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bmbzyywbyjzd5fuqvgzq6e5wbvm https://open.spotify.com/album/0QM4b47C38p1sLXwBxbNI6?si=FEB6uPlpQAK052uwtUgHKw Disney seems to be stepping up their download game. First Duck Tales, now this. I wonder what else they have snuck out there?

Think of all the money you have saved

Yeah, I get it. It's a score that I love but the presentation on either score album does it no favours. I think a 30 minute whittle with some micro editing would work wonders. I feel the same about Elmer's The Black Cauldron. The Varese 30 minute re-recording is sublime, the complete score I find a chore to listen to.

Is it good? I'm not too familiar with Burwell outside of Rob Roy.

Ah yes, I forgot about Spaceballs, I'd love to add that one to my collection too. Strange that it has never heen re-issued. MGM is usually an easy in for the speciality labels. I would pick up the download (sans bonus tracks) but none of those MGM downloads are available in my country for some inexplicable reason. Why is that, if I may ask?

I've occasionally bought something (usually due to other people's enthusiastic comments or out of fear of a sell out) and on listening wondered what I had been smoking. For example, Henry Mancini's Condorman. Am I the only one?

Lost in Space box Land of the Giants box That's it. I wouldn't mind having them but the price...

These titles that I would like to add to my collection seem to be quite pricey on the secondary market: Michael Kamen's Open Range Laurence Rosenthal and Joel McNeely's Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Vols. 3 and 4 Stu Phillips' Battlestar Galactica Volume 1: "Saga Of A Star World"