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.

I was looking for folks' opinions on this score. I'm also wondering if there are any plans of an expanded release? $40 for a used copy on amazon seems a bit high for eleven tracks. Some fool is asking $225 for a new copy!? It's interesting, as the horror genre isn't Williams' forte, but I thought he did a fine job. Thanks, ~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

Going back to Goldsmith getting only one Oscar in his career, same goes for Ennio Morricone, and his was a gimme from just last year. Does that make him a lousy composer? Of course not. It doesn't say much for the academy though. I couldn't care less how many awards someone has won. The music is what matters. Tom

"Hope and Memory" from Return of the King. It doesn't fizzle out, it just plain disappears! About 45 seconds into the track, there's a beautiful melody that comes in, and is gone just as quickly, never to be heard from again. I was hoping there would be more once the complete recordings were released, but no luck. Tom

Wow, talk about asking the right people! Although, this IS the JW Fan network after all, so where else would I get better answers. I'd like to say thanks for all of the responses, and I guess I'll just have to settle in and play the waiting game. I am amazed though. I can see how "London After Midnight" a lost silent classic from 1927 starring Lon Chaney Sr. can become "lost", but how in heck do you lose the master tapes of a movie score by one of the biggest composers, for one of the most sucessful trilogies ever? That's mind boggling. I also agree that the Silva recording with the Prague Symphony of the Trilogy selections is less than satisfying. Thanks for the encouragement, Greg. I'll keep trying ebay and such. Does anyone have the expanded Crusade soundtrack? I assume the extra disc of unreleased stuff is some sort of bootleg. How is the sound quality? Is this worth going after. Again, thanks alot everyone for your input and help

Howdy Folks, New to the boards, but not to the man's music. Pretty much grew up with the stuff, was about 6-7 when dad took me to see Jaws when it opened on the big screen, and I've loved his scores ever since. Though this may seem the opinion of a novice, I thought Lucasfilm did a fine job with the SW Trilogy soundtracks. Two discs apiece, and what seems most if not all of the music composed for the films. So my question would be one that I'm sure has been asked of and answered for many times... What are the chances they will do the same for the Indy Trilogy? Hopefully, they would recieve the same two disc treatment. I also heard they could be re-recorded. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. I thought it odd that no remastered scores became available with the release of the Trilogy box. I last owned most of this stuff on cassette in the early 90's, and had fallen out of touch with movie scores for awhile. Now I find that not only are the Indys OOP, but commanding stupid amounts of cash on ebay. I even managed to miss out on the expanded re-release of ROTLA. Thoughts? Opinions? Curses? Jeers? Have a good evening... Whoopiecat