Yavar Moradi

That seems like an exaggeration... not even these two themes? I think they're ridiculously catchy: Christophe Beck? Bear McCreary? Austin Wintory? Carlos Rafael Rivera? Hell...Hesham Nazih? And maybe you only consider big Hollywood things to be "major opportunities" but if not, may I recommend Panu Aaltio? Yavar

It's one of the few Goldsmith-scored films which still hasn't been commercially released. But check your PMs... Yavar

A couple more Varese grails for me: Doyle's Carlito's Way and Eidelman's Christopher Columbus: The Discovery Yavar

Do you typically not care about scores to films you haven't seen, or have you actually just seen that many Goldsmith-scored films? (Any interest in seeing Shock Treatment since you like the score so much?) Yavar

The Cowboys is absolutely a great western score! How come? You bought it based on sound clips alone? Yavar

The soundtrack album had a bit of score...only 3.5 minutes though. Would make a wonderful pairing with My Girl 2 by Cliff Eidelman (which got a 6.5 minute suite on the original soundtrack album)! Good list! Technically MacArthur would be a premiere, of sorts -- the film recording is entirely unreleased! Just as with The Eiger Sanction until this past year, only the unique album recording has been released. Some 20th Century Fox Goldsmith grails of mine can be found in this post here: https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/33272-goldsmith-at-20th-new-series-of-releases-by-la-la-land/&do=findComment&comment=1762880 Expansions of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Anna and the King, the two remaining things exclusive to the Varese Goldsmith at Fox box, are probably near the top of my list. I want complete versions of The Chairman and Ransom (aka The Terrorists) too, of course, but those would almost certainly have to be re-recordings since it seems original complete score elements are lost. Same probably goes for Link and Secret of NIMH and Under Fire and In Harm's Way. But if we're dreaming about new recordings I'll also throw Babe, the Gallant Pig on the wishlist! From Varese Sarabande I would particularly like Deluxe Editions of Medicine Man, City Hall, The Other, Mephisto Waltz, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Our Man Flint, and Mom and Dad Save the World. Here are complete score breakdowns for the first two: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=109823&forumID=1&archive=0 http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=110759&forumID=1&archive=0 It would also be nice if they could release a complete version of The Final Conflict at last. Non-Varese controlled, non-20th Century Fox expansions I want: Leviathan Raggedy Man Twilight's Last Gleaming Goldsmith premieres (either original recordings or new recordings if necessary): Indict & Convict Crawlspace Pursuit Lights Out The Waltons (six episode scores) "The People Next Door" (feature-length CBS Playhouse from the late 60s, and the genesis of the Chinatown theme) The Expendables (unsold pilot) a bunch of other great early TV work The General With the Cockeyed Id (there is a bootleg of it but it's very shoddy; written scores exist for a new recording if necessary) Goldsmith's first time scoring animation, and there's a lot of good music! Yavar

There wasn't a "better noiseless source" -- the noise was always there (apparently an artifact of the original recording); it's just *far* less noticeable in the original film/album mix...which was not found in the Universal archives, necessitating a full remix from the 48 track for the complete score...done by Bruce Botnick. Now I'm not attacking Bruce; he's done a lot of fine work. But he's definitely responsible for the changes that bothered (some) people on the expansion of The Mummy. Haven't heard any complaints about the recent Matinee expansion, and that was done by Doug Fake... I'm not saying Doug Fake is infallible either, but if you're acting like everything he works on is garbage I think that's both unfair and inaccurate. Yavar

And I thought the major issues people had with it all had to do with the remix: different elements too prominent, others too recessed, new audio artifacts apparent in a few cues? Yavar

Do you folks realize The Mummy was done by Bruce Botnick, not Doug Fake? Yavar

Yeah I find this LLL expansion totally addictive. Maybe my favorite release of that year! Yavar

Hopefully with the missing cue restored! Yavar

This really is the year of Horner like last year was the year of Goldsmith! Yavar

Nah, James makes it super interesting by including a lot of weird humor! Yavar

He took a lengthy break, but he came back! (I wouldn't say he was berated, but bullied...) Indeed he does. My #1 favorite film music reviewer. Yavar

Just be grateful they left off a reprise of the original album program, Bruce. Yavar

if Varese doesn’t hold it in perpetuity of course, I wonder if Intrada might expand it! The last CD edition Varese put out was just the original program. Yavar

Top wants from those top three: The Three Musketeers (complete) Free Willy 2 (complete) Frenzy (whatever was recorded) No ideas on the Chattaway but I'm looking forward to hearing samples... Yavar

Doesn't that say more about you than about the composers? Free Willy 2 would be a much more significant upgrade since only 10.5 minutes were released of this 60+ minute thematic orchestral score... though it would be great to get Les Miserables complete and not in huge chunks. Yavar

WandaVision would have kept the crown as the best Marvel show if it wasn't for the last episode (which, I realize, was a victim of Covid...the last two episodes actually). Honestly my favorite completed MCU Disney+ show so far is Moon Knight. But I think Ms. Marvel may top it! Yavar

No doubt the review bombing bigots achieved their goal through IMDb. Even my wife who was super excited to watch this show for months was iffy about starting it due to the low 6.2 rating… but I got her to try it and WOW this might be our favorite MCU Disney+ show yet, if it can deliver on what the wonderful first two episodes promise. Yavar

Good thought, and actually almost perfect timing! Yavar

Is the Criterion Collection Blu-ray not playable in Germany? Yavar

See the film first, if you can. It’s worth it. Yavar

I've seen the first two episodes now (sadly all that's out), and I LOVE this show, and its music. Just wonderful. Sad that a bunch of review-bombing trolls have made it the lowest rated MCU show on IMDb, because it is honestly one of the best. Love the cast (especially the whole Khan family), the creative direction, the eclectic score... love EVERYTHING about this show. My one little niggle about the score is that the main theme/motif reminds me of the beginning of a long-lined theme from Nami Melumad's Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. But I'm sure that's just one of those musical coincidences that happens sometimes (like Broughton's Shadow Conspiracy/Young's Hard Rain/Callery's 24). Yavar

No, it's about execution. BB was executed well; GOT was not (at the end, at least). Yavar