Oomoog the Ecstatic

I just watched all 7 intros. It was like the sensation of being stoned, on the wrong side of youtube / YoutubePoop etc. That is all.

The prequels were badly made good movies. 
 
The sequels were well made bad movies. 

Homeward Bound 1 and 2 
 
Those movies are the music.
 
2 is probably an even starker example of masterpiece score, poor film.

A great soundtrack to start out with. I think the first movie has at least 7 main themes! 
 
I love pirate period thriller stuff like Pirates otC, Count of Monte Cristo and Monkey Island.

It wasn't da guy.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

Well, 1-3 they got an actual wizard to write the music. That's why it works.
 
(Strangely I think HP2 is my favorite of the scores. I mostly like the rehashes in there.)

That's great to hear! Over the last 5-6 years or so, I've veered back to my electronic roots (I was a synth fan long before I was a film score fan), and thoroughly enjoying everything that's happening now in terms of synthwave, darkwave, dream pop, new age, ambient etc.
 
I've become older and mellower, so I no longer have this need to listen to upbeat orchestral music all the time (once in a while is fine). I'm far more drawn to small-scale, exploratory, sometimes even chamber sized ensembles. Like THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST, STANLEY & IRIS, STEPMOM, what-have-you.

Always have. Never paid much attention to Williams' popular action music from a young age; heard more of his essence when he writes for piano.
 
 
The big orchestra is a gimmick to me anyway, overblown. I listen to a lot of inspired and creative ensembles, ie. VGM, new age, music which gets at the root of compositional voices. Composers who had to use synth have been unproblematic to me, why I love Uematsu foundationally, he's not trying to please an audience. He's achieving more: speaking from the heart.
 
This is kind of advanced soundtrack scoring. It's hard for average people to grasp.

THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST is gorgeous. I listen to this type of Williams far more these days than the big action stuff. It was the only score he released in 1988, a year he was "out of commission" due to a back injury. He may have started composing earlier, but it adds an extra melancholic tinge to the music, IMO. It's been ages since I saw the film, but I aim to rewatch it soon.

I loved the adult film 1993 remake, King Dong: Lost on Adventure Island. Really underrated casting and screenplay.

If you're interested, here's a highlights playlist I made a while back.  I might make different selections today, but for a while this was what I listened to (almost daily for a while)
 
01 Xenoblade II - Where It All Began - (1:20)
02 Elysium, in the Blue Sky (1:45)
03 Argentum (3:39)
04 Bana's Theme (0:29)
05 A Ship in a Stormy Sea (3:32)
06 The Ancient Vessel (2:58)
07 Exploration (2:49)
08 A Portent Crawling Over (2:44)
09 Elysium in the Dream (2:49)
10 The Awakening (2:10)
11 Crossing Swords (3:37)
12 Incoming! (4:05)
13 Gormotti Forest (3:23)
14 Gormott (5:16)
15 Battle!! (3:35)
16 Torigoth (3:33)
17 Wanted Nia (2:10)
18 Omens of Life (1:56)
19 Awakened DNA (1:06)
20 A Nopon's Life (2:21)
21 A Brewing Storm (2:32)
22 Titan Battleship (4:37)
23 Monster Surprised You (3:14)
24 Irritation (2:41)
25 Friendship (2:54)
26 The Towering Yggdrasil (2:36)
27 Ophion (2:25)
28 Garfont Mercenaries (3:18)
29 Death Match with Torna (3:23)
30 Kingdom of Uraya (3:22)
31 Those Who Stand Against Our Path (3:39)
32 Fonsa Myma (3:00)
33 Counterattack (4:33)
34 You Will Recall Our Names (3:37)
35 Desolation (3:08)
36 War and Peace (2:46)
37 Driver VS (2:49)
38 Alba Cavanich (2:57)
39 Running (2:58)
40 Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes - (3:05)
41 Eye of Shining Justice (1:55)
42 Bringer of Chaos! Ultimate (3:25)
43 Song of Giga Rosa (1:52)
44 Jump Towards the Morning Sun (2:22)
45 Leftherian Archipelago (4:01)
46 Gramps (2:42)
47 The Impending Crisis (3:21)
48 Temperantia (3:17)
49 Over the Sinful Entreaty (4:02)
50 Tantal (3:24)
51 A Faint Hope (2:41)
52 Cliffs of Morytha (3:27)
53 Still, Move Forward! (3:36)
54 Battle in the Skies Above (2:53)
55 Elysium (3:13)
56 White All Around Us (3:02)
 
TOTAL TIME - 2:48:04

I don't listen to many scores from beginning to end except for those with my favorite tracks already in them: I usually rate a score based on the tracks I find. But for full listening, not including video game scores, I'd probably go with Titanic! I realized it's a much better score from beginning to end, not really an individual track type of OST.

Are you sure there isn't a bomb hidden in the package? Or maybe anthrax? Perhaps someone with Covid sneezed at the CD?
 
Can't be too careful these days.

It was a bribe from @The Big Man and @Gruesome Son of a Bitchto get political discussion passed on the site.

My favorite listening experience from top to bottom, all bonus tracks included, is an album that isn't announced yet
 
Runners up would be
The Last Starfighter (2015 Intrada version) War Horse (OST) Final Fantasy IV (OST) Chrono Trigger (OST) Front Mission: Gun Hazard (OST) Bravely Default (OST) Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (OST) Celeste (OST) Hollow Knight (OST)  
Brilliant listening experiences in an expanded release's main program where I don't usually listen to the bonus tracks are
Total Recall (Quartet) Basic Instinct (Quartet) The Wrath of Khan (FSM) Aliens (Varese Deluxe) Batman (Mondo) Batman Returns (LLL) Mission: Impossible (LLL) Dances With Wolves (LLL) Predator 2 (Varese) Starship Troopers (Varese), but specifically without the end titles track as well as the subsequent bonus tracks Independence Day (LLL)  
Most of my favorite listening experience versions of scores are ones I edited / renumbered myself using an expanded release, for example
The Rocketeer (I remove the pop songs completely and move the concert arrangement and theater source cue to the end) Apollo 13 (synth cues are back in the main program where they belong) Stargate - simple swap-in of the "with chorus" version of The Eye of Ra instead of the "no chorus" version, all other bonus tracks left out The World Is Not Enough w/ the garbage song and casino source cues removed The Lost World w/ the JP theme re-recording and "film version" edit thingamabob removed (and various other cues separated that were combined or combined that were left separated) Star Wars with Princess Leia's theme moved to the end and the 5 takes of the Main Titles removed E.T. (The Encounter, The Kiss, and Levitation added into the main program where they belong) CE3K (C&C with Vision Takes Shape, Another Vision, Dark Side of the Moon, The Five Tones, Advance Scout Greeting, etc added to the main program) Temple of Doom (my own custom complete edit) How To Train Your Dragon (fixed opening track, Jonsi song completely removed, no demos) Solo: A Star Wars Story ("Maul's Call / Parting Ways" split into two tracks, Adventures of Han added as end credits, no source cues) etc