Maglorfin

Hm, surely it was Schoenberg whose music practically defined atonality, though quite some more composers wrote in that direction, amongst them Prokofiev and Scriabin. Concerning soundtracks, I guess e. g. CE3K (most of it, at least) would pretty much qualify.

Do you mean HA2 or CoS? 'Cause I don't remember William Ross ever being mentioned as JW's collaborator on HA2 ...

I've got the Ryko (1999) Deluxe Edition, and it has a track named The Young Siegfrieds (track 21, the 2nd track of Walton's score on the CD), which, as I can see, is the same on 2004 Varese Sarabande edition.

Received that couple of days ago, now waiting for SAE and VS Club stuff.

Yes, quite possible, though he obviously had some work with the new orchestrations etc.

And Bernstein is down to fewer than 250.

Sure, thanks. I'm a huge DT (and Symphony X) fan. However, I'm not a member of DT forums, I'd probably have to quit my job to be able to take part in discussions there on a frequent basis ... Back on topic, hasn't Williams also done some great takes on traditional Christmas carols in Home Alone?

But of course, don't know why I didn't think of that before.

It can't be denied that Silvestri has done some great stuff in the past, my favourites being (in no particular order) Predator, Forrest Gump, BttF, The Abyss and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. I also have some expectations from him in the future, although it also seems to me that his work has somewhat diminished in these last years.

Me too, mine also shipped yesterday (Saturday), yaaay! I expect to receive it in 10-14 days, if all goes well.

Yeah, that and the much improved sound of I and II.

Yessiree. It's great, sometimes I wish he'd do that more often ...

Same here.

Hm, definitely JW using a tritone in that theme speaks for itself too, and would very likely spark the interest of those church circles calling HP books a subdued invitation of innocent children to wicked witchcraft and devil worship ... Mi contra Fa, diabolus in musica! (Though it's pure rubbish of course, my ever-favourite use of tritone is the beginning of Holst's Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (a famous repetition of F-B and Eb-A chords), ever so thoughtful and delicate ... )

How about When You Wish Upon a Star in CE3K?

Ah, lucky you ... Too bad that JW seemingly didn't even think of coming back to the Barbican for the last 10 years or so ...

Thank you, robthehand. When did this come out? Interestingly enough, it's still available (though limited to 2000 copies) and if it lingers around for a couple of more months, I may even consider ordering it ...

I wholeheartely agree. To this day, it remains my absolutely favourite cue from all the HP soundtracks and many times I listen to it several times at once. Definitely it's an incredibly richly orchestrated piece of music and also a trademark JW composition in Maestro's very best style. I love that piece of music! Otherwise, my personal favourite part is 3:23-3:57.

Probably a stupid question, but what soundtrack is FSM BOX 01?

Yep, also my favourite.

That's a funny story. Did your Dad jump too? Better watch out what music you're listening to when driving ... Of course, Ben Gardner's Boat is undoubtedly also as suitable an example as any.

That makes two of us ... But well, I'm doing my best, and, undoubtedly, so are you. As Ovidius once wrote: Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas! Anyway, I knew I had to have the Superman box as soon as I first heard of it, regardless of the price.

Yes, I also immediately thought of that, as well as Horner's FaceHuggers from Aliens. That incredible violin harmonics stuff (which I'm not sure how it was notated and performed) all but dies, when at 0:35 tam-tam enters with fff immediately dampened hit that can blast the speakers apart. Incredible, fantastic. Also some other Aliens tracks have pretty decent stings in them, which can scare the sh*t out of an unprepared listener.

Beautifully written. But then, dreams do come true from time to time ... Yes indeed!

Yeah, that would've been fantastic, but I seriously doubt it's going to happen anytime soon, after these 2003 remastered and/or expanded 007 soundtracks ...