Ollie

-How many Williams c.d's do you own? Lost track of how many. -Do you have every Legit releases or most of them? have CDRs of Space Camp & Accidental Tourist, other wise all legit -Do you only get the film scores or/and the concert works. both -Do you plan to eventually get everything? yes -Are you obsessed aquiring every note Williams ever composed? no -Do you get Williams scores even if you don't like them for sake of completeness? haven't heard a Williams score I didn't like -Do you get stuff you never even heard? yes -Do you have the various bootlegs that are floating around? I plead the 5th on grounds it might get me in trouble -What's your "Prize Posession". Looks like FSM's The Towering Inferno at this moment, plus a certain 2 disc Academy Promo -What's your Holy Grail? A complete Indiana Jones trilogy score release, TPM complete release done correctly, A complete Hook release, SugarLand Express, Black Sunday or any other Williams score that has not seen a legit release -Do you have some complete scores from rear channel DVD extractions? 1941 from the Laserdisc isolated score only -Do you buy the Boston Pops c.d.'s? I have about 7 I think, the 2 Christmas discs, both Spielberg compilations, By Request, Pops In Space, Summon The Heroes. -Do you buy the Williams compilations by other orchestras? No, with the exception of a few Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops CDs -What are any major holes in your collection? A few of FSM's releases, and whatever hasn't been officially released -What do you plan on buying or aquiring in the near future? The FSM cd's I'm missing -Are there certain types of Williams c.d.'s that you don't like and avoid even if they are available?(60's comedy scores,americana...) not really -Any major Williams scores(Star Wars,Indy,Superman,JP,Potter..ect...)you never heard on c.d. presention? nope -Are you only a Williams fan for mainly for certain specific series of film scores because you are big fans of the movies and don't really care about the rest?(Harry Potter,Star Wars) No I love all of his music no matter what is was written for

The CDs with the special edition poster covers were released in 1997. They started to appear in stores during the summer if my memory is right. While I like the black book sets that were first released, I've been tempted to pick up the poster versions as well.

Sorry Joe. That's my main problem with the younger generation, (Yeah I'm so old at 35) they are so quick to praise every score or film made after 1990 as the best ever, but yet how many of them have actually watched even half of the films I've listed or listened to a compser other than Williams, Goldsmith, Arnold or Zimmer. Now this isn't a personal attack against Ender but an observation of what I hear or see around me, not only on the message boards but in public. That comment about the film being made in the 70's kinda set me off because it makes no sense.

So just because Superman is set in the 70's that means films like Psycho, Citizen Cane, It's A Wonderful Life, King Kong(1933), Goldfinger, North By Northwest, Ben Hur etc etc are not deemed worthy either because they take place in the past???? That's a pretty sad statement to make. I hate to tell you this but most of the great films were made during the 50's 60's and 70's.

I haven't had a chance to see the film yet, had to take my wife to the Matchbox 20 concert in Dallas this weekend, so I'll reserve my comments until after I see the movie. But I was watching a special on The Sci-Fi channel and I was suprised to see that Ang Lee himself wore the motion capture suit to provide all the movements and facial expressions of the Hulk for ILM to use.

I'll be honest and say while I would still like certain films such as Star Wars, Jaws, Towering Inferno, Raiders, Jurassic Park and E.T. I probably wouldn't like them as much because the music played a large part in drawing me to those films. I think I would take the same attitude toward the smaller films he has scored like Stepmom or Stanley & Iris, that I do now. I'm in no big hurry to see them but if they are on T.V. I might watch them. Then there are some films I wouldn't watch at all. If Williams wasn't involved with Harry Potter I would have never seen either film. Earthquake, JFK, and Nixon fall into this category. Then there are films that I would probably watch regardless of who did the score, like Presumed Innocent, Born On The 4th Of July, Dracula, or Schindlers List

The IMDB isn't the most accurate source out there.

While Spiderman wasn't perfect it was an enjoyable film to watch. I liked it the first time I saw it and still do. It's one sequel I'm actaully looking forward to seeing.

He provided the singing voice for the adult Simba.

Actually Kevin that is very well done, if Lucas can come close to capturing what you wrote in his own way then EP III might be allright. Don't feel bad I got a little teary eyed reading some of it myself when I pictured the images in my head.

Actually its been known ever since Star Wars came out that Obi-Wan and Anakin dueled and Skywalker ended up in a molten pit. I think the novelization for Star Wars mentions it. Even Lucas mentioned it years ago. Of course given Lucas's recent track record for messing up Star Wars, Anakin could get hit by a bus in downtown Courescant and end up as Vader.

My daughter made me an ashtray 8 years ago, even though I don't smoke, and I still cherish it after all these years. Having your kid come in and wake you up on Fathers Day to show you their handmade card is one of those moments that makes a father get teary eyed. -Mark, whose kids never bought him a tie, thank god.

At one time I used to be a big fan of Horner. Now I find him to be extremely lazy. He has shown that from time to time he can do a good score, like Braveheart or be inspired in the case of Titanic. However he hasn't done anything other than Braveheart over the last 15 years that I can say I honestly enjoy. Other than Braveheart I've pretty much gotten rid of any score he's written since 1988. Who knows, maybe working with Gibson on a project like this he can pull a miracle.

There are certain movies that can make for a memorable viewing experience and Jurassic Park was one of them. As much as I love Dinosaurs and Monster films, going to see Jurassic Park was high on my list even if Williams and Spielberg weren't involved. I had read Chricton's book a year or so before the film was released so I was already excited about it. The score was released about two weeks before the film if my memory is right. I had already played it to death, in fact it was the only cd I listened to leading up to the film. It was my first time viewing a film in digital and the system was cranked pretty loud. As soon as Williams score started playing over the opening titles the audience burst into applause. There were 2 women sitting beside me and I swear I thought they were going to jump in my lap with all of the screaming and jumping they were doing. I saw the film on 4 seperate times that summer. One of my fondest memories was when I took my kids to see it. My Daughter was 7 at the time and she spent the second hour of the film sitting in my lap with her eyes covered while my 5 year old son was amazed and was leaning forward in his seat enjoying every moment of the film.

I can see I wasn't the only one who had nothing to do this afternoon and watched Mothra. LOL Actually I do have a fondness for Godzilla and Co. That and the Bandai action figure for King Ghidorah is cool.

It does exist on CD, on the Mask Label from Italy. I have a copy and I have no idea if it is licensed from Paramount but it isn't a CDR. You can find it at places like Intrada, Footlite Records.

Now I have a reason to go see HP3.

WooHooo!!!!!!! The only bad thing is having to wait until November.

Actually they sell both regular CDs and un-mentionables of scores. While I've bought mostly models from them I've never had any problems. All of their models and toys are legitimate. I've even been to their store and the salesperson told me that certain cds were not the actual item. Of course they are not the only ones who do it, Footlight, Supercollector etc etc all have their un-authorized CDs. I'm suprised they weren't up fron with you. I would definitely get my money back.

To me it's more ridiculous to have R2D2 & C3PO appear in the prequels than Chewie. They haven't really served any function other than having something familiar appear and bad comic relief. Yeah Artoo saved them in TPM, but other than that Lucas could have left them out. Frankly I would rather see a young Tarkin appear since we've seen the Death Star, a little too early. I guess it takes some 20 years to build it. Either that or the Emperor sat on this all powerful weapon for 15-17 years.

I don't think Clemmensen likes Williams too much. I remember years ago when he used to take part in moviemusic.com's Monday night chat he always seemed to be at odds about Williams.

oops I did it again!!!!

I have no choice my wife is making me buy it on the 11th.

double post :oops:

That was me, I didn't realize I had gotten logged off until I posted it.