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I would have loved if James Cameron could have landed Williams to score Titanic like he originally wanted. Another film would have been Clash of the Titans. I heard that Williams was asked but recommended Rosenthal, can't remember where I read that though.

Nemesis opening numbers: $18.75 million second place. Not the numbers they were hoping for.

Star Wars.

Actually the station appeared in some of the Next Generation TV episodes. In Generations they launched the Enterprise B from a similar space dock. The end credits has track 12 on the CD tracked into as well. As for the film, someone needs to learn how to FOCUS while filming and I've heard complaints on other websites that the film appears to be out of focus. It isn't as bad as some say but it isn't as good as people say either. The space battles were great but the human aspect was handled poorly during several crucial scenes.

I've always loved the themes to the show and used to watch them when I was little. I have Vol 1 and 2 of the scores that GNP released. When they made the film I was hoping that Williams might score it although Broughton did a pretty good job.

Well it was hard to pick because all of the albums listed have their moments but anytime a Star Wars score is released it takes priority over any other Williams score. So I went with AOTC.

I would probably say Earthquake, The Paper Chase and The Missouri Breaks get the least amount of play so I guess you could classify them as least favorites. I love the themes for Lost in Space.

Just for the isolated score and Goldsmith's commentary, besides I got it pretty cheap. It really isn't that bad of a film. It starts off promising but then the final act kinda turns into the typical mad man on the loose and that's the films greatest weakness. They play it too safe, sticking to the typical formula for that kind of movie instead of really exploring the possibilities that were available to them. But then again most movies take the safe approach.

I'll buy it. Hopefully it will see the light one of these days. Actually Home Alone seems to have more in common with Hook than Harry Potter.

Now I remember why I quit ripping isolated scores. I've done a few; 1941 from the Laserdisc, Hollow Man from the DVD, and Alien from the DVD as well. 1941 and Alien turned out the best, Hollow took a little more effort cause Goldsmith's commentary runs into a few cues. I've never and probably won't ever try to extract cues from the rear channels.

I don't think anyone tried to slam Roald too bad Chris. He came out pretty strong in his opening statement and I think others may have felt the same way and wanted to defend williams and Spielberg. In the end though it's all about opinions. My opinions are no more valid than Roald's, Joe's,Ricard's, Hlao's, A.I.'s. RogueLeader's etc. etc. It's all about personal taste, just because one person doesn't like or several people find it medicore doesn't mean it's a terrible effort. It's just their opinion and that shouldn't stop those of us who like it from enjoying it.

Funny my CD seems to have notes by Spielberg and he seems happy with the music. I dunno, I like it but then I pretty much like everything Williams has written.

I imagine Disney had to pay for the rights to use music from Home Alone since Fox and Sony hold the rights to the music if I'm not mistaken.

Sadly I've only been able to listen to te 30 sec clips but they do have me drooling with anticipation. They sound fantastic and I can't wait for the CD to be released here in the U.S.

I'm not a big Potter fan myself, other than Williams music of course. but I will say COS was a big improvement over the first film. The visuals were much better, thanks to ILM. I felt the pacing of the film was greatly improved and it seems the actors are settling in to their roles as the series progresses. The final confrontation was much more interesting this time around, compared to the flat and lifeless one in the first film. I will agree that the ending was a little sappy but it does show how much Hagrid is beloved by Harry and co. Now I haven't read the books but most people who have read them, including my daughter, feel that the movies are doing their best to include as much of the material possible.

From what I've heard I like it and I'm not a big fan of Jazz.

I voted for number 3, a very big disappointment IMHO.

Well considering the CD isn't available until the 10th of Dec. here in the U.S., it would be a little difficult to give you an opnion. Unless someone has gotten an advanced copy for reviews the 10th is the day when we shall know.

Actually the Dooku-Anakin-Obi Wan duel is scored with "clattering" percussion and there is an underscore for Yoda's duel as well.

Well after searching almost everywhere (Best Buy, Circuit City etc etc.) I finally found 1 copy at Hastings and the clerk told me they only ordered in 1 copy. So I guess I'm the lucky one who got it. As far as the score goes I would rate it below TMP and V, and maybe below First Contact but above Insurrection but that's based on the "Expanded" versions of each score. While some of the action cues have a fresher sound to them compared to recent Goldsmith scores, it doesn't live up to the hype that Varese claimed. Some of the darker cues almost remind me of Goldsmith's The Mummy and at time the electronics are annoying. It's worth getting but the best Trek score since TMP is maybe stretching it a bit and worthy of debate.

I checked the ending and it almost sounds like a choir when the Imperial March first kicks in but I can't tell. It doesn't sound like anything is over the love theme. If I had a pair headphones I could probably hear it a little better.

I really haven't had a chance to sit down and watch the film, I just skipped thru it just to make sure the disc played ok. One of the sequenes I did watch was the ending and I didn't hear anything abnormal. I'll have to give it a closer listen. That would sound pretty cool with a wordless choir.

Well to avoid any confusion of whether it's one film or all 5: Star Wars 1. Star Destroyer-Rebel Blockade Runner sequence 2. Binary Sunset 3. Millenium Falcon take-off from Mos Eisley 4. Falcon - Tie Fighter battle 5. Death Star Dogfight sequence TESB 1. Battle of Hoth 2. Asteroid Field Sequence 3. Han & Leia's first kiss 4. "Stormtroopers here?? I must warn the others....OH NO I've been shot!!!!" 5. "No I am your Father". ROTJ 1. Sail Barge Assault 2. Emperor's Arrival 3. Yoda's Death 4. Luke and Vaders final Duel 5. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yoda appearing before Luke TPM 1. First appearance of Darth Sidious 2. Trade Federation Landing on Naboo 3. Pod Race 4. Palpatine's manipulation of Amidala and the Senate 5. Qui-Gonn, Obi-Wan, Darth Maul duel AOTC 1. Opening sequence of Senator's ship landing on Courescant 2. Jango-Obi-Wan fight 3. Dooku tempting a imprisoned Obi-Wan to join him 4. Yoda-Dooku sequence 5. End Finale: Dooku - Sidious, Yoda "Begun the Clone Wars Have", Wedding

oops that was me, got logged off again.

I voted for number 3. I think alot will depend on how much they change as they grow older. I mean if they end up looking 14 at age 40 like Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid does, then yes they could still be used. Just depends on how they develope as teenagers I would think.