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[1977 1,743]

[Amer 2,080]

The Red Seal edition of the Gerhardt STARWARS/CE3K album is the best pressing sound wise without the ambient surround mix that came on the other Gerhardt film score recordings. I have this and the JEDI album.

[Incanus 5,713]

 

 

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 8,172]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

On 21/03/2022 at 3:07 PM, Incanus said:

 

 

On 21/03/2022 at 3:07 PM, Incanus said:

 

 

 

 

 

On 21/03/2022 at 3:07 PM, Incanus said:

 

Bluuuuuebs! 

[bruce marshall 1,314]

I hope you bought it for half- price

[Bespin 8,477]

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

Nice catch @Bespin . Looking forward to some thoughts on Videodrome

 

Rio 2 by John Powell

The Mask of Zorro by James Horner (Now I've bought the little could you please release the expansion)

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

13 hours ago, bruce marshall said:

I hope you bought it for half- price

Apple Juice...for half price.

[Holko 9,499]

Digital batch:

[bruce marshall 1,314]

I can only pronounce Sibelius.

I only buy music where I can pronounce the names of at least fifty percent of the composers.😅😙😛

[Bespin 8,477]

The Legacy Collection: The Lion King

Hellboy II: the Golden Army

Dumbo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Charlie Wilson's War

[Edmilson 7,385]

38 minutes ago, Bespin said:

Charlie Wilson's War

I tried listening to that one years ago and I didn't care for it. But hopefully there'll be something you'll like in there.

[Bespin 8,477]

It's lovely music, the best Elfman can do in the cuteness register!

[Jay 37,285]

I picked up the Treesong and Classic Yo Yo albums this week

 

 

[Andy 4,081]

Nice pick-ups, Jay.  I added them to my list of ever-expanding JW realms I have yet to explore.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

TREESONG is rather nice, but I prefer the 1983 recording of the VIOLIN CONCERTO.

[Richard Penna 3,670]

Finally bought The Batman after identifyng 64 minutes that I like, but at least I had the luxury of selecting those 64 minutes  

 

Plus the title track from Uncharted. It's amazing how Djawadi can come up with another memorable theme, then cast aside that inspiration when composing the actual score.

 

Outlander Season 6 is on my radar and will probably pick it up at some point, but I won't be watching the season any time soon. Bit too much emphasis on the Gaelic theme variations on this album for my liking - I'd prefer McCreary focused on his score.

[Bespin 8,477]

On 01/04/2022 at 12:42 PM, Bespin said:

The Legacy Collection: The Lion King

Hellboy II: the Golden Army

Dumbo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Charlie Wilson's War

 

What am I doing...

 

+The Legacy Collection: Pocahontas

+The Legacy Collection: Beauty and the Beast

+Aladdin Special Edition CD

[Richard Penna 3,670]

On 01/04/2022 at 6:21 PM, Edmilson said:

I tried listening to that one years ago and I didn't care for it. But hopefully there'll be something you'll like in there.

 

The main theme's pretty good, but I can't remember a single other thing about that score.

[Jay 37,285]

Arrived today from Japan

 

  

[Andy 4,081]

I finally pulled the trigger while it is still $70.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

Nice.

There's a lot of smoke, there, but there's some fire.

[Andy 4,081]

I was a bit disappointed in the Philips Box, so I am hoping there will be more of Williams' fingerprints to be enjoyed here.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

Well just for the Yo-Yo album, American Journey and the Skywalker Symphony album this box is worth buying

[Marian Schedenig 8,172]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

I was a bit disappointed in the Philips Box, so I am hoping there will be more of Williams' fingerprints to be enjoyed here.

 

There absolutely are. But I have most of those already, so I'm still hesitant to buy the Sony box at its current price, even though I'm missing about half - but the (presumably) less interesting half - the albums it contains.

[Jurassic Shark 12,027]

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

2 hours ago, Jurassic Shark said:

[Bespin 8,477]

Where to begin!!!

 

[Jay 37,285]

Powell

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

8 hours ago, Bespin said:

Where to begin!!!

 

 

CALL OF THE WILD 

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR 

POCAHONTAS 

VIDEODROME 

POLTERGEIST II 

DAMIEN: OMEN II

 

 

[GerateWohl 4,328]

38 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

CALL OF THE WILD 

CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR 

POCAHONTAS 

VIDEODROME 

POLTERGEIST II 

DAMIEN: OMEN II

Interesting. I would have started with Damien.

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429]

Same here

 

Damien

The Call of the Wild

Poltergeist II CD1

Videodrome

Charlie Wilson's War

Pocahontas

Poltergeist II CD2&3

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

Interesting. I would have started with Damien.

Nah. Leave the best till last.

[Andy 4,081]

Damien is terrific fun.  It really could use another release.   There's significant damage to one of the tracks (The film version of Claws), and I think the choral sounds that kick off Broken Ice in the film mix sound more pronounced than what is on the CD.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Start with Damien!

[Bespin 8,477]

So I started with Videodrome.

 

And it's excellent!

 

I've read an old review in a newspaper from 1983, the guy, who hated the album, said it was "great music to commit suicide by".

[Brundlefly 2,385]

That is a compliment. Every The Cure album is great to commit suicide by and The Cure is great.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

There are a lot of happy Cure songs!

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

Friday I'm In Love, being one of them.

SEVENTEEN SECONDS is a phenomenal record.

[Disco Stu 15,495]

3 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Friday I'm In Love, being one of them.

SEVENTEEN SECONDS is a phenomenal record.

 

And of course "Just Like Heaven" and "Lovesong" are two of the great, well, love songs (duh) of the 80s!

[Marian Schedenig 8,172]

12 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Interesting. I would have started with Damien.

 

I'd start with Damien the film score and finish with Damien the album.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

Indeed. Like CAPRICORN ONE, it's played better, and it sounds better.

[Brundlefly 2,385]

11 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Indeed. Like CAPRICORN ONE, it's played better, and it sounds better.

The "boh-ats" are much better in the film recording.

 

13 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

SEVENTEEN SECONDS is a phenomenal record.

I vastly prefer Faith and Pornography over it.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

1 hour ago, Brundlefly said:

The "boh-ats" are much better in the film recording.

Do you mean the crow-like sounds? Agreed.

 

 

1 hour ago, Brundlefly said:

I vastly prefer Faith and Pornography over it.

They are damn good, too, as is HEAD ON THE DOOR, but SEVENTEEN SECONDS was right in the middle of my New Wave phase, so I've a soft spot for it.

The one record that I also really like, is MIXED UP, but I don't think it gets much love among fans of The Cure.

 

[publicist 4,643]

3 hours ago, Brundlefly said:

The "boh-ats" are much better in the film recording.

 

Which sounds like its same-year counterpart 'The Fury' thin-ish and not at all apocalyptic. I don't know if both were recorded at Fox, but this problem lasted until the early 1980s (think of 'Masada'). Strangely enough, pristine recordings like TMP or Jaws 2 were possible, but they certainly were no industry standard.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

Agreed.

It's difficult to determine which had the better recording facilities; Los Angeles, or London.

THE FURY is not very good, but the OST, recorded in All Souls Church, Tooting Bec, if memory serves, is fantastic.

Conversely, CE3K sounds great.

Of course, both JAWS 2, and TMP, had two of the very best engineers working on them: John Neal, and Bruce Botnick respectively.

[Andy 4,081]

6 hours ago, Brundlefly said:

The "boh-ats" are much better in the film recording.

 

 

And to me sound more pronounced in the film mix itself.  Could be my imagination, but on the CD, they just don't land with as much punch.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,496]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

...on the CD, they just don't land with as much punch.

Are you talking about the score, or the OST?

[Jurassic Shark 12,027]