Comments on Scores

[Marian Schedenig 8,154]

Whenever I browse SAE's clearance sale to find some stuff I can pair with my next order of the latest limited releases, I come up with (much too lengthy) lists of scores I find interesting, but don't know at all. If you know any of the following scores, some infos that may help me decide would be appreciated:

Fenton: The Long Walk Home

Goldsmith: Contract on Cherry Street

Goldsmith: Love Field

Goldsmith: Malice

Goldsmith: Matinee

Holdridge: Call of the Wild

Mancini: Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective

Poledouris: Amanda

Poledouris: Amerika: 1987

Poledouris: Flyers/Fire on the Mountain

Holdridge: Long Way Home (the description lists 6 (!) narrators... what does that mean?)

Holdridge: The Tuskegee Airmen

[Morlock 11]

I was hoping to be of some help, but unfortunately I only own Malice out of all of them, and I'm really not too familiar with it.

[Jacob 0]

I have Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective. My only Mancini.

It's quite fun but nothing spectacular.

[Marian Schedenig 8,154]

Those two are the only ones from my list I've heard in their films, but I barely recall either. I'm pretty sure I liked the Mancini, and that the Goldsmith was rather meh.

Anyone else know any of the others?

[Ollie 1,059]

I'd recommend The Great Mouse Detective, Amerika, Fire On The Mountain/Flyers and Matinee.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Matinee is brilliant.

[publicist 4,643]

Goldsmith: Contract on Cherry Street

Goldsmith: Love Field

Goldsmith: Malice

Goldsmith: Matinee

Mancini: Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective

Here we go

CHERRY STREET great, propulsive, trombones roaming around like only Goldsmith could have them; a bit like CAPRICORN ONE.

LOVE FIELD: get the end title from iTunes or amazon; it's really slight mid-90's Jerry, rather modest, sing-along theme

MALICE: dito, really lame thriller stuff, enchanting POLTERGEIST-like main theme by wordless chorus (try youtube)

MATINEE: cute theme, the nostalgic stuff is as good as Goldsmith got in that department, rest is nice but not essential, long end title covers everything

MOUSE DETECTIVE: nice and bouncy main theme, the underscore is of less interest

[artyjeffrey 20]

Yeah, Contract on Cherry Street is pretty cool. '70s Goldsmith, you know...

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Matinee is brilliant.

What he said. I'm no expert on Goldsmith, but this score is fantastic. Definitely up there among my favorites.

[Marian Schedenig 8,154]

Thanks, guys. That helps.

The potentially lesser Goldsmiths are $5 each, so I'll pick those up sooner or later, too.

Has anybody heard Amanda? A Poledouris score with a running horse on the cover is intriguing. And I'm always interested in more Holdridge.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,489]

Matinee is brilliant.

What he said. I'm no expert on Goldsmith, but this score is fantastic. Definitely up there among my favorites.

Agreed. I love the Theme From "A Summer Place" patiche on the end titles of "Matinee".

[Marian Schedenig 8,154]

I went with these for now:

The Long Walk Home

Contract on Cherry Street

Matinee

Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective

Amanda

Amerika: 1987

Flyers/Fire on the Mountain

The rest might come later. :cool: Thanks for the input, everyone.