Quintus 5,399 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Your last great cd purchase you happily spun undisturbed from start to finish, had a tracklist with no filler, every single cue a pleasure to listen to, a cd which you thoroughly enjoyed playing in its entirety. Name it!Mine was probably The Phantom Menace OST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score_Fan 36 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Dark Knight Rises; HPDH1/2, X-Men first class, Thor, and Quantum of Solace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Most recently, probably Goldsmith's Chinatown. Prior to that, Williams's Black Sunday, Poledouris's The Blue Lagoon (I know, it's been around on CD since the early '90s, but I just picked it up in 2009), Rubinstein's WarGames, and Mancini's Wait Until Dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I am tempted to say Lincoln but since the CD has not yet arrived I will say The Long Goodbye. And something before that was the The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Volume 2: The Sea Hawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Adele's Skyfall single album.Impressive in that you actually purchased this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Quintus 5,399 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 I like Adele but find it weak a record. But it'll probably work well enough during the credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 The opening credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mahler3 478 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 William Ross' Touchback and Fernando Valezquez's Impossible recently.1999's The Phantom Menace, Quint? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Recent scores:Old: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 1999's The Phantom Menace, Quint? Really?Scott Fields has aptly described the score as "a collection of great moments bobbing like ripe apples in tepid cider," and I don't think the original album presentation makes much of a case for its palatability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,377 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 1999's The Phantom Menace, Quint? Really?Scott Fields has aptly described the score as "a collection of great moments bobbing like ripe apples in tepid cider," and I don't think the original album presentation makes much of a case for its palatability.Back then I was still a major Star Wars fanboy and drank eagerly at the Williams font, even if it wasn't the most refined nor smooth flavour in the brewery. Nowadays though I can't keep Star Wars prequel music down, too bitter and gives me wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,696 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Streitenfeld's The GreyAs soon as I saw the film it opened up for me, and it drifts by extremely fast, with no tracks that go by without noticing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 1999's The Phantom Menace, Quint? Really?Scott Fields has aptly described the score as "a collection of great moments bobbing like ripe apples in tepid cider," and I don't think the original album presentation makes much of a case for its palatability.Back then I was still a major Star Wars fanboy and drank eagerly at the Williams font, even if it wasn't the most refined nor smooth flavour in the brewery. Nowadays though I can't keep Star Wars prequel music down, too bitter and gives me wind.Eloquently put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.Tron: Legacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 There's nothing wrong with admitting that, Quint, but 1999 was a long time ago in terms of how many CDs you may have bought since then. Unless you just bought it last week, it seems a long time to go back for your "last 'wall-to-wall' album."I'd have to think about this question. It's a good one and a bit of a toughie. I rarely listen to CDs before I rip them, mostly because I've had a CD player damage one that I really didn't want to have damaged, so I want to be sure the files that I archive and put onto my iPod aren't similarly scratched. So I would consider "play entire CD's worth of files in digital format" to be an equivalent action.Except I have ADD when it comes to music. I'll listen to a few tracks, then get bored and switch to something else. Even if it's a truly wonderful album like the Star Wars soundtrack or The Beatles' White Album, I'll get bored a few songs in or feel compelled to skip a track I don't like (Honey Pie, Wild Honey Pie, Spoiled Honey Pie, Paul Spat in the Honey Pie, and Revolution 9), or -- and this is what I feel the most often -- I'll feel guilty about listening to something that I've owned for years instead of one of my newer purchases that requires a justified listening, so I'll switch to one of those albums, but still get bored and flip over to something else entirely.I'll have to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren 75 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 My last wall to wall. That I enjoyed regularly wall to wall: lotr, all. I'll have to think about a pop wall to wall and something more recent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,556 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 "Minority Report" was the last one for me. It's not an easy listen by any stretch of the imagination, but it has great highs and lows. A truly great score, and JW's best of this century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,365 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Superman.and TPM is a GREAT score, but a terrible album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Conan the BarbarianWar HorseThe Adventures of TintinJohn CarterThe Amazing Spider-ManMusic from the EdgePredatorKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Predator! Yes, I'd overlooked that album. Absolutely love it. Ren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 FSM's recent release of John Barry's King Kong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 It's a really good album indeed. I'm listening to it very often. Even though, I wasn't really familiar with the score before.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 FSM's recent release of John Barry's King Kong.I can't wait until mine arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Truthfully, the last one I bought that I listened from beginning to end with little to no skipping was Debbie Wiseman's Arsene Lupin (I only skip the opening song) and Patrick Doyle's Man to Man. Even the more recent albums I love, I end up skipping a few tracks here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,646 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Wow, tough one.I'd say War Horse, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Michael Jackson Bad25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ummm... The Wall?Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Haven't really thought about this before, but publicist's choice of Mansell's The Fountain would go on my list too.Cave and Ellis' The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford is another. I don't skip tracks when I listen to a score, so I'm going by scores that I love every track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewdog1 50 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 The last Stone Temple Pilots album and Star Trek V complete release. Sent from Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo 63 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 The Shadow... listening to it again right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,020 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Star Trek V and The Shadow... I agree! I also add Batman Returns (complete). Not many people would agree, though.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 On the non film score front... The Goat Rodeo Sessions with Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, and Edgar Meyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorean90 42 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Star Trek V and The Shadow... I agree! I also add Batman Returns (complete). Not many people would agree, though.KarolNo, I love LLL's release of Batman Returns. There was a stretch when I first bought it several months ago where that was about all I would listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the idea of a "wall-to-wall" listen of a two-disc "complete + OST" presentation like Star Trek V, The Shadow, or Batman Returns mean you listened to both CDs back-to-back?If so, good job. I can't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 If really in the mood I can do that. Otherwise I can't, I go through a few cues I feel like listening and then to something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the idea of a "wall-to-wall" listen of a two-disc "complete + OST" presentation like Star Trek V, The Shadow, or Batman Returns mean you listened to both CDs back-to-back?If so, good job. I can't do it.I would say I usually listen to both CDs through initially but afterwards skip the OST presentation on disc 2 and listen to the alternates etc. on that disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I typically move the alternates and source music ahead of the OST to be tacked onto the end of the complete score presentation, and then make the OST its own album. That way, I don't have to listen through the OST or tap forward to get to the extras, which I've invariably listened to a lot less than the OST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 War Horse, although I haven't heard Lincoln yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I wouldn't know. I don't have much free time. But I think it'd be The Lord of the Rings Symphony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I wouldn't know. I don't have much free time. But I think it'd be The Lord of the Rings Symphony.The CD really irks me. I think the LotR symphony is something you'd truly appreciate and be stunned by when heard live. But on CD, it sounds like a bunch of cues patched together (which it pretty much is) and not to mention the performance errors aren't very pretty either. I'd rather just stick to the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,377 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Batman Returns does not retain the OST presentation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,365 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the idea of a "wall-to-wall" listen of a two-disc "complete + OST" presentation like Star Trek V, The Shadow, or Batman Returns mean you listened to both CDs back-to-back?If so, good job. I can't do it.I would say I usually listen to both CDs through initially but afterwards skip the OST presentation on disc 2 and listen to the alternates etc. on that disc.the alternates are in the OST Section!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the idea of a "wall-to-wall" listen of a two-disc "complete + OST" presentation like Star Trek V, The Shadow, or Batman Returns mean you listened to both CDs back-to-back?If so, good job. I can't do it.I would say I usually listen to both CDs through initially but afterwards skip the OST presentation on disc 2 and listen to the alternates etc. on that disc.the alternates are in the OST Section!!Well I thought I stated that quite clearly above. I listen to the actual chronological film score (most often complete on disc 1), then listen to the second disc, but only for the alternates and other materials and I tend to skip the OST presentation if it does not contain anything unique missing from the complete score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hlao-roo 389 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the idea of a "wall-to-wall" listen of a two-disc "complete + OST" presentation like Star Trek V, The Shadow, or Batman Returns mean you listened to both CDs back-to-back?If so, good job. I can't do it.I would say I usually listen to both CDs through initially but afterwards skip the OST presentation on disc 2 and listen to the alternates etc. on that disc.the alternates are in the OST Section!!Well I thought I stated that quite clearly above. I listen to the actual chronological film score (most often complete on disc 1), then listen to the second disc, but only for the alternates and other materials and I tend to skip the OST presentation if it does not contain anything unique missing from the complete score.So you're saying you just ignore the alternate music on the second disc?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,716 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Oh you obtuse fellows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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