Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Most fans of a certain composer might feel so committed to collecting every single work they've penned, but they can't possibly love every last one of them equally.I've often heard the phrase "dust collector" thrown around as a pejorative towards those particlar soundtracks that people bought, listened to maybe once or twice and rarely ever revisited it.In my observation of John Williams land, his scores that are made for intimate dramas or small scale thrillers tend to be the biggest target for the old "dust collector" stamp. But is this the case for everyone? Is it the other way around for others where they tend to reach for smaller, dramatic scores more than the franchisey blockbusters? Is it more complex than that?Or is this thread's preoccupation with dust make it pointless because half of you dumped your CDs in the trash and you just source your music from Cloud City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The John Williams CD I own that I've listened to the least - not counting the ones I haven't listened to yet at all - is probably Munich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Probably one of the zany 1960s comedies like John Goldfarb, Please Come Home or A Guide For the Married Man which I have not listened to all that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 AI Munich Geisha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The Holy Trinity of Dust gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 3 great scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Well technically all my CDs gather dust after they have been ripped onto my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The dust protects them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 The dust protects them!It's highly effective at shielding from mould and bacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I know my opinion will be unpopular here, but one dust collector of mine is:The Lost World. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You Greek bastard!You will be hunted down and killed! WilliamsStarShip2282 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You Greek bastard!You will be hunted down and killed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Well filmmusic's dust collector is highly surprising but let us not search for pitchforks and torches my good man. He is entitled to his opinion as delusional as it may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Better find a priest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Well filmmusic's dust collector is highly surprising but let us not search for pitchforks and torches my good man. He is entitled to his opinion as delusional as it may be.I think large part of it is that I don't like extensive percussive writing in general.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I stopped buying newer Williams scores I know I won't listen to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I stopped buying newer Williams scores I know I won't listen to.Good man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I stopped buying newer Williams scores I know I won't listen to.By newer you mean......???2005 and onwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The only Williams since 1993 I own are Jurassic Park, Indy 4, Stepmom, Minority Report, Episode I, Episode III, Angela's Ashes, Amistad, Rosewood, Seven Years, and Memoirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What made you decide to buy Episodes 1 and 3 but not 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The hope they'd release a complete version and I just never got around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'm surprised you like Indy 4 but not Harry Potter or Tintin. They are all cut from the same cloth, in a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I get that fix with Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Also assuming you like all those scores you listed, I fully expect you to like War Horse a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I'm surprised you like Indy 4 but not Harry Potter or Tintin. They are all cut from the same cloth, in a way Except that the Potter scores and Tintin are great scores. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 So is Indy 4! Have you listened to the complete score leak? The OST was missing many of the highlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 KotCS isn't on par with Raiders or ToD. It just isn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,281 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,983 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The scores I listen very rarely to (if at all)?Least CrusadeSabrina1941Philosopher's StoneHookKarol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 The Empire Strikes Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Duh.Duh-dull. For a dull score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Don't often revisit the 60s stuff. Nor a good number of the small-scale dramas/Americana stuff from the 80s and 90s. E.T. is an infrequent listen and Hook is all but unheard. I think I've only heard Tintin straight through once. The opening is enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 E.T. Is one of his absolute best scores! How any Williams fan can dismiss it is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He didn't dismiss it he simply said it's an infrequent listen. At least he probably owns it. I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 E.T. Is one of his absolute best scores! How any Williams fan can dismiss it is beyond me.I feel the same way about A.I. and yet look how often that's dismissed. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 If I were to make a list of the John Williams scores I don't own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Why not?Because I've yet to wake up one day and think it's missing from my life. I've yet to see if in a store shelf and try to sneak it out in my cost. I've yet to log into Amazon and see it appear in my cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You don't own any version of E.T.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That's what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I just can't get me head around that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I only have the original release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 That is fine! But to not even have that....Poor Wojo, I've misunderstood him over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 How? I'm the same asshole I've always been. How have I been misunderstood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You poor thing! You don't know what you are missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You're reading too deeply into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,232 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Ah, here comes Joey to make some damning statements about those who don't appreciate E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It is perfection said the borg queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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