Black Sunday - worth obtaining?

[Jurassic Shark 6317]

While we're nearing Black Friday, I found it fitting to give Black Sunday another listen on Spotify. I've found it offered for an OK price at a Scandinavian music store, but I'm not sure I think it's an essential JW score. What do you think?

 

PS: I'm not a completist - I only buy soundtracks I'm actually going to listen to.

[publicist 3799]

It's his most Goldsmith-ian score.

[Jay 18395]

It's never gone Out of Print and you can still buy it at its original retail price from its original retailer

 

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/13395/

[JoeinAR 1406]

Not really worth obtaining unless you are ocd about collecting 

[Not Mr. Big 2814]

It's one of my least favorite post-Jaws Williams scores.  Kind of dry and monochrome if that makes any sense. I much prefer Munich in the political thriller category.   

[Thor 3760]

45 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

While we're nearing Black Friday, I found it fitting to give Black Sunday another listen on Spotify. I've found it offered for an OK price at a Scandinavian music store, but I'm not sure I think it's an essential JW score. What do you think?

 

PS: I'm not a completist - I only buy soundtracks I'm actually going to listen to.

 

A Scandinavian music store offering the FSM release? Which one?

 

Yes, I think it's worth obtaining. Not all of the music is equally exciting, but the fugue stuff and some of those jagged 70s paranoia elements are well worth having. The old Silva suite was representative of the score, but now that it has its own soundtrack, I'd recommend it. A somewhat different side of Williams.

[Jurassic Shark 6317]

3 minutes ago, Thor said:

 

A Scandinavian music store offering the FSM release? Which one?

 

Yes, I think it's worth obtaining. Not all of the music is equally exciting, but the fugue stuff and some of those jagged 70s paranoia elements are well worth having. The old Silva suite was representative of the score, but now that it has its own soundtrack, I'd recommend it. A somewhat different side of Williams.

 

Here it is:

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0638558027929/o-s-t-2010-black-sunday-compact-disc

 

I've registered you're a JW completist, so I would be surprised if you did not recommend the score.

[Brundlefly 1804]

15 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

Here it is:

https://www.imusic.dk/cd/0638558027929/o-s-t-2010-black-sunday-compact-disc

 

I've registered you're a JW completist, so I would be surprised if you did not recommend the score.

He's a completist ... in a certain way.

 

I would recommend it. Period.

[Jurassic Shark 6317]

Just now, Brundlefly said:

He's a completist ... in a certain way.

 

I would recommend it. Period.

 

Yes, I know he's not into expansions or complete scores.

[Bespin 4283]

Well, for me the cases "unreleased" scores is particular.

 

When I write "unreleased", I mean of course, unreleased at the time of the movie release.

 

There are now a couple of UFOS like this in John Williams's discography... Are they all of the same valor or interest?  Well, that's a matter of taste.

 

But knowing that "Black Sunday" can still be found at 19,99 $USD, it's tempting.

 

 

[Darth Wojo 2407]

Black Sunday is like JW took his Obi-wan sneaking around music from Star Wars and built a score around that. 

[crocodile 4954]

It's the only true action thriller score of his career. That in itself makes it unique.

 

Karol