For which scores do you prefer the OST over expanded releases?

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Tell me.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Most of them.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,488]

Anything by HZ.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Here's the place to list them!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Just now, Richard said:

Anything by HZ.

 

Howard Zhore?

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

Just now, Richard said:

Anything by HZ.

 

That belongs to the upcoming thread For which scores do you prefer toilet paper over the OST?

[Thor 7,452]

Basically all of them. Unless the OST was a 'songtrack' with one or two score cuts only, which did not represent the score well.

[1977 1,743]

Goldsmith's Explorers for one.

 

E.T. for Williams - now that's a perfect listening experience.

[Jurassic Shark 12,008]

1 minute ago, Thor said:

Basically all of them. Unless the OST was a 'songtrack' with one or two score cuts only, which did not represent the score well.

 

What about Born on the Fourth of July?

[Thor 7,452]

5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

 

What about Born on the Fourth of July?

 

The score portion there is pretty meaty. About half an hour or so, isn't it? So it's pretty representative. I had the expanded bootleg once, and it didn't offer anything worthwhile. The extra cues were annoying filler or repetitions. So that's not really the type of 'songtrack' I have in mind. More like, say, BATMAN & ROBIN with that singular score track. I have the originally-planned score release that was scrapped, and it's gorgeous! Wish it gets released some day.

 

Another example is ROCKY IV, where the score-only album works great despite the C&C. Much better and more representative than the two cuts on the ROCKY STORY album or whatever it was called.

[Holko 9,491]

Monsignor. Batman '89. Attack of the Clones (weakest most boring SW score and best assembled SW OST). Not too much else I can think of, just some that are on a roughly equal level between OST and complete.

[Bespin 8,472]

I prefer to have choice.

 

When I have less than one hour, time only for a quickie, an old good OST is perfect for me!

 

"Time for a quikie with Johnny?"

 

😂

[Kasey Kockroach 2,343]

The Fury, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, E.T, Jaws 2, The Omen, Return to Oz, The Rocketeer...

[Naïve Old Fart 9,488]

It's sauce, for the goose.

I grew up with OSTs, or should I say "OSTs", as some of them, I later discovered, were nothing of the kind.

Now I listen to C+C/expanded scores, I appreciate OSTs for what they are: a unique listening experience, that seeks to put the very best of a film's musical soundtrack into a short physical space (usually 40-ish minutes). 

Nowadays, there's no excuse for not releasing a C+C along with the film, but I still enjoy the "alternate" sound of an OST.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Return to Oz is a great choice. The expanded version is still good, but oddly slapped together on the Intrada release. The original album is one of the best recordings I've ever heard. The expanded version is sonically a downgrade.

 

I will agree with that one. It's a perfect album and superior to the deluxe version.

[Arpy 4,145]

4 hours ago, Holko said:

 Attack of the Clones (weakest most boring SW score and best assembled SW OST).

Right, that's it. I'm calling the boys.

 

The weakest Star Wars score is yet to be written.

[Ollie 1,059]

I can’t think of any.

 

 

[publicist 4,643]

Capricorn One, Damien, The Fury, Jaws 2, The Rocketeer, First Blood, Star Trek TPM, Raiders, ET, Masada...the list goes on...