GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Usually, when I like a film composer I like collecting his or her scores. But there are certain cases, where I own just one disc from that artist. Here are two cases: I own the OST of one particular score from that composer or I even just own one compilation of themes of that composer with just some prominent themes. Sometimes these are just presents from people, who know, you like soundtracks, so you get these discs for your birthday. But sometimes these scores become kind of favourites of yours, even though they remain being the single album from that particular artist. Just one score I own of Basil Poledouris - Conan The Barbarian (re-recording) A score that I like very much. As I am mainly interested in orchestral scores the amount of scores from Poleduris that I would go for is quite narrow. And I have harldy seen any of his movies. I might go for Starship Troupers as well, but it seems to be out of print. Alberto Iglesias - Hable Con Ella Was a present from a friend. But I really appreciate that score in the meantime. But somehow nothing from Iglesias since then caught my attention. Trevor Jones - The Dark Crystal Kind of a memory from the past. ather unusual score for Jones and unique for my understanding. It probably satisfies rather my passion for fatasy scores than my love for scores of Trevor Jones. Jon Brion - Magnolia Picked that one in a second hand score for five bugs and really fell in love with this score. Highly melanchonlic in a chamber music style. Nice harmonies and satisfies an area of music that is rarely coevered by other soundtracks. There are some others as well, but these came immediately to mind. Do you have any single albums of certain composers for particular reasons? MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,617 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I've got quite a few of these - in most cases I'm not a follower or a fan of the composer in general, but they just happened to score a film I saw and I liked it, or I somehow came across just the one score once. Theodore Shapiro - Ghostbusters Dario Marianelli - Everest Lorne Balfe - MI:Fallout Lee Holdridge - The Mists of Avalon Trevor Jones - Dinotopia George S. Clinton - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee John Du Prez - TMNT Cliff Eidelman - Picture Bride (rejected score) Rupert Gregson-Williams - The Prisoner GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: Dario Marianelli - Everest Marianelli is a composer that I explored more deeply as his scores for Joe Wright are nearly all great. JTN and Edmilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,443 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Denny Zeitlin: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS John Corigliano: ALTERED STATES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Craig Safan - The Last Starfighter Dave Grusin - The Goonies Why? I guess because any time I heard samples from any of their other scores, I wasn't wowwed enough to invest, I suppose. JTN and Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Too many to mention, which is what happens when you have a soundtrack collection that approaches 2000 titles. Either because I've a) only gotten that and not bothered to check out more, or b) I have checked out more, liked them but not gotten around to picking them up, or c) I have checked out more and found none good enough to enter my collection. Just to take the 'A's: Adolph Deutsch - THE APARTMENT Air - VIRGIN SUICIDES Alan Williams - AMAZON Alex Weston - THE FAREWELL Alfonso de Villalonga - BLANCANIEVES Anders Söderström & Johan Berthling - 30C I FEBRUARI Andrew Hewitt - SUBMARINE Andrew Simon McAllister - NOWHERE SPECIAL Andy Hull & Robert McDowell - SWISS ARMY MAN Annette Focks - NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON Anssi Tikanmäki - THE GIRL KING Anthony Hopkins - AUGUST Antony Partos - TANNA Arnaud Rebotini - OCCHIALI NERI Arthus Bliss - THINGS TO COME Arthur Kempel - THE ARRIVAL ....as you can see, it would take me too long to list. MrJosh and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,456 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 There are a lot! Badalamenti - Blue Velvet OST Burwell, Carter - Fargo/Barton Fink OST Conti, Bill - The Right Stuff OST Corigliano, John - The Red Violin OST Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST Debney, John - The Passion of the Christ OST Eidelman, Cliff - Christopher Columbus OST Hamlisch, Marvin - The Way We Were OST Hess, Nigel - Ladies in Lavender OST Martin, George - Live and Let Die (expanded) Moroder, Giorgio - Midnight Express OST Newman, David - Mr Destiny OST Nitzsche, Jack - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest OST North, Alex - Viva Zappata (re-recording conducted by Jerry Goldsmith) Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire OST Rodgers & Hammerstein - South Pacific OST Rosenman - Star Trek IV_The Voyage Home (expanded) Small, Michael - Consenting Adults OST Tiersen, Yann - Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain OST Vangelis - Odyssey (2003, compilation) GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Elliot Goldenthal - Alien3 I came to late for his Forever expansion and I am still waiting for this B&R and Sphere to be expanded even if at that point I'm not sure it will happen Thomas Newman - Shawshank Redemption Still waiting for The Green Mile to happen David Arnold - The World is not Enough I only have one of this as I missed Godzilla and Independence Day but I'm waiting for Die Another Day to come back in stock at LLL Then I've got a bunch of others like Astier's Kaamelott, Frizzell's Dante's Peak, Pemberton's The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Örvarsson The Hitman's Bodyguard, Small's Jaws: The Revenge, Toprak's The Lost City and Jones' Nate and Hayes GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,042 Posted November 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Bespin said: Debney, John - The Passion of the Christ OST Get CutThroat Island, Liar Liar, Lair, and The Orville 1 & 2 Raiders of the SoundtrArk, MrJosh and Manakin Skywalker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 Interesting that there are no overlabs so far. Another one, that comes to my mind Alejandro Anemabar - The Others I would have expected, that I am not the only one just owning that score of Anemabar. 10 minutes ago, Bespin said: Tiersen, Yann - Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain OST Yes, that is such a typical candidate. Same for Goran Bregovic's Arizona Dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Aaron Zigman - Bridge to Terabithia Ilan Eshkiri - Stardust Marc Streitenfeld - Prometheus I enjoy the above to a decent degree, especially Stardust, but haven't been inspired enough yet to check out more of their work. Of those, It's Ilan Eshkiri I'd be most excited to explore. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Oh good call, I only know Stardust from Eshkiri myself And I also picked up the Prometheus OST album, because I found it in Amoeba for $2 and I liked the HGW cue MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,617 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Prometheus strengthens my belief that myself and two other people here like Streitenfeld's textural approach Eshkeri only doesn't make my list as I've also got his Johnny English Reborn score. 1 hour ago, May the Force be with You said: Frizzell's Dante's Peak He hasn't gone much else in the action/adventure category, to be fair. Alien Resurrection and Ghost Ship are the only other two I can think of, and neither gets much play. His drama/comedy stuff has never landed with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,456 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 2 hours ago, GerateWohl said: Trevor Jones - The Dark Crystal Kind of a memory from the past. ather unusual score for Jones and unique for my understanding. It probably satisfies rather my passion for fatasy scores than my love for scores of Trevor Jones. 2 hours ago, Richard Penna said: Trevor Jones - Dinotopia Hey, a bit love for Trevor here mercy! MERLIN, at least! Then, if you a re a lover of the music from the "California Adventure" Disney Tour, Arachnophobia at least for its End Titles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 22 minutes ago, Bespin said: Hey, a bit love for Trevor here mercy! If it still would be available, I would go for his Angel Heart score. But rather for the nostalgia factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,259 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, May the Force be with You said: Thomas Newman - Shawshank Redemption Shawshank is his best score, but he has also done a lot of amazing scores during the 90s and early 2000s: Fried Green Tomatoes, Little Women, Meet Joe Black, Oscar and Lucinda, The Horse Whisperer, The Green Mile, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo, Angels in America... And you don't need to wait for the expansions because the OSTs already cover the majority of highlights and Newman seems to be averse to expanding his own music (except for Shawshank). JTN and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Even in the last decade there's plenty of music to find pleasure in even if he's just retreading what he's done before much of the time. Saving Mr. Banks, 1917, Bridge of Spies. Familiar but enjoyable. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,617 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 15 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Shawshank is his best score I'd disagree there actually, I'd put Horse Whisperer on top spot. Shawshank is a good example of an intellectually and character-rich score but that doesn't make a consistently enjoyable listen for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 I like Meet Joe Black best. JTN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,259 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: I'd disagree there actually, I'd put Horse Whisperer on top spot. Shawshank is a good example of an intellectually and character-rich score but that doesn't make a consistently enjoyable listen for me. I don't entirely disagree with that. I love The Horse Whisperer, it's truly a wonderful score with some of Newman's most emotionally impactful cues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,423 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Richard Penna said: He hasn't gone much else in the action/adventure category, to be fair. Alien Resurrection and Ghost Ship are the only other two I can think of, and neither gets much play. His drama/comedy stuff has never landed with me. Yeah it's a bit sad. I would love LLL to reissue Alien Resurrection because I absolutely love it but I've never been interested by anything else in his career. 46 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Shawshank is his best score, but he has also done a lot of amazing scores during the 90s and early 2000s: Fried Green Tomatoes, Little Women, Meet Joe Black, Oscar and Lucinda, The Horse Whisperer, The Green Mile, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo, Angels in America... And you don't need to wait for the expansions because the OSTs already cover the majority of highlights and Newman seems to be averse to expanding his own music (except for Shawshank). Nah, waiting for expansions is a good excuse not to spend to much money every month on scores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Jay said: And I also picked up the Prometheus OST album, because I found it in Amoeba for $2 and I liked the HGW cue 1 hour ago, Richard Penna said: Prometheus strengthens my belief that myself and two other people here like Streitenfeld's textural approach I actually really like the main theme from Prometheus, but other than that there isn't a whole lot that I am gripped by. And yeah, the one HGW cue was nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yavar Moradi 2,515 Posted November 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2022 Poledouris wrote tons of orchestral scores! My personal favorite is Les Miserables, the year after Starship Troopers and the much greater score IMO. Yavar JTN, MrJosh, GerateWohl and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrJosh 892 Posted November 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2022 @GerateWohl I second what @Yavar Moradi says. Poledouris wrote a lot of great music and it's worth exploring! Some of my favorites... Big Wednesday The Blue Lagoon Cherry 2000 Conan the Destroyer Farewell to the King Flesh+Blood Free Willy Lonesome Dove Quigley Down Under Red Dawn Robocop Robocop 3 Starship Troopers GerateWohl, JTN, Marian Schedenig and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,216 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Bernard Herrmann (Taxi Driver) Leonard Rosenman (The Lord of the Rings) Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood) Trevor Jones (The Last of the Mohicans) James Newton Howard (King Kong) John Williams (an ancient bootleg cassette of Far and Away) As to why just one - nothing against the composers; I'm just not really into film scores. Andy and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Leonard Bernstein and Philip Sainton. Guess why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Single Scores: The Red Violin - John Corigliano Jaws: The Revenge (composer promo) - Michael Small LadyHawke (GNP expansion) - Andrew Powell Ladies in Lavender - Nigel Hess Star Trek: Generations (OST) - Dennis McCarthy The Godfather: Part III - Carmine Coppola Mario Millo - The Lighthorsemen (*fantastic score*) Exodus - Ernest Gold (Tadlow recording) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - Cliff Eidelmann (OST and C&C) Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of fhe Were-Rabbit - Julian Nott Superman IV: The Quest for Peace - Alexander Courage Dragonslayer - Alex North The Robe - Alfred Newman (Fox Records) Battlestar Galactica - Stu Phillips (Edel OST) Dune - Toro (OST) Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti (OST) Rob Roy - Carter Burwell Tron Legacy - Daft Punk The Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor - Peter Bernstein Finding Neverland - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek The Golden Child - Michel Colombier Howard the Duck - Sylvester LeVay The Broken Chain - Charles Fox Book of Roses - Michael Convertino A Room With a View - Richard Robbins Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Tan Dun Far From the Madding Crowd - Richard Rodney Bennett Don't Make Waves - Vic Mizzy Turbulence - Shirley Walker Anthologies: Various Star Trek TOS composers - Star Trek: Symphonic Suites Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Label X) Rationale for owning only one score for a given composer: 1. Completing a franchise collection (e.g. Star Trek, Godfather) 2. No other scores by this composer(s) (e.g. Toto) 3. Twofer releases containing a rejected or alternate score by a different composer (e.g. Golden Child) 4. Cheepies picked up opportunistically The ones in bold are composers that I fully expect to obtain further score releases of in due course. GerateWohl and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 I found some more worth mentioning: Jimmy Webb - The Last Unicorn Ilona Sekacz - Antonia's Line Anne Dudley - Felidae Angela Morley - Watership Down And why the hell ist the only Randy Newman score I own the rejected Air Force One score? I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: I found some more worth mentioning: Jimmy Webb - The Last Unicorn I can get a used copy for a fair price - is it worth getting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Glóin the Dark said: John Williams (an ancient bootleg cassette of Far and Away) Serious? The only John Williams score you own is a cassette bootleg of Far and Away? Cindylover1969 and Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I just remembered another one John Morris - Spaceballs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 One score which would be the only score in my collection by these two composers if it were ever released (also happens to be one of my top grails): Twice Upon a Time - Ken Melville and Dawn Atkinson (Lucasfilm "lumage" animated film - score performed by the LSO!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 There are a lot of John Morris scores I'd love to see get reissues and/or expansions from the specialty labels. I own Blazing Saddles, Clue, and Spaceballs. It'd be nice to get at least a reissue of Quartet's Yellowbeard release (so I can buy it). Very fun score! Morris is severely underrated. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 54 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said: I can get a used copy for a fair price - is it worth getting it? I just highly recommended it here: About 50% of the album are the songs. But they fit in perfectly. Wonderful score. Really. You can listen here: 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 49 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: There are a lot of John Morris scores I'd love to see get reissues and/or expansions from the specialty labels. I own Blazing Saddles, Clue, and Spaceballs. It'd be nice to get at least a reissue of Quartet's Yellowbeard release (so I can buy it). Very fun score! Morris is severely underrated. I'll let you have your Yellowbeard re-release (I've got a copy) if you let me have a Spaceballs re-release - I have the original album (gifted to me by a friend, years ago, before the expansion came out and when I think the original album was considered ultra-rare) but missed out on the expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,019 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 I'm not going to put together an exhaustive list, but Bernstein's Ghostbusters, Shearmur's Sky Captain, Daft Punk's TRON: Legacy, and Safan's Last Starfighter come to mind. MrJosh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,515 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: Leonard Bernstein and Philip Sainton. Guess why. You don’t like concert music? If you like Moby Dick I definitely recommend you expand beyond his sole film score! Yavar GerateWohl and Marian Schedenig 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Datameister said: Bernstein's Ghostbusters Get The Great Escape! JTN and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Ooh, nice! I'll definitely have a look at that. I was of course referring specifically to film scores and to the fact that both Bernstein and Sainton have only written one score each. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,515 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 12 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Ooh, nice! I'll definitely have a look at that. I was of course referring specifically to film scores and to the fact that both Bernstein and Sainton have only written one score each. Sainton’s concert scores sound very much like his sole film score. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 For those who only have Sky Captain from Ed Shearmur, Johnny English is pretty fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 18 minutes ago, Datameister said: Bernstein's Ghostbusters Get "To Kill a Mockingbird". The 1997 re-recording. JTN and Andy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,216 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 3 hours ago, GerateWohl said: The only John Williams score you own is a cassette bootleg of Far and Away? It is. Haven't listened to it in quite a while, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,617 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 John Barry - Dances With Wolves Daniel Pemberton - Enola Holmes Brad Fiedel - Terminator 2 David Julyan - The Cabin In The Woods Daniel Hart - Pete's Dragon Trevor Morris - The Tudors Steven Price almost makes the list for Gravity, but I also have the full episode scores he put out for Our Planet. In most cases I saw the film or just stumbled across the score, and for whatever reason nothing I've heard from the composer otherwise has interested me. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,259 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: Daniel Pemberton - Enola Holmes It's the only Pemberton score I really like as well. He's very talented, no doubt about it, and will win an Oscar someday... But his style is not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Yeah, I don't listen to it on its own but his Spider-Verse score certainly fit the movie like a glove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,443 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 9 hours ago, MrJosh said: For those who only have Sky Captain from Ed Shearmur, Johnny English is pretty fun. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,277 Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 21 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: It is. Haven't listened to it in quite a while, though. So, I guess, you are just here in the forum for the handsome ladies and the free snacks? Edmilson and enderdrag64 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: THE WINGS OF THE DOVE is beautiful. Thanks, I will track it down. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glóin the Dark 1,216 Posted November 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2022 14 hours ago, GerateWohl said: So, I guess, you are just here in the forum for the pretty girls and the free snacks? I just wandered in by mistake and still haven't found the way out. GerateWohl, Bespin, Edmilson and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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