What is the last score you listened to?

[Ollie 1,059]

Speaking of which:

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=10983

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Hey, I want that! 18 bucks seems a little steep for 30 minutes of music though.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

I am not too familar with Psycho, actually. I can only remember the incredibly famous ( and incredibly annoying) violins, and the rather nice stringwork that compensates for the ear-hurting violins.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

There's nothing annoying in the score for Psycho, unless you're annoyed by awesomeness. Then, sure.

[Wojo 2,453]

Listened to The Last Crusade earlier today, and now it's Mark Griskey's score to KOTOR 2. Well, one with some tracks that are poorly truncated. Oh well, other tracks are still standouts.

[John Crichton 4]

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A wonderful oddity. Very interesting, if a bit freaky, to listen too, but fortunately it's still grounded in normalcy. The main piano theme is both haunting and beautiful, and Blood Moon is a true standout cue, playing almost like a stand alone concert piece in the middle of the weirdness.

[indy4 155]

No horror score can beat Psycho. Twisted Nerve is also deliciously frightening.

"Prelude" is fantastic, as is "The Murder." And the rest of the score drags...A LOT.

indy4 - who's not sure why everybody is listening to scary scores a few days before Christmas

[FattyMcButterpants 1]

Because seeing the whole family together, with all relatives, is a shocking experience, it's better to be prepared.

[Trent B 337]

Hey, I want that! 18 bucks seems a little steep for 30 minutes of music though.

Since when? Most of your OST's are around 30-40 minutes... a score will be lucky enough to get a 70 minute release and that's generally the standard price for a score CD.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Hey, I want that! 18 bucks seems a little steep for 30 minutes of music though.

Since when? Most of your OST's are around 30-40 minutes... a score will be lucky enough to get a 70 minute release and that's generally the standard price for a score CD.

Well when you add the $4 shipping, it's a lot. My CD's are usually $15.

[Trent B 337]

I really don't understand your logic most of the time, Koray...

[Koray Savas 2,251]

That's $10 more that could be put towards something I'm more interested in.

[Ollie 1,059]

If you notice most club /limited edition releases are going to run around $19.95 so it's no big deal.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

The only club/limited editions I buy are Williams, because he gets priority on anything involving my money.

[Trent B 337]

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Psycho isn't a great score, its a score with great moments.

[Ollie 1,059]

If Psycho drags..alot, then a score like JNH's The Village is a massive snooze fest.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Oh like you buy all the limited editions that come out. I don't like Golden Age music.

[Trent B 337]

I don't buy every limited edition that comes out.

[Delorean90 42]

Oh like you buy all the limited editions that come out. I don't like Golden Age music.

Who in the world said anything about Golden Age music? There's been tons of great limited editions from the Silver Age on.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I don't buy every limited edition that comes out.

So why are you rolling your eyes? Huh? Because I like to save my money and plan purchases?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

There was too much melody and memorability in the Golden Age.

[Bryant Burnette 654]

If Psycho drags..alot, then a score like JNH's The Village is a massive snooze fest.

It doesn't, and it isn't.

[Henry B 50]

Finally got Marianelli's Atonement. Wow, great! A deserving Oscar winner. And it ends, for whatever reason, with "Clair de Lune," which I certainly can't complain about.

[HPFAN_2 0]

Raiders of the lost Ark For the first time. Off the new collection. Must say I wasn't impressed. Perhaps it was that I knew the standout peices already, Basket Chase and Desert Chase. I quite expected to be blown away but I wasn't at all. I will give it another listen, maybe it will win me over.

[Hitch 57]

Psycho isn't a great score, its a score with great moments.

It's a classic score to a classic movie. Often imitated but never bettered.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Finally got Marianelli's Atonement. Wow, great! A deserving Oscar winner. And it ends, for whatever reason, with "Clair de Lune," which I certainly can't complain about.

Since I can't find the picture, this will have to do:

WRRROOOONNGGG!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Raiders of the lost Ark For the first time. Off the new collection. Must say I wasn't impressed. Perhaps it was that I knew the standout peices already, Basket Chase and Desert Chase. I quite expected to be blown away but I wasn't at all. I will give it another listen, maybe it will win me over.

Vangelis would have scored the film much better.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

Finally got Marianelli's Atonement. Wow, great! A deserving Oscar winner. And it ends, for whatever reason, with "Clair de Lune," which I certainly can't complain about.

Since I can't find the picture, this will have to do:

WRRROOOONNGGG!

There you go, Koray. Merry Christmas from one JWFan to another.

[Henry B 50]

Finally got Marianelli's Atonement. Wow, great! A deserving Oscar winner. And it ends, for whatever reason, with "Clair de Lune," which I certainly can't complain about.

Since I can't find the picture, this will have to do:

WRRROOOONNGGG!

Come on, Koray! "Elegy for Dunkirk" must do something for you.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Finally got Marianelli's Atonement. Wow, great! A deserving Oscar winner. And it ends, for whatever reason, with "Clair de Lune," which I certainly can't complain about.

Since I can't find the picture, this will have to do:

WRRROOOONNGGG!

Come on, Koray! "Elegy for Dunkirk" must do something for you.

It does. I rather like the score, but it was not deserving of the Oscar. All of the other nominees were better IMO.

[Jay 37,404]

Home Alone and Home Alone 2

Love em!

There's some great stuff in HA2

[Bryant Burnette 654]

Home Alone and Home Alone 2

Love em!

There's some great stuff in HA2

Agreed. Two discs of Lost In New York is probably overkill (it always is for me, at least), but it's a very, very good score. (I listened to both Home Alone scores at work tonight; seemed appropriate. I also listened to some hair metal, and really, there's no excusing that.)

Psycho isn't a great score, its a score with great moments.

It's a classic score to a classic movie. Often imitated but never bettered.

Probably no surprise you and I are in agreement on that.

[Henry B 50]

Hellboy II by Danny Elfman. Where's the character? Seriously, where is the ****ing character? I'm so disappointed in modern film music.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

How many times did you listen to the score?

[Jay 37,404]

Independence Day complete

Love this score so much, one of the few scores that the entire 2CD complete version never gets boring, every single track is interesting and different.

Never noticed before, but my version of Nuke Attack is in mono. Is everyone's like that?

[Henry B 50]

How many times did you listen to the score?

Once.

[Nick Parker 3,040]

You see, that is the thing. When I first listened to the score, I was very disappointed. I got depressed and then I listened to "Jaws" for the first time, and I loved it the first time. However, back then (in August), I had yet to realize that scores may not necessarily grab you on the first listen. I think it took five full playthroughs of "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" for me to even begin to appreciate it. I have listened to it far more times since then, and I am still discovering more and more about that score, and I really like that. Give it a few more chances is the only thing I can tell you( in fact, I am currently in that phase for "A.I". I like it, and I know I will probably love it when I listen to it enough, but I just have to be patient.)

[Koray Savas 2,251]

If a score requires 5 full listens for you to "get" it, it's a failure. Hellboy II is an unoriginal and bland score.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

By that logic, ROTS must be terrible.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Not terrible, but nothing special.

[publicist 4,643]

Not terrible, but nothing special.

What did you expect? Didgeridoos?

I used the Holidays to catch up on things like 'Benjamin Button' (very elegant, needs a few listens, then develops a rather unique elegiac sound), 'Defiance' (again, rather elegant, but apart from some nice jewish/slavic touches it stays in the comfort zone of the typical gloom-and-doom drama scoring), 'Largo Winch' (Desplat again, it is - you guessed it - an elegant version of Arnold Bond music and the usual Bourne licks thrown in; whenever Desplat is given time to develop his slower pieces, interesting things happen; cues build and are actually intersting to listen to, the action music, less so).

And, last but not least, both of Morricone's 'My Name is Nobody' scores on TV. Take this, fluffy reindeer movies!

[Desplat13 1]

If a score requires 5 full listens for you to "get" it, it's a failure.

So 'easy listening' is the only genre worth exploring?

Hmm, I am not sure I could disagree more.

[Marian Schedenig 8,215]

If a score requires 5 full listens for you to "get" it, it's a failure.

Planet of the Apes, Alien, The Final Conflict, Poltergeist, Alien³, even Once Upon a Time in the West... some of the biggest failures in film music history.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

If a score requires 5 full listens for you to "get" it, it's a failure.

So 'easy listening' is the only genre worth exploring?

Uh, easy listening doesn't mean music that takes 1 listen to enjoy.

[crocodile 8,022]

How do you make distinction between the two then?

Karol

[Koray Savas 2,251]

What?

[crocodile 8,022]

What's the difference between the "bland album that takes 5 listens get it" and "good album that you have to listen more than once to fully appreciate".

Or, perhaps, I misunderstood you.

Karol

[Nick Parker 3,040]

If a score requires 5 full listens for you to "get" it, it's a failure.

Planet of the Apes, Alien, The Final Conflict, Poltergeist, Alien³, even Once Upon a Time in the West... some of the biggest failures in film music history.

Do not forget "E.T." and "A.I.".

EDIT: Maybe even the first half of "Star Wars"?

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Okay so a lot of you need time to make up your mind about a score. I know exactly what I like and don't like on a single listen. No matter how many times I listen to it again, I will feel the same way.