Dean1700 4 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 WHat is the highest selling soundtrack?Titanic? Star Wars? Grease (any soundtrack that is comprised without a musical score and purely of songs is not a soundtrack in my opinion)?Any one know for sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAfonso 159 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 To my knowledge it's Titanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,284 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Yes, i think titanic beat SW.But since SW has/will have many re-re-releases, it may change in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 But Star Wars is still the #1 best-selling fully instrumental album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,284 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Oh great then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendal_Ozzel 32 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Titanic is also one of soundtracks I most frequently see on the clearence CD rack in stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Yeah, they sold 25 million CD's but someone figured they might sell 25 million more along the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 One big reason that the Titanic album sold so well was the fact that the song My Heart Will Go On was on the CD. Celine Dion really helped to sell the soundtrack.-Incanus who has never cared much for the Titanic score or the film- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 It's a very good score for a very good film.And Horner deserved his Oscar that year, without any doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 243 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Wow. I never pegged Steef as a fan of"Titanic."I thought he would have hated it as much as Joe hates "AI." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,082 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I'm afraid that's where our opinions could hardly differ more. I'll admit the film was actually quite good, and had a profound effect on me back then (I was around 13 at the time, and I'll also admit I got Dion's song on tape - yes, cassette), but Horner's score I just can't stand. Way too many synths and I'm surprised they didn't break the anvil from so many uses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpeteer 243 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Way too many synths and I'm surprised they didn't break the anvil from so many uses Probably the same way the LSO managed to not break the necks of the violins and cellos from all the banging in "Aliens." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Wow. I never pegged Steef as a fan of"Titanic."I thought he would have hated it as much as Joe hates "AI." Then you have not been paying attention for all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,248 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Speaking of Joe... Where is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 The thing I dislike the most about the Titanic score is that he has a real choir, but he uses a synthesised choir as well! WTF?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 One of the most unattractive things on Titanic soundtrack is the synthezised choir. I just hate it. And the love theme in the form of the Dion song received so much playing in the radio and just about everywhere that it made it disgusting and unbearable. The cues that have it I usually skip if I listen to the CD at all. It has been about two years since I tried to listen to the score but gave up after track 5(I was nausiated by the music). -Incanus who is still quite unsure how in hell did he come in posession of the Titanic and Back to Titanic double CD set?- :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I disagree the synth is simple but very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 But why use it AND a real choir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Real choir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmanand 0 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Real soloists at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I don't think he had a real choir. Just a soloist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I disagree the synth is simple but very effective.Matter of taste. I do not even know where my hatred for synths originates but I can't stand them in large quantaties or overtly used. Or even in smaller quantaties now that I think about it. This leads to the fact that I hate almost all the music Vangelis has done for the movies. -Incanus who would never have given the Oscar to Chariots of Fire in 1981 and is very angry for the Academy for not choosing Raiders instead- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I don't think he had a real choir. Just a soloist.Not just a solists.Sissel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Sissel was the soloist? I had no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,284 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Really, where is joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 :roll: She's listed in the CD credits.Stefancos- who saw Sissel live in Antwerpen and was mesmerized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I never have properly read the credits. I do not like the score remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I believe the synth choir was used because it was cheaper and faster.Joe is having computer issues. He is fine and will be back as soon as possible.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Not's not what I heard.Joe died while trying to fix his roof.His pet dog ate most of the corpse.His family would prefer donations to charity over flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,284 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I dont like jokes about alive people's deaths.Bad luck!Give joe regards from me Neil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 It's a very good score for a very good film.And Horner deserved his Oscar that year, without any doubt.Over Jerry's L.A. Confidential? How could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I dont like jokes about alive people's deaths.Bad luck!Give joe regards from me Neil!Bad luck or was it bad taste on the dog's part? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Over Jerry's L.A. Confidential? Â How could you? Â Jerry was nominated?I take it back, i hope that talentless hack Horner chokes on his Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 He won 2 that year, Steef. He could choke on one Oscar but he'd be rescued via anal surgery with the other one. Damn those Beverly Hills paramedics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Anal surgery?Is that what they are calling it nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 In Horner's case it was Raise the Titanic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Or was it A NIGHT TO REMEMBER? Both work wonderfully, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Oh come on, Steef. You're not the first person to get a thrill out of my sordid comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 That's no way for a Knight of the Bristish Crown to behave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 And I say NIto you. Good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orson 1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Going backwards, is it safe to assume that Gone with the Wind was the highest selling soundtrack before Star Wars or Titanic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Was the OST even for sale back in the late 30's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 1,931 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 It won over Amistad. How is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Figure it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 1,931 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Rethorical question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orson 1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Was the OST even for sale back in the late 30's?Probably not, but I assume it would have been out at some point by the early 60's. I'll have to do some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I'm afraid the honour went to THE SOUND OF MUSIC before Jaws, Star Wars or even Gone with the Wind came along."A doe...a deer and female deer. Ray..a drop of golden sun"......D'oh!Hitch, who had the chance to direct THE SOUND OF MUCUS but decided to do TORN CURTAIN using the same material used by Julie Andrews to make clothing for the children. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 53 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I wonder....Was Horner paid well for Titanic... because I know that the film--prior to the release, had many financial problems because no one wanted to put any money in to.My guess would be Horner wasn't paid all that well and it would be cheaper to go synth than full real... I dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I don't know what Horner was paid to score Titanic, but he made a killing off of the CD sales.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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