Anyone into film/TV scores?

charben · Post by **charben** » 2004-01-14 06:09pm

I love movie music, and collecting it is right up there with book collecting. It absorbs an astonishing amount of my income. Anyone else out there collect?

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2004-01-14 06:23pm

Yeah, i'm always listening to film scores, though i havent been as up-to-date as i used to be.

Fav scores:

Conan the Barbarian
Star Wars
Gladiator
Braveheart
Interview with the Vampire
Alien 3

Recently Matrix Revolutions has been spinning in my player quite a bit; say what you will about the movie, but Don Davis created a masterpiece of a score (even if it quite bombastic in places--so is the film i guess).

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-14 06:40pm

the soundtrack to the 80s Excalibur movie (where everything had a green tinge) was pretty sweet.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2004-01-14 06:56pm

Considering that movie scores comprise 75% of my mp3 collection.....what do you think?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-14 07:01pm

Yes, it's just about the only music I listen to now since I have no inkling to spend money on 99% of the music today other than film or TV scores.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-14 07:21pm

Contemprary pop music collection: 200 CD's.

Soundtrack/Film Scores: 450 CD's.

Over 40 Gig of score Mp3's.

I write to soundtrack music when I can.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2004-01-14 07:24pm

I'm currently looking for the theme from 'The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne', anybody know where I can find it.

and back on topic, I love listening to TV and movie themes.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-14 07:29pm

It's a great feeling when you finally track down a soundtrack you've been looking for for a LONG time.

Some of the ones I managed to track down over the years:

The Last Unicorn, Excalibur

Some of the ones I'm always keeping an eye out for:

The Dark Crystal, Space: Above and Beyond, Angel Heart.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-01-14 08:41pm

HELL YES. It's probably my favorite genre of music in terms of quantity that I like.

charben · Post by **charben** » 2004-01-14 11:24pm

Stravo, you can find the Dark Crystal soundtrack at the Intrada website I think. I got it when it first came out as an official CD. It's a 2-disk set with the original score on disk one, and the extra unreleased stuff on disk 2. If you can't find it on Intrada, go to film score monthly's website and search it there. Also try moviemusic.com. Hope that helps.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-14 11:31pm

charben wrote:Stravo, you can find the Dark Crystal soundtrack at the Intrada website I think. I got it when it first came out as an official CD. It's a 2-disk set with the original score on disk one, and the extra unreleased stuff on disk 2. If you can't find it on Intrada, go to film score monthly's website and search it there. Also try moviemusic.com. Hope that helps.

Charben THANK YOU, I've been wanting to own that for the longest time.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-01-15 12:30am

Stravo wrote:Some of the ones I managed to track down over the years:

The Last Unicorn

I LOVE 'The Last Unicorn!'

Where'd you find it?

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-15 12:36am

Zaia wrote:
Stravo wrote:Some of the ones I managed to track down over the years:

The Last Unicorn
I LOVE 'The Last Unicorn!'

Where'd you find it?

Ebay. Some guy was selling the German version. Even has the title card in German "Das Liezen Einhorn" Damn it brought back some good memories seeing it as a kid and loving that line of Prince Eric.

"Damn you wizard! If magic and spells can't save her then what good is a wizard."

"No, that's what heroes are for."

"Yes, you're right, that's EXACTLY what heroes are for." ALWAYS sends a chill down my spine.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-01-15 12:39am

I wish there was a boxset of the Alien movie soundtracks...

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-15 12:42am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I wish there was a boxset of the Alien movie soundtracks...

The Aliens SE soundtrack was GREAT! It added some music we never heard in the movie that was great but still wish the track playing when they armor up and pile into the APC was on it. One of my favorite cues in all the Alien movies, very militaristic with the drumbeats.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-01-15 12:44am

I do collect movie soundtracks but in mp3 format not original discs.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-15 12:47am

while the anime itself was slightly cheesy, Iczelion had an excellent music score imo. it's a rare find and little known but the soundtrack is simply awesome. unfortunately the soundtrack itself is nigh imopssible to find. i have yet to see a CD available anywhere, and even on peer to peer networks mp3s are difficult to come across. (it took me months to find what little i have)

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-01-15 12:56am

"The Princess Bride" soundtrack has one of the most heart-wrenchingly beautiful pieces of music ever written, called "I Will Never Love Again." Only about 3 seconds of it is played in the movie, which is a tragedy. It's so gorgeous...

Mark Knopfler is amazing.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2004-01-15 01:03am

Conan the Barbarian is a great soundtrack.

The classical score for The Lion King is also great. Hanz Zimmer is a good composer. Too bad it doesnt have the piece when Simba and Scar fight.

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2004-01-15 01:12am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I wish there was a boxset of the Alien movie soundtracks...

There is a disk that was released a while back called Alien Trilogy which was a collection of all of the highlights from tghe first three films--good disk to have if you want a 'best of'.

The Aliens SE is great to have, especially the unused bonus tracks (one of which was used in the ending of Die Hard, originally as part as the temp track, but found its way into the final film--the scene where Carl from Family Matters wigs out and kills the final baddie; the music change is actually jarring because Horners sound is so distinct). I find it to actually be one of Horners weaker scores--the music is great in the film though. On its own, its just a repetition of tracks from Star Trek II--Horner has a funny habit of making every single score of his sound exactly the same. The exceptions are perhaps Braveheart and Cocoon. Speaking of Cocoon, this is a wonderful and unusual Horner score--delightful little mandolins and acoustic guitars and some very moving tracks. Very underrated and melancholy score.

I think that Elliot Goldenthals score for Alien 3 is by far, not only the best of the bunch, but also one of the best scores of all time. Terrific, terrific stuff. I love all of Goldenthals work but he tends to repeat himself as well, though not nearly as much as Horner. Sphere and Frida are great underrated scores of his, and Interview with the Vampire is a fantastic, sad score, very classical in its sound (i guess reflecting the period-setting of the film).

I would just like to add to my list of all-time favs, perhaps the most bizarre, original and lovable scores i've ever heard, the score to the magnificantly underrated horror film Ravenous. You simply HAVE to hear this, its a great blend of post-modern and folk.

Plunkette and Maclean has a great, mostly-unheard score as well (an equally amusing and unheard-of film as well), though one track has been used in a lot of movie trailers.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2004-01-15 01:24am

Zombie, I own Ravenous and it is WONDERFUL. It just doesn't sound like any film soundtrack I've ever heard, a weird blend of western and modern type beats and that ending track is so fucking haunting. When I saw the movie (which I also recommend) and that final track played I left my house and went right to buy it at my nearest music store.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-15 03:43am

charben wrote:Stravo, you can find the Dark Crystal soundtrack at the Intrada website I think. I got it when it first came out as an official CD. It's a 2-disk set with the original score on disk one, and the extra unreleased stuff on disk 2. If you can't find it on Intrada, go to film score monthly's website and search it there. Also try moviemusic.com. Hope that helps.

Heh, some mates came around last night and whilst we watched a Tales From The Crypt late night movie, someone mentioned Dark Star and the scary monsters and my one of my flatmates had it on VHS along with Labyrinth. No Excalibur, sadly, but I need to see those films again.

charben · Post by **charben** » 2004-01-15 11:05am

Stravo,

You're most welcome. I know what it's like to search for a particular CD for years and not find it. When I found a CD of Star Trek III at a convention I just about shouted out loud with joy. I'd been looking for years for it. Thanks GNP Crescendo. Now if only they'd put out an expanded version of ST 2 & 3...

Oh well. I can dream.
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Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-01-15 11:31am

In the 80's the only way I could find the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack was on casette tape. I was so glad when it finally made it to CD.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-15 11:34am

Gladiator is one damned good score. Had a lot of fun playing that one.

On another note, no pun intended, I love movie scores, but can't think of any others that aren't already named..

~ver