Recent Purchases: Scores - Part I

I found these from second hand stores in Helsinki last weekend:

Dogma - Howard Shore
Gothika - John Ottman
Iris - James Horner
Jaws: Collector's edition - John Williams
The Fugitive - James Newton Howard
The Legend Of 1900 - Ennio Morricone

I haven't listened to them all yet, but I have listened Dogma, and I really liked it. I like it because it isn't too serious and I especially love the choral stuff. My favourite tracks are John Doe Jersey, Behold The Metatron and The Golgothan. The next one I'm going to listen is The Fugitive by James Newton Howard, Iris and Jaws are still waiting for a spin.

Gothika is a snoozer.

Instead of ordering Goldsmith's Baby from Intrada (like virtually 90% of film score collectors did), I ordered This Girl for Hire -- and my first Broughton score to boot.

Musique & Cinema Du Monde - Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)

Music & Cinema Du Monde is a series the French label Mk2, which focuses on world cinema music. 11 different compliations disc were produced. Some volumes included a combination of world music with score, while some focus more on either score or world music.
The Maghreb release is less interesting than I had imagined. I was initially attracted by the cue by Anouar Brahem, Khaled and Tony Gatflif. But not all the music on the cd is as interesting as their music. Still I've learned some new names.

Mk2's website:
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/mk2/tour_du_monde.php?txt=1

MMmmkaaayyyy...

Close, very close...

I can explain two of these purchases;

I've often seen Die Apothekerin in Berlin, but the price was just too high (5 euro). A discount of 4 euros was worth the wait. I adore Sally Potter's film Yes, for which she also wrote some music.

Arrived today:

Diên Biên Phú - Georges Delerue
Baby... Secret Of The Lost Legend - Jerry Goldsmith

Looking forward to hearing both of these later.

I hope so as it cost me a pretty penny!! Bit I loved the clip from a previous clip game and have been looking for the opportunity to buy it since then. Now, where's The Last Metro?

Yeah i have it as well and could send it but i guess Alan wanted the original

Thanks for the offers. I know that there is a way to get anything for free nowadays.

Call me one of the "old school", but it's nice to have the actual CD in the hand. There's minimal liner notes, etc and the central teeth of the case were broken...but it's nice to have!!

There's a lot of mediocre stuff that's around at the moment that's not worth the cost of the CD and shipping - which means that when these special titles come along then there's the opportunity to purchase.

But if anyone has The Last Metro they could let me have then...

Not at all! I wish that I was able to do this when I was a student. I just had to watch the movie to get an idea of how the score was.

I try to buy as many CDs as I can that I have as CD-Rs. I try to support the industry as much as I can.

Still waiting for Intrada to e-mail me confirmation of my order for This Girl for Hire. Usually, they're very good about shipping my order the next business day, but I still haven't got an e-mail yet.

Guess that surplus of Baby orders took a lot out of them...

I want the actual CD's too Alan and i wouldn't call you old-fashioned, at all. But damn i am on a student budget yet and the extra money i make all goes to video equipment currently so very little's left for my favorite music....damn and i am bored of all those !