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  1. NP: Dragonslayer - Alex North

    I thought that yesterday's Rosenman trio were "challenging". I rarely listen to this one so wanted to re-acquaint myself with it.
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  2. NP: The Night Digger - Bernard Herrmann

    Probably my most enjoyable score featuring harmonica. The most recent release (not the Label X one) has the harmonica dialled down slightly in the mix, but I may actually prefer it more prominent.
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  3. NP: La Revolution Francaise (1989) - Georges Delerue

    My playlist that I edited from the Music Box release. It's based on the old Polydor release, augmented with five additional cues. Such a beautiful score!

    Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
  4. NP: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Alex North

    Interesting to see how this would fit into the film.
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  5. NP: The Andromeda Strain - Gil Mellé

    Perhaps listening to this on headphones at this time of night wasn't the best idea. Some of the choices in instrumentation and ideas work really well. Not a score to be played on a first date perhaps.
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  6. NP: Videodrome - Howard Shore

    You know sometimes when your listening experience goes down a particular path? I'm having one of these evenings. Can't remember the last time I listened to this one from start to finish.
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  7. NP: eXistenZ - Howard Shore

    A firm favourite of mine. Love how the composer lures the listener into his musical world.
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  8. Alan, you listen to a lot of scores that I've never heard. You seem to have chosen the path less traveled. smile

    Tonight I'm listening to ALL THE KING'S MEN by James Horner. It's been a while since I've played this whole album. I think it was kind of dismissed by many when it came out. It was by me anyway. I didn't even give it a chance for a few years, and even then, I didn't appreciate it like I am tonight. There is a solid, if gloomy, main theme there that to my ears bears no resemblance to previous themes. And there is some excellent music besides that. "Give Me the Hammer and I'll Write the Longest Track Title Ever" is a fantastic piece. It's got a great build up and tons of movement. It's too bad it climaxes into a theme from Braveheart, but up until that moment it's a fantastic piece. There are several really gorgeous softer pieces, too. "Anne's Memories" and "Jack's Childhood" are both really lovely. And "The Judge's Suicide" is outstanding.
    • CommentAuthorJosh B
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    Hellboy II - Danny Elfman

    Elfman doesn't really do a lot for me generally but I've always had a soft spot for this score. The action writing is very good (not as schizophrenic for this composer) and I love the more tender moments that pop up here and there. And the Finale cue is terrific.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    NP: THE WAVE (Magnus Beite)

    Norwegian disaster film from this year. It's a fine score; I don't see how this is any inferior to other contemporary Hollywood blockbusters in sound -- quite the contrary. From the rhythmic, Thomas Newman-like riffs to the bigger, melodic material.
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  11. NP: Pocahontas (1995) - Alan Menken
    The Legacy Collection

    I'm not much into musicals and thus the great animated Disney musicals of the 1990s mostly left me cold. This is the first Menken score in my collection. The release of the Legacy edition was occasion enough to get this score as this is the sujet that interests me most.
    Well, this isn't going to turn me into a musical addict but what I hear is melodic, rousing, easy on the ears. The quality is undeniable. The first track "The Virginia Company" very nicely reminded me of Alfred Newman and Ken Darby.

    smile Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    I'm a HUGE Menken fan, and if you haven't checked out his stuff properly yet, you're in for a treat!
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  13. I would hope that these Legacy Collection editions would offer a greater proportion of instrumental music over the songs. The majority of the songs from this era of Disney are fine when you're watching the films with your kids, but they don't last long on a playlist of mine when I am listening to the old albums separated from the films.
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  14. Well, after all Pocahontas is supposed to be a musical so songs are a given. I thought songs and score were well balanced on the Legacy presentation.
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015 edited
    I think the songs are fantastic, just as much the score. Wouldn't be without one or the other. There certainly wouldn't be many karaoke gigs from yours truly without them (much to the pleasure of some!).
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    Thor wrote
    I think the songs are fantastic, just as much the score. Wouldn't be without one or the other. There certainly wouldn't be many karaoke gigs from yours truly without them (much to the pleasure of some!).

    Oh yes! There should be another karaoke edition this year!
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    Mary of Nazareth - Guy Farley

    This is very beautiful - latter-day John Barry meets the most melodic religious scores by Ennio Morricone - but it goes on a bit.
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  18. NP: The Essential Michael Nyman Band

    Back during the Peter-Greenaway-Mania those tunes were everywhere. In some ways minimalist music like this reminds me of electronic music.

    Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    Captain Future wrote
    NP: The Essential Michael Nyman Band

    Back during the Peter-Greenaway-Mania those tunes were everywhere. In some ways minimalist music like this reminds me of electronic music.

    Volker


    The link is not far-fetched. There are plenty of similarities between old school minimalism and EDM.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeSep 2nd 2015
    All the King's Men - James Horner

    I haven't seen this film but it's hard to imagine this music coming from it. Makes a very nice album though.
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  21. NP: The China Syndrome - Michael Small

    Because I liked the film so much I was disappointed with Small's score when it came out: it just didn't seem as memorable as I remembered it. Then I discovered that the majority of the score was dropped from the final cut. Perhaps the lack of music added a real life/documentary feel to the movie.

    This must only be the second or third time this album has had an airing.
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  22. christopher wrote
    Alan, you listen to a lot of scores that I've never heard. You seem to have chosen the path less traveled. smile

    Just trying to re-acquaint myself with some scores I don't play too often.

    NP: The Skull - Elisabeth Lutyens

    Part of an album featuring re-recorded music from 4 British film scores. Not sure I've seen this 1965 Peter Cushing film but the score is quite eerie.
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  23. NP: This Island Earth - Hans J Salter / Henry Mancini / Herman Stein

    The sound is a bit ropey in places on this original soundtrack version but the electronics are just how I remember them from when I've seen the film on TV. Such a good score for an excellent film.
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeSep 3rd 2015
    Searching for Bobby Fischer - James Horner

    I know everyone else goes on about Pixar's animated remake of this, Finding Nemo (some slight details were changed I think) but for me this is the real deal.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeSep 3rd 2015
    Don't let the door slam you on your way out...
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      CommentAuthorSouthall
    • CommentTimeSep 4th 2015
  27. NP: The Thing From Another World - Dimitri Tiomkin

    Such a menacing score despite the music suffering a bit from the "archival sound".
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  28. NP: Them! - Bronislau Kaper

    Some of these fifties sci-fi scores are so short that I am able to rattle through them.

    Another menacing score with added eeriness. Remember well watching this film on late-night TV. Monstrous Movie Music did a great job on the re-recording.
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  29. NP: The Haunted Palace - Ronald Stein

    Features one of my favourite theme for a film.

    https://youtu.be/t2tZ1MdnzxY

    The video contains the original title sequence where the theme gets a vigorous outing at about 1:14. Arachnophobes may want to avoid the video due to the presence of a spider!
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  30. ONCE UPON A FOREST - James Horner.

    Just finished my first listen. The themes are great. The songs are awful. A lot of the stuff in between didn't grab me after one listen. Nice to be able to finally hear it, though.

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