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Troy is definitely not a score you want to make a drinking game out of when it comes to the danger motif.

What I like the most about Enemy is that it's essentially a love letter to all the greats of Russian classical music -- especially Shostakovich and Prokofiev. One of the last cues is basically a rendition of one of the main themes from Shostakovich's 11th Symphony.

By the way, I don't remember the danger motif being used in Sneakers.

I just listened to it. It's a bit different-sounding from the other times I've heard it.

Batman Arkham Knight David Buckley & Nick Arundel

Surprisingly good for what it is. Enjoying this one quite a lot.

San Andreas Andrew Lockington

I suppose this technically counts as a guilty pleasure, but this is also one of my favourites from 2015. I'm a little biased as it's my own 46 minute edit (which basically means I might as well have composed the score myself).

Ride of the Firemares Krull James Horner

In celebration.

I'd forgotten all about the Facebook event, but I'm playing pretty much Horner all day anyway. Right now, it's THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES.

NP: DUNE (1984) - Toto
The PEG album of 1997.

At long last I was able to lay my hands on this album for a reasonable prize . One of my all time favourite scores. While the original 1984 Polydor album might well remain my preferred listening experience, I am glad to finally have this item in my collection.

Volker

Sneakers - James Horner

Haven't listened to this wonderful piece of scoring nearly enough over the years. The two main themes are superb but most memorable of all, of course, are the crashing piano runs where its used almost like a percussion instrument. Spine-tingling.

Besides the first track, which is basically an overture, the final two tracks are impressive.

THE FORGOTTEN - Horner

This is dreary stuff. I've been catching up on Horner scores I've never heard. I realized that I pretty much hadn't heard anything he composed in 2003-2004 other than THE MISSING (which I enjoy very much). So in the last couple days I've listened to TROY, BOBBY JONES, BEYOND BORDERS, THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG and now this one. The only one I'm missing, I think, is RADIO. Outside of a couple of highlights, most of these scores have left me with a feeling that Horner was a little uninspired during those couple years. Or maybe he was just trying something different. There's a lot more synth in this scores than I've ever noticed from a Horner score, and perhaps that's part of my problem. I prefer his fully orchestral, big romantic scores. These aren't really that, other than TROY, which after one listen seemed mostly just noisy to me. BOBBY JONES was nice, though it was pretty samey by the end (and very closely mirrored BRAVEHEART in melody and orchestration).

Of those, I really care for BEYOND BORDERS and THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG. TROY, not so much. Seems very "autopilot", which is understandable given the short time he had to compose.

NP: THE LAND BEFORE TIME (James Horner)

This is fantastic, but it's hampered -- as are so many Horner albums -- by weird sound quality where the lows are really low, and then the highs blast the speakers. A bit like those old RSNO/Varese recordings.