ALAN SILVESTRI

I think it was just a matter of time before this fan favourite was released, given the current climate in soundtrack releases. So it's certainly one of those champagne-popping moments in our little clique.

I've always loved the score, too, but probably not as much as everyone else. It was a little too bombastic for me, a little too much of Silvestri's go-stop action music. However, the 11 minutes on the MCA disc are obviously not enough, so my ideal disc would have been maybe 35-40 minutes or so, carefully arranged for listening (as opposed to that atrocious bootleg). I'd pick up a $19.95 ltd. ed. in that format in a heartbeat. Or I could pay the dough for a 2CD set if the SONGS were available on the second disc as well, rather than alternates or unused stuff (which I have no use for). They are IMO just as an integral part of the soundtrack as the orchestral score. As it currently is, though, and given the nature of the score, I'm afraid I'll have to pass. But the good news is: that means one more "holy grail" to someone else!!

Indeed. I posted almost the same exact post as the one above over at FSM, and I'm currently bracing myself for whatever shit they're going to throw my way for not partaking in the almost orgie-like salutations.

Not in Greece?
I'm disappointed?

You have to remember that most people don't buy these things to listen to. On Intrada's messageboard in the build-up to last night's announcement someone said he'd received their recent Jerry Fielding releases and was pleased that he had been able to put them on his shelf with his other Fielding CDs. Listening to them is not a concern.

I don't mind this being 2 CDs, really. The first disc is all I'll ever listen to. Of course I would rather the second disc wasn't there (they could make it available for download for $7 or something and then sell the score only for $20) but it's been a few years since the speciality labels have shown any interest in actually producing listenable albums. At least this way we appear to have that on disc one.

That would probably be what I want too - but as we know, they don't make albums for people like us any more.

BTTF release?




I just hope it won't be sold out until when I can buy... "more than 3000"? I haven't bought any limited releases yet so I don't know this quantity is large or little!

I'm just as excited as Erik is on this one. But I'm not entirely sure I would recommend this one so highly to non-fans of the film? As I've said before, I think the main reason I love this score so much is because I love the film (in fact, it's my favourite film). The score is fantastic, don't get me wrong, but the experience is far more rich to those who enjoy the film too - especially for me as there's a lot of childhood nostalgia associated with it. So $30 may be a little too steep for those who have no emotional connection with the film? (Seriously though, $30 -for me- is a STEAL!)

Excellent! And: finally! I'm especially intrigued by the second disc, can't wait to hear it.

Thank god it wasn't.

Darker?

Veru true. Good advice Steven.

Yes. That's what reportedly means.

What are the other 2?

You should be able to use Paypal or your Indian credit card for this. ScreenArchives is a good place to order from.

In future it might be a good idea to try to contact other score fans around your city and if there are enough numbers you might convince the local music retailers like PlanetM or MusicWorld to order them for you.

Is it available right now then? I can't see anything on a release date.