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Yup, same set. Dana Wilcox, if memory serves.

The Spiderwick Chronicles - James Horner

For all of the negative comments you could make about this score, it's well orchestrated and makes the significant events known to the listener. While mostly theme-less (in a dominating way), the eventual main theme is a treat to hear (the one opening in Closing Credits).

Only 5 tracks in but I think that Priest may be my favourite 2011 score so far! I'm thinking Young back at his best.

And I'm hearing some innovative stuff in tracks such as "Sacrosanct Delerium" - sounds (in terms of use of instruments together, rhythms, etc) I've not really heard before.

I really need to do some work but I may have to listen to this all first.

It never hits the climactic sound of 'beat my heart skipped', but most of the rest of 'beat' appears in some form or another here.
Play 'city of glass' (or indeed 'childhood' or 'good vs evil'), then play the first three minutes of 'the beat my heart skipped suite'. If you don't hear the connections, I'd be amazed.

Truth to be told, i haven't listened to it that closely yet, thanks for the heads up, i'll listen to those more carefully.

NP: La Ligne Droite - Patrick Doyle
I can't decide whether this or The Great Miracle is my favorite 2011 score. Doyle achieves here the flowing energy of James Newton Howard at his finest, while maintaining his own refined, uplifting voice.

Poltergeist II - Jerry Goldsmith

A very interesting score, so completely different from the first one. It is probably Goldsmith's most spiritual score, so much beauty in those moments, then there's the Omen-style chanting occasionally and the big theme. So well-done, all of it. Having said that - haters of Goldsmith's synths need not bother with it.

ALIENS - JAMES HORNER

Going through the extra supplements of the blu-ray set and hearing the music in the background made me want to listen to the real deal. Though there were other scores that had a hand in my love for film scores, I don't know where I would be if something like Aliens hadn't been written... I love everything, from the soft bits to the loud bits. This is the kind of Horner music I will forever worship until the day I die.

See, there are some things where we agree 100%

The best cue is unquestionably "Kung Fu Heaven". Even if it's very short, it's a glimpse into the religious sound I love so much.

The Tree of Life - Alex D

My first listen. 20 minutes in, very impressed (though a little cautious about what may be to come, based on f_c's comments). I wonder if this is the type of music Malick has been seeking all along. It will be very interesting to see what relation the music on the album bears to the music in the film.

Anyway, as Graham Taylor would say, do I not like this?

NP: Medal of Honor - Ramin Djawadi

Been listening to the box set, and I decided to skip around and got to this album. I don't mind Ramin doing an extension of the Black Hawk Down sound. In the scope of the game being so cinematic, it's the most logical way progression, and IMHO, the best iteration of all the modern war scores that came after BHD. It's actually somewhat thematic, incorporating the main melody at certain point of the score. It's worth a few re-listen for me. I'd give it a 3 stars rating, if that matters.

Meh, your expectations are too unrealistic sometime. However, chances are low that I'd re-listen to everything in the box set again. There are simply so much music in the library to sift through. Soundtrack Hoarders UNITE!!!!

Are you wondering whether there will be a demand for a full release of a traditional style orchestral score if it was written for a franchise that had started with the Ramin/BHD sound? Yes. IMO, in the soundtrack community, when something is successful, there will be fans, and they will want a full release.