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Ah, yes, I get ya now. Indeed Octopussy is a rather embarrassing title. Would feel very odd in a beautiful song like All time high, or any song for that matter.

Peter

Am I the only one who doesn't know what the hell you're talking about?

Good to see you D

I hate that score. It feels like it's going nowhere and I can't detect any discernable melodies. Every time I try it I find myself bored within 5 minutes and I'll have to put something else on.

Peter

If you're talking All time high I think Coolidge's voice fits it perfectly.

Peter

David Arnold's singing

NP: Le Mepris (ie Contempt) (Delerue)

This man's music for his later career is mostly what we here now, thanks to Varese Sarabande. But it was this early stuff where he connected to some of the greatest films ever made, and gave them some of the best music ever written for film.

NP: A League of Their Own - Hans Zimmer

An entertaining orchestral/big band jazz score.

Back in the 90s, I thought that Zimmer was capable of everything. Diverse range of scores was one of his major draw. Now, his range is a slight bit limited.

Speaking of the 90s...

NP: Days of Thunder - Hans Zimmer

OMG. I love every note of this score. That main title cue gets me everytime. Great thematic material. The rock and roll racing cues were great. The love theme is extremely nice. I just love it. There's a cue that's never been released, the Final Race cue, done by Mark Mancina, and I would kill to listen to it on a legit complete release album.

I've finally gotten a great sounding version about 8-9 years ago. One of the great aspect of this score, for me, is the fact that there are very little lags in the album. And some of these cues works very well as standalone instrumentals. That archetypical 90s pop rock love theme. That First Victory cue is superb in how it's building up to that climactic win.

I have this movie as well, one of my fave, and the score was very truncated in the movie. Most of the racing stuff in the beginning were all songs. So I think the bootleg had most of the music (with the exception of the Final Race cue, of course) that was every written for the movie. I would love a version of the album where the music was edited/compiled into suites. For example, like "Racing" where you get 5-8 minutes of those rock&roll racing cues, "1st Victory" which will have the full track for the Darlington win. "Rubbin' is Racing" would comprise of all the racing suspense stuff. "Love Theme" version 1 and 2 and 3 etc. Have "Building the Car" (yes, that track) , a track for all of the introspective material. and ultimately, the Final Race cue. And you can get a great 40 minutes album there.

we had an interview with mark mancina last week for our soundtrack board and he said, he worked only on one song in Days Of Thunder, not on the score. i think that's correct because trevor rabin said in an interview, he recommended mark mancina to trevor horn, who was working with hans zimmer at this time on The Last Note Of Freedom. i think trevor horn was looking for a keyborder on this song.

Good to know. I've been carrying the same information for 13 years now. Good to know that it's WRONG. Still, I want my Final Race cue.

Composed by Hans Zimmer?

Without wishing to be too impolite, in fact the performance here makes me forget any feelings of regret about never going to any of these festivals. It sounds worse than a 1994 Silva Screen compilation. Is this really a professional orchestra?

NP: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME (Ennio Morricone)

The rejected score, which is incredible considering how beautiful it is. But I can see how it can be considered too cerebral for the rather lacklustre and saccharine film.