• Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonies No. 1 & 7 plus Lieutenant Kijé (London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn)
  
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 & Te Deum (Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache)

Conan the Barbarian (Poledouris)
You Only Live Twice (Barry)...this replaces my lost tape.
Gae NP Scrabble

Contact Complete Score, Silvestri
Free Willy 2, Poledouris (Cheap, so I figured what the heck)

Quite a bargain really.

NP - Nothing

Extreme Assault - Chris Hülsbeck
Lexx: The Series - Marty Simon (An copy that works, that is)
Woman On Top - Luis Bacalov

NP: Lexx: The Series (Track 4 - All He Wants is Sex) Not that bad!

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

and the following thanks to the lovely Columbia House CD Club deal (they were all but free!) --

REPRISE (Vangelis)
UNFORGETTABLE (cond John Williams)
MEGA MOVIES (cond. Erich Kunzel)
BEAUTIFUL HOLLYWOOD (cond. Erich Kunzel)
STAR TREK 25TH ANNIVERSARY (OST, GNP Crescendo)
THE FIVE SACRED TREES (John Williams, Toru Takemitsu, Alan Hovhaness, Tobias Picker, cond. John Williams)

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Originally posted by sabbey:
Extreme Assault - Chris Hülsbeck

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I dig Hülsbeck's music for all those old C64 games. I once had a demo of the PC version of Rogue Squadron, and he did a great job writing a Star Wars score in the good old Williams tradition, not using too much or too little of William's material.

-Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet: Ballet Suite No. 2/Symphony No. 5 in B Major

and

-Wagner
Orchestral Scenes (which has 5 of his works on it)

Both were only $1.98 each! Despite the fact Im broke and need to save for Uni fees, new glasses(for my face, not the drinking kind) and the score for Hannibal, I decided to splurge anyway.

*GASP*

Buuuuuuuut, I think I'll have a look for "Rhennish" anyway because like I say, I'm trying to widen my scope. Generally, I like Horner's style, so if it's similar to his work, or vice versa rather, then I'll probably like it.
Thanks!

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Originally posted by Richard:
Buuuuuuuut, I think I'll have a look for "Rhennish" anyway because like I say, I'm trying to widen my scope.

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Then, I must also suggest checking out Anton Bruckner, for example his 4th symphony as a start. (I bet you saw that coming )

Much thanks to "you know who you are".

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Originally posted by Marian Schedenig:
I dig Hülsbeck's music for all those old C64 games. I once had a demo of the PC version of Rogue Squadron, and he did a great job writing a Star Wars score in the good old Williams tradition, not using too much or too little of William's material.

A couple of months ago, I stumbled on his website, and I wasn't surprised that his list of favourite composers includes mainly film score composers.

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I have only heard his work from Extreme Assault, though liked it well enough to buy the disc from his CD label web site, synSONIQ Records!

The fact is, it was rather cheap even with it being in German DEM and shipped like 12 hours after ordering it, taking less than a week to arrive. Just sorry I took so long to do so, I was an little hesitant to order from an store overseas! However all that said, being an fan of video game music, they shall be seeing tons of my money in the future!

(If you DON'T use Windows, I'm sure SIDPlay is also available for other platforms)

Hülsbeck also wrote a great composition program on the C64 with which I also played a bit.

For the most part, my VG music listening has been focused on an few limited sites, that have the music already done, and in MP3 format ready to be downloaded. I am always looking for more however. There's also the CD' I pick up occasionally as well!

Battle of the Planets - Hoyt Curtin and Bob Sakuma
Scary Movie - David Kitay

Why wasn't this nominated for an Oscar????????

Another 2 disc version of Air Force One with great sound.

Tard Festival 2000 A collection of great film music from movies I hated.

Ride With the Devil ****/*****
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon **/*****

As for getting stuff every day... Huh? I do not. Really. (See! Six day gap there between Contact Complete/Free Willy 2 and X-Men.)
But seriously, I trade a lot, so those rare thigns I get don't cost too much. Not everything I buy is a full priced CD, either. Free Willy 2 was $3 (and as a Poledouris fan, well...)
I'm trying to cut back on purchases, too. (I haven't bought a full price CD in some time... but the next time I DO, I'm getting it from MovieMusic!)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon *****
The Family Man ****
Galapagos ****
The Claim *****
Free Willy 2 ***
Serial Mom ***
Contact *****
Island Of The Sharks ****
Home Alone ****
Space Camp ***
London Sessions 2 *****
Cliffhanger **½
Entrapment *

A healthy bit of variety there. Of course, I try not to get stuff that I would rate under ***, so that stuff would naturally be in minority in my collection.

The Haunting - Jerry Goldsmith
Basic Instinct - Jerry Goldsmith
Stargate - David Arnold
Dangerous Beauty - George Fenton (My first Fenton score!!)
Snow Falling on Cedars - James Newton Howard

now I don't have any more money

More Music From Gladiator - Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
The Mexican - Alan Silvestri

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Originally posted by John Dunham:

X-Men complete is FAR superior. It takes what was a **½ score and makes it ****, IMO. The theme is there, all the good missing tracks are there... The album has one good hting though: a couple of the cues on it seem to be alternates. (Cerebro, for instance.) I'm going to mix the alternate album tracks with the complete tracks and make a nice complete set.

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What is the source for this complete version, the DVD? Otherwise, it sounds great! Where can one acquire an copy?

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

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Originally posted by sabbey:
What is the source for this complete version, the DVD? Otherwise, it sounds great! Where can one acquire an copy?

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Not the DVD, cause I have that and there's no iso, plus this was on the trading market before the DVD came out. I don't know where it came from, I guess.
I don't know if there are any pressed CDs; this doesn't seem to be an "official" boot (funny term) but something collectors trade. I believe I recall hearing that it was on Napster at some point.
Anyway, if you want an original, I don't know where you can get it. If you want CDRs, well, hey, I can provide you with those.

However, for the most part, the Decca album is fine to me. This complete version just has me intrigued is all!

Regards,
Sean Robert Abbey

Black Sunday, Williams (Thanks, Mark!)
Wolf, Morricone
Stepmom, Williams (nice, bouncy stuff)
Don Juan DeMarco, Kamen

Borrowed from the library, to be copied:

• Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens (Vickers, Veasey, Lindholm; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Sir Colin Davis) - I love that short piece used in Star Trek: First Contact and wanted to hear the whole thing
  
• Anton Bruckner: Te Deum / Mass in d minor (Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best) - Supposed to be one of the best recordings, but after briefly playing some excerpts, I'm very disappointed. The best version I've heard is still Jochum's, but that one has horrible sound quality.
  
• Anton Bruckner: Requiem / Psalm 114 / Psalm 112 (Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best)
  

And bought:

• The Draughtsman's Contract (Michael Nyman) - Found it cheap, and my Nyman sections needs expansion, anyway
  
• Gustav Holst: The Planets (Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit) - After reading all the praise here and listening to some samples on the web
  
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony #8 (Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache) - Celibidache's 7th is slow, but brilliant; not sure yet if the 8th is not a bit too slow

Whole piles of DVDs thanks to various deals with Columbia House and others:

EXCALIBUR (John Boorman)
HELL IN THE PACIFIC (John Boorman)
THE BLUES BROTHERS (John Landis)
JURASSIC PARK (Steven Spielberg)
GODZILLA 2000 (Takao Okawara)
REINDEER GAMES (John Frankenheimer) (DON'T LAUGH! I know it's not a great movie, but I wanted the director's commentary track, OKAY?)

Also pending is a very interesting disc which I will describe once I actually get it, so as not to jinx myself with the Post Office.

Picked Up...
Entrapment - Young: I notice John also bought this recently. He gave it one star. I'm gonna give it 4 stars! I know theres no real "theme" theme, but it's not like its totally lacking of melody. I think that for a modern crime score its rather good. I almost bought it new for $30, so I'm glad I waited and got it for $11.

The Paper - R. Newman: Haven't listend yet. Loved the film though and from memory it's a kinda jazzy score, so good good if it is.

I ALMOST bought Portait of a Lady by Kilar, but I'm trying to save and I don't plan to tell my parents I bought more CD's today because they'll just give me a "you should be saving" talk.

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Originally posted by H Rocco:
REMARKABLE pair of discs arrived in the mail a couple days back: THE EXORCIST II doubled with THE ISLAND (my two most-missed Ennio Morricone titles!); and a fascinating double CD entitled TARD FESTIVAL 2000: GREAT MUSIC FROM MOVIES I HATED -- anyone else heard of this one?

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Funny, read my edited post above. I too received this CD as well as a much improved sounding 2 disc Air Force One.

Anyway, if anyone wants to take Entrapment off my hands, let me know. I certainly don't want it, and I'm perfectly willing to trade it away.

Well yeah, doesn't matter.