Ki - Kitaro
Ancient Journey - Kitaro
World Music Of Kitaro - Kitaro

Bur more are on the way..

and these LPs
1. FMC-Bernstein Conducting-Ghost and Mrs. Muir-Herrmann
2. Scalphunters-Bernstein
3. Advise and Consent-Spain-Fielding
4. John Paul Jones-Steiner-Wbs-upgrade copy
got these all really cheap.

The album re-record is astounding...just...um...wow.

The original score is very good as well, but the LSO recording sums up everything so beautifully. There's something very enthralling in the writing and the room rumbles whenever the main titles play.
Varese has less than 100 left!

The Manchurian Candidate - Rachel Portman(feat. Wyclef Jean) and David Amram

Interesting score. Very cerebral and like the movie, very menacing and disturbing at times. The Wyclef Jean song is terribly out of place, but is quite good on its own.

Amram's score is great especially since it's been taken from original 3-track masters and is supposedly light years ahead of the original issue of this classic.

Waiting on Timeline, Great Escape, and Great Train Robbery

On order: 72 Meters (Ennio Morricone)

and later this month: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

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Originally posted by John Zimmer:
Van Helsing (Alan Silvestri)
Quite an action romp if you're just looking to blow off some steam this is the score to get....I feared for my speakers...

The Passion of The Christ (John Debney)
Several touching moments throughout the score the latter half is excellent. Alot of it lacks substance though.

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I think possibly intrinsic emotion is what you mean by substance, and in that I agree with you - it can be quite a harsh listen apart from the film, particularly prior to 'Flagellation'.

Van Helsing, on the other hand, is immensely enjoyable. Not enough quiet cues, but a nice find from a second hand store this month.

Also from the second hand score was Kamen's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. So too Barrington Pheloung's Inspirations.

Philipp

Phantom of the Opera (Morricone)
As Time Goes By (The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker play Moviemusic)

DVD:
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham
The Work of Director Michel Gondry

Still waiting for the expanded Bandolero that I was lucky to get an order in for from Buysoundtrax before all copies disappeared.

Starship Troopers 2 - John Morgan & William Stromberg

Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow - Edward Shearmur

The Village - James Newton Howard

Spiderman 2 - Danny Elfman

Godzilla Perfect Box #1
1. Godzilla (1954) - Akira Ifukube
2. Return of Godzilla - Masaru Satoh
3. Godzilla v.s. King Kong(2 Disc) - Akira Ifukube
Disc 1 Mono version
Disc 2 Stereo version
4. Godzilla v.s. Mothra - Akira Ifukube
5. Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster- Akira Ifukube
6. Godzilla Sampler - Various Cues & Sound Effects

And if whenever Varese gets around to shipping:

quote:

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Originally posted by Mark Olivarez:
Just added:

[b]Starship Troopers 2 - John Morgan & William Stromberg

Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow - Edward Shearmur

The Village - James Newton Howard

Spiderman 2 - Danny Elfman

Godzilla Perfect Box #1
1. Godzilla (1954) - Akira Ifukube
2. Return of Godzilla - Masaru Satoh
3. Godzilla v.s. King Kong(2 Disc) - Akira Ifukube
Disc 1 Mono version
Disc 2 Stereo version
4. Godzilla v.s. Mothra - Akira Ifukube
5. Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster- Akira Ifukube
6. Godzilla Sampler - Various Cues & Sound Effects

And if whenever Varese gets around to shipping:

Timeline - Jerry Goldsmith
The Great Train Robbery - Jerry Goldsmith
Timeline - Brian Tyler
Hawaii: The Deluxe Edition - Elmer Bernstein
The Great Escape: The Deluxe Edition - Elmer Bernstein
Studs Lonigan - Jerry Goldsmith
Fitzwilly / The Long Goodbye - John Williams[/B]

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I gotta know...how are those Godzilla CDs?

Are they repackagings of the Futureland releases from 1993 or have they been remastered?

Wonder if some of those discs will make it stateside...

I have no idea if any will make it stateside. I bought mine from Ark Square in Japan for $96.00. Shipping was only 3 days, it was released on the 20th and I received it on the 23rd, I only paid $23.00 in shipping. From what I understand each box is limited to 1954 sets. Box #2 should be up for pre-order soon.

[Message edited by Mark Olivarez on 09-25-2004]

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Edward Shearmur)

Die Another Day (David Arnold) Found this one in the used bin for $3.99!

and STAR WARS TRILOGY-the DVD set.

Found this in the used CDs for $5.99. I know it's out of print so I picked it up immediately. This is one of the only Herrmann scores I haven't heard before (for some reason, I've been waiting for the right time) and I'm very, very taken with it, certainly one of his greatest works. I'll get the original recording soon, because from the clips I've heard that is the recording that will bring me to absolute tears...but with that said, Bernstein's is masterful.

The Mission (Ennio Morricone)

I've been pretty obsessed with Morricone for the past two months or so. When I saw this in the store, I picked it up immediately (one of the reasons was because I thought it was out of print and hard to find, but I was wrong there). I knew it was a heavily choral score, but I wasn't expecting the wealth of tribal elements as well. I've never been too big of a fan of tribal music, but Morricone's impeccable orchestration makes it very interesting. Aside from the heavy tribal and chanting elements, there is a lovely, sensitive, quintessentially Morricone-esque theme that appears first on the album as "The Falls." Above all, it's a very relaxing album.

On order:

From Russia, still: 72 Meters (Ennio Morricone)
From Sony Music: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone

NP: "The Falls" from the Mission and the theme from "Ghost and Mrs. Muir" are playing in my head simultaneously. I better get them both out!

From Amazon.com:
72 Metra (Morricone)

From Moviemusic.com:
Bandolero (Goldsmith)
Born Free (Barry)
The Appointment (Legrand/Barry/Phillips)
Amerika (Poledouris)

From eBay:
Les Voleurs (Sarde)
Les Egares (Sarde)
Entre Chiens et Loups (Sarde)
Les Corps Impatients (Desplat)
Toni (Desplat)
La Buche (Legrand)
Le Petit Pouche (Hisaishi)
City of Angels, complete (Yared)

from the used bins:
Hero (Dun)
Spider-man 2 (Elfman)

and from private sources

2 recent spy scores that I can't mention and a very sought after score that was recently rejected.

Winning the Goldsmith at Fox set was another highlight, but alas the bidding got out of hand on the MacArthur CD so I couldn't complete the Goldsmith trifecta. Hopefully another time with that one.

Philipp

The most current CDs though;

Headhunter Redemption/Headhunter
Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero "Idea"
Strider Hiryu 2