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filmfactsman Standard Userer	A bit of research required here. What was the best-selling soundtrack the year that you were born (or at least a big best-seller)? I'm not gonna tell you mine 'cause I'll feel so old. Oh, what the hell, it was GOLDFINGER (If you don't count A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, MARY POPPINS or MY FAIR LADY)
posted 08-04-2005 03:58 PM PT (US)

Bond1965 Standard Userer	Well I am guessing mine would be either DOCTOR ZHIVAGO or THE SOUND OF MUSIC. James (a year behind you)
posted 08-04-2005 04:12 PM PT (US)

Demetris Christodoulides Standard Userer	it was 1983 for me...anyone remember which one was it?
posted 08-04-2005 04:39 PM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Demetris Christodoulides: it was 1983 for me...anyone remember which one was it? It was FLASHDANCE which actually knocked whatshisname's THRILLER out of the top spot for two weeks on 6/25!
posted 08-04-2005 05:06 PM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	I think for me it was Grease.
posted 08-04-2005 10:56 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Summer of '42 Let's see... that makes me 63!
posted 08-05-2005 12:23 AM PT (US)

workaluk Standard Userer	Mine was one of this scores: -The Omen -Carrie -King Kong -Logan's Run -Taxi Driver No idea which one,nut it's nice to see 2 Goldsmith scores in the year i was born,specially his only oscar winning score. NP-Suspiria Nuno Cunha
posted 08-05-2005 01:46 AM PT (US)

Kris Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by workaluk: No idea which one, but it's nice to see 2 Goldsmith scores in the year i was born,specially his only oscar winning score. Same year I was born.
posted 08-05-2005 02:05 AM PT (US)

Camillu Standard Userer	Probably Empire Strikes Back, Raiders or Chariots of Fire. Quite a year.
posted 08-05-2005 07:34 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Camillu: Probably Empire Strikes Back, Raiders or Chariots of Fire. Quite a year. Chariots Of Fire was easily the biggest seller that year.
posted 08-05-2005 10:49 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by filmfactsman: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by Demetris Christodoulides: [b]it was 1983 for me...anyone remember which one was it?<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> It was FLASHDANCE which actually knocked whatshisname's THRILLER out of the top spot for two weeks on 6/25![/B] I suspect this ISN'T what you wanted to hear is it ol' pal!
posted 08-05-2005 10:50 AM PT (US)

scoreguy16 Standard Userer	Lets see, 1985 would probably be... I have no clue... anyone know? Clayton
posted 08-05-2005 11:01 AM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=1 face=arial>quote:</font><HR size=1>Originally posted by Timmer: it was 1983 for me...anyone remember which one was it?<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> It was FLASHDANCE which actually knocked whatshisname's THRILLER out of the top spot for two weeks on 6/25![/B]<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> I suspect this ISN'T what you wanted to hear is it ol' pal! [/B]<HR size=1></BLOCKQUOTE> It was actually a welcome relief for me! I was the ONLY person I knew that didn't buy that overplayed and overrated... (I was hooked on Men At Work and The Police at the time.) [Message edited by filmfactsman on 08-05-2005]
posted 08-05-2005 11:17 AM PT (US)

Bond1965 Standard Userer	You can do a Gold & Platinum search by year here: http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp I was born at the end of 1965 and if I go by that calendar year my answer would actually be: THE PINK PANTHER. The next year it would be DOCTOR ZHIVAGO so I was close. James
posted 08-05-2005 11:21 AM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by scoreguy16: Lets see, 1985 would probably be... I have no clue... anyone know? Clayton OUT OF AFRICA was the top (non song) score (tied with A VIEW TO A KILL at #38 on BILLBOARD'S album chart). BEVERLY HILLS COP was the top song score that year (#1) in January '85.
posted 08-05-2005 11:22 AM PT (US)

Philipp Standard Userer	I am born 1974: Chinatown, The Conversation, Great Gatsby (probably), Towering Inferno Philipp np: "artificial intelligence" (john williams) [Message edited by Philipp on 08-05-2005]
posted 08-05-2005 11:32 AM PT (US)

shureman Standard Userer	Could it have been Arthur Bliss: MEN OF TWO WORLDS, (Decca, 1945)? I LOVE that score !!
posted 08-05-2005 02:01 PM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by shureman: Could it have been Arthur Bliss: MEN OF TWO WORLDS, (Decca, 1945)? I LOVE that score !! It was actually (according to my book "Recorded Music for Motion Pictures" Rozsa's SPELLBOUND, the Oscar-winner that year--although a recording wasn't released until 1950 (on the REM label)
posted 08-05-2005 02:16 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	Jaws. (bwahah.)
posted 08-05-2005 02:48 PM PT (US)

BigT1981 Standard Userer	I was born in 1981, not sure what the best selling score was for that year...
posted 08-05-2005 06:54 PM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by BigT1981: I was born in 1981, not sure what the best selling score was for that year... It was CHARIOTS OF FIRE, which went to #1 the week after it won Oscars for the film and it's score.
posted 08-05-2005 07:02 PM PT (US)

workaluk Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Kris: Same year I was born. [/B] Very nice Kris,we were both fortunate then...
posted 08-06-2005 04:28 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	1949-ummmmmm None then. LOL> j.
posted 08-07-2005 04:19 PM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by John C Winfrey: 1949-ummmmmm None then. LOL> j. What would you say to JOLSON SINGS AGAIN on a Decca 10-inch soundtrack? At least it wasn't THE JAZZ SINGER.
posted 08-07-2005 06:02 PM PT (US)

Kyriacos S Standard Userer	How about 1984?.. hope it's one of my favorite composers. Kyri.
posted 08-08-2005 04:45 AM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Kyriacos S: How about 1984?.. hope it's one of my favorite composers. Kyri. How about PURPLE RAIN (24 weeks at #1) followed by FOOTLOOSE (10 weeks at #1). It was certainly a BIG year for soundtracks!
posted 08-08-2005 09:44 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	1961.....ain't got a clue?
posted 08-09-2005 06:41 AM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Timmer: 1961.....ain't got a clue? I was hoping someone was born in '61! WEST SIDE STORY at an incredible 54 weeks at #1 (the longest ever for ANY album), followed by BLUE HAWAII (#1 for 20 weeks) and MY favorite, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (#1 for 12 weeks).
posted 08-09-2005 10:00 AM PT (US)

Timmer Standard Userer	I was hoping someone was born in '61! WEST SIDE STORY at an incredible 54 weeks at #1 (the longest ever for ANY album), followed by BLUE HAWAII (#1 for 20 weeks) and MY favorite, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (#1 for 12 weeks). Excellent! ....two true classics and Elvis?! Can you get cooler than that!!? [Message edited by Timmer on 08-09-2005] [Message edited by Timmer on 08-09-2005]
posted 08-09-2005 11:22 AM PT (US)

lancer Standard Userer	Not sure, I was born in 75.
posted 08-09-2005 11:49 AM PT (US)

filmfactsman Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by lancer: Not sure, I was born in 75. Wish I could tell you that it was JAWS (#30) but it turns out to be TOMMY (#2).
posted 08-09-2005 03:30 PM PT (US)

Thor Standard Userer	1977...so I'm assuming STAR WARS.
posted 03-03-2006 09:01 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Hmmmmm. I don't know if they were selling soundtracks back then, but I would guess it would be either Miklos Rozsa's IVANHOE or Dimitri Tiomkin's HIGH NOON.
posted 03-03-2006 03:17 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	Yeah Marc. There was a 10 inch released of that in 52(the Rozsa one).
posted 03-05-2006 11:52 AM PT (US)

CAT Standard Userer	I'm not sure what the best-selling soundtrack was, but the Academy Award winner for best score in my year was "From Here To Eternity" by Morris Stoloff & George Duning. A few others from my year were Rozsa's "Julius Caesar," Kaper's "Lili," Freidhofer's "Above and Beyond," Heindorf's "Calamity Jane," Newman's "Call Me Madame," Previn/Chaplin's "Kiss Me Kate," Deutsch's "The Band Wagon," and Hollander/Stoloff's "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Frederick Hollander." Yes, my year was 1953. Aaaarrrggghhh!!!!
posted 03-05-2006 03:33 PM PT (US)

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