Mondays in the Sun (Lucio Godoy) - I love this music. First heard it in the movie (and what a GREAT movie!!) and searched all over for this score. Great. It has alot of tha audio from the film taking up some of the space for a short score. But, it is still worth having.

Shaun of the Dead - One of my all-time favorite comedies of 04 (next to Kung Fu Hustle) and even the soundtrack is hilarious with some of the best lines from the movie. I didn't think this soundtrack was available in the U.S., but, I'm glad I found it.

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Hey, I haven't done many of those lately. Though while we're at it, I recently attended Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the Vienna Philharmonic's 5th. Not quite great overall (a few too many little oddities), but still really good... and amazing control over the sound. So often you hear a lot of loud noise, but can't make out the counterpoints. Better conductors control the volume to bring out the details (Thielemann comes to mind, who conducted an outstanding 7th last season). But Harnoncourt actually had the VPO playing at full blast - and you could still hear more details than on the best CDs I've heard.

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Bruckner - Complete Symphonies / Eugen Jochum / EMI (11.99$).
(hey... when the price is good, even iTunes can be useful.)

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The only Jochum Bruckner I have are some choral works. He's done the best Te Deum I've heard so far, but there aren't too many wortwhile recordings around really. I should try his symphonies someday, though I don't expect them to be fully great.

General recommendations remain Karajan and Wand, Celibidache (the best 7th, and his 4th coda is the best bit of music I've ever heard on CD), and Tintner (for some good budget price recordings and the best 3rd).

And Thielemann seems very promising - I won't miss his 5th and 8th in March.

Anyway, what's new for me: TTT:CR.

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Chinatown (Goldsmith) - $5!...pristine!...

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Yeah...where?

I told ya I found ALIEN there last week, didn't I? I almost fell over when I saw it.

David Arnold: Casino Royale
Klaus Badelt: The Promise
Trevor Jones: The Dark Crystal [2 disc]

I've already backed-up The Dark Crystal and put the originals in a safe place.

POINT BLANK/THE OUTFIT - Johnny Mandel/Jerry Fielding
- An FSM release that I sadly missed out on a few years ago. Looking at the link I have for the store, I noticed it's not out of print due to it's 3,000 copy run. I'm guessing there just isn't a big market for this. It doesn't discount the fact that I love it. Although the source cues from The Outfit bring some of the quality down IMO, there's still a lot of great avant garde/rock/jazz compositions by both composers (Point Blank also happens to be one of my favorite films from the 60s).

THE PRESTIGE - David Julyan
- I tried to restrain myself, I really did. I made myself an early promise not to buy this CD; and I failed. Or did I? I've seen the movie three times at the cinema now (and it hasn't lost it's edge) which ultimately made pick this up. In the film, this music heightens the atmospehere (especially during the final sequences) so much that it's remarkable. On disc, it's the same as with Memento. The music is so simple and so effective that I can easily match the cues up with the particular action on screen. And that, to me, is a great blend of scoring and direction.

CASINO ROYALE - David Arnold
- Listening to this now, I'm in complete love. This is the David Arnold I missed on Die Another Day (better yet, he only showed up for a few cues). The music here is very intense, perfect for thie reinvention of Bond. Although I haven't heard the "Bond theme" in glory yet, I'm expecting it to show it's nose near the end; and I'm fine with that.

AMERIKA (Poledouris)
THE PRESTIGE (Julyan)
ALL THE KING'S MEN (Horner)
FAREWELL TO THE KING (Poledouris)
PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Bennett)
PATTON (Goldsmith)

And from ebay:

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And from ebay:

SPHERE (Goldenthal)
VOLVER (Iglesias)
LA BELLE EPOQUE (Duhamel)
THE TEMP (Talgorn)
MY UNCLE SILAS (Wiseman)
FILM MUSIC OF RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT (Bennett)
FILM NOIRS - TRUFFAUT (Delerue / Duhamel / Herrmann)
LA FEMME DU COSMONAUT (Desplat)
UNE CHANCE SUR DEUX (Desplat)
DESPLAT - AUDIARD (DesplaT)

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Hey Franz,looks like you're filling in on your Desplat collection.

I think UNE CHANCE SURE DEUX is probably one of, if not his best, score. I also enjoyed the DESPLAT/AUDIARD CD. LA FEMME DU COMSONAUT, along with REINE DU JOUR are probably his weakest releases.

My November list should be up later today. I'm now going to the poor house having spent $175 at Tower Records Close Out sale yesterday, $75 at Second Spin on Sunday and more online filling in missing CDs from my Basil Poledouris collection, eBay, Varese and MovieMusic.com's store.

YIKES!

James

From iTunes:
CASINO ROYALE (with Bonus tracks) by David Arnold

This just in today from Varese:
BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ by Elmer Bernstein, LUCAS by Dave Grusin, RUNAWAY by Jerry Goldsmith, SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD/RAINS OF THE RANCHIPUR by Hugo Freidhofer, and CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU by Ray Cook

From amazon.com:
LADY CAROLINE LAMB/MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Richard Rodney Bennett, STARGATE: DELUXE EDITION by David Arnold, and several Japanese Import Burt Bacharach CDs: BURT BACHARACH, MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF, LIVING TOGETHER, FUTURES and AT THIS TIME.

From SecondSpin this weekend:
MONSTER HOUSE by Douglas Pipes, TAKEN by Laura Karpman, INFAMOUS by Rachel Portman, SALEM'S LOT by Christopher Gordon/Lisa Gerrard, WICKER MAN by Angelo Badalamenti, MONDO CANE by Nino Oliviero/Riz Ortolani, BASIC INSTINCT 2 by John Murphy/Jerry Goldsmith ($3.99...a steal)
and non-soundtack CDs:
NIGHT-LINES by Dave Grusin, GAUDI by Alan Parsons Project, LARGER THAN LIFE by The Ten Tenors.

From Tower Records' Close out Sale:
PRIEST OF LOVE by Joseph James, LOGGERHEADS by Mark Geary, JOE 90 by Barry Gray,ABOMINABLE by Lalo Schifrin, DEATH ON THE NILE by Nino Rota, UNDERWORLD by Paul Haslinger, MY SUMMER OF LOVE by Goldfrapp, etc., THE SLIPPER AND THE ROSE by the Sherman Bros./Angela Morely, THE GRUDGE by Christopher Young, SALEM'S LOT by Christopher Gordon/Lisa Gerrard, STEALTH by BT, FREEDOMLAND by James Newton Howard, HOUSE OF WAX by John Ottman, THE GREAT RAID by Trevor Rabin and ZATHURA by John Debney.

From the Virgin Megastore (used for $5.99): GRIDIRON GANG by Trevor Rabin.

Coming from SAE:
LOVE & TREASON and CHERRY 2000/NO MAN'S LAND by Basil Poledouris, DUCK YOU SUCKER (2 CD), LA SCONOSCIUTA, LA PIOVRA by Ennio Morricone and TREVOR JONES: CONCERT IN MADRID.

Coming from the MovieMusic.com store:
THE ADVENTURES OF CONAN, FLYERS(IMAX), ROBOCOP by Basil Poledouris, ELOISE AT THE PLAZA/ELOISE AT CHRISTMAS by Bruce Broughton, THE LIQUIDATOR by Lalo Schifrin, DEAD RINGER by Andre Previn and GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN by Ennio Morricone

Okay...I'm official broke and have nothing here to listen to. ;-)

War of the Worlds

Troy

Aliens

ROVING MARS - Philip Glass
- Look a little furthur into my soul and you'll find a serious Glass fanatic. I've never had trouble accessing anything he's done nor felt anything was a lesser effort from him. Roving Mars continues the streak. It's nothing too mind-boggling, but the music here is very melodic and beautiful. I enjoy Sigur Ros as a band and the final track by them, "Glosoli", is a nice addition from their latest album.

THE DESCENT - David Julyan
- Julyan is growing on me; earlier in the Fall I picked up my first score by him, Memento, and really enjoyed it. I got The Prestige this week and it's become a favorite this year. I thought this would be a nice addition to my growing collection. It's very effective in the film, although I'm sure most of it will be atmospheric. I remember a lovely solo trumpet theme and I can't wait to hear it on the album. Unfortunately, I'm still too busy listening to Casino Royale to give this one any attention.

NP> David Arnold's Casino Royale (*****/*****)

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What, have you won the lottery or something? Good pick with the Alan Parsons CD, though. The track "La Sagrada Familia" from GAUDI is gorgeous.

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No...I wish. I just went a little CD crazy this month (and it's only half over).

GAUDI is a good APP album and I got it to fill in my collection. I used to have them all on LP and I'm trying to convert to CD as I see them cheap.

My favorite APP albums are still TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD, EVE and EYE IN THE SKY.

Have you heard their Live CD? I'm surprised they still sound so good live. I didn't think they would.

Se7en (orig score promo) -Howard Shore- $1.99 ($4.05 s&h)

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Se7en (orig score promo) -Howard Shore- $1.99 ($4.05 s&h)

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No...I wish. I just went a little CD crazy this month (and it's only half over).

GAUDI is a good APP album and I got it to fill in my collection. I used to have them all on LP and I'm trying to convert to CD as I see them cheap.

My favorite APP albums are still TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD, EVE and EYE IN THE SKY.

Have you heard their Live CD? I'm surprised they still sound so good live. I didn't think they would.

James

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If you're going to re-buy the collection on CD, I suggest you wait a bit, because all the studio albums are being released very soon - with enhanced sound and even a bonus track or two. Kinda frustrating for me, since I already have all of them on regular CD. So I have to seriously consider this.

As far as "Live" in concerned, this is the only live album they released (if you disregard the "Live in Madrid" DVD that was only released through Parsons' website). There are differences between the European and American release, though. They have different cover art and the American release includes three bonus tracks that the European does not: "When", "Take the Money and Run" and Chris Thompson's famous 80's anthem "You're the Voice".

The Best of Star Trek, Vol. 2 (McCarthy, Bell etc.)

Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nott)

In the mail:

The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Complete) (Shore)

It's My Party (Poledouris)

Lawrence of Arabia (Jarre, the re-release of the Bremner recording)

About to be ordered:

Planet Earth (Fenton)

John Scott Conducts His Own Favorite Scores (Scott)

Farewell to the King (Complete) (Poledouris)

Lonesome Dove (Poledouris)

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Hey Franz,looks like you're filling in on your Desplat collection.

I think UNE CHANCE SURE DEUX is probably one of, if not his best, score. I also enjoyed the DESPLAT/AUDIARD CD. LA FEMME DU COMSONAUT, along with REINE DU JOUR are probably his weakest releases.
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I agree... FEMME DU COMSONAUT wasn't a favourite - or not nearly as interesting as his usual stuff. It's still good, and doesn't really sound too much like anything else he's done (something I like about him - even his four action scores I've heard - Firewall, Nid de Guepes, Hostage and Une Chance have pretty tenuous musical links).

Arrived today:

Runaway - Deluxe Edition (Goldsmith)
The Birdman of Alcatraz (Bernstein)
Sky Bandits (Kabilijibilo)
Seven Cities of Gold/Rains of Ranchipur (Friedhofer)

Kingdom Of Heaven (Gregson-Williams) Excellent choral work!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Williams) Reminds me of Home Alone and the weaker parts of Hook. I had to have one Potter score in my collection.

The $8 pile:
Danny Elfman's Serenada Schizophrana
The Decent (D.Julyan)

THE FOUNTAIN - Clint Mansell
- You can read my full review on the link under the comments section.

BIRTH - Alexandre Desplat
- I'm a budding Desplat fan. After his work in Hostage I knew he had talent. Syriana cemented it IMO. Firewall was a good listen, but wholly disappointing compared to the two aforementioned. I'm going back into his catalog and this one comes highly recommended. I really felt the score in the film so I can't wait to hear it on its own.

FOR LOVE OF THE GAME - Basil Poledouris
- Given recent events, I couldn't pass this one up. I might have overlooked this being quite a fan of Basil's work after the slam-bang trio of Conan the Barbarian, Robocop, and The Hunt for Red October (and later Farewell to the King and Red Dawn) but Poledouris was a fantastically gifted composer. I'll cherish this one.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS - Patrick Doyle
- I love Doyle, so this was another one I couldn't pass up. I haven't listened to it yet, but the comments on the link are promising.

THE ELEPHANT MAN - John Morris
- This is my favorite David Lynch film, and another find that I'm proud of. I can't wait to stop listening to The Fountain, because this is first on my playlist.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST - Bernard Herrmann
- After Vertigo, this is my favorite Hitchcock film. Herrmann's score is, of course, stuff of film music legend.

* Also of note: I picked up the new Beatles' album, Love, and I have to exclaim my praise for it. George Martin has finally found his way back home producing this album that is a wonderful mash-ups and remixes (don't let those words scare you, like I thought they would me) of their greatest work. It's very reminiscent of Danger Mouse's The Grey Album (itself a classic). Don't be skeptical, this one is great.

NP> Mansell's The Fountain (*****/*****)