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Not necessarily "crappy", but the worst purchase I ever made was Horner's score for "Enemy at the Gates". One of the most overrated boring scores I have heard by the composer. Despirate for cash, I ended up parting with it at a used CD store (back when those existed, you know -- in the dinosaur days) and got something like $3.00 or $6.00, after having paid with tax over $24.00. And to make that worse, the cashier couldn't be bothered to address me or talk to me aside from the price, 'cause she was busy on the phone with somebody that didn't sound like a costumer.
Now I use combinations of things to determine a score before purchase (if unfamiliar), including but not limitedto: samples found on Youtube, the film itself, and reviews at movie-wave.net. I used to use MovieMusic.uk, but the star/rating system was dropped and I just don't want to have to sit threw every review just to find out it's not really worth it - that's a lot to read to get to the meat.
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the worst and crappy soundtrack you ever purchased or heard (not song based) Anyone?
Which title is your number one garbage on your list  (did you ever had the guts to throw it away?)
Wow, yet another thread that is just an excuse to Piss on composers and titles that you just don't like for your own personal reasons.
Does the term "Negative" mean anything to anyone?
Ford A. Thaxton
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Oct 9, 2014 - 12:08 PM
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DeviantMan
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NUNZIO?
My interest is peaked...
I've found giving an unforgivably harsh judgement to a film score pointless because appreciation of such music also depends on frame of mind. I may listen to a certain score today and a week from now (as an example) listen again and realize my earlier complaints were not so justified... this may also take months or years.
Or another collector posts an opposing view which inspires a re-listen and/or re-evaluation...
That being said though,
I'm more prone to criticism on SONG soundtrack albums...
I just got THE CAVE from the used section at Book Off Pearlridge.
It's pretty bad, not necessarily for the content, but by how the chosen songs don't differ very much.
It is like listening to the same alternative rock drone in 4 minute increments over the period of an hour and at the end I feel like my IQ dropped ten points. I don't think any film score listen has EVER me me feel dumber.
I also special ordered a used copy of TITAN AE for obvious reasons.
It is pretty cool, not fantastic, but an interesting mix of rock & pop-electronica.
The same goes for the Motown released THE METEOR MAN song CD album which is fun and amusing on a rhythm & blues level.
But to provide an example per thread title,
I'll mention GAG by Dennis Dreith...
I will say that my overall opinion, when I originally listened to it years ago, was this...
He can do much better than this. It was a dull, uninspired, low budget horror score.
I didn't feel dumb listening to it... it failed to impress me as so many other composers have.
I should go play it again to see if my review of it still stands.
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the worst and crappy soundtrack you ever purchased or heard (not song based) Anyone?
Which title is your number one garbage on your list (did you ever had the guts to throw it away?)
Wow, yet another thread that is just an excuse to Piss on composers and titles that you just don't like for your own personal reasons.
Does the term "Negative" mean anything to anyone?
Ford A. Thaxton
Well it is a DISCUSSION BOARD and thankfully we all have different tastes so why not take an advantage of that fact. You can`t all have same taste and everytime say something positive about everything, that`s life so move on.
Discussion is on thing, just pissing on scores for the sake of doing is quite another.
Ford A. Thaxton
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The original soundtrack release of "True Grit." To this day I have no idea why they arranged the music to sound "contemporary."
I think you answered your own question.
The Record label that released it wanted an album that would appeal to GLENN CAMPBELL's audience who was a major recording star at the time, so the album was arranged and produced with that in mind.
Different era, different mind set.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Field of Dreams. I purchased that blindly because I was really into Horner at the time. I spun it and thought to myself, what a piece of garbage! Unloaded the disc at a used CD store. Then I saw the film and fell in love with the score and repurchased it!
I did that very thing with Demolition Man. I had residual hatred of Goldenthal for being Not James Horner on Alien 3, and I couldn't stand that weird synth piano deal in the action music. But you grow up, you learn, you "get it." How wrong I was...
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