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Most of the time that's exactly what I do. I go in reverse alphabetical order by movie/show title. When I get to the beginning, I start again but this time only my 4 and 5 star scores. Then I go back and do the whole collection again, and so on... This gives me the chance to revisit all my favorites more frequently than the rest but also allows me to appreciate my whole collection as well. It works for me. I have certain scores that are 1 and 2 star I'm not crazy about but all are worth listening to.
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Aug 31, 2015 - 12:51 PM
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alexp
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Every Saturday morning, I would go to my gym’s workout studio when it is unattended, use the studio’s stereo system and play some select tracks from each CD of my personal collection for about 30 minutes. I workout at the gym 5 days a week and I like to reward myself for the week-long dedication by enjoying some loud aggressive orchestral music. I find myself selecting CDs that I haven’t played in a long time.
The workout studio is used by both gym members and instructors. It contains a stereo rack that houses an amplifier, CD player, and ports for a microphone and an MP3 device. It has hardwood floors, multiple sheets of mirrors covering 3/4th of walls of the room, 4 loud speakers at the corners of the ceilings, and a subwoofer. Members gather together for exercise classes like zumba, boot-camp works, yoga, and pole-dancing (seriously). When the gym is not in use for classes, individual members would come in to the studio and use the room’s stereo do to their own thing—stretching, work-out, etc.
I pass by the studio and hear the music coming from that room and I’m thinking, how my orchestral soundtrack collection would sound in a room like that. Then, I notice that on Saturdays, even though the gym opens a few hours later then during the weekdays, the studio is unoccupied for, at least, the first hour from opening. That was when I decide to take a chance and do it.
There is some risk involve. The studio also has a bend of free weights of different pounds, so, a member or instructor could come in and grab some while they are treated to the sounds of either low-end piano pounding rhythms like Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, or march-like brass figures like Superman. To prepare for that event, I make sure I have some free weights at the ready and do some exercise moves, so, that I don’t look like I’m standing in the studio and chilln’ to the sounds of the music.
I’ve been doing this for over 2 months now and so far there have been no issues. As I said, I play my music—of different styles—for 30 minutes, by myself. There are times when a member or an instructor with a client would come in to use the room, so, I respect these persons by turning the music off. I don’t want to monopolize the use of the stereo.
During the course of that period, I find myself actually working out to the music, instead of faking it for the benefit of other people. During the 5 days of my workout, I use heavier weights and intense cardio exercises, but for my music-listening Saturdays, my workouts are light—just enough to keep my metabolism going. You see, Saturdays is my moderate pig-out day, so, the light workouts, not to mention the muscles I’ve built during the week, are useful to burn all that food that I’ll be eating.
Now, my motivation for keeping up with my 5-day workout regimen is not only to look good, but also to admire my physique in the many sheets of mirrors while I listen to my favorite music, good and loud, in the gym’s studio.
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To be honest, I listen to what I fancy. The idea of taking a marathon through my collection, alphabetic or otherwise, listening to whatever's next in spite of what my mood is, sounds like the kind of slog I would only undertake if I was trying to prove myself a true stamp collector. Go with your mood, not a list.
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I can't say I ever have or would try this, but I do try to listen to two or three albums a week that have been unheard for a long time, maybe ever. Just gave Then Came Bronson from the FSM TV Omnibus a spin yesterday, for the first time - don't know why I waited so long!
Yes, I do. I work for a public radio network that runs two music services, so a good deal of my listening happens with them. I tend to go to my own collection for things I don't get anywhere else, and it's often easier to return to a favorite than to spend time with something I don't know as well. So this has been a good way to expose myself to more.
On the other hand, I've also been having fun going through a shuffle on James Bond scores in the last week, and I know all those by heart, so that's a good thing too.
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Oct 27, 2017 - 9:04 AM
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Thor
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For me I'd go about it based on when I acquired the score/CD - for example:
The first soundtrack CD I bought was The Lion King, next was Jurassic Park, and after that it was those Sony CDs of John Williams Conducts the Star Wars Trilogy, The Spielberg Williams Collaborations and Williams on Williams and so on.
The hardest part for me would be remembering what I acquired first - most of it was Williams stuff, and Horner's Braveheart from good ol' Columbia House. I'd probably skip a lot of disappointment albums like Songs in the Key of X, and X-Files Truth and the Light...I also remember days buying albums and then having moments like: WTF did I just buy? I think it'd be fun to relive and laugh about some of those moments now.
That's impressive if you could do that. I could perhaps remember some of the very first soundtracks I got, but after that it's one big blur.
Currently, I'm (once again) going through my Elfmans in chronological order, just as I've previously done with Williams and Goldenthal, in particular.
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Boys From Brazil is my first and would be my first to listen. After would be similar progression, Close Encounters next, Vertigo, Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Mysterious Island, Planet of the Apes (Jerry), Jurassic Park, Obsession, Sisters, The Robe, Cleopatra, Winter Soldier, unset Boulevard, Silver Chalice, Peyton Place, The Thing, The Fog, Halloween, Fahrenheit 451, Superman (Reeve), Psycho, It's Alive, Citizen Kane, Hangover Square, Interstellar, Lion King, Man of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, Thor: Dark World, Spellbound, Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur, King of Kings, Sodom and Gomorrah, Red House, Conan the Barbarian.
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