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I must say I'm shocked to read just how many soundtracks some people have where they have never seen the film. My soundtrack buying started in the sixties, see a film, love the soundtrack (so many great soundtracks in the sixties) & buy the LP, never the other way round. I love soundtracks, but I suppose I'm more of a film fan than a soundtrack fan.
Well, with me, it started when I would see a film, love the score, buy the album and then start buying albums composed by the person who impressed me so much with that first score. Sometimes, it pays off (Goldsmith, Horner, etc). Other times, the score I was so jazzed over turns out to be an anomaly, a departure from the composer's norm and nothing he did before or after is in a style I enjoy. For example, Ice Station Zebra is very unlike anything else Michel Legrand has done. Same with Gabriel Yared and his rejected Troy score. When that happens, I end up with a batch of CDs I wish I never spent the money on. I eventually stopped doing that. Now my purchases are much more informed and therefore more satisfying.
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I do "Watch It For The Score."
Watched This Park is Mine (1986) solely to hear the TD score.
I absolutely do this - I'm sometimes much more interested in hearing the music in the movie than watching the movie for its own sake. Or another way of saying it, I like a movie better sometimes because of the music.
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Not yet seen are less then 5% out of a 1000 CDs collection. I mostly buy a score after I saw the film. If I like the music and still remember it a week after watching the film, it turns into a candidate. I love films and I love various kinds of music, not least symphonic music. Film music is the intersection.
If I buy a score because I heard the music somewhere or because I like the composer I make it my objection to see the film as soon as possible. So my film music collection very much mirrors my DVD collection.
Film music in my perception always remains programme music, the connection to the film never breaks. In effect, listening to a score serves as a substitute to actually revisit the film. I've then seen the film in my mind. That's probably why I am generally very much in favour of C&C releases.
As a result my collection is quite diverse. With the exception of John Williams I have never collected certain composers.
 Volker
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Aug 29, 2015 - 12:03 PM
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slint
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I buy film scores based on a combination of the composer, genre, and year. I also tend to buy based on what I stumble across and what becomes available.
Many of these films are not readily available for viewing.
I mean, if I saw a CD of a obscure 70s giallo with a gorgeous woman on the cover, I wouldn't pass it up because I hadn't seen the film.
On the other hand, I see many films, and while I may love a film, sometimes the score holds no interest outside of the film.
Almost exactly the same for me, although I like all genres, so I mainly choose based on composer and year.
I've probably only seen about 2% of the movies. Most of them are in a language I can't even understand!
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Quite a bit I haven't seen.
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I do "Watch It For The Score."
Watched This Park is Mine (1986) solely to hear the TD score.
I do this all the time.
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