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I decided to (at least try) go through all 8 discs of Varèse's ELM box. It's a shame that I was able to start as late as I did, 4.00 PM local time. I'm drinking yesterday's leftover Tequila and beer with lime.
How did you listen to this set? Do you ever listen to such boxes at one sitting?
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I started with the scores I always liked best (1, 2, 5 and of course New Nightmare), then listened to the rest. 3, 4, and Freddy VS Jason each have their highlights, but I didn't really get into those scores on the whole (Dream Warriors definitely deserved a better score. Though oddly enough, I liked Ken Harrison's music a bit better than Angelo's).
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Halfway through am I. Thusfar the music has been quite terrible. I'm not a fan of synths, so I don't care for this. Young's score for the first sequel was at least orchestral, but is was mostly sustained sounds and not really much 'composing'.
I'm not complaining. My opinions on the quality of the music are my problem. I'm glad to have this box of music. The presentation is very nice. Just yesterday I was showing off my collecrtion to a person who had not seen my CDs before. From my specialty shelf I took out this box and my facebookfriend immediately guessed Elm Street. So, Varèse, keep these coming.
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New Nightmare is orchestrated, so here's hoping you get into that more.
I like some of the other scores, but honestly, I spent $100 just to get New Nightmare. I love the score (and film) that darn much.
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I'm not usually one for masochism.
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I actually started with Dream Warriors (Part 3) just to hear all of Ken Harrisons music which I love, then it was Part 1, Freddys Revenge (Part 2) followed by New Nightmare. These are the ones I like in the Elmstreet series and not to fond of Part 4,5,6 amd Freddy Vs Jason though.
A great box from Varese and the only thing I didn´t like with the set, was that it didn´t keep its original covers on each CD, otherwise a nice box
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I listened to them in order, mostly on the bus going to and from work.
Original, FREDDY'S REVENGE, and NEW NIGHTMARE are awesome. I was left unimpressed by DREAM WARRIORS and DREAM MASTER, particularly after all the raving about the latter on the board. DREAM CHILD had a lot more highlights than I remember from the film (which has few, if any highlights). FREDDY'S DEAD is pretty good, but not as memorable as the other Brian May scores I've heard (i.e MAD MAX).
Haven't got around to FREDDY VS JASON yet.
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