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Where are the people who used to buy lots of soundtracks? When 1000 copies of almost anything sold out within a few days, seems for the most part are gone except for a few few exceptions. Are people busy with other hobbies, do they not collect or listen to film music as much anymore? Are some of the film music fans passing away? Something is up. Is there too many releases right now, by too many labels? Every other month one of the labels has an awesome box set of goodies. Is the constant increase of shipping by the USPS to foreign customers stopping them from buying much these days? Titles that should be LONG sold out are still available, examples can be found at pretty much all the labels. I'm curious, what are you spending habits now a days? Are you more picky? Too much out there now?
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Oct 15, 2016 - 6:48 PM
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bobbengan
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Personally, I discovered the amazing world of Japanese scores, where it sounds like everything is treated like a symphony rather than a film, TV or video game score, and suddenly a lot of Western film music - Especially new stuff - Just didn't grab me at all anymore. Why listen to watered down stuff when there are young, brilliantly gifted composers in Japan, in numbers rivaling and perhaps superseding those in Hollywood, who write amazing music full of orchestrational nuance, big themes, killer action music, immense scope with great regularity... So why would I waste my time with Desplat or Giacchino or Jackman or Tyler? I mean... There are guys and gal in Japan who put Goldsmith to shame for christ's sake, and rival Williams. And there's DECADES worth of that stuff that I'm still getting caught up on, two years after first diving into this goldmine. That's my personal answer (though I'll continue to support the release of genuinely great scores no matter where they come from), though if you want to know the real culprit, I'd be willing to bet it has something to do with the tremendous ease with which music can be obtained online for free. I know that's not the answer anyone likes, nor am I endorsing that kind of behavior, but it's probably the truth.
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For me, my partner stopped working a number of years ago & so my spending money is much less, so I can only buy a fraction of what I used to. It can be frustrating as there is a lot of releases that I would like but can no longer afford. The up side is that having been collecting for 4 decades, there are a lot of scores I haven't listened to for years & am now able to get to again. Steve.
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I'm just not into the whole glut of sci-fi/fantasy/action releases and re-releases and re-re-releases that seem to be all that comes out these days. Part of the problem is that most of what I ever wanted by Jerry Goldsmith has been released, and released well, and that goes for so much of John Williams' oeuvre as well. I have been listening to more classical music these days, and like another poster in this thread have gotten into some unusual byways in video game scoring and works by Japanese composers. When a new release comes out, I often buy it as a download. Times have changed.
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Oct 15, 2016 - 8:39 PM
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bdm
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Besides reasons stated above, Intrada & FSM's decision to not make releases limited, plus other labels rereleasing previously sold out titles quickly - all to drive the hated "Speculators" out of the market - have hurt sales in a major way. I know a few folks who a) bought everything (because they loved film music, & had the disposable income), and b) always bought an extra copy (in case it was one of those titles that sold out quickly, which they could flip for a quick profit, thus funding their purchase of the next releases, and repeat... [and not every title led to this opportunity, so they often were left with a number of extra copies on the shelf]). Once their extra copies lost any value, they just bought one copy, thus reducing sales for the labels. Add to this, they are now busy with kids they didn't have before, or other obligations, or lack of space, so they now only purchase "must haves (i.e. personal trails)," the sales drop more, and here we are...
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Has anyone considered the possible unstatainability of this very narrow and specialized market?
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Presenting Varese's new WHERE ARE YOU series Yes, the new WHERE ARE YOU? and WE HEAR YOU series, both born out of this past summer's MARCO POLO initiative.
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