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My personal favorites, in terms of listening experiences, are Patton, Under Fire, Logan's Run, Capricorn One, and The Boys From Brazil, although Planet Of The Apes is a great soundtrack too. Your article inspired me to write about Goldsmith on my film score blog, along with why I chose these scores as my favorites (their memorable themes playing a huge part in my enjoyment). http://thehollywoodsound.blogspot.com/2011/07/remembering-jerry-goldsmith.html
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In addition to Star Trek and Planet of the Apes which you've already described better than I ever could... First Blood: Taut and thrilling as any score can be, I just can't imagine this film without this music. As much as I loved the LP, I love the complete even more. When the film came out I remember for years going to record stores hoping they would have it before I finally happened across it. Capricorn One: Another one where the LP and the complete are both amazing listens. This may be the score that caused me to finally start seeking out scores composed by Goldsmith. The Main Title and Breakout say it all. Sand Pebbles: As beautiful as a score ever gets, I far prefer the deluxe edition to the LP and look forward to the day a complete comes out (that includes the LP's version of the overture of course). The extended sea battle is sensational, I still get chills from "Death of a Thousand Cuts," and "Repel Boarders" is one of Goldsmith's best cues. Twilight's Last Gleaming: The music so takes me back to moments in the film. "Tanks" is a tour de force and there's nothing like Nuclear Nightmare separate from the dialogue and sirens of the film. There's so many mixed feelings in this score. Sadness, regret, dignity, pride. Poltergeist: I love listening to this one. The orchestrations are so rich and full you feel like you're swept away in a cyclone of passion and emotion, one minute beautiful, the next horrific. And the beauty of "The Light." The Swarm: The complete for me is far superior to the LP version which I was never that fond of. Although some of the more sentimental music doesn't do it for me, I put up with it to get to the action and military stuff. It's interesting that the military passages share common characterists with Twilight's Last Gleaming which also features Richard Widmark as a General. Alien: As terrific as the album was in its day, I love listening to the complete score -- both what was in the film and what was not. It's a treasure chest of riches, moody and sullen, anguished and frightening, and sometimes even at piece. I could listen to the Landing again and again all day.
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JG albums that I can listen to in their entirety without getting tired? Not very many, I'm afraid, but here they are: LEGEND (a tone poem not of this world; in both versions, the old 45 min "Upart" I grew up with, and the 75 min Silva) PLANET OF THE APES (JG accomplishes to make even the atonal stuff sound melodic!) POLTERGEIST II (strangely enough, I find Part II more listenable as a whole, with a stellar mystic main theme) TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (concert-hall-perfect in every sense) GREMLINS (**cough, cough**...sooo cute and melodic, mischievous, heartfelt, all at the same time; when will it ever come out...uhm...) THE OMEN / DAMIEN / THE FINAL CONFLICT (I just love that evil touch throughout, both theme- and instrument-wise)
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