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Sep 16, 2021 - 5:00 AM
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AJL
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It's difficult because favourites change all the time, but if I'm pressed to name just one it would have to be The Sand Pebbles by Jerry Goldsmith. It was the first soundtrack I ever bought in 1966: a mono LP, here in the UK, released at the same time as the film. (I have no idea what happened to that LP.)
I've bought any number of versions since then. It is still, in my opinion, one of the best - if not the best - scores he ever composed, a perfect match of score to film. And an incredible listening experience time and time again.
I, of course, have the Intrada 2011 complete score, but mastering technology has improved even more since then, and I love to think that Intrada might revisit it sometime soon for even better sound quality, if that's possible. The problem would be that it is still available in that format, but I can dream.
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It's probably The Empire Strikes Back for me. There is not a track I put up with, or even skip*, to get to a better one. I enjoy every moment of it.
I used to have a tie for second favorite between ALIEN and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but Star Trek really is the closest of seconds for me.
* Actually, on the original album set, which was a hot mess, I did skip the concert arrangements, right from the start when I was 10.
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Star Wars was my first and therefore most important one. Since I still adore it I am happy to choose it.
Although the scores that went into my collection next are very close:
- MOONRAKER
- SUPERMAN
- BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
- STAR CRASH
- STAR TREK
- GOLDFINGER
- All the other Bond scores
- ROCKY
- And then…
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Thomas mentioned The Lion in Winter--a close second for me, as it contains three of my favorite JB cues--main title, Chinon-Eleanor' Arrival, and The Herb Garden.
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Yeah, probably Superman.
It's funny when your favorite score is not written by your favorite composer. If I were top 5 scores of all time, Superman, Empire Strikes Back and Raiders would be on there. Someone would say "you must be a John Williams fan." And I always reply "Nah not really, his just hit home runs with those."
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It's really difficult but at a push it would have to be one of the Bonds. I think OHMSS is the best one, but if I could only ever listen to one ever again it might be Diamonds Are Forever.
Cheers
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I don't have one score which is better than others that I like.
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