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There's something I'm not seeing.
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I think the thread might have been rekindled by a Bot who flew too close to the flame (ZAPPP!!!!)
Maybe?
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Yes, I think that might be the case. But, since I'm here.... I recently picked up BLOW OUT (the Prometheus edition) and have played it about a dozen times in a week, just to get to know it, like I did back in ye olden daze. I did have the LP, so it was not totally new. I see that yooz lot rate this one pretty highly. I think that it's maybe mid-tier in that it does have those gorgeous Pino themes, but some of the suspense/ horror music is hard to get to grips with - the long-held "open" chords, the rat-tat-tat drum... and those occasional appearances of the very '80s electric guitar. It doesn't quite gel for me. I also watched the film again. It was "okay", then I went and read all the reviews about it, and they're mostly very positive, so I must have missed something. A lot of the critics heralded Nancy Allen's "warm" performance. I thought she was terrible. Then I went and watched De Palma's GREETINGS and HI MOM! and thought they were great. Closer to Woody Allen than anything Hitchcock, but you can see his pervy obsessions already, such as voyeurism. And big nods to Antonioni, Truffaut and... eventually The Cock (or the Hitch). Then I watched (BLOOD) SISTERS, with Benny Herrmann going mental on the woo-woo machine. Then I watched Woody Allen's BANANAS and loved it. All of the previous rabbit speaks the truth.
In summary -
Top-tier Pino - DON'T LOOK NOW, DRESSED TO KILL, CARRIE
Mid-tier Pino - TOURIST TRAP, PIRANHA, THE HOWLING, BLOW OUT
Other-tier Pino - I don't know. I haven't heard any of his "recent" (as in since the '80s) stuff.
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Thanks for playing Graham, even if your opinions are a load of baloney (and every body knows that) 
Incidentally, SISTERS is showing on UK TV tonight (Talking Pictures), which Pino Donaggio might have scored, if Bernard Herrmann had died earlier?
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I have had an eye on the Pino PATRICK and his SEED OF CHUCKY, but I seem to recall that you (Ms. Gurdy) stated that they didn't do much for you. I take your opinions into consideration, unless they are... baloney.
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SEED OF CHUCKY is pretty good, worth a punt if it's going cheap-ish.
Lots of demonic chanting and typical Pino Scary Drama-Rama, IIRC.
I'd need to play PATRICK again, it's bin-a-while, but I don't remember it doing that much for me.
I do love Pino though...quality composer.
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P Doyle...P Donaggio...
I think it might be a Vitamin P D Deficiency?? 
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I think the thread might have been rekindled by a Bot who flew too close to the flame (ZAPPP!!!!)
Maybe?
There's been several of those in the last couple of days.
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Playing Patrick now. It's OK, if not a classic list topper. The usual dominant strings n woodwind with a bit of brass. Not bad really. I'm not keen on some of the electronic parts, though. A bit noisy rather than musical.
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..somehow he doesn't fit my ears...same with Patrick Doyle.