Purchased in September:

RUBY (John Scott)
A PATCH OF BLUE / DAVID AND LISA (Jerry Goldsmith/Mark Lawrence)
MEMPHIS BELLE (George Fenton)
WILD THINGS (George S Clinton)
SMALL SOLDIERS (score, Jerry Goldsmith)
ANTZ (John Powell/HG Williams)
MEN IN BLACK (score, Danny Elfman)
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Patrick Doyle)
COMA/LOGAN'S RUN (Jerry Goldsmith)
ARMY OF DARKNESS (Joseph LoDuca)
SHADOW CONSPIRACY. (Bruce Broughton)
MOBSTERS (Michael Small)
CONAN THE DESTROYER (Basil Poledouris)
THE OMEN (Jerry Goldsmith)
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (Stephen Warbeck)
THE FOG (Varese issue, John Carpenter)
BATTLE OF BRITAIN (Ron Goodwin / William Walton)
BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4 (score, Craig Safan)
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (John Carpenter)
DIRTY HARRY ANTHOLOGY (Lalo Schifrin)
LEGENDS OF THE FALL (James Horner)
WILD WILD WEST (score, Elmer Bernstein)
DIGGSTOWN (James Newton Howard)

NP: DIRTY HARRY ANTHOLOGY (Lalo Schifrin)

Still waiting Japanese re-issue of Mr Goldsmith's Under Fire.

Allan

As for my latest soundtracks...

ED WOOD -Howard Shore

ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS -Hummie Mann

QUIGLY DOWN UNDER -Basil Polidorus

The latest addition to my library arrived mere hours ago:

The Age of Innocence (Elmer Bernstein)

I'm currently waiting on three others I've ordered recently, as well:

Enter the Dragon (Lalo Schifrin)
“Clowns in the Sky, Vol. 2” - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (The Brains - Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, et al.)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (Leonard Rosenman)

It's perhaps also worth noting that the 20th anniversary laserdisc boxed set for "Jaws," which I just finally ordered (now that the 25th anniversary DVD is out - always behind the times, I) includes a copy of the old version of that film's soundtrack (John Williams), or at least it would be, if I didn't already have that disc (thereby preventing this from really being a new addition to the library). I guess I'll sell one of these copies of the CD for a few bucks, if I can (probably to help defray the cost of the new expanded edition http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/wink.gif">.

- JE

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TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith) a masterpiece, well deserving of expansion.

BASIC INSTINCT (Jerry Goldsmith) a masterpiece, deserving of expansion if there's THAT much music missing from the album, but as I remember it there isn't ... although there are those alternate versions of "An Unending Story" ...

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Franz Waxman) superb rerecording released by Silva Screen. More depth in the orchestrations than you might imagine, based on the clammy, scratchy 1935-era mono sound recording.

SOMEWHERE IN TIME (John Barry) fine rerecording conducted by Joel McNeely, easily on a par with the original version.

BODY HEAT (John Barry) very POOR rerecording conducted by Joel McNeely, probably passable if you're not familiar with the original version, but I wouldn't care to own this.

THE OMEN: THE ESSENTIAL JERRY GOLDSMITH (Silva Screen rerecording) Mostly inefficient covers of original themes. The excellent quality of a COUPLE of the versions -- e.g. THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, superbly done -- makes me wonder why MOST of the album is so poorly performed. I will not be buying this.

MULAN (Jerry Goldsmith) The official commercial release. I have a CDR of the longer Academy promo, but left it back in NYC, and was going through Goldsmith withdrawal, so picked this up at the walking-distance library. (Everything else on this list came from the Central library in Fort Lauderdale.)

OUR MAN FLINT/IN LIKE FLINT (Jerry Goldsmith) Silly fun, nothing very deep but pleasant background stuff.

KING KONG (Max Steiner) Marco Polo rerecording, superlative, although I still like the Rhino OST version as well. The old Fred Steiner rerecording isn't bad either, but the Marco Polo one puts it to shame.

THE FURY (John Williams) One of my favorite Williams scores. Nuff said.

ANGELA'S ASHES (John Williams) Sorry, fans, but I think this is one of the most tedious things he's ever produced, way down there with SLEEPERS and PRESUMED INNOCENT. I had higher hopes. I will not be buying this.

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (John Williams) I love "Hymn for the Fallen," but the nature of the film is such that Williams doesn't have much room to stretch. Sometimes it happens that way.

THE THIN RED LINE (Hans Zimmer, John Powell) I admired this movie, and thought the score was absolutely perfect, but as a score album, I'm afraid I find it deadly dull. I will not buy it, though I like Zimmer and Powell, and am not denigrating the quality of what they DID accomplish: it's just not the kind of candy my ear likes to taste.

And here are the albums I've taken out of the library but not yet had time to listen to:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Elmer Bernstein's rerecording for Varese)

THE RED VIOLIN (John Corigliano)

CLASH OF THE TITANS (Laurence Rosenthal)

TORU TAKEMITSU: ORCHESTRAL WORKS

NP: "Sinfonia Tapkaara" by Akira Ifukube (another library borrow, come to think of it)

You know, I've barely grazed the surface of the film scores the central library has to offer!

• Japanese Orchestral Music - A compilation of several contemporary Japanese orchestral works, including the World Premiere Recording of Ballata Sinfonica by Akira Ifukube (Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Jun'ichi Hirokami)
  
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony #0, Helgoland, Psalm 150 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Daniel Barenboim)
  
• Anton Bruckner: Symphony #2 (Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan)
  
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir Adrian Boult)
  

NP: Bruckner, Symphony #2

- Bram Stoker's Dracula (Kilar)
- The Ninth Gate (Kilar)
- The Omega Man (Grainer)
- The Flim-Flam Man / Girl Named Sooner (Goldsmith)
- Fire, Water, Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio (Goldenthal)

Logan's Run / Coma currently on order and waiting for Goldsmith's Hollow Man to hit Sydney. Hate it when song albums to as-yet-
unreleased-in-Sydney films are available on shelf, while score albums take a month or so after the film's release to show up.... http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/mad.gif">

* KRULL (Horner, 2CD)

FANTASTIC music and a valid example of my love/dislike relationship to James Horner.

* THE JOHN WILLIAMS COMPILATION (3CD-set)

A magnificent CD-R set (without artworks). Check out the track listing!:

CD-1: The First Years (1957-1972) [79'18]

1. M-SQUAD (1957) (2'31)
2. M-SQUAD (2'25)
3. M-SQUAD (2'12)
4. ALCOA PREMIERE (1961) (1'59)
5. WIDE COUNTRY (1962) (2'32)
6. KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATRE (1963) (0'44)
7. NONE BUT THE BRAVE (1965) (1'48)
8. THE RARE BREED (1966) (5'27)
9. THE RARE BREED (2'38)
10. THE RARE BREED (5'56)
11. THE RARE BREED (4'18)
12. LOST IN SPACE (1967) (1'01)
13. GHOSTBREAKERS (1967) (0'57)
14. SERGEANT RYKER (1968) (2'39)
15. GOODBYE, MR CHIPS (1969) (Overture / Entr'acte / You and I, 8'35)
16. THE REIVERS (1969) (Overture, 4'56)
17. THE REIVERS (Suite, 7'38)
18. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) (Prologue and Tradition / Main Title / To Life / Wedding Celebration and Bottle Dance / Chava Ballet Sequence / Anatevka / Finale, 17'18)
19. PETE'N'TILLIE (1972) (2'57)

CD-2: The Great Years (1973-1999) [79'21]

1. TOM SAWYER (1973) (Overture / Main Title / Hannibal Mo / Finale, 9'10)
2. THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING (1973) (Song, 4'19)
3. CONRACK (1974) (5'58)
4. THOMAS AND THE KING (1975) (Suite, 4'03)
5. FAMILY PLOT (1976) (End Titles, 3'50)
6. MAN OF YORKTOWN MARCH (1976) (different orchestration, 3'12)
7. THE FURY (1978) (0'35)
8. THE FURY (1'13)
9. AMBLIN LOGO (1981) (0'13)
10. LADD COMPANY LOGO (1981) (0'23)
11. POPS ON THE MARCH (1981) (4'50)
12. YES, GIORGIO (1982) (If We Were In Love-Song, 4'12)
13. YES, GIORGIO (If We Were In Love-Instrumental, 4'56)
14. AMERICA THE DREAM GOES ON (1963) (4'32)
15. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) (2'27)
16. INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (2'12)
17. SPACECAMP (1984) (0'27)
18. AMAZING STORIES (1986) (0'27)
19. A HYMN TO NEW ENGLAND (1987) (3'12)
20. OLYMPIC SPIRIT (1988) (different orchestration, 3'52)
21. THE ACIDENTAL TOURIST (1988) (5'31)
22. ALWAYS (1989) ("Follow Me" alternate, 1'13)
23. UNIVERSAL LOGO (1990) (0'34)
24. FAR AND AWAY (1992) (Violin-soloist version, 5'32)
25. JURASSIC PARK (1993) (from the "Making Of", 0'59)
26. DREAMWORKS LOGO (1997) (0'22)

CD-3 (BONUS)

1. CLARINET CONCERTO (1991)
4. TUBA CONCERTO (1985) (Live)
5. THE PHANTOM MENACE (1999) (Live Suite)
8. THE UNFINISHED JOURNEY (1999) (20', with dialogue)

The Best of Final Fantasy 1994-1999 - Nobuo Uematsu
First Blood - Jerry Goldsmith
Lassie - Basil Poledouris
The Last of the Mohicans (Varèse) - Trevor Jones/Randy Edelman
Urban Legends: Final Cut - John Ottman
The Watcher - Marco Beltrami

I might get Howard Shore's score to The Cell as well. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/wink.gif">

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• Dark City
  
• Carlito's Way
  
• North by Northwest

And today, I found some scores at the flea market (last year I got a great Decca Herrmann album there), all quite cheap:

• Die Hard 2 (Michael Kamen) - Wasn't too impressed by it in the movie, but I figured it may be worth the price. Surprised that Don Davis is among the orchestrators. I LOVE Sibelius' Finlandia, but Kamen's version isn't too good. I only have an old (but good) mono recording on CD; I once found an absolutely great (both in performance and sound quality) recording on Napster. I'd love to get this one on CD, but I have NO idea who the performers are.
  
• The Elephant Man (John Morris) - After getting Spaceballs, I started a John Morris thread some time ago, and this was one of the resulting recommendations.
  
• The Dark Half (Christopher Young) - Never heard it (never even heard about it), but I figured the low price is worth the risk to get some more Young music.
  
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Morey/Churchill/Harline/Smith) - I didn't like the songs, but from what I remember, parts of the score were really good, so I took the chance. Haven't played it yet, and the album looks a bit confusing; I just hope there's the score on it. But as it runs for nearly 74 minutes, it can't be all songs.
  

NP: The Dark Half (Christopher Young)NP: The Dark Half (Christopher Young)

Prokofiev: The Film Music (Vox Box)
Cinema Century 2000 (Silva)
Psycho (Hitchcock compilation, London label)
Basic Instinct
Poltergiest
Breakfast at Tiffany's
From Russia With Love
Star Trek TMP 20th Anniversary
Star Trek V
Star Trek Insurrection

I'm a man of means by no means http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/biggrin.gif">, so that will have to do me for a few weeks.

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KING OF THE HILL - Cliff Martinez (plus songs from the 30's)
KAFKA - Cliff Martinez
COMA - Jerry Goldsmith (Bay Cities release)
THE FOX - Lalo Schifrin
WONDERLAND - Micheal Nyman
THE UNDEFEATED/HOMBRE - Hugo Montenegro/David Rose

currently waiting for BEING JOHN MALKOVICH to arrive in the mail

LP's:

ARABESQUE - Henry Mancini
THE PARTY - Henry Mancini
HAWAII FIVE-O - Morton Stevens (tv)
CAST A GIANT SHADOW - Elmer Bernstein
BEN-HUR - Rozsa (Deluxe Edition w/book!)
PETULIA - John Barry

'Friends of the Library' sales are GREAT for finding vinyl - quality ranges from fair to good.

• Anton Bruckner: Symphony #8 (Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan) - Everywhere I looked, this is considered to be the definitive recording. So far, it sounds very good indeed.

And already I have to watch my money for the rest of the month. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/redface.gif">

QB VII (Jerry Goldsmith)

Stefancos- who also overspend this month http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/frown.gif">

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"TREKKIES WIN!!!!"- Jerry Goldsmith, Royal Albert Hall, June 28th, 2001

James Horner
- BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS/ HUMINOIDS FROM THE DEEP
- HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS

Jerry Goldsmith
- MORITURI

Alfred Newman
- THE BEST OF EVERYTHING

Marc Shaiman
- CITY SLICKERS 2: THE LEGEND OF CURLY'S GOLD

Mark MacKenzie
- DR. JEKYLL AND MS. HYDE

John Barry
- SWEPT FROM THE SEA

Mark Mancina
- MOLL FLANDERS

That's it for now...

Erik Woods
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Considering that Tora! Tora! Tora! was finally recorded some 25 years after the release of the movie, Goldsmith did a wonderful job of recapturing the atmosphere and feeling of the movie. The 7 additional tracks of bonus material containing cues from other music heard in the film such as the radio broadcasts from Honolulu and Tokyo, the incidental military music such as the opening Japanese cerimony (including one track never used in the movie) and the US Navy bands rendition of the national anthem with original abrupt cuts from the master tape, to name a few, make this CD well worth the price.

The Wind and the Lion ( Jerry Goldsmith )
Star Trek: The Next Generation Vol. 4 ( Jay Chattaway )
Intersection ( James Newton Howard )
Presumed Innocent ( John Williams )

Philipp.

NP: TOY SOLDIERS ( ROBERT FOLK )

" What we do in life echoes in eternity"
Maximus from Gladiator