Does anyone admit to liking compilation, collection of or Soundtrack CD’s?

Just picked up last weekend EMI Records “Pure Cinema Classics”. (2-disc) Everything from “American Beauty” to “H Potter” to “Hannibal” to “Amelie” and “Gladiator”.

I love this kind of CD since I sometime get tired of playing the continuous sounds alike, of one band or one singers recording. Since I’m too lazy to jukebox, they are convenient.

More specifically I realize I pick up many Soundtrack CD’s regularly. Liking visual stimulation ….I have a more visceral reaction to these CD's, while playing soundtracks which evoke the combination of visual and audio stimulation I felt during a film, when later listening to the scoring alone.

Anyone else have favorites in this area:

To name a few, I own, “Wind and the Lion” “Mission” “End of the Affair” “The Piano” “Red Violin” “As Good as it Gets” “City of Angels” “The Royal Tenenbaums” etc. Looking for right now a copy of “Restoration” and the original scoring for “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”.

"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" made me cry like a baby. Excellent film!

And yes, I own a few soundtracks: "Chocolat", "8 Women", and "Strictly Ballroom" leap to mind.

Jeff

I love putting on the soundtrack from the movie "Swingers." Great mix of songs on that one...

Also, "Blues Brothers" just to sing along with.

I find myself researching those "mega-changers" just for the fact of random play. Getting through a whole album can be tricky.

"Blues Brothers" just to sing along with but its so hard to do that without bumping into furniture wearing those dark sunglasses.

Just got “Pirates of the Caribbean” from backorder today. Riproaring scoring to clean by!
Track 8: Blood Ritual is so gladiator.

Editors Note:Being on occasion easily amused. I like to “play-like SH” just in the sense of mixing my choice music to visuals on satellite. Pirate music goes laughably well with Cowboys via “Silverado” in HD. And the other night while spinning “Pure Cinema Classics” the Theme from “The Godfather” made an excellent backdrop to Iraq males menacingly gesticulating on an HDNet World report.

[This message has been edited by Smart Little Lena (edited July 31, 2003).]

Well, let's see...

For mixed-artist compliations, I have the complete Time-Life AM Gold collection on CD (16 discs), nine other 70's comp CDs, a 3-CD set called Sun Jamming, Motown Legends, ....

Not to mention the multidisc Best Of collections, such as: The Beatles 'Live at the BBC', Led Zeppelin (4 discs), Earth, Wind and Fire (3 discs), Bob Dylan's Biograph (3 discs), The Heart of Chicago (2 discs)....

As for soundtracks, there are: A Hard Day's Night, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, Fantasia (Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition), Forest Gump, Shaft, The Nutcracker Suite (sort of a soundtrack), The Lion King, Good Morning Vietnam, Top Gun, The Neverending Story, Jurassic Park....

Then there are other, more 'eclectic' CDs, like: Brent Spiner's Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back (signed), 5 different rainforest/surfside nature sound discs, Dave Grusin's Night-lines and Cinemagic, The Home Video Album, Greatest Movie Classics, Now How Much Would You Pay?, Alice's Restaurant, A Winter's Solstice, The Planets, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters, ....

Plus, 22 single-disc Best Of's, including such greats as: The Chipmunks w/David seville, Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull - Original Masters, CCR's Chronical, Procol Harum - Live, too many more to list (unless someone is interested)....

So, yeah, I admit it.

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As someone who likes Beatles music, but weary of the Beatles, I have enjoyed the 'I am Sam' soundtrack.

“who likes Beatles music” that reminds me I’ve been meaning to pick up “The White Album”.
Just picked up a best of Jethro Tull, I have not listened to yet.
And “Alice’s Restaurant” would be fun. I’ve read the transcript from it. And vaguely remember hearing it on radio (or something).

Time Life (and type) releases. Few years ago I think there was offer for 4disc “COOL ROCK” or something “like that” name. I just couldn’t get past the fact that my music - “BUT WAIT” would come with a genko knife.

"You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant (exceptin' Alice)..."

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yes they are a great way to enjoy diferent music types/bands in one c.d. I like miami vice t.v. soundtrack. also blade runner (vangelis),cat people, ghost, greencard, class action, thomas crown affair, amelie, bram stoker's dracula.Some times it is the only way to get certain songs made only for the movie or a t.v. show. if you like cuban music than check out buena vista social club.

Admission?: Yes. I will buy a compilation CD as a lazy man’s jukebox for music of a particular mood I may be in. Often, however, my appetite grows larger than the contents of that one CD.

Soundtracks: sometimes, yes. Especially if there is a performance I found moving or a song “I’ve just got to have.” For example, the rendition of Begin the Beguine on the Rocketeer soundtrack CD. Now I’m waiting for music of that kind recorded in hi-def digital multi-track and released on DVD-A or SACD. Do we have a DVD-A / SACD suggestions thread?

Rubber Soul is the most fundemental and yet magnificent product of their creative energy. IMO...

House cleaning to the soundtrack of Rocky Horror Picture Show is the bomb.

Just a jump to the left...

Allan

I think at least half the new discs I buy are soundtracks. I like having the "feel" of a good movie. I'll also find artists through some of these types of songs, like Oakenfold.

no i dont care for soundtracks

If movie sound track albums contained "the songs from" rather than mainly being composed of the background music writen to enhance the movie I would probably buy some as complations of great songs. Casino - Good Morning Vietnam - Forest Gump - I'm sure there are more I can't think of right now.


[This message has been edited by Steve_C (edited May 06, 2004).]

Believe it or not, I've always liked the soundtracks to the movie versions of Hair and Tommy. It brings me back into the films. Plus, it's just a trip to hear Jack Nicholson singing. :-)

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I found this thread just today and lately I realize that there are several movies with excellent soundtracks, more so than I remember in the past. No, not Oliver, but I did buy Matrix Revolutions and it sounded excellent in 2 channel, with drums, chorale and symphony. Of course there is LOTR. Anyway, try Matrix and listen. It makes me realize how good movie soundtracks can be, if the producers put their heart into it.

There are many types of music used in movie soundtrack, however very often orchestral music is used. When listening to them, one should think about the composer. In the movie Apocalypse Now, they played Wagner’s "Ride of the Valkyries", in Die Hard (first one) starting Bruce Willis, they played Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy" when the bad guys broke open the safe. Then there are orchestral music soundtracks that are variations off of classical music such as Darth Vader’s theme music in Star Wars by John Williams of Boston Pops which echoes the funeral march by Chopin (if I remember correctly). Another example would be in Gladiator starting Russell Crow when Maximus and Commodus were being lifted up to Colosseum floor for their final match, there was a hint of Mozart’s Requiem.

There are many good songs written as movie soundtrack but as far as the rest goes, I considered them as side dish compare to the masterpieces through out music history. May be someone else can view the works of current composers differently in about 100 years from now when they have been time tested.

I don’t spend money on soundtrack CDs. Instead, I bought Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 CD and listen to it the way it was meant to, the whole hour and ten minutes (plus minus a few minutes). Buying those fragmented classical music is not the way to go.


[This message has been edited by Spiker (edited June 28, 2004).]

Traditionally I don't buy compilations but I do enjoy movie scores/soundtracks. Usually compilations are some record company bozo's worthless opinion of the "best of" or "Top 40" hits that ignore the artist's better work found on B-sides or albums. I prefer to burn or tape my own compilations so that I can skip the fluff that gets inserted on commercial CD's. Movie scores or soundtracks are a great way to get a group of songs that elicit moods or themes, generally put together with a little thought in the process. Here's a few that I keep in semi-regular rotation:

Lost Highway
The X-Files - The Score
Donnie Darko
Master & Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean
Gladiator
Dead Man Walking
Batman Score (Danny Elfman score - not the Prince music)
Phantasm

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