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lordvader10 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 8/13/05 9:27pm Subject: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	I just picked up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Elfman and it rocks...I've been disappointed in him lately, but love this album. Batman Begins - Have mixed feelings about it since its synthesized Hans Zimmer... The Island - Only 3 good tracks... What is everyone else listening to?
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Well_Of_Souls Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/14/05 2:01pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Well, I recently picked up two Elfman scores: Big Fish and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both of which are excellent. Elfman has always been one of my faves and he continues to impress me again and again. Although, I wish the albums for his scores were more complete. I also have been listening to Batman Begins and War of the Worlds, both of which are difficult listening experiences on album. Both have great music, but also a lot of uninteresting filler. Shorter albums for each would have been better. -----signature----- "Okey dokey, Doctor Jones, hold on to your potatoes!"
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Darth_Vader-Anakin Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 8/14/05 3:01pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Right now I'm listening to James Newton Howard's Dinosaur. I enjoyed it on my first listen, but after listening to it a few more times, it has really grown on me. I've also been listening to Treasure Planet. I don't understand why so many people seem to critisize this score so much. Sure it's not as great as Dinosaur or Atlantis, but it's still a fine piece of work. I also have been listening to both Batman Begins and War of the Worlds, but I find them both very enjoyale. Not the best in my collection but nice additions nonetheless.
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Rogan_Agar Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 8/14/05 4:21pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Revenge... still. Yeah I am a nerd But I love this soundtrack -----signature----- SL-1059 --- 501st Legion --- German Garrison --- Western Squad "... You were the Chosen One!" Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 8/14/05 5:13pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	The Island - Only 3 good tracks... My 1-star review of this is up on Amazon. The first score track is inoffensive but not great; the final score track is pretty good. There's one other decent track, but it sounds ripped from Gladiator, mostly. The rest of the score is offensively bad. True crap. I expected better from the guy who did Steamboy. Anyway, I'm listening to Hisaishi's Spirited Away, Auric's Beauty and the Beast, and Goldsmith/McNeely's Air Force One. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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ST-TPM-ASF-TNE Title: Moderator Emeritus Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/14/05 5:32pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Revenge of the Sith. The only way I'll stop listening to it is if somebody steals my copy -----signature----- Angela Why so serious?
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lordvader10 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 8/14/05 6:05pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Yea I'm really enjoying Charlie and the Chocolate factory but one thing that DRIVES ME NUTS with Soundtracks is how the tracks are out of order, including ROTS!!! ARGH...God bless the AOTC full version. The Island score was GREAT in the movie but just doesn't stand alone...same for Batman Begins, really. I fear that orchestral scores (non-synthesized) is a dying art
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ArthurClavin Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 8/14/05 7:21pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	ROTS. Guilty as charged. AC -----signature----- TPM DF :: Oddball Squadron :: Private
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Cerrabore Registered: Jan '04	Date Posted: 8/14/05 10:12pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	A recording of Richard Hayman conducting music from Star Wars (the film, not the saga). The orchestral version of "Cantina Band" is really something. "The Battle" is a very well-edited suite of battle music... but overall, the conducting, performance, and sound quality is sub-par on this one.
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--Darth_Ganondorf-- Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 8/14/05 10:31pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	I'm trying to get my hands on Stargate, Cutthroat Island, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In the meantime though, I'm switching between ROTS, and the complete scores for The Mummy and The Mummy Returns.
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Rogan_Agar Registered: Dec '04	Date Posted: 8/16/05 4:36am Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Damn, people where do you get these complete scores from? -----signature----- SL-1059 --- 501st Legion --- German Garrison --- Western Squad "... You were the Chosen One!" Obi-Wan Kenobi ROTS
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Mastadge Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 8/16/05 4:46am Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Listening to John Powell's Paycheck. Lots of good-to-great action movie, but not very memorable or hummable, and without anything substantial enough to tie it together into a satisfying listening experience overall. At times it reminds me, oddly enough, of some of Morricone's work. Some really impressive stuff here, but the score just doesn't quite come together. -----signature----- "This will be our reply to violence: To make music more intensely, More beautifully, More devotedly than ever before." - Leonard Bernstein
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Bounty_Hunter_Boba Registered: Oct '03	Date Posted: 8/16/05 6:55am Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Well, I just picked up The Mummy Returns yesterday. So far it's okay. Other than that, ROTS (I'll never stop listening to that) and The Omen. BHB -----signature----- Will never forget 8/1/05 "All you have to do is look at a film without music, and it would be almost unbearable to look at it." - Bernard Herrmann A movie music fan - and proud of it!
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Astrogeogal Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 8/16/05 11:05am Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Currently, ROTS and Ever After by George Fenton.
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yoda_rulz Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 8/16/05 2:25pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	ROTS, and then switching between Return of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean. -----signature----- The Truth shall make ye fret Always remember rule one...
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--Darth_Ganondorf-- Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 8/16/05 2:41pm Subject: RE: What Scores are Everyone Listening to Now?
	Rogan_Agar posted: Damn, people where do you get these complete scores from? Well my Mummy Returns isn't all that great (organizational problems and loudness differences), but it is a complete score. I managed to find bits and pieces of it over the period of a couple of months, but I'd love to have the real thing. My Mummy is fine, though.
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