I'm a big fan of film scores. Morricone is one of the greats, as is John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Harry Potter), James Horner (Glory, Braveheart, Star Trek II) , Jerry Goldsmith (Patron, Air Force One, several Star Trek films), Randy Edelman (Last of the Mohicans, Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story, Gettysburg), Hans Zimmer (Rain Man, Gladiator, the Nolan Batman movies), Alan Silvestei (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Captain America), and Basil Poledouris Conan, Farewell to the King, Hunt for Red October)
One of the neat things about scores is that there are a few companies still cranking out limited edition deluxe CDs that include unreleased tracks, extensive liner notes, and sometimes autographs when the composer is still living. They're not cheap, usually $20-30 each, but they're high quality releases and usually don't sell out too fast despite being limited to 5-10k copies.
The quality of soundtracks has diminished right along with the quality of movies. It used to be that a top-tier film included a score by a top-tier composer, but I have found that my collection has very, very few albums past the early 2000s.
Interesting! Are those special releases a Deutschmark Grammophon/His Masters Voice thing (they’re the two big classical companies, I believe), or more the usual Warner/Sony Classics, etc..?
If you happen to know that.
In terms of composers, would also recommend John Barry (Out of Africa, occasional Bond movie, Zulu) and Elmer Bernstein (Ghostbusters, Great Escape, Magnificent Seven et al.) - both pretty great!
I'm a big fan of film scores. Morricone is one of the greats, as is John Williams (Star Wars, Superman, Harry Potter), James Horner (Glory, Braveheart, Star Trek II) , Jerry Goldsmith (Patron, Air Force One, several Star Trek films), Randy Edelman (Last of the Mohicans, Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story, Gettysburg), Hans Zimmer (Rain Man, Gladiator, the Nolan Batman movies), Alan Silvestei (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Captain America), and Basil Poledouris Conan, Farewell to the King, Hunt for Red October)
One of the neat things about scores is that there are a few companies still cranking out limited edition deluxe CDs that include unreleased tracks, extensive liner notes, and sometimes autographs when the composer is still living. They're not cheap, usually $20-30 each, but they're high quality releases and usually don't sell out too fast despite being limited to 5-10k copies.
The quality of soundtracks has diminished right along with the quality of movies. It used to be that a top-tier film included a score by a top-tier composer, but I have found that my collection has very, very few albums past the early 2000s.
Interesting! Are those special releases a Deutschmark Grammophon/His Masters Voice thing (they’re the two big classical companies, I believe), or more the usual Warner/Sony Classics, etc..?
If you happen to know that.
In terms of composers, would also recommend John Barry (Out of Africa, occasional Bond movie, Zulu) and Elmer Bernstein (Ghostbusters, Great Escape, Magnificent Seven et al.) - both pretty great!
I usually shop at LaLaLand Records, Intrada, and Varese Sarabande