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Quite a few actually. But most are films i love and like and or own at home.
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Less than 10% certainly. If I only listened to music from movies that I've seen TONS of great stuff would have escaped me.
E.g.
David Newman's score on THE KINDRED
Christopher Young's for A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET II
Richard Band's for FROM BEYOND
Elliot Goldenthal's for PET SEMATARY
Jerry Goldsmith's for CABOBLANCO
Jerry Goldsmith's for THE SWARM
Jerry Goldsmith's for CASSANDRA CROSSING
Jerry Goldsmith's for DAMIEN, OMEN II
Jerry Goldsmith's for DAMNATION ALLEY
Jerry Goldsmith's for SALAMANDER
Jerry Goldsmith's for BABY:SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND
Jerry Goldsmith's for MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD
Jerry Fielding's for BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
John Barry's for SOMEWHERE IN TIME
Robert Folk's for TOY SOLDIERS
Bruce Broughton's for SHADOW CONSPIRACY
Max Steiner's for THE FOUNTAINHEAD
Leonard Rosenman's for LORD OF THE RINGS
Alex North's for DRAGONSLAYER
etc etc
To limit your listening to films that you HAVE seen is nothing else than not being a film music aficionado at all, IMHO. There are so many loathsome or just plain crappy movies about with great scores, WHY ON EARTH should I even bother watching all that crap just because I admire the scores?
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Aug 27, 2015 - 7:04 AM
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Francis
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To limit your listening to films that you HAVE seen is nothing else than not being a film music aficionado at all, IMHO.
That's a rather broad statement. There are many themes or scores I've discovered through the composer connection, or hearing them in concert or just referenced in other places. But I do feel in order to appreciate film music even more, it helps placing it in the context of the movie, so I'd dare to state that being a true film music aficionado means watching the movie as well and not just listening to a soundtrack. I obviously differ here from the majority of film score fans who simple just like the music and how it plays on its own. And I certainly don't see myself as a "film music aficionado', but as much a fan of the total package, the film experience.
There are so many loathsome or just plain crappy movies about with great scores, WHY ON EARTH should I even bother watching all that crap just because I admire the scores?
Again, to get the context for which the music was created. Aren't you at least one bit curious how the scores you like play in a movie? And I'm not saying all movies are great lol, if you're a fan of film you watch more crappy movies than good ones, that's just the way it is. But discovering those good ones makes sitting through the bad ones all the more worthwhile. IMO
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That's a rather broad statement.
Of course.
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I used to have a lot more CDs, back in the days of "USED CD shops" and blind buys. I wound up with hundreds of scores that turned out to be deadly dull and I realized I really need the connection with the film. And Since I don't watch nearly that many movies, I have to say, with nearly 1800 CDs at my peak, I must have seen about 20% of the films in question.
I sold off a lot of albums and stopped buying scores blind, so that percentage has changed...
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So, to summarize: different kinds of film score fans want different kinds of collections - some with mostly scores to things they've seen, some with mostly scores to things they haven't seen, and some with some of both.
Got it.
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I literally own one disc that I've never seen the movie. Out of 300ish discs that's ˜ 0.003%
No, that's 0.33%.
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When I was just starting to get interested in recordings of film music at 8 years old -- it would have been close to 100%. I'd see a movie, like the music, and then try and get the lp using my weekly allowance which I enhanced by adding money that I earned by mowing lawns in the summer. When I started working for a radio station at 15, I just got everything that was released - and since I saw virtually everything that came to our local movie theater it probably stayed close to 75 - 80% seen. Later, of course, my tastes became composer related -- so I would blind buy a lot of recordings because I liked the composer. It became more about the music. I have seen a lot of films in my life, though. And I've sought out films just because of the music as a "blind viewing" experience, if you will. So, if I had to guess, I would have approx. 75% seen, 25% not seen.
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