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I remember the excitement of STARLOG magazine anouncing in November, 1979 the first release of NORTH BY NORTHWEST - a rerecording and being thrilled. It was finally released in July of 1980. I was rather disappointed. It left all the good stuff out and had this horrendous miking sound. I had to wait a long time for the OST and later, a reasonably faithful and complete re-recording.
I was excited when WAIT UNTIL DARK and THE SATAN BUG were announced, but anymore, meh. It all seems rather rote, now.
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Definitely the original vinyl release of STAR TREK - THE MOTION PICTURE. Nothing will ever hold the same thrill for me as that release, though many soundtracks since that day have come close.
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Thor
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Since everyone else is mentioning their SW ANTHOLOGY story, I can share mine.
I was on a trip to France with my French class in 1995 - I was 17 going on 18 - and we visited the huge FNAC shop in Paris one day. It was there that I saw the box on a shelf. Like Erik, I had no idea that it even existed. I couldn't afford it at the time, but when I got back home, I ordered it from a mail order company (this was before the age of internet shopping). It cost me a hardearned 500 NOK (appr. $83). I remember cycling to the post office in the middle of school day to pick it up and then opening it inbetween classes. Quite awesome, although it didn't take long before the booklet started falling apart (bad glue!).
Anyways, I can't remember what score I was MOST excited to buy, but it would definitely have to be the first few CD soundtracks I got in the mid 90's or thereabouts. That's when my "passion" was still burning hot. I haven't been close to feeling the same way these last, oh, 8-9 years, perhaps?(!).
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The three that stand out for me are all scores I came very late to, after seeing the films on TV.
- SILENT RUNNING (LP), mail ordered from Starlog magazine. I wanted it badly and it had been long OOP. When it showed up in the Varese ad I was electrified.
- CARRIE (LP), special-ordered from a local record store. When CBS showed the movie, Donaggio's music put me in a hammerlock from the first moments of the main title and never let go. I was still obsessed with the score long after getting the record.
- THE OMEGA MAN from FSM. There had never been an LP or anything, so I had waited at least 25 years for this score when it showed up in March 2000. Worth it, too.
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The one that will excite me the most hasn't happened yet. When it does, I may not survive, as I will likely be suffocated by euphoria. I'll bet some of you know what me grail is, don't ya? For those who don't, you'll just have to imagine...
A complete release of Goldsmith's Psycho II
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I'm one of those grumpy old buggers, so what I'm going to say will coincide with a couple of people who have already responded above.
I still get a kind of thrill when I click on the "Order Now" button, and another kind of mild tingle when the box full of Cheesey Wotsits arrives. But I'm becoming old and jaded now, so nothing compares to when I was a kid and (you can switch off here if you don't want grandad talking about the good ol' days again).... all this goes back to the mid-to-late '70s.
Ordering through Starlog and getting SILENT RUNNING and IT'S ALIVE!
Ordering through any mail order outlets in fact, and getting... let me think... THE DUNWICH HORROR, GOLIATH AND THE BARBARIANS, MASTER OF THE WORLD....
Making a pilgrimage to London (a whole day's bus ride), 58 Dean St, looking goggle-eyed at the window display and then going in and getting CLEOPATRA, FEAR IS THE KEY, SUMMER AND SMOKE, BARBARELLA....
Going into the regular stores in Glasgow, and finding something new - THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, THE OMEN... anything from a new film...
Going into the regular stores in Glasgow and finding it packed with old stuff I'd never seen before, all inexplicably at sale price - AIRPORT 75, EARTHQUAKE, THE TOWERING INFERNO...
Kinda spoiled for choice nowadays.
You can wake up now, the house is on fire.
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The Varese Club THE GREAT ESCAPE. The wait between Varese's announcement and shipping seemed like forever.
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Well to date I would probably have to say the complete score for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. 
For me, it was FANTASTIC VOYAGE. Or maybe the Varese version of SUPERGIRL.
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In a store, spotting it and not knowing it existed: the FIRST BLOOD LP. I had loved the score and for several years checked the racks repeatedly and had finally given up that there wouldn't be a release and then viola, there it was.
On line, THE DEVIL'S BRIGADE: after all those years of not playing that Leroy Holmes LP so-called "soundtrack". This was quickly matched by the Dirty Dozen and Bridge at Remagen all in a short span of time and all of which I thought the tapes had been lost for.
Mail order, it would be the SAE version of THE WILD BUNCH: After getting the LP decades ago in NYC in a collectable record store and discovering that I didn't particularly like what I heard (same shopping trip as The Devil's Brigade LP, by the way -- so by comparison the Bunch LP was a gem). I ordered the SAE complete score CD and then waited for it to arrive, praying that what I thought I was buying was what it actually. I couldn't pop it in the player fast enough and then I waited with dread to see what I had (I was new to the world of limited editions and promo pressings). Would it be covered with dialogue and sound effects? No. It was everything I'd hoped for and even more.
But for the shear bliss of the experience: THE GREAT ESCAPE DELUXE EDITION. I literally trembled and shook as I placed it in the player. I got chills to hear the fullness of the orchestra and all of the cues I'd always wanted to hear apart from the film (other than one which remains missing for some unexplainable reason, but I digress). Wow!
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