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OK, many of us have done it, we hear others here and elsewhere rave about a score or certain release, and get so excited that we employ the "Blind Buy" method without hearing more than a few samples. (Or sometimes not even anything at all!) Or maybe you have a composer that you love and had started to pre-order their scores without knowing what they're going to be like. And a lot of the time it totally works out. Like Lair! But then there are those other times where the score comes and you can't see yourself ever really listening to it again. Here are a few blind buys that didn't pan out for me.
Planet of the Apes - Goldsmith (Just not my cup of tea)
The Bible - Mayuzumi (I love biblical epics, but I did not like this)
After Earth - Newton Howard (The Shyamalan combo is usually so promising!)
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(Oh, and for the totally awesome people here who never do blind buys, and listen to everything thoroughly and never make a purchase they don't regret, then yey for you. No need to congratulate yourself here or tell us blind-buyers how foolish it is. Oh my, am I getting cynical?)
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I have done this as well especially for John Williams scores. Sometimes at first hearing I am sort of disappointed. However, after listening to a score more than once, I begin to realize its beauty. This has happened for: Patriot, Lincoln and most recently Book Thief. Now I love these scores.
Might want to give this a try especially with the scores you have mentioned.
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I have done this as well especially for John Williams scores. Sometimes at first hearing I am sort of disappointed. However, after listening to a score more than once, I begin to realize its beauty. This has happened for: Patriot, Lincoln and most recently Book Thief. Now I love these scores.
Might want to give this a try especially with the scores you have mentioned.
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OP, do you mean a blind buy the way it is now, where you listen to a few samples and get it without being familiar with the rest of the score? Or do you mean like it was in the old days; happen upon something in a record shop, like the composer or maybe even the cover art, and take a wild swing?
I miss those days. 
Yes. Good days!
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Dare I say it...
Although I am a huge John Williams fan, the blind buy of "Images" led to me selling it very quickly. I know, the intelligence of the score... but I just can´t enjoy it.
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Lots of them...
Pride Of Glory - Mark Isham
In The Bedroom - Thomas Newman
Kiss The Girls - Mark Isham
I Am Sam - John Powell
Paycheck - John Powell
Thunderbirds - Hans Zimmer
Leviathan - Jerry Goldsmith
Last Dance - Mark Isham
The One - Trevor Rabin
The Replacement Killers - Harry Gregson-Williams
New Music In Films Vol. 1 - Christopher Franke
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