An order for Intrada's two new Bernstein releases comes to $48.13. An order via SAE for the new Barry Mr. Moses is $24.30.
That's $72.43 for 96 minutes of music. Well, there's actually another seven minutes if one includes the padding of a concert suite added to Mr. Moses to help the CD nudge itself over the 30-minute mark.
Either way, that means I've just spent over $72 for an amount of music that would fit comfortably on less than one-and-a-half CDs.
That's not a complaint... I'm just boasting of how much I'm willing to pay for my sheer love of film music. And I'm thinking that if the other imminent Barry from Prometheus/Tadlow follows suit and plays for around half-an-hour, I can make an even bigger statement of dedication by ending up paying virtually $100 for 2CDs-worth of music!
As you're talking about my two favourite film composers ... and Mr. Barry resolutely stays at the top of my favourite composer, bar none ... I'm not surprised.
I've spent mega-bucks these last 43+ years buying - and often re-buying - music by these Maestros ... I expect to buy Mister Moses very soon ... there's hardly a penny I regret. The pleasure brought to me by this music (and I will include many other composers' names in my list of favourites) is priceless.
In recent years my love of film music as a genre has waned as I have struggled to find 21st Century works which come close to the film scores of the 20th Century (and, as a direct consequence have delved into classical works).
A new score by Mr. Barry is no longer possible ... but I'll happily spend a few more bucks/pounds on acquiring newly released re-recordings et al. of his works. I'm not quite such a completist re: Mr. Bernstein but I'm rarely disappointed with any of his works which I do acquire.
Well soundtrack CD's are expensive (esp. if you're in the UK), but still good value for money if it's music you really want & are going to enjoy for years to come. But a lot of money if it's just to fill a shelf up.
An order for Intrada's two new Bernstein releases comes to $48.13. An order via SAE for the new Barry Mr. Moses is $24.30.
That's $72.43 for 96 minutes of music. Well, there's actually another seven minutes if one includes the padding of a concert suite added to Mr. Moses to help the CD nudge itself over the 30-minute mark.
Either way, that means I've just spent over $72 for an amount of music that would fit comfortably on less than one-and-a-half CDs.
That's not a complaint... I'm just boasting of how much I'm willing to pay for my sheer love of film music. And I'm thinking that if the other imminent Barry from Prometheus/Tadlow follows suit and plays for around half-an-hour, I can make an even bigger statement of dedication by ending up paying virtually $100 for 2CDs-worth of music!
At $45 per hour... much more than basic houry wages, one expensive passionate hobby we got ourselves here.
My problem is that they could have easily combined the two Intrada Bernstein releases into a single disc. Also paying the additional shipping on top of that is just too much.
My problem is that they could have easily combined the two Intrada Bernstein releases into a single disc. Also paying the additional shipping on top of that is just too much.
No they couldn't. Its from 2 separate companies (Sony Music and Columbia Pictures) and 2 separate manufacturers (Sony Music and Intrada's regular manufacturer).
There isn't really any composer in the last 10 years other than Brian Tyler that I really enjoy on a regular basis. Mcneely's music is still always solid but unfortionately he doesn't get enough work/releases.Silvestri & Newton-Howard are great but because of film trends are hit & miss with me. Giacchino I like but never really enough to buy on a regular basis. Shore I like from time to time. Zimmer I like every once in a while but not often. My favorite film composers are either no longer with us, or like David Newman& Randy Edelman, & Trevor Jones are all but retired. Barry, Poledouris, & Goldsmith are terribly missed. I am not saying that some of the new breed don't have talent, just that as has been discussed many times the state of film music has changed. My buying (and listening) habbits have changed because of it.
There isn't really any composer in the last 10 years other than Brian Tyler that I really enjoy on a regular basis. Mcneely's music is still always solid but unfortionately he doesn't get enough work/releases.Silvestri & Newton-Howard are great but because of film trends are hit & miss with me. Giacchino I like but never really enough to buy on a regular basis. Shore I like from time to time. Zimmer I like every once in a while but not often. My favorite film composers are either no longer with us, or like David Newman& Randy Edelman, & Trevor Jones are all but retired. Barry, Poledouris, & Goldsmith are terribly missed. I am not saying that some of the new breed don't have talent, just that as has been discussed many times the state of film music has changed. My buying (and listening) habbits have changed because of it.
"I am not saying that some of the new breed don't have talent, just that as has been discussed many times the state of film music has changed" -------------------------------------------- Hollywood has certainly dumbed itself down to make (almost) everything sound like Zimmer/Remote Control, but you can still hear great new film music scores from the likes of Spain and France. Their composers haven't been muzzled just yet.
Well I've certainly got my moneys worth from the 27m 46s of the Mary Queen Of Scots album. Buy what you love & you can't go wrong. I haven't bought anything this year...yet.
"I am not saying that some of the new breed don't have talent, just that as has been discussed many times the state of film music has changed" -------------------------------------------- Hollywood has certainly dumbed itself down to make (almost) everything sound like Zimmer/Remote Control, but you can still hear great new film music scores from the likes of Spain and France. Their composers haven't been muzzled just yet.
Agreed. Composers like Phillipe Rombi, Frederico Jusid and Nuno Malo are very promising. They have written some fantastic new scores.
