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 Posted:   Apr 25, 2015 - 9:07 PM   
 By:   Mr. Jack   (Member)

Grabbed Richard Einhorn's Dead Of Winter from SAE for $2.95 recently...what a cool, atmospheric score from a composer I had literally never heard of before (haven't seen the movie either).

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 26, 2015 - 4:26 AM   
 By:   humster   (Member)

Grabbed Richard Einhorn's Dead Of Winter from SAE for $2.95 recently...what a cool, atmospheric score from a composer I had literally never heard of before (haven't seen the movie either).

This is almost verbatim what I was just going to post! A really wonderful, rich, haunting score. I feel guilty now paying just $2.95 for it.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 26, 2015 - 8:33 PM   
 By:   kaseykockroach   (Member)

Just yesterday, a CD warehouse had a "Buy 1, get a used CD free" deal, so with getting Michael Giacchino's John Carter, I randomly grabbed Amelie as the free one.
Been absolutely loving it so far.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 26, 2015 - 10:00 PM   
 By:   barryfan   (Member)

Just yesterday, a CD warehouse had a "Buy 1, get a used CD free" deal, so with getting Michael Giacchino's John Carter, I randomly grabbed Amelie as the free one.
Been absolutely loving it so far.


Both of those are excellent reminders that melodic, powerful film scoring is not dead!

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 2:01 AM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

There have been a few over the years (and I may have forgotten most of them), but in the late 90s, I remember picking up a copy of the WILLIAMS ON WILLIAMS compilation during a cut-out sale -- for a measly $4.30. If you know that CD's at that time (and even today) hover just under $35 in Norway, that was a steal. As it turned out, the CD also became one of my favourite film music compilations and a great album in its own right.

Of course, the purchase wasn't ENTIRELY blind, as I loved Williams at the time, so how wrong could I go?

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 8:30 AM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

Allow me to make some suggestions for those who want inexpensive blind buys:

http://screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/12973/THE-RED-CANVAS/

http://www1.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/15285/THE-HAPPETS-IN-THE-KINGDOM-OF-THE-SUN-500-EDITION/ ($0.50 -- how can you go wrong?)

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 9:18 AM   
 By:   KeoNato   (Member)

"The Tall Man" -- Joel Douek, Todd Bryanton, George Acogny, Pascal Laugier, Christopher Young.

The score doesn't exactly work together but it was a complete blind buy based on Young's name. His work on it is a guilty pleasure.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 9:43 AM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

I can't think of any completely blind buys I've done with movie music. Early on, I was like Joan, only bought music that I knew somehow or knew enough about the composer that it didn't seem like a blind buy.

And then when CD stores let you preview CDs, I never bought blind if I could listen first. And ever since the internet, I preview everything before buying.

But I do recall picking up Holdridge's Into Thin Air having heard just a couple of moments of it (don't know if it was cheap or not). And it was the equivalent of a blind buy - didn't really know anything about it, and it's one of my favorite purchases from the last fifteen years.

Great suggestions, Justin! The Happets clips are adorable! And the Red Canvas really is a striking Rozsa tribute without being lavish, judged by the clips.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 10:21 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)


But I do recall picking up Holdridge's Into Thin Air having heard just a couple of moments of it (don't know if it was cheap or not). And it was the equivalent of a blind buy - didn't really know anything about it, and it's one of my favorite purchases from the last fifteen years.


You just reminded me of another excellent inexpensive blind buy. Holdridge's Old Gringo.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 10:27 AM   
 By:   LeHah   (Member)

Michael Kamen's Three Musketeers was in a used bin for $3 several years ago. I enjoyed it so much I bought copies for other people.

One that never failed to blow me away was Randy Miller's Spartacus. I can't remember if I paid full price for it but even if I had, I feel like I got it at a discount because its a truly spectacular bit of writing.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 10:35 AM   
 By:   mstrox   (Member)

Morricone's "The Mission" is one I knew nothing about, bought out of a bin for super cheap, and loved.

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 10:45 AM   
 By:   Sean Nethery   (Member)

Digging into the ancient past, I've thought of blind buys I got on cassette and 8-track, baby!

Troll - Richard Band

MacArthur - Goldsmith

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 11:52 AM   
 By:   barryfan1   (Member)

I picked up Shaft's Big Score on LP many years ago, I think it was £1.20. Superb!
Of course now I have the excellent FSM Shaft set which features all the fine music of that score.

Roy Budd's Diamonds LP was another blind buy score I wouldn't be without, upgraded to CD now of course.

I also grabbed Williams' The Patriot a few years ago, never having heard or seen any of it, and it turned out to be another great buy!

Mike

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2015 - 12:01 PM   
 By:   rjc   (Member)

My mind is empty on this as far as real inexpensive buys, but I do recall having heard nothing of Michel Legrand's ICE STATION ZEBRA, except praise from others. A full price buy, but very much worth it.

Now that I've thought of it, though, I did pick up Corigliano's EDGE music months back, for $4-5, and I really like it.

 
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