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I'm thinking of buying a Horner compilation album. Which one is best? I prefer his soft, melodic music, not the orchestral action stuff.
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I can make you a playlist that I think you will like, if you wish. I'd be interested in seeing that playlist.
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Yes, this should be interesting. Perhaps a crowd-sourced playlist, specifically to First Breath's needs.
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Yeah, exactly.
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I can make you a playlist that I think you will like, if you wish. Sure, thanks. I am thinking of a CD though, and after having looked at the ones in this thread, I guess I may go for Heart Of The Ocean, even though it is quite old.
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I'd like to dole out some praise for "Heart of the Ocean". Fascinating cross-section of Horner's work. John Beal's re-creations of VIBES and COMMANDO are quite impressive. this is an interesting thing, produced by Ford A. Thaxton BTW. It combines re-recordings from other labels which were licenced for this thing. And there are some tracks, like "The Rocketeer", which are performed Orchestra of the Americas conducted by Bill Broughton I think. Never heard of that before and after that. The performances and the mixing and mastering are rather not stellar. There was no issue with the mastering since it was done by James Nelson at DIGITAL OUTLAND. That compilation was pulled together from a wide variety sources and recorded with different groups from all over the world it was bound to have somewhat different sound from track to track. It was a very fun project to do and I think still gives a good overview of Horner's career at that time to the mainstream audience. I should also mention that both the SILVA SCREEN and VARESE Horner Compilations are quite good as well and have a lot of strong points as well. Ford A. Thaxton
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For those of us on Spotify, many (all?) of these compilations are available digitally - the Varese, Heart of the Ocean, the Silva two-disc set. I appreciate folks pointing these out, I've never listened to these before.
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