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Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: Varese's Top 10 Best Selling Score Albums     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 10:35 AM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) The subject of sales comes up here from time to time so it's really interesting to see Jon Burlingame write a piece in Variety listing Varese's top 10 best selling score albums. https://variety.com/2018/music/news/varese-sarabandes-top-10-sellers-list-led-by-ghost-t2-star-wars-albums-1203084914/ It's a really interesting list with some predictable entries (GHOST at #1) and, to me, several surprises (T2 up at #2).    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 10:39 AM     By:   Justin Boggan   (Member) Well, I hope that means they'll seriously consider deluxe editions of "Rudy" and "Father of the Bride".    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 10:43 AM     By:   Khan   (Member) It's a really interesting list with some predictable entries (GHOST at #1) and, to me, several surprises (T2 up at #2). That was a surprise for me, too. Seeing Last of the Mohicans up there isn't a surprise, though, seeing as how the OST album went platinum, if I remember correctly.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 10:47 AM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) It's a really interesting list with some predictable entries (GHOST at #1) and, to me, several surprises (T2 up at #2). That was a surprise for me, too. Seeing Last of the Mohicans up there isn't a surprise, though, seeing as how the OST album went platinum, if I remember correctly. Yup, nor STAR WARS, which will find a foothold in the market in any form because it's STAR WARS. I was especially surprised to see FATHER OF THE BRIDE up there just because it's a comedy and those aren't traditionally huge sellers. I guess now we know how Silvestri afforded that palatial estate AMIRITE.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:05 AM     By:   First Breath   (Member) Well, I hope that means they'll seriously consider deluxe editions of "Rudy" and "Father of the Bride". Reported to Thor.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:14 AM     By:   SchiffyM   (Member) Well, I hope that means they'll seriously consider deluxe editions of "Rudy" and "Father of the Bride". Do you seriously think they've never considered "Rudy"? (As for "Father of the Bride," I have absolutely no memory of how much more music is in that movie. I would also bet that that one sold to a more general audience, which maybe isn't the same crowd that goes for limited edition expanded CDs.) Anyway, these sales reports are news to us, not them.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:38 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Interesting, thanks for sharing. I wonder how the rerecording of MOHICANS sold in comparison to the very popular original release (and how many erroneously bought the rerecording, believing it to be the original).    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:42 AM     By:   GoblinScore   (Member) Two Jarre's , yah....take that haters!!!    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:52 AM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) Well, I hope that means they'll seriously consider deluxe editions of "Rudy" and "Father of the Bride". Do you seriously think they've never considered "Rudy"? I've always wondered if strong sales of the original album actually hampered the prospect of getting a deluxe edition. Why strangle a golden goose?    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 11:58 AM     By:   Thomas   (Member) I always thought it was Milan who released Ghost    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 12:32 PM     By:   Khan   (Member) I always thought it was Milan who released Ghost They both did. Varese released it first, in 1990.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 12:55 PM     By:   haineshisway   (Member) I always thought it was Milan who released Ghost They both did. Varese released it first, in 1990. To be perfectly clear, Varese actually turned down Ghost and Milan got it - Varese then licensed it from Milan. Amusing list, though. Most of it is correct. I should think Titanic: The Ultimate Collection should be on it as I know it outsold at least one of the titles on this list, but then again...    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 1:03 PM     By:   DaleCooper18   (Member) The subject of sales comes up here from time to time so it's really interesting to see Jon Burlingame write a piece in Variety listing Varese's top 10 best selling score albums. https://variety.com/2018/music/news/varese-sarabandes-top-10-sellers-list-led-by-ghost-t2-star-wars-albums-1203084914/ It's a really interesting list with some predictable entries (GHOST at #1) and, to me, several surprises (T2 up at #2). I still see the Ghost CD for sale in every thrift store I walk into.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:04 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) This list doesn't surprise me at all. These are very popular films, songs and cult status soundtracks.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:07 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Interesting, thanks for sharing. I wonder how the rerecording of MOHICANS sold in comparison to the very popular original release (and how many erroneously bought the rerecording, believing it to be the original). Well I'm one of them! Never saw the film but heard a track from the soundtrack and really liked it, so picked up the score not knowing it was a rerecording.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:11 PM     By:   Thor   (Member) Is it any good? I have the OST, of course, which is a favourite (and one of the few 90s soundtracks that non-film music fans know and like), but I never checked out the rerecording. The Edelman material, in particular, seems difficult to replicate in a rerecording format.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:40 PM     By:   SBD   (Member) Well, I hope that means they'll seriously consider deluxe editions of "Rudy" and "Father of the Bride". Is Father even possible given that the original album doesn't even drag itself across the finish line of 30 minutes (and that's with source music)?    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:43 PM     By:   Khan   (Member) Is it any good? I have the OST, of course, which is a favourite (and one of the few 90s soundtracks that non-film music fans know and like), but I never checked out the rerecording. The Edelman material, in particular, seems difficult to replicate in a rerecording format. The rerecording is very good. It sounds different from the original, sure, but it's programmed in film order, so the Jones and Edelman music mix. It dumps quite a lot of the Edelman from the OST (there are only 3 Edelman cues on the rerecording). It also has the full version of Promontory, which the OST does not have, due to that weird fade out into the main theme towards the end of the track.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 3:58 PM     By:   Mike Esssss   (Member) Is it any good? I have the OST, of course, which is a favourite (and one of the few 90s soundtracks that non-film music fans know and like), but I never checked out the rerecording. The Edelman material, in particular, seems difficult to replicate in a rerecording format. I like it but it helps if you think of it as a different animal altogether. IMO it brings the two sides closer to each other; a step back from the Jones material but a step up for Edelman. The Jones stuff is a little more detailed but loses the power and doesn't have that same wonderfully wet sound. By contrast, rather than replicating the Edelman sound the McNeely goes for fuller orchestration which adds some weight. It also resequences the OST in film order, and it works better than the original might have with the single orchestra. So, it's a familiar but much different listening experience.    Posted:   Dec 10, 2018 - 4:01 PM     By:   Solium   (Member) Is it any good? I have the OST, of course, which is a favourite (and one of the few 90s soundtracks that non-film music fans know and like), but I never checked out the rerecording. The Edelman material, in particular, seems difficult to replicate in a rerecording format. The rerecording is very good. It sounds different from the original, sure, but it's programmed in film order, so the Jones and Edelman music mix. It dumps quite a lot of the Edelman from the OST (there are only 3 Edelman cues on the rerecording). It also has the full version of Promontory, which the OST does not have, due to that weird fade out into the main theme towards the end of the track. I absolutely love the re-recording. I tried the OST years later and it frankly sounds so different it was a distraction. One of those cases where I like what I fell in love with first.     General Discussion: Varese's Top 10 Best Selling Score Albums    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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