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May 26, 2023 - 12:19 AM
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Thor
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I'm afraid I can't relate to either scenario. I don't like the 'chase' for women, at least not anymore (if you'd asked me in the mid 2000s, it would have been a different matter).
Also, I don't seem to have the collector mentality that once a 'holy grail' is released, I'll jump immediately ahead to the next. When SCARFACE was released recently, that was big holy grail for me. Even if I had had decent score bootlegs previously. I've listened to it several times already, but I aim to listen to it more once I've whittled it down to a more fluid listening experience. I have a few more 'holy grails' out there (here's looking at you, STORY OF A WOMAN!), but I don't spend my time obsessing about them. If they get released in my lifetime, great. If not, I already have a huge collection to listen to and familiarize myself with. Plus, new great stuff is released almost every day.
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I wonder how many of us have these "Holy Grails" for years, finally are able to buy and only listen to it once or twice and go back to posting about their next grail while the last one collects dust?
I don't have many "grails" to chase anymore, since I got mine. But if I do get a new "grail" (or just a new terrific recording, like ON DANGEROUS GROUND/THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, I usually listen to it indeed once or twice, and then turn to other things. It is rare that I listen to the very same album within a short time span. Yesterday, for example, I listened to THE LION KING, the Disney Legacy Album. I was probably the second time I listened to that album (the first being when I bought it in 2014). Note: I like the score and songs, and the Legacy Album is so much better than the previous soundtrack CD and has a much, much better flow, yet I have listened to it twice in 9 years. (Obviously, I listen to some albums more than to others.) I just have often longer time spans until I return to the same album again.
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Well, I'm still listening (with great pleasure) to Intrada's new recording of Black Patch... but in terms of pursuing *new* releases, I have indeed moved on to pushing for other great Goldsmith scores to be released. 
Yavar
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The Fugitive...depressing?
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May 29, 2023 - 3:36 AM
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WillemAfo
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What a strange contention. Presumably, if something is a 'holy grail' to you, you like it so much that you won't find it depressing to experience. It rather implies unbridled enthusiasm. Second, I'm not sure how THE FUGITIVE, THE EDGE or TWISTER qualify as 'holy grails', since they all had score releases upon the films' release, and even have subsequent expanded editions.
I think the only strange thing here is that you trolled around the other Gladiator thread arguing about the "wailing woman" for approximately 13 years and now you're trolling around here arguing about whether a score counts as a holy grail or not and bringing more of your armchair psychoanalytical theories about how you personally think someone should emotionally feel about listening to film music.
I've got news for you kid, the three aforementioned scores were released incomplete with some of their best songs missing, and they became so rare they'd sell for over $100 if you could find them at all.
You see the thing is, the vast majority of what film score fans call "holy grails" already had some version of a release.
I'm pretty sure film score fans considered "The Shadow" a holy grail even though it had a meager album release, and the same goes for "The Temple Of Doom" even though it had a meager Japanese release. Still today people on these boards, myself included, would consider an improved release of the original 3 Star Wars soundtracks a holy grail, even though the music has all been pretty much released.
It's clear that you don't get this thread, you said so as much in your original post. I mean, it's a pretty weird thread with a pretty weird title, so I wouldn't blame you if you felt like maybe this thread wasn't for you. As for me, I found the general question interesting enough to stretch my imagination and give a version of an answer that original poster or anyone might find interesting.
Do you have any productive contributions to make Thor?
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Ner-ner,ner-ner,woow,woow!
This is the impending arguement police.
You, yes you!
Move away from that keyboard, now. Keep your hands were I can see them.
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