{"id":212,"date":"2012-03-13T21:18:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T01:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2016-09-26T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T01:15:12","slug":"music-part-1-soundtracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/music-part-1-soundtracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Music part 1: soundtracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of music do I like? I&#8217;ll divide my list into three categories: soundtracks, popular, and classical.<\/p>\n<p>A few months ago I started using iTunes. I&#8217;ve copied all of my CDs onto my computer, and bought a few new albums. I&#8217;ve also bought some single songs from iTunes &#8212; most songs are $0.99 and most albums are $9.99. In the lists below if I only have some single songs I&#8217;ll put the album title in square brackets.<\/p>\n<p>I listen to a lot of soundtrack music, mostly from movies that I like a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Composers I have multiple albums from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Barry &#8212; Dances With Wolves, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, [The Lion in Winter&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>Christophe Beck &#8212; Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Score, Once More With Feeling<\/li>\n<li>Danny Elfman &#8212; Batman, Music For a Darkened Theatre (2), [Alice in Wonderland, Men in Black&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>Michael Giacchino &#8212; Star Trek, Up, [The Incredibles, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol]<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Goldsmith &#8212; Star Trek I, Star Trek V, Star Trek: First Contact, Medicine Man, Air Force One&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>James Horner &#8212; Star Trek II, Star Trek III, Apollo 13, Avatar, Willow, [The Mask of Zorro, Cocoon&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>Trevor Jones &#8212; Dark City, Labyrinth<\/li>\n<li>Michael Kamen &#8212; Brazil, Michael Kamen&#8217;s Opus<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Newman &#8212; WALL-E, American Beauty, [Finding Nemo, The Shawshank Redemption]<\/li>\n<li>Howard Shore &#8212; The Lord of the Rings (3)<\/li>\n<li>John Williams &#8212; Jurassic Park, Star Wars I, Star Wars V, [Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>Hans Zimmer &#8212; The Rock, Sherlock Holmes, Pirates of the Caribbean 2, [Backdraft, Inception&#8230;]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Composers I have one amazing album from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burt Bacharach &#8212; Casino Royale<\/li>\n<li>Angelo Badalamenti &#8212; A Very Long Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Klaus Badelt &#8212; Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl<\/li>\n<li>Elmer Bernstein &#8212; The Great Escape, [The Magnificent Seven]<\/li>\n<li>Terence Blanchard &#8212; Inside Man<\/li>\n<li>Mychael Danna &#8212; The Sweet Hereafter, [Monsoon Wedding, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus&#8230;]<\/li>\n<li>Tan Dun &#8212; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/li>\n<li>Cliff Eidelman &#8212; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/li>\n<li>Henry Mancini &#8212; Pure Gold<\/li>\n<li>Dennis McCarthy &#8212; Star Trek: Generations<\/li>\n<li>Ennio Morricone &#8212; The Mission, [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]<\/li>\n<li>Nicola Piovani &#8212; Life is Beautiful<\/li>\n<li>John Powell &#8212; How to Train Your Dragon, [Hancock]<\/li>\n<li>Leonard Rosenman &#8212; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/li>\n<li>Alan Silvestri &#8212; Back to the Future Part III, [The Abyss, Forrest Gump, Captain America, Contact]<\/li>\n<li>Yann Tiersen &#8212; Am\u00e9lie<\/li>\n<li>Vangelis &#8212; Blade Runner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other composers worth mentioning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Best &#8212; [Crocodile Dundee]<\/li>\n<li>Beno\u00eet Charest &#8212; [The Triplets of Belleville]<\/li>\n<li>Patrick Doyle &#8212; [Henry V]<\/li>\n<li>Greg Edmonson &#8212; [Firefly]<\/li>\n<li>Ilan Eshkeri &#8212; [Stardust]<\/li>\n<li>Philip Glass &#8212; [Powaqqatsi]<\/li>\n<li>Harry Gregson-Williams &#8212; [Chicken Run]<\/li>\n<li>Dave Grusin &#8212; [The Goonies]<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Hooper &#8212; [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]<\/li>\n<li>Maurice Jarre &#8212; [Witness]<\/li>\n<li>Clint Mansell &#8212; [Requiem for a Dream, Moon]<\/li>\n<li>David Newman &#8212; [Serenity]<\/li>\n<li>Randy Newman &#8212; [Toy Story, Pleasantville, Awakenings]<\/li>\n<li>James Newton Howard &#8212; [Lady in the Water, Salt]<\/li>\n<li>Basil Poledouris &#8212; [Quigley Down Under]<\/li>\n<li>Nino Rota &#8212; [The Godfather]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soundtracks of popular music by various artists form only a small part of my collection. But here are six such soundtracks that I like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Best of James Bond: 30th Anniversary Collection<\/li>\n<li>La Bamba<\/li>\n<li>O Brother, Where Art Thou?<\/li>\n<li>Shrek<\/li>\n<li>Strictly Ballroom<\/li>\n<li>The X-Files: The Album<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of music do I like? I&#8217;ll divide my list into three categories: soundtracks, popular, and classical. A few months ago I started using iTunes. I&#8217;ve copied all of my CDs onto my computer, and bought a few new albums. 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