[Ruslan32]

I don’t have a favorite label right now. But there are some small labels that (quite unexpectedly) release exactly what I’ve been wanting. It’s not always in a format that’s convenient for me, but that’s what matters most to me. After all, I collect music first and foremost, not plastic and paper. But I’m always ready to support a label and buy (for example) a CD to support them.
For instance, labels like BSX Records, Dragons Domain Records, and Terror Vision have released things over the past few years that I thought were highly unlikely.
For example, Dragons Domain released the amazing Volume 2 of David Michael Frank’s music, and especially Volume 3, which included the hidden gems “Call Me” and “Poison Ivy.”
I hope Volume 4 will follow in the future, as there are still some very good action-style electronic scores by Frank.
And Terror Vision released The Wraith. I had already given up hope that it would ever be officially released…
They also released one premiere score each by such excellent composers as Charles Bernstein and J. Peter Robinson. They’ve composed quite a lot of interesting music for television. I hope that labels like these will be able to release more material in this genre as much as they can. Although it’s obvious that even many fans of electronic soundtracks aren’t particularly interested in this. But they’re banking on vinyl, cassettes, and digital formats, and those formats are more or less paying for themselves. I’m happy with any format as long as it’s something that interests me! These days, releasing apremiere scores is a real rarity…
Larger labels like Varèse haven’t released anything particularly interesting to me in recent years. La-La Land (like Intrada) has mostly focused on reissues. It’s also clear that the number of La-La Land releases has dropped significantly… They’ve concentrated on big-name composers.
But I was pleasantly surprised that La-La Land released the premiere score for BB-2, and Intrada released Flatliners.
I take a realistic view of the situation and understand that, in all likelihood, much of what I want will never be released.
For example, I’d love to finally get the two missing Faltermeyer scores in my collection: Fatal Beauty and Fletch. I haven’t given up hope that La-La Land will release at least one of them someday. After all, they’ve released more of his scores than anyone else.
Sorry for the long comment. I just needed to get that off my chest! 🙂