[Nick Zwar]

The interesting question here is rather, how long are your lists of albums that are missing to complete your collection?

I don’t really have a list… obviously, there are some albums I would love to have but that have not been released, like Maurice Jarre’s 5 CARD STUD and William Lava’s THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS. The latter is a long shot, I know, but heck if I know why the former has never had a proper release. It was composed by an A-list composer and even features a Dean Martin title song.

Of those soundtracks that have been released that are definite “missing” to “complete” my collection, as in, I have to get it one day, I cannot think of too many… let’s see… there is..

Ennio Morricone: THE HILLS RUN RED

Fred Karlin’s FUTUREWORLD
It’s been released years ago, but I missed it, and never got around to picking it up. Unfortunately, it’s not available digitally either.

There are some others that I’d like to have that for some reason have not yet turned up in my collection, like John Cacavas AIRPORT 1975 or Peter Schickele’s SILENT RUNNING, though I’ve got the LP of the latter, and both of these scores are available on Qobuz, so I can listen to them.

That doesn’t mean that’s all… I’m sure there are others that I would like to have that I just cannot think of right away. But over the years, I managed to “complete” many gaps in my collection.