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One of the greatest Nordic composers, Per Nørgård, died three days ago, age 92 (he was born the same year as John Williams). While I’m familiar with BABETTES GJESTEBUD, I haven’t really checked out his other film scores or concert works. But I’ve heard bits of the latter in various classical quiz shows on TV over the years. Any recommendations by our resident classical buffs? Sigbjørn? Nick?
I was always impressed by how skilled those people were, who tracked obscure music into TV shows at the time. No internet or digital archives to search through, it was all manual.
Overlooked and underrated prog rock album from 1978 (with a special connection to Norwegians, since the opening song contains a fragment that was used as the theme of an 80s comedy adventure show called BRØDRENE DAL [THE DAL BROTHERS] over here).
Just the Blu-rays, if they are available separately. I don’t need the album; it’s “double up” (or “butter on fat”, as we say in Norway). Even if I don’t have a Blu-ray player at the present time.
While it’s no doubt possible to find them in sales at some point, there are all the other issues that jank up the price, per the “Four Threats” thread.
Do you have all of these?
There are hundreds, if not thousands of CDs I would have loved to buy, if money and space weren’t an issue. But for now, I’m concentrating on those I need on physical format, for completist purposes, to a price I can accept:
John Williams – Goodbye Mr. Chips (3CD)
John Williams – Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (2CD)
John Williams – Live in Vienna (Blu-ray)
John Williams – Live in Berlin (Blu-ray)
John Williams – Live in Tokyo (Blu-ray)
John Williams – Across the Stars (Deluxe Edition)
John Williams – Violin Concerto No. 2Danny Elfman – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Danny Elfman – Goosebumps
Danny Elfman – Before I Wake
Danny Elfman – The Grinch
Danny Elfman – Big Mess
Danny Elfman – Bigger Messier
Danny Elfman – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (LP)
Danny Elfman – Aliens, Clowns and Geeks
Danny Elfman – Third Coast Percussion: Perspectives
Danny Elfman – Percussion Concerto/Wunderkammer
Danny Elfman – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (score album)
Danny Elfman – Dark Universe (LP)Elliot Goldenthal – Othello Symphony
Elliot Goldenthal – Jabberwocky
Elliot Goldenthal – Symphony in G Minor
Elliot Goldenthal – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Elliot Goldenthal – The Glorias
Elliot Goldenthal – Music for FilmsBut I am not a completist for completism’s sake anyway.
Booooooooh! How DARE you call yourself a soundtrack fan? 😉
Fortunately, one doesn’t have to count anymore. My iTunes counts 2870 albums at the present time, and then I probably have about 200 LPs on top of that (all CDs were transferred to iTunes years ago, and are included in the 2870 number).
Do you plan on unloading some of those albums you don’t feel you need?
Does anyone have any tips on how to attract more members? I’ve invited some on my own, some of whom cordially came on here to say hello and then disappeared again, for reasons unknown. I’ve tried to post about the forum on FSM, JWFAN and Maintitles as well, without much success (and I don’t want to spam). Do any of you have any Facebook connections you could invite, for example? I know it’s a big ask, but I had to make it.
Good topic, Gerate!
I have about 3000 albums, covering almost 700 different composers and artists, which is enough for a lifetime, really. So in that way, it’s sorta ‘complete’. But I’m always exploring and exploring, both within the works of composers I know and those I’m not too familiar with, old and new alike. Right now, it’s all come to a halt due to the aforementioned tinnitus problems (which has killed 90% of my music enjoyment), but I hope I will get back into it at some point.
Another way to interpret ‘completeness’ is in regards to the composers to whom you have a completist relationship. For film music, that means Williams, Elfman and Goldenthal for me (even though Elfman and Goldenthal are now slightly off my top 10…once you start a completist streak, it’s difficult to stop). I have pretty much everything by all of these, but I’m missing some titles on physical media, since they’ve been too expensive for me in recent years. Right now, I’m missing 7 by Williams, 12 by Elfman and 6 by Goldenthal on CD/LP, within my parameters (which obviously doesn’t include expansions).
I have the 80s one. Alas, it starts to skip in the JUNGLE BOOK suite. CDs do get old and die, it seems.
Yes, THE JUNGLE BOOK would be nice. I have the 20-something minute suite on the THE THIEF OF BAGDAD album, and I’m open to a slight expansion of that, believe it or not. So colourful.
Thanks for the well wishes, and sorry for calling you Nick. Changed now. 🙂
I agree with you, Gerate, that some of his action and suspense material can be stressful and grating. I had a Rozsa phase some 20 years ago, but don’t listen to him much these days. It may have something to do with my tinnitus worsening (x3) fairly recently. Makes listening to bombastic music, with lots of those dense, chromatic chords, very stressful indeed (well, it makes listening to ANY type of music difficult, really).
My favourite is unquestionably KING OF KINGS, with those gorgeous, psalm-like segments. BEN HUR is my earliest Rozsa acquisition, but that endless rowing music (in the middle of the TCM album) drives me up the wall. Maybe my top 5 looks like this:
1. KING OF KINGS
2. EL CID
3. IVANHOE
4. YOUNG BESS
5. THE RED HOUSE
