interesting motion picture soundtracks

[JK-blodrode]

the legendary Wendy Carlos score for A clockwork orange of course!! massive shit

[Zeno Marx]

Watched The Warriors for the first time in many years.  Such a great OST.  It, and Escape from New York, left such powerful impressions on me.  Reading over the IMDB trivia and goofs was interesting.

[andy vomit]

been listening to THE TERMINATOR & TERMINATOR 2 soundtracks quite a bit lately.  the OST for the first film is cheesy but still creepy/dark 80's synth goodness-- bonus if you can get a hold of the "definitive edition"-- extra tracks by brad fiedel & no lame 80's rock music tracks.  the OST for the second film is quite good, not incredible.  it's tough to listen to because i've seen the movie so many fucking times, it's really hard not to play the whole thing out in my head.  still a good OST, though, lots of tracks that either weren't included in the film, or were cut so short that you won't even recognize them...  trying to track down LP versions of each that won't cost me an arm and a leg... 

[bitewerksMTB]

Assault on Precinct 13 arrived. Holy crap, that's a thick cardboard gatefold! The vinyl is difficult to get in but I usually just leave the vinyl in the middle of the sleeve for storage. One good thing about the thick sleeve is no one should have split seams during shipping.

[stealththought]

I too just got the Assault On Precinct 13 vinyl in the mail. Beautiful. One of the nicest sleeves I've seen in awhile.

Now I hope that The Thing soundtrack gets reissued sometime soon. That's my favorite film of all time.

[bitewerksMTB]

I'm guessing that JC's The Thing will get released sooner or later by either Mondo or Death Waltz. It only makes sense as all of the other films have been released so far.

AOP13 sounds great at 45rpm esp. the bass parts. My copy has some static popping towards the very end of both sides. It was really bad on the first listen.

Has anyone heard the LP for The Cremator? I think it's on Finders Keepers.

[stealththought]

My copy experienced the same problems.

I'm hoping that there aren't too many legal hurdles to jump through for The Thing soundtrack, since John Carpenter didn't do the music himself.

[bitewerksMTB]

Oh yeah! The Thing is by Ennio Morricone. I bet that definitely makes the rights more complicated. Fingers crossed.

[chibitachop]

I really don't understand all the excitement about Death Waltz reissuing all these soundtracks that I see nice copies of the original pressings for sale all the time in record stores - why would anyone be excited to pay more for a reissue with terrible artwork when a good condition copy of the original can easily be found for less? granted this is not the case with 100% of their releases but I would say it generally seems to be the case with the majority.

[algiz]

Valhalla Rising - Was a great movie and has a great ambient soundtrack!

[bitewerksMTB]

I really don't understand all the excitement about Death Waltz reissuing all these soundtracks that I see nice copies of the original pressings for sale all the time in record stores - why would anyone be excited to pay more for a reissue with terrible artwork when a good condition copy of the original can easily be found for less? granted this is not the case with 100% of their releases but I would say it generally seems to be the case with the majority.

The vast majority of DW's releases are titles that have not been in print on vinyl (& some  include extras not on those orig. pressings) since the  late '70s or early-mid  '80s so count yourself lucky that you have access to the original pressings in record stores for low prices that the rest of us have no access to.

[chibitachop]

count yourself lucky that you have access to the original pressings in record stores for low prices that the rest of us have no access to.

I suppose, its just strange to me having bought my copies of, for example, the John Carpenter's "They Live" & "Prince of Darkness" original LPs for ~$10 in what I would call VG to NM condition ("Prince of Darkness" was factory sealed) at Goodwill / St. Vincent de Paul/ Half-Price Books type places, not some secret elite speciality store, and have seen other copies diff. places around the US fairly regularly. I'm no expert on all their releases but going off those 2, not only are there no extras but in fact Prince of Darkness is missing a track (A1 Opening Titles 4:14) from the original release!

Obviously they are doing something right based on there success & popularity, maybe instead of whining about it I should learn from their experience & release a reissue of something like the "Flashdance" soundtrack (also technically out of print on vinyl despite being readily available for cheap everywhere) but do it as a limited edition on colored vinyl and have somebody make some cartoon cover art on his computer and charge $30

To give a positive conclusion to all this satirical nay-saying: to anyone interested in the soundtracks Death Waltz puts out I would suggest at least looking into finding copies of the large initial pressings many of the soundtracks had as a less expensive alternative rather than assuming its impossible to find just because it is being reissued. It won't be an option for all of them but unless you really like those cartoon covers Death Waltz does its at least worth checking into.

[bitewerksMTB]

By "extras", I mean, signed posters/prints & liner notes by the composer/director plus all the pretty vinyl colors you can choose from. Believe it or not, some people like those things.

The advice about buying older pressings for lower prices when they're found is great advice. I don't think anyone has ever mentioned that before in the history of record collecting.

[Zeno Marx]

Leviathan doc trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEQoB_aRB3c

great sound and sounds on the trailer.

[Scat-O-Logy]

Awful artwork for upcoming Creepshow reissue: