The A Conversation About Soundtracks With A Sane Person Post.

(References to wrestling and Chuck from other participants edited out. Link to Victoria Justice not edited out, obviously.)

InThe313: That ash cloud still there?
Me: Since Stephen Lang from Avatar's in the country, I'd say no.
Damn, that volcano erupted bigger than I expected. What's he doing in the UK?
Promoting the DVD/Blu-Ray release of said movie (selling like hotcakes, needless to say).
Can't blame the buyers.
I'd rather get this, to be honest.
You gotta go deep into the Internet to find that.  
Not that deep; it's a legitimate release.
I thought it was rare and hard to find. 
That was a promo. This is a legit commercial release and long overdue. Especially after NCIS managed to get TWO double-disc albums.
When did this come out?
Literally a few hours ago.
I didn't know that.  
That's understandable; you're not a soundtrack fan (or on Intrada's mailing list for new releases).
JAG or NCIS? (And) you're right, but I know a good one when I hear one.
I've seen more episodes of JAG than NCIS although over here NCIS is the Rhoda to the parent show's Mary Tyler Moore (i.e. has had a more successful FTA run).  
I was too young for JAG when it started and ended, but it was a good show, And Katherine Bell, meow!
It should have come out long ago, but Paramount has been very tight with its releases music-wise until they got a new music head.
But NCIS is smart, adventurous, and funny at times.
(I always preferred Andrea Parker; never understood why she was replaced after the pilot. Maybe she was too sexy for some NBC suits.)
How long has Paramount been looking for a head, eight years?
(Or not, given The Pretender.)
What's The Pretender?
I don't know... I do know that since their new music executive arrived some OSTs have come out fans have been begging for for years - Airplane!, Black Sunday etc.
There was never an Airplane! soundtrack?
NBC series about a guy who can pretend to be anyone he wants to be; ran for four years.
Evil: Victoria Justice on iCarly. 
No, there wasn't. Not at the time (and not legally).
*THUD!* Well somebody call "Weird Al" Yankovic and get him on that project!
Nice and tight. A bit late; the Airplane! CD came out late last year via La-La Land. Already OOP.
Well, damn! What do you think about AC/DC doing the entire Iron Man 2 soundtrack?
(Aside: Why was I not informed until a few minutes ago that Victoria Justice and her hot little body are in the UK?) Not really the entire soundtrack, for two reasons.
Don't look at me, I didn't know. Not the whole thing? I call false advertisement.
1. Angus and co. seem to have basically given us a Greatest Hits collection rather than scoring the thing (a la the Grateful Dead on the '80s Twilight Zone). And 2. There is actually a proper score to the film from Jon Favreau regular John Debney (you can hear clips on the film's site and it's getting a release via Sony Classical, which I find pretty ironic).
What's so ironic about it?
It features rock guitar. On a label with "Classical" in the title. (Apologies to the rest of you for being sidelined, by the way. You now know how I feel when you guys are talking about wrestling or Lost.)
That is what I call irony.

The I Guess Those Guys Weren't Ready For It Yet... Post.

...but us kids are gonna love it.

I have wanting this to come out ever since... well, ever since Easter of 1986, when I saw the movie at the Globe Drive-In and not only became a fan of the film, but of Alan Silvestri (sitting in Dad's car with the screen blacked out but the credits still rolling, Silvestri's music eventually taking over from Huey Lewis and the News ("Get back, Marty") really got to me). I was so hot to get the album that I managed to get it from a classmate who was a member of Columbia House, and if MCA thought that the 13 minutes on the album (in amongst the songs) was enough, they were sorely mistaken. (In fairness to the Silvestri/Robert Zemeckis relationship, most of their subsequent scores have been better represented. I said most, thank you The Polar Express and the download-only A Christmas Carol.)

More than two decades later, and with no fanfare or hints or anything, it happened. Proving that Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson are princes among men yet again, and making it seem like it's Christmas in November. It's been a true Holy Grail for many soundtrack fans... it's been one for me. I cannot WAIT to get my hands on this!

While this is a limited edition release, says Roger, we don't want anyone to miss out on this important album. For that reason, we have agreement that we can exceed the usual 3000 limit and do not need to indicate a specific amount on the packaging -- so there are more than enough to go around.

CD 1: Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

1. Logo 0:20
2. DeLorean Reveal 0:46
3. Einstein Disintegrated 1:22
4. ’85 Twin Pines Mall 4:43
5. Peabody Barn; Marty Ditches DeLorean 3:09
6. ’55 Town Square 1:18
7. Lorraine’s Bedroom 0:47
8. Retrieve DeLorean 1:15
9. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:37
10. The Picture 1:09
11. Picture Fades 0:17
12. Skateboard Chase 1:39
13. Marty’s Letter 1:20
14. George To The Rescue – Pt. 1 0:50
15. Marvin Be-Bop 2:25
16. George To The Rescue – Pt. 2 2:34
17. Tension; The Kiss 1:33
18. Goodnight Marty 1:31
19. It’s Been Educational; Clocktower 10:30
20. Helicopter 0:19
21. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:46
22. 4 x 4 0:40
23. Doc Returns 1:14
24. Back To The Future (End Credits) 3:16
CD 1 Total Time 49:24

CD 2
The Creation Of A Classic... Alternate Early Sessions
1. DeLorean Reveal 0:40
2. Einstein Disintegrated 1:25
3. Peabody Barn 2:17
4. Marty Ditches DeLorean 1:56
5. ’55 Town Square #1 (Trumpet Open) 1:35
6. ’55 Town Square #2 (Trumpet Mute) 1:35
7. Retrieve DeLorean 1:16
8. 1.21 Jigowatts 1:36
9. The Picture 1:08
10. Skateboard Chase 1:40
11. George To The Rescue 4:13
12. Tension; The Kiss 1:42
13. Clocktower 11:02
14. ’85 Lone Pine Mall 3:50
15. Doc Returns 1:19
Alternate Scoring Session Time 37:41
Bonus Tracks
Unused Source Cue From The Scoring Sessions
16. Ling Ting Ring 2:01
CD 2 Total Time 39:44
Total Time = 89:08

Where you're going, you don't need roads...

The Cindy/Feltz Post.

Feltz: My main female boss. For simultaneously infuriating and arousing me.

Cindy: Intrada. For releasing three David Newman albums (Malone, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and now Throw Momma From The Train) in one year.

Additional Feltz: Me, for making too many short posts. :(

July 21st. The magic ends.

Today marks the occasion of the departure of a magician. A fellow who took us on a fantastic ride for years. One who will be, and is, missed by many who know the real thing when they see it.

Today is also, I understand, the day the last Harry Potter book goes on sale (assuming that it is the last one, like when The Sopranos was supposed to end a few years before it actually did), but it's the third anniversary of the passing of a real magician; Jerry Goldsmith.

A tribute video for Rudy, containing his wonderful music from said film:



His down-home theme from The Waltons (though he always preferred the theme he wrote for the TV movie that spawned it, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story):



A scene from The Challenge:



From Supergirl, one of many, many lousy movies that benefitted from his work:



Jerry winning his only Oscar, for The Omen:



And to finish: