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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 11/13/2005 : 04:14:21 AM
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Groan.
I've been all over the Net and to my amazement, the soundtrack for National Lampoon's Vacation has apparently never been released on CD.
(Reportedly a handful of CDs were distributed once at a giveaway -- you sometimes see them up for auction on eBay, but other than that...)
Wouldn't a Vacation CD be a no-brainer, a slam dunk? Since my favorite tune from the film is, predictably, Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road", I decided to browse Buckingham's discography to see whether it was ever included on one of his own CDs. Nada.
Just like movies, it's strange how some good soundtracks are unavailable in our digital age but some awful ones are. So you can't find Vacation on CD, but you can find Friday the 13th: The Series.
[url]http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=mb7Ie8vAA9&EAN=52824801820&ITM=2[/url]
Oh, goody. Glad we preserved that for the next generation. |
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commodorejohn
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
76 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2005 : 10:29:58 PM
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I'd like a copy of the soundtrack for Father Goose, just to get the original version of "Pass Me By."
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John Nowak
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1017 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2005 : 10:49:43 PM
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Interesting question...
I'd be interested in having a soundtrack album to "Rock and Rule", a poor film with an interesting soundtrack, and one that I have some affection for because the idea of an evil, demon-summoning Mick Jagger amuses me much more than it should.
"Waxworks II" had a nifty minimalist soundtrack reminiscent of John Carpenter and Phillip Glass.
I'd like the opening credits to the original "Night Stalker." The incidental was fairly mediocre.
The Rankin Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" would also be good -- "There's Always Tomorrow" can make me quite weepy. I'll deny this if asked.
If we're tossing video games into the mix -- why not -- I'd like albums for the four games based on the "Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance" engine; I've spent entirely too much time playing those, and I'd sort of like to hear them without the goblin-slaying.
Oh, "Dark Alliance 1?" Play the elf, put one point in Magic Missile, and horde your points till the end of Act 1. Then buy Ball Lightning. It's the only spell in the game that passes the Nowak Test of Excessive Overkill: it will kill bad guys before they even appear on screen. Just keep using it until the screams stop.
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2005 : 11:07:53 PM
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| While we're talking about videogames and computer games.... This is pure wishful thinking, but it would be nice to have a copy of the soundtrack for Zork Nemesis. The score was fantastic, makes me wish Mark Morgan would get picked up for movie work. |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
904 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2005 : 12:13:07 AM
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I think a friend of mine had The original Night Stalker series them in his CD collection (maybe it was on one of those TV theme discs with dozens of tunes on them). I know the NS movie music is available on a collection Robert Cobert music.
After I'd seen THE OMEGA man back in the 70s, I really wanted to get the soundtrack -- and found that one had never been released (bummer. I was delighted a few years back when Film Score Monthly put out the soundtrack (with a great booklet)!
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