From an early age, say from about 4 or 5 years old, I always seemed to have had an awareness of music and, in particularly, films scores. My first exposure probably came from hearing my father playing his LPs of John Barry's Bond scores, especially ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRETE SERVICE, which was always a popular request from me. He also played Harry Mancini's Greatest Hits, like PINK PANTHER, PETER GUNN and BABY ELEPHANT WALK, which where always easy to hum. Still, as potent as those scores were, they paled in comparison to the bombardment that would soon come in the form of John Williams and his scores for JAWS and, ultimately, STAR WARS. It was with SW that I can actually remember first asking for the soundtrack, or would always make me go and search for it when at a record store. For the next 5 or so years I would get the occasional film score, but didn't really get the "Bug" until I heard Horner's STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN. By this time I was able to discern the names of composers and, more importantly, was able to save enough of my allowance to buy the albums my self (it was either this or comic books.) That was about 1982 and it was down hill from there on out.
Very nice!
~ Scorehead
Oh... incedently, the first time that I "got it on," I literally got up in the middle of the "act" and put on the the Main Titles from STAR WARS. Yes... the one moment in a guys life when it all funnels down to that seminal experience, when the one thing that's been on your mind for quite some time is going to happen and all I could really think of was ... "Hmmm... STAR WARS would be perfect right about now."
I know... what a dork.
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