Intrada Soundtrack Forum

The worship of certain composers over & over again is no different than the patronage of certain establishments over & over again. One person may prefer a Goldsmith score and another may prefer shopping at Wal-Mart, for example.

Just as a business offers a service/price that consumers want in more quantity, likewise a composer, like Horner, offers scores/variety, that more score fans want than others.

Sure, just as a person may shop Wal-Mart because it has lowers prices, in general, there are score fans who have a limited window of composers they may sample.

But believe me, more score fans than you think, sample more composers than even you or I know.

For every person that can name Basil Poledouris, another may name Max Steiner. For every person who names Max Steiner, there may be somebody who names George Auric.

I, for example, will take time to hunt down a film scored by a composer I don't know, on Youtube, just to hear the composer's work. Just this passed week I sample one composer whom only has one film to his credit, and another whom only has two.


It just happens that Melle isn't in high demand, and since some of his scores are recorded in Canada and have high fees to pay, he's essentially a luxury import item. Intrada took a chance on him, and since the discontiuation was so soon, I would guess they got burned. Just like Kritzerland took a chance on a Billy Goldenberg film score, and it's not sold quite as well as he had hoped (clamored for scores are exemptions, like "Columbo" works).

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Well, no one has asked or demanded further analysis from anyone, but some of us will carry on doing so, as we see fit. I never said anything about prefering Horner to Steiner or anything like that. These are completely different topics. As for gratitude toward Intrada--my whole point is that I hope they sell more copies of these great releases to folks who might not wander far from the usual fields.

No one said you did bring those composers up. I thought my post was pretty explanitory.

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Not worth it. Don`t get you sorta guys, gotta admit. Have a good night. Sorry recommending a fine score is such a chore.

Well, you brought up a good point about comfort zones that can be applied to composer preference. I think just about all of us have them.

As for Borderline, although it is one of Mellé's more accessible efforts, it has a lot against it in terms of generating a decent amount of appeal. The most salient of them all is that the experimental Jazz aspect is something that many film score enthusiasts just don't seem to enjoy.

The film itself is rather obscure, and it seems that soundtrack collectors largely don't give that much deference to scores for films they do not know. Even some scores to films people do know well but fit in a certain genre, such as comedy, have been known to sell poorly despite being what you would think most collectors like.

I understand that it can be frustrating when the music we like doesn't get bought or talked about nearly as much as scores to films like the Star Trek series, but that's just how it is.

Of course, only Intrada knows how feasible it will be for them to release more Mellé scores. I really hope they have at least one in the works.