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Post by teleadm on Jan 19, 2018 21:23:25 GMT
What was the first soundtrack you ever bought? a single, an EP or 78s
A best of don''t count
and remember with your own money.
and do you still have it??
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 19, 2018 21:49:59 GMT
Memories of those halcyon days ... mine was an an LP 33rpm Morning of the Earth is a 1971 classic surf/alternative lifestyle film by Alby Falzon and David Elfick. The film's soundtrack was produced by G. Wayne Thomas and included music and songs by noted Australian music artists of the day. Tamam Shud, John J. Francis, Brian Cadd, Mike Rudd and G. Wayne Thomas. The record became the first Australian Gold soundtrack album. In October 2010, the soundtrack was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums. The soundtrack has has a timeless appeal, "Open up your Heart" one of the great songs from G Wayne Thomas The film portrays surfers living in spiritual harmony with nature, making their own boards and makeshift homes as they travelled in search of the perfect wave across Australia’s north-east coast, Bali and Hawaii. There is no dialogue, each sequence is composed with a musical narrative, the film is regarded as one of the finest of its genre...  |
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Post by spiderwort on Jan 19, 2018 22:27:58 GMT
WEST SIDE STORY in 1961, and, yes, with my own money, saved from my school lunch money, and, yes, I still have it. An LP 33rpm. I even have a turntable to play it on, but that hasn't been hooked up to run in about 15 years. I love the sound of vinyl, though I made the mistake of getting rid of most of my albums. The next soundtrack that I still have (though I'm sure I bought a few more in between) is the exquisite Jerome Moross score for THE CARDINAL (1963).  |
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 19, 2018 22:32:30 GMT
Does allowance money count?
I bought the Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack on LP back in the day. I love that film and loved the music most of all. My Dad had a really nice tape deck so I promptly recorded it to cassette so we could listen to it in the car on road trips. That was my first.
One that my Dad bought but I thought was wonderful was the Black Hole. John Barry made a masterful soundtrack for a somewhat awesome film.
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Post by mikef6 on Jan 19, 2018 22:50:17 GMT
It might have been the soundtrack to "The Alamo" (1960) with music by Dimitri Tiomkin. He was probably the only film composer I knew about at the time because of one of my (still) favorite films - and a favorite of my family - "High Noon" (1952), thus, being the only name I knew, he was my favorite composer.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 19, 2018 23:16:40 GMT
The "Thief" score from the James Caan movie...original score by Tangerine Dream...still have the original vinyl...
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Post by wmcclain on Jan 19, 2018 23:30:19 GMT
Jerry Goldsmith...  |
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Post by neurosturgeon on Jan 19, 2018 23:56:18 GMT
It would have to be "A Hard Day's Night" which cost me six week's allowance when it came out in 1964. About a year later, I sent in a coupon to Lay's Potato Chips to get a record of "Msuic From James Bond Movies" for about a dollar. One of my brother's friends walked off with that one.
I had several compilation LP's with film music conducted by Charles Gerhardt, but buying and album with the score of just one film probably would have come very late and may have been "Star Wars."
I did buy second hand in a thrift shop the album of 78rpm records from "An American In Paris" and I still have it stored under my Columbia Graphaphome record player with a crank on the side and little doors as volume controls. I also had 78's with the songs from 1939's "Gulliver's Travels" that I played often when I was little.
Still have my LP's. Between. The housemate and me, they take up a whole room, in floor to ceiling apple crates and we still have equipment to play them, including Crosley and Teac players with built in MP3 conversion.
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Post by jervistetch on Jan 20, 2018 0:03:27 GMT
Still have it.  |
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Post by kijii on Jan 20, 2018 0:18:32 GMT
Exodus
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Post by gunshotwound on Jan 20, 2018 0:59:52 GMT
My first purchase was HOW THE WEST WAS WON and I still have it.
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Post by OldAussie on Jan 20, 2018 1:19:26 GMT
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Post by marianne48 on Jan 20, 2018 6:08:24 GMT
When I was 11, I bought a cassette of the soundtrack of The Sting. It was the first time I'd heard of Scott Joplin and his music (the theme from the film, "The Entertainer," was a Top 10 hit on the radio at the time), and I played it over and over again. I still have the tape; even though it's from 1973, it still plays well.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jan 20, 2018 6:19:58 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jan 20, 2018 9:03:31 GMT
Everyone has such remarkable albums I'm nearly ashamed to show my first purchases, at a pop-up store I bought my first soundtracks, could be late 1960's or early 1970's, and I still have them:  With a name like that, I just had to have it. It took me nearly 30 years to finally watch the movie, and it was awfull, but I still like some of the songs.  I thought this album was awesome, it was a foldout, with all the song lyrics printed, and lots of pictures, including one with Walt Disney and the cast. I still have it and some songs I still like.  Though in the album this pic was in sepia or black/white |
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Post by MrFurious on Jan 20, 2018 11:42:42 GMT
It was either the In the Name of the Father(93) or Mike Oldfields The Killing Fields(84), both cd's
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2018 11:54:28 GMT
I have actually never bought a soundtrack.
Unless Help and A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles counts as soundtrack. Than A Hard`s Night was the first soundtrack i bought. The songs are used in the films but i don`t think they are seen as soundtrack, But i could be wrong.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 22, 2018 3:58:22 GMT
I saved up my pocket money and did chores round the house to buy 'The Blues Brothers' on cassette. I then saved to buy the tapes of 'Briefcase Full Of Blues' and 'Made In America'. The Blues Brothers and Cheech & Chong changed my life.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 22, 2018 14:08:34 GMT
Christmas '78 I received the Grease soundtrack. :format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-631721-1365460434-8565.jpeg.jpg) A few short years later I made a point of buying the Xanadu soundtrack for myself. It was the golden age of Olivia Newton-John!   |
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Post by pippinmaniac on Jan 23, 2018 2:22:10 GMT
I bought the original "Star Wars", on vinyl. Unfortunately it did not survive all my moving around.
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