Apollo 13 for me.

anthonynputson, October 14, 2008; 11:59 AM

I'm actually having serious difficulties with John Barry's The Wrong Box. It's such a damn piece
of period music, completely unusual for Mr. Barry. My very first refelex was to get rid of it
immediately, but unfortunately I find myself listening to it the fourth time now...

coma, October 14, 2008; 1:31 PM

I think a lot has to do with your expectations and prejudice towards a score/composer/film.

Also, some (more intricate) scores don't immediately make sense the first time around. You only discover the bigger picture after a couple of listening sessions.

I Bought the OST to 'Naked Lunch' (Shore) before the film was released here - at first being somewhat disappointed since I was hoping for another 'The Fly' or 'Dead Ringers'. Yet, I didn't give up on it and in a very short time got to appreciate it very much.

rinse_dream, October 15, 2008; 10:12 AM

(rinse_dream) I know what you mean by having an expectation and then being dissapointed. After listening to "Il Gatto" (Ennio Morricone) some of his other orchestral scores were tough to listen to for awhile. It really comes down to the right time and place for each recording. It's all a matter of mood.

Bernard Herrmann's "Psycho" has been described as "nervous" or "edgy". I've never considered it as such until I listened to it at the wrong time and began feeling jittery and tense.

I've always liked the "Naked Lunch" score. I was listening to Ornette Coleman and Barre Phillips before I started listening to film music so the combination of both struck a chord right away.

victoravalentine, October 16, 2008; 1:21 PM

I had this experience with Zimmer's The Da Vinci Code. Didn't care for it that much after the first listen, but it really grew on me on subsequent plays, especially the "Che Valiers de Sangreal" track.

darylmok, October 17, 2008; 5:34 AM