The music is so much better than the tedious noise that is usually broadcast on the radio stations and fills the "pop" charts.

Whilst many (all?) of us will have particular favourites to which we return, we like to seek out new works be it regular composers or new ones. The variety is almost endless and as with all music there is the good and there is the not so good but even the poorer efforts of our favourite artists ranks much higher than today's pop artists.

The music has "body and soul" - as it is usually written for a particular scene or mood it is expressive; as a listener you have the feeling that the composer/artist is attempting to get at something rather than merely make money.

At the most basic level the music may remind you of a particular favourite movie or scene in a movie but this is only the springboard. You soon realise that you don't need the visual memories to enjoy what is the best of today's music.

Mitch, September 16, 2004; 12:04 PM

If I've watched a movie/TV show too many times, I can't watch it anymore. Listening to the music is another way to enjoy it. Plus alot of soundtracks transcend their subject, and tell their own story, sort of like classical music. Unlike classical, TV/movie music usually has to have an immmediate appealing effect.

spiritgumm, September 17, 2004; 12:15 AM

This just happens to be the genre of music I enjoy the most. Nothing new in the pop scene does anything for me. I grew up in the 1980's, so my interest in pop music ended in the early 90's.

Film scores move me emotionally. I can be cheered up, depressed, excited or frightened by a good soundtrack. But generally, if I pop in a CD of a really good score, my spirits are lifted and a stupid grin crosses my face. I'm not limited to a particular composer or era, but the music that really interests me is big and orchestral. I don't like all-synth music. The work of Bernard Herrman, Alfred newman, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, James Horner (until the early 90's work), Alan Silvestri, Marco Beltrami and Brian Tyler really jazz me up.

I guess you can ask why someone likes The Doors or Coolio and get the same answer: "I dunno, because I do."

But, if your question is "what makes me buy a particular score?" then I have to say that I either heard the score in the film and liked it, or I'll simply go by composer. I'll pick up a Marco Beltrami action score for a movie I never saw because I like his work in that vein. Sometimes, positive word of mouth is enough for me to get something from certain composers (like Goldsmith's Bandolero! - I'll never see the movie), but I rarely take a chance on someone I never heard of before.

Hope this helps.

ssosmcin, September 17, 2004; 4:55 PM

Because, as for me, it is a piece of memories, a piece of (memories of) enjoyment, a remnant of moving images, a partially remained object of films.

mnkhrmtg, September 17, 2004; 7:04 PM

Though it has almost no limitations and therefore cannot be regarded as proper 'genre', the film music is really the category I like the most. The big advantage may be the freedom the composer is usually given to create his own ways express what he should express.
And there certainly does not have to be any connection between the score and the movie. I must say I have never seen MOST of the movies whose scores I have and vice versa.

42zaphod, September 17, 2004; 9:45 PM

I do no buy them ;) I`m downloading it ;) Ok,my answer for your question is - i like the atmosphere of film,created mostly by its sountrack.But not every soundtrack,of course,does this...

phedor, February 24, 2005; 11:05 AM