OK, the clues are:
-popular composer,
-Oscar winner,
-well-represented on cd
- not Williams, Goldsmith, Horner, Newman
- score from 70s or 80s
- the cover art shows two persons

Probably not Bernstein because they released Saturn 3 recently.

In my opinion it's John Barry score! Add this clue "the cover art shows two persons" and you have:
-Eleanor And Franklyn
-The Dove
-Hanover Street
-First Love
-Doll's House
-Love Among The Ruins
-War Between The Tates
-Body Heat

Remove The Dove (it's from Paramount) and Hanover Street (too high re-use fees) and you have six possibilities.

I have no idea what is second score. They only say "The other guy's pretty well known, too."

ohmss, October 7, 2006; 11:47 AM

You can remove nearly all of them.

Love Among the Ruins & Eleanor and Franklin are Universal.

Body Heat (tapes currently missing) & Hanover Street (tapes missing)

First Love (there´s a problem with a record company I believe).

A Doll´s House (recorded in Britain, bad sign)

I think something from Leonard Rosenman is more likely, and Nick Redman mentioned that Richard Rodney Bennett´s Sherlock Holmes in New York is also in the works (conducted by Rosenman).

moenter.melle, October 7, 2006; 12:07 PM

What about Sleuth by John Addison (O.K. not well represented on CD). Would be a nice release.

Greetings
Peter-Anselm

peter-anselm, October 7, 2006; 2:35 PM

moenter.melle, you made me curious and I would be glad if you were able to characterize the SHERLOCK HOLMES IN NEW YORK score a bit (even if it might not become the Intrada release). I have just three soundtracks by Richard Rodney Bennett so far - Billion Dollar Brain, Equus and Murder On The Orient-Express - and am completely enthusiastic about the strong themes. So would the one you mentioned be anywhere near the three I have?

Regards,

Urs

handstand, October 7, 2006; 8:45 PM

THE WAR WAGON by Dimitri Tiomkin is my guess.

It has never been released. He was an Oscar Winner and the quintessential Hollywood composer. War Wagon was his last Hollywood film.

I'd love for it to be a John Barry score, but; alas! The Black Hole was never released on CD--but, I'm sure it isn't that one.

walstromtew, February 5, 2007; 7:55 PM