Graze the Roof (Plants vs. Zombies) + Cortex Castle (Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time) + When Evil Gnomes Attack (Phineas & Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension)

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I have lots of Asian friends and when we talk about movie soundtracks, they always bring up Ryuichi Sakamoto (RIP). I haven't heard of the composer before they told me about him. They told me that Sakamoto is very popular (known as the "Japanese electric piano guy") outside of the US and lots of people in Asia and Japan were mourning about his death last year. In the US, his death wasn't that big of a deal. I've asked a lot of my American friends if they have heard of him and they all said no. Also, I've seen lots of "street piano" videos of people playing Sakamoto's works. Most of these videos come from Asia and pretty much none of them are from the US. His last piano playing video got over 11M views and a lot of people still don't know him. On Reddit, when people talk about film composers they always mention the big Western ones like John Williams or Hans Zimmer but almost never mention Sakamoto unless it's a thread about "lesser known" composers. Also, he composed the score of a popular film (The Revenant), he won an Oscar beating 2 John Williams nominations. He also won a BAFTA and Golden Globe. Is there an explanation why he seems to be under-the-radar for western normies? Is it because his most popular music isn't that hot in the West and that most of his film scores are for lesser known art-house films? Could someone please explain?

Hello all,

where's the place to go to look for soundtrack prices these days? I have LPs and CDs from 70s to 90s to clear out and want to get an idea of their value. I'm in the UK.

Anyone ever noticed that Hvitserk’s Choice and “Tally Two / What’s the Plan / F-14” from the Top Gun Maverick’s soundtrack, sound very similar if you listen to them at about 0:55 into the song. I never realized the similarities. They actually both line up closely at 0:59

Love his music, the tension he generates with piano and some strings. I have been looking for similar soundtracks but they either feel too classical, or lack that tension that his music has.

Do you guys know of any similar soundtracks?

Also, apologies for my lack of technical wording, I'm not a musician just a guy who really enjoys soundtracks.

I love this theme, and to think I was born 39 years after its inception. It's majestic, tragic and intense. The last percussive build up to the climax is so just damn good. So much momentum carried forward that makes it more than a great theme. In the Zulu Main Suite, the last 2 minutes seemed to be inspiration for Giacchino's Batman theme, what's your opinion on that?

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Some guy makes a cool toy. Another guy tries to match that cool toy with his cool toy. Both toys get a movie. Childhoods are made. Memories are forgotten. Tale as old as time.

Doesn't have the same sauce or charm as Lego's biomechanical rival, music included, but there're some highlights here, as expected from the guy that gave us Acceleracers (now there's some toy commercial kino).

The sample work is par for the 2000s TV scene, especially if you ever watched Last Airbender, but there's some nice choral writing in tracks like this one I wanted to draw attention to, however brief it is. Definitely where the bulk of the nostalgia lies.

Score was never released so sadly, no track name. I edited this out of the stems on the end credits suite.