mahaberio

Ed,

The first music I remember listening to was the one record I owned for a little turntable I had. The record was the original soundtrack to Star Wars with the London Symphony Orchestra. I was actually obsessed with this soundtrack long before I even saw the movies. It goes without saying that there was some great trumpet playing by Maurice Murphy and the rest of the LSO trumpet section, and as the main theme starts with that huge trumpet sound it left a pretty lasting impression on me.

Some scores that have recently caught my attention are those of Clint Mansell, particularly for the films Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain. Both feature the Kronos Quartet, but The Fountain is particularly interesting because it also uses the band Mogwai and occasionally some choral stuff mixed in. There's no trumpet in this version but there was an extended version of a piece from Requiem for a Dream done for one the Lord of the Rings trailers that had some nice stuff. Anyway, nice soundtracks and well worth listening to.