Well, this is probably the most vehement yet polite negative reaction to one of my reviews yet so... thanks. XDD

> I've only heard the first two on the 1992 Silva compilation, and have no
> inclination to give the third a try. Very early Shore is NOT my cup of
> tea, and I find Cronenberg movies in general a very acquired taste...which
> I haven't acquired, and don't want to, frankly.

> With Shore, anything pre-LotR is a hard sell, a few exceptions (Big,
> Dogma) notwithstanding. The often dissonant, often mid-to-low-budget and,
> for lack of a better term, 'jumpy' nature of his music is not enticing at
> all. However, it is indeed remarkable, as you rightly point out, how early
> his style, musical characteristics, melodic, harmonic and rhythmic devices
> were established.

Shore in horror/thriller mode is definitely an acquired taste that I'm not surprised most have not bothered with. I'm one of the oddballs who actually enjoys avant garde/horror music (when done well), so I'm more predisposed to enjoy that side of Shore... though obviously not completely as those first two titles show.

> And now for something completely different: wanna see Shore with John
> Belushi in a wardrobe test?
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yev_U2pN6fU

Oh wow... I've never seen Shore that young before. XDD

> Looking forward to this series a lot, it'll be a good way of learning
> about certain (older) Shore scores without, uhm, actually having to listen
> to them!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the read even if you had an allergic reaction to what I was talking about.