My nomination is also an Ennio Morricone piece. It is titled "Magic and Ecstasy" from the movie Exorcist II: The Heretic. I've never actually seen this movie, but became familiar with the piece via a cover by Snakefinger.

 

 

Ennio Morricone - "Magic and Ecstasy" - Exorcist II: The Heretic

 

 

 

 

 

Nice theme, I'm looking forward to it! Sad coincidence indeed with Ennio Morricone's passing, but maybe not that sad because he may have had a fulfilled life.

One question. It seems now that you didn't exclude TV soundtracks, right?

Mark Isham - "Pittsburgh 1901" from the movie "Mrs. Soffel"

FINAL NOMINATION as requested by Logan added to my first positing with videos.

Wim Mertens - Struggling for Pleasure, from Soundtrack of "The Belly of an Architect" by Peter Greenaway (1987)

Original posting starts here:

This is a preliminary entry... it's by a band/project that I love dearly. The former 80s Startled Insects later called themselves just Insects and went into doing largely soundtracks, some of which are great. But the vast majority seems to be for TV series and this is up to now the only one I know was from a film. I have quite a bit of their music but unfortunately I don't know what belongs to what film/TV series, so this one is the safest bet, if not necessarily their best (I like it anyway).

Out of competition I add this one (but I won't nominate it as Rota is already there). This is from my favourite film ever, and is just magic, however it feels strange to me listening to this outside the film.

...or maybe this?

(I assume I have a further shot as the Nino Rota one is not an alternative... )

Gerard McMann - "Cry Little Sister" from "The Lost Boys" (1987)

I remembered this one I discovered on Civilization V but it's from a 1940 movie. I liked the song so much I actually watched the movie last year.

Aaron Copland - "Our Town Suite" - Our Town

This is going to be the toughest round, toughest choice to nominate. So many great OST songs. 

"Van den Budenmayer Concerto en mi mineur (SBI 152) Version de (1798)"

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Technically, Missing" - Gone Girl

As alternative #1, I give a shout to the big guy and the first piece of film music that stuck with me as a kid. 

Akira Ifukube - "Gojira Main Title" - Godzilla (1954)

Ikufube created the signature Godzilla (Gojira) "roar" that's heard at the beginning of the clip by using a leather glove coated in resin and a double bass. 

EDIT: No longer alternative #2. See page 5 for new alternative #2.

As alternative #2, I'll follow up with a modern kaiju movie.

Ramin Djawadi feat. Tom Morello - "Pacific Rim" - Pacific Rim

 

This is the main title theme. 

 

"I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" - The Cox Family - from "O Brother Where Art Thou" (2000)

Maybe my fave film is Red Film.

But the music of Double Life of Veronica in my opinion is the peak of inspiration of Preisner, esspecially the track I've posted.

I've edited my last messsage with the format you prefer.

This is precisely the kind of thing that makes me second-think my feelings regarding afterlife/god musings, which we discussed on another thread, quite some time ago.  Also, this is Poll Ate (8, infinity....)

It's important to respect the rule of NON-PROG SONGS here.

We are not here to post Goblin, that everyone here in PA knows just for their soundtracks.

The spirit of these Interactive polls is to share our fave non-prog music, especially if it is music less-known.

So, it's the opposite than to post Goblin or Vangelis or Oldfield or Gabriel: they are very well-known prog artists and their music for films is famous. No interest in this.

Instead, in the Prog Poll category it is possible to post the prog songs, if someone wants to open Interactive Poll there, and in that case, in my opinion, the rules were far too restrictive, because choosing only between albums with less than 50 reviews it seems to me excessive. 

I would have excluded only the first 10 albums in each category and the first 200 albums in the general ranking.

PS But I've seen a good partecipation, so, that's all right.

Here is a small list ... no tracks named because in most of these there are more than one moment with different music, and soundtracks (FOR ME) are not about songs or jingles for radio!

Bernard Herrmann - The Day the Earth Stood Still

Bernard Herrmann - Jason and the Argonauts

Goblin - Too many films to list

Nino Rota - Too many films to list

Carlos Saura is the only odd ball here, since his films, for the most part are ALL about dance ... his Lorca trilogy is all dancing, Carmen is all dancing, and then Tango is all dancing. But the music and how it is shown/used, ends up making you feel like it is a regular film and the music personifies it!

I'll add more as I find/remember them!

you think everyone knows about Goblin? I very much doubt that. 

But ok, no prog then. 

After thinking for some time about my picks, here's the first one - a song everyone knows, which I think really comes into its own in this scene:

Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle - The Graduate

movie soundtrack songs...there really is only one...  from my alltime favorite movie that itches all kind of emotional scratches

introducing the poll winner in advance.

and as bonus.. which I love nearly as much

Pedro, it's clear that the list would be a neverending list if we wanted to write all the titles of the beautiful soundtracks.

But we are here to share some songs with the other members 

don't you have some little-known soundtrack that you like and want to share with us?

moshkito does not understand what is happening in these interactive polls. Or if he does, he does not care at all. Just that he's superior to us all. 

This will probably be my final pick: Howard Shore - Foundations of Stone - The Two Towers. The video shows the initial sequence from the movie, though the CD version is somewhat different.

Here's the music-only version:

it is one of those .. if your hair doesn't start standing upon itself.. and you have a dry eye.. you have no heart.. no soul. Just screening those clips..and was reaching for the Kleenex. 

easily IMO the best movie soundtrack ever.. figures it also happens to be IMO also the greatest movie ever made.. it had it all. .and then some. Back when they really made movies

many including myself and my buddy Orson Wells hahah.. do consider this the greatest war movie over made.

but for the full effect...  

Peckinpah was the man... and hands down one of the greatest movie intro's ever

FOR CRISTI:

But this is not a poll where getting more votes and winning counts, and if we were here to vote Vangelis' Chariots of Fire and Goblin's Profondo Rosso, this poll would no longer make sense, it would have turned into a usually poll on the most famous groups or songs. 

FOR LOGAN

Logan i had previously tried to open an interactive thread: "Listen to a new song and post a new song". In that thread the first member would post a song, the second member would listen to it, rate it and post another, then a third would come in turn listen to it, rate it and post a third, and so on. Even in that case, I asked those who wanted to post songs to choose the not famous ones, and I left the field free between prog and non-prog songs. It went on for a while, then ran aground, and so I thought about this interactive poll because I think everyone knows some little-known non-prog songs that he's very fond of. And in a way, the theme that we give ourselves in some way condition us. For example, I have not yet managed to post a group that I love, one of my absolute favorites: it's called "A Filetta", it is a group of the French island of Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, a polyphonic vocal group, which in my opinion is exceptional and who sings in "Corse language", which is not a French language, it is indeed an Italian dialect similar to the Italian language that was spoken in the Renaissance. I hope to soon have the opportunity to post one of their songs. 

As for the limit of 50 reviews in the interactive prog poll, I confess that I would have had a hard time finding a catchy song, I should have thought about it a lot... unless I had chosen from those of the Italian artists. It seems to me that the 50 reviews combined with the theme greatly restrict the choice, but I saw that the participation was vast and therefore it is fine, nothing to complain.

if Cross of Iron was among the greatest movie intros ever.. this one was perhaps THE best.. 

and that music.. my God.. 

as a bonus..

and one can not mention the classics without mentioning this one.. 

Somewhere in Time. Who didn't want to be Christopher Reeve back in the day. And this was such a wonderful movie. featuring perhaps the most beautiful music that humankind has ever created...

*reaches for Kleenex* 

hahah.. too damn funny.. well congrats on 666. I actually remember when I hit 666.. way back when...and was still fairly new here (at least under my Micky username) but had already made a name for myself for chaos mayhem and bloodlettting. But none other than Peter Rideout (a very classic past PA'r who like the best of us.. was a few cans short of a 6 pack) singled me out and noted how I had the devil in me big time..

if he only knew...

and tried to get help for me and tried to organize a forum exorcism. Nope. Though a hell of a lot of fun...this site was a f**king riot.. as well as  freakshow back then... but it didn't work. 

fast forward to the next morning...  we were enjoying a bowl of Cheerios at her table when I saw something out of the corner of my eye..  a spider dropping down from the fixture.. and I screamed like a little girl

she told later that was the moment she knew she was going to marry me...  

Pretty sure now that this one will be my nomination (which makes the others alternatives). Wim Mertens has written some wonderful music! This is from the Peter Greenaway film "The Belly of an Architect".

I was thinking of nominating "The Piano" by Michael Nyman. It's great but it's super sentimental and not quite as original as Mertens. So it'll have to wait for another opportunity.

Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's oboe - Film The Mission, direceted by Roland Joffè

4) Out of competition: 

A Filetta - U Lamentu di Gesù - Music inspired by the Film Passion, directed by Mel Gibson.

This one is out of competition because it is not included in the official soundtrack of the film.

The Corse group "A Filetta" is one of my fave groups, in absolute terms.

I won't post other songs. These four songs are my contribution to the poll. 

I think that the third, Gabriel's oboe, by Morricone, is known to many of you, but I hope the last three are a new pleasure for your ears. 

Anyway, except for many indications to the contrary, my candidate song will be the first one I posted, by the Polish Zbigniew Preisner.

I just saw this, never heard that one before, but obviously I enjoy that sort of saying.    Thank you!

Hi,

Please take your bull$hit somewhere else!

I explained myself in the first paragraph, and I am a FILM REVIEWER with several reviews having been used in a lot of Film Festivals, and I do not need your comments to make my poop smell better, or make me feel better about what I do, for the love of the music!

Music in films, for the most part is not about songs, or what this poll calls for, which is stupid and not important in the life and living of film and its INCREDIBLE HISTORY of music ... for us to relegate it to just a stupid song mentality.

I will NOT DIS-RESPECT FILM and its many ARTISTS on the basis of some silly board and their fun polls ... it's not worth the effort!

I do not see films because of a song ... PERIOD! Go ahead and erase my post if you want to ... but the depth and importance of this poll will die off quickly!

so I might go with this one instead

and a good example of what I was trying to say..

So far, to save it being a novel.  If final selections change, that may change and I know there are likely more to come.  Bold for second listen to vote, still keeping to haven’t really heard before, since there is enough that I will also enjoy here outside of being for sentimental reasons.  If I remarked in the thread about knowing a piece already, and by “knowing,” this time, I do mean having heard it enough that , they will not be on my voting list.  

Page One:

Logan:  Ennio Marricone, class act, of course I know of him via The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, but actually haven’t seen many films that he scored.  

Wicker Man, Loved that, wispy vocals, kind of melancholy, pretty instrumentally not voting, but want to hear again  

Jean Pierre Mirouze, not as fond of this one, kinda wah-wah-y  Could see how it could fit a film, but I wouldn’t have it on my playlist.

Psych Paul:  Lisa Gerrard, glad someone included her.  Her soundtrack music is just as great as DCD, imho.  Hauntingly beautiful.

Gentle & Giant;  John Murphy In The House Starts off nice and eerie and builds and builds, then drops back again.  I enjoy this kind of a piece.  

Grumpyprogfan:  Spinal Tap Big Bottom:  Classic!  Of course very familiar and love the film (who doesn’t who ever worked in the rock n roll oeuvre?).  We also had the honour of carrying them on our buses and they put on a fine show at the Universal Ampitheatre. 

I prophesy disaster:  Ennio Morricone Magic & Ecstasy:  Not so much a fan of this one, too Batmannish for me.  I am sure it suited the film, however, considering who composed it, which is really part of the job of the composer for films, after all.

Rushfan4:  Of course I know this one, as you’d guessed.  I am probably the only human of a 1st world country (at least for the moment, still) who has never watched an entire Star Wars film from start to finish, however.

TCat:  Mark Isham Mrs. Soffel  So beautiful, I remember the film as well.  A haunting piece of music.

Gerard McMann:  Cry Little Sister I could hear this one growing on me, I vaguely recall it, but never did see the film, even though it’s the kind I might be interested in, from what I know of it. "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" - The Cox Family - from "O Brother Where Art Thou"  I LOVE that film also….they also had a fun version of “Man of Constant Sorrow,” which I first heard by The Kaleidoscope on a reunion LP they did (When Scopes Collide), also with a great version of “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” on that one.

Shadowyzard:  Tan Dun Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Wonderful film and such fitting music for it.  Danny Elfman, The Batman theme.  Not a big fan of the Batman film enterprise, but I am a fan of Danny Elman and the music is very moving.  Basil Poledouris - "Prologue/Anvil of Crom" - Conan the Barbarian OST  Music fits, again not a fan of the franchise here.  This would be another one, like Batman, where I’d be more interested in the music than the film.  Harry Potter, I do enjoy the films, actually, and love the music.  Son was the right age when the books came out, so he would read them, then give them to me, as they were released in subsequent years.  John Williams worked out of The Village Recorder, where I worked for a few years, really a nice guy, we did a lot of film work and video post-production there. The Armenian girl from The Voice, I take it?  She’ll be a big surprise when they turn around….reminds me a little of Annie Haslam’s “Rockalise.”  Good thing there weren’t any water glasses at the judge’s tables.

Lewian The Insects Creep Soundtrack ~  Might go along great with the film, but I am just not a fan of this kind of music, unless it hits me in a quirky kind of way.  Nino Rota La Dolce Vita….Now you’re talking.  Love Fellini films and this fits the film so perfectly.  Enjoy it as it’s own music aside as well. Ryuichi Sakamoto Good Morning Mr Lawrence.  I recall this one very clearly, enjoy it just for the music as well as the film.  Wim Mertens "The Belly of an Architect".  Now this one, I just love.  Could certainly be a winner for me, if it’s your final selection, as both unheard before and I enjoy the video of them playing the piece live.  And kept hearing it in my mind’s ear, afterwards.

Page Two

Meltdowner:  Aaron Copland, Our Town Suite:  lovely serene music, the main melody is so sweet truly gives the feeling of a small town, in contemplation of it’s normal life.  I can hear this becoming an earworm, already still hearing it in my mind’s ear.

Lorenzo:  Concerto ZBIGNIEW PREISNER: ""Van den Budenmayer en mi mineur (SBI 152) Version de (1798)" FROM: "The Double Life of Veronica", Very haunting, angelic choral voices.  Will have to see if the melody comes back to haunt me.

ENNIO MORRICONE AND JOAN BAEZ: "THE BALLAD OF SACCO AND VANZETTI" A surprise to hear Joan Baez with Ennio Morricone. Ear-catching,  the tension of the buzzing sounds along with the flawless clarity of Joan’s voice.   

Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's oboe - Film The Mission Absolutely loved that film.  And what a beautiful, serene piece of music, although, of course the film does not remain serene.  

A Filetta - U Lamentu di Gesù - Music inspired by the Film Passion Also love this, very emotional, gorgeous  

Another Mel Gibson 2006 film, "Apocalypto," has a fantastic soundtrack.  The film had very mixed reviews, but I remember loving the music throughout.  I gave it a quick listen again and couldn't decide what I enjoyed best to use here, so went with more familiar pieces to me.  James Horner composed the music, a very non-traditional score with exotic instruments and a Pakistani vocalist amongst other things.  .

George: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Technically, Missing" - Gone Girl  Carried Trent and NIN on several tours, so got to see them live.  That said, this is very different and more my style.  A slower, more insidious feel than the NIN music, at least to me, maybe because of no vocals telling me where to place my mind?  I dunno.  I like this kind of build/wash of sound thing that sometimes drops and turns into something else.  Very atmospheric. 

Akira Ifukube - "Gojira Main Title" - Godzilla (1954)  Of course I remember this movie, the music is very fitting for it and like the trivia on the roar…orchestral and ominous. 

Ramin Djawadi feat. Tom Morello - "Pacific Rim" Sounds like it goes well with an animated film (I’m assuming from the pic).  Not ear-grabbing for me.

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Raff:  Simon & Garfunkel, Scarborough Fair from The Graduate:  Definitely iconic soundtrack for me.  My older sisters snuck me in to the drive-in to see it in 1967, as I was only 9....every time I hear "The Sound of Silence," brings me right back there, as well as this piece.  

Howard Shore: Gandalf vs Balrog LOTR Definitely know these soundtracks forwards and probably backwards.  Son and I saw the films first run in theatres, then the extended versions, many many many too many to count times.  These are always in my top 10 of favourite films ever (even with the parts that don't follow the books), although I lump them as one film if doing a list and I love the soundtracks.  Books too, read and re-read numerous times.    Sadly I do know both of these, so will not be a potential vote for me, no matter which one you select, but I do love these, both.

Mickey:  Dr Zhivago ~ Lara’s Theme:    Another classic one, absolutely gorgeous.  I also loved the book.  Cross of Iron:  Despite the cheery children’s voices and recorder, why do I get a sense of foreboding?  Especially with the injection of spooky strings sneaking and the march music…..I have a feeling it’s not going to stay very joyful.  Definitely goosebumps.  Then seeing the opening scenes with the music, chills.  Never saw the film, have a feeling I should.  Then, more chills with the Melancholia opening.  Stunning.  I haven’t been in a theater since early 2014, most films these days don’t do much for me, but I think this one, I would have enjoyed.  

Somewhere In Time:  Loved the book and the film.  And Paganini.  My son’s great uncle was an expert on Paganin (Oscar Shapiro, he died quite a few years back, also was twice a Chess Grand Master….additionally was a really fun guy, great sense of humour). Link to his obit https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/jan/3/20020103-034610-4488r/  

I am sticking to my if I know it rule, not to vote on it, though  (as far as a final choice of yours, or anyone’s)  The Fifth Element, very pretty, juxtaposing the refined classical beauty and grace with the starkness of the more mechanical-looking aliens, then intertwining them.

Cristi:  Bruno Nicolai "the case of the bloody iris"  Very 70’s sounding to me, as is fitting, given the date of the film.  A little too light for me, in tone, not a style I gravitate to.  

re: Cross of Iron. You absolutely nailed it..  and why the intro/credits/theme were so brilliant.  

I sort of mispoke earlier..  what many do consider it is the greatest ANTI war movie ever made. What better place for it than the pure brutality and savagery of the Eastern Front. It has typical Peckinpah blood letting and shear displays of cinematic violence.. but like his films.. under the blood is a very profound message of not glorifying it but the senselessness and insanity as well as the pointlessness and human costs of war. Not a easy movie to watch.. but an important one I think. One of James Coburns best acting performances by the way. 

checking out the obit... sounds like a real neat person.

I take it you haven't seen Melancholia.  I do think it is the best film anyone has done in the last 40 odd years.. and the only post early 80's movie to make my personal top 10.  If you haven't.. make it a point to see it. In fact I watched it again this evening..  not a cheery movie to say the least but it will make you think and feel.  I saw it on the way home from Italy and it knocked me completely sideways.. I could not get that movie out of my mind for .. I kid you not.. weeks while I was wrapping my head around that one.  Yeah the intro was.. to say the least . unique..  and brilliant to the extreme.

"Please take your bull$hit somewhere else!" - please apply this rule to yourself sometimes. 
 Thank you for your arrogance, a second time on the interactive polls. 

BTW, your comments here are off topic to be honest. You don't have time worth spending on "some silly board" and yet you do comment. At least be on topic. 

Again, I believe you misunderstood this topic and arrogantly scold us for creating and participating in this poll. Good job!

What about live and let live guys?

Anyone who is on the forum for some time knows Pedro and how he thinks, and that besides the stuff that I don't need either (belittling others etc.) he has a few interesting things to say about music and culture. Some people are not gonna change, so there's not much use in complaining. When I read his stuff I just filter out what I don't need and don't get wound up. I'd have thought it's not that difficult. I'm fine with Pedro posting some thoughts on soundtracks here even if not participating in the regular way.

the Cross of Iron music is meant to be disturbing and it is, considering the theme of the movie. It's more of an anti-war movie than just a world war 2 movie. 

Your Melancholia video that's giving goosebumps to everyone  is not working for me. 

Rachmaninov does not qualify, it's just a classical piece used in a movie. 

I can't watch the Melancholia thing. This one works in Italy. Is it the same?

Tiberiu Olah - Osanda (main theme) - 1976

one of these two will be my nomination. 

Nickie, good stuff as usual. 

The insidious feel is definitely what that Reznor & Ross piece were intending. I take it that you have not seen the movie. That piece accompanies a key monologue by one of the lead characters. It is very effective and one of the reasons why I chose it. Good movie and the score works really well with it. 

Pacific Rim is actually a live (with a heavy dose of CGI) film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It's a giant robot/monster movie and I chose the piece because it fit in with the Godzilla piece. But now thinking about animated films, I will replace my alternative #2 with one from one of my (and my son's) favorite animated films, The Incredibles.

New alternative #2:

Michael Giacchino - "Incredits" - The Incredibles 

From the end credits, obviously. It's very inspired from 60's spy film scores.  

Shadowyzard wrote: TCat wrote: Another entry from some of my favorites, this one moves away from the orchestral aspect to the pop genre, but it's one song that has stuck with me over the years.  For your consideration, another alternative choice: Gerard McMann - "Cry Little Sister" from "The Lost Boys" (1987)   Ah pure awesomeness!!! R.I.P. Joel Schumacher, BTW.

mathman0806 wrote: ^Good call Mike. Great movie and soundtrack.

  Referencing " I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" from "O Brother...."
 

I just can't think of Paganini without remembering Uncle Oscar.    Probably why I haven't been much of a movie-goer in a long time, most I find disappointing, at least of what I hear about, but that could be in part because I just don't look for anything much from that entertainment venue anymore.  The plot-driven pyrotechnics of each film trying to outdo the last with special effects, just bores me.  I want a film to make me think, not hit me over the head.  So yes, when I have my tv set up again will seek it out.  Thank you for recommending what sounds like an enjoyable and thought-provoking film.

OK then....Wim Mertens definitely a potential Top 3 for me.  Glad you thought to include it, I would never have been exposed to this elsewhere, I don't think.

Oh, gee, thank you.  You are correct, I've not seen the film, I know it was getting some critical acclaim a few years back?  It sounds worth checking into more deeply.  Looking forward to hearing your new alternate. 

And, speaking of Annie Lennox songs from movies, another favorite of mine is this one, which is a very personal song between me and my wife (which is why I didn't post it originally, but how could it not be posted?).  Talk about a passionate song, this is it.  So, I submit this one as another alternative:

Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" from "Interview with a Vampire".  EDIT:  I updated the video tube here for a better audio quality.

Also, kudos to Nickie for including the Eurythmics "Julia" from "1984".

Videos deleted for space:

There are certainly parts of the LOTR soundtracks that absolutely bring tears to my eyes.  

Annie is such a fine vocalist, looking forward to hearing the one you posted.  I used to use the opening (of Julia) to the first line as my answer-phone message.  That piece of music gives me chills, every time.  It is starkly beautiful, like the doomed love story of 1984.

There is another video of a sort of soundtrack of an Anne Rice novel.  This was only released with the audiobook.  Being a huge fan of both Anne Rice and Mary Fahl, I hoped there was a film I missed so I could have included this piece in this poll, but didn't fit the rules.  This is "Exiles," from The Wolves of Midwinter.  

Kept the video this time.  Mike.  Annie Lennox - "Love Song for a Vampire" If this had been main contender, it would have won 1^st for me.  Despite my ironic nature, I have a sweet tooth for love songs .  Her stellar voice is just perfect for this piece.  Despite my ironic nature, I have a sweet tooth for lush or plaintive love songs.  Mix it up with some sort of eternity and.  Wow.  

Wow.  Very, very nice.  That full-throated vocal just makes me melt just like it does with Annie Lennox.  I'll be checking out more of Mary's songs for sure.  I'm also a huge fan of Anne Rice and like to brag about how she answered me personally on Facebook once about 5 years ago.  I was already a fan at the time, so that was quite an honor.  My personal favorite of hers was "Memnoch the Devil" because of the Dante-like story which involves Lestat being taken on a tour of the afterlife.  Did you hear AMC bought the rights to all of the Vampire Chronicles and The Mayfair Witches books (in May) for a future TV series that both Anne and Christopher will be writing episodes for?

Anyway, I was already thinking about making the Annie Lennox song my contender, which I will probably do before it's all said and done.

Glad you enjoyed that...She's got a very varied repertoire, I don't want to riddle this topic with videos that don't suit, but check out her Ben Aindi Habibi, her cover of Urge for Going (hmmmm, maybe fodder for the covers poll) pieces on YT.  One of those people who, for some reason, never really got quite the status many feel she deserves.  

I've not heard of the potential TV series for the Rice books...Excellent news!  I would love to see those!

Thank you for bringing more Annie here, and for the discussion.