The first album that I can remember being extremely excited about and loving to bits was the OST for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Although I was a big fan of OSTs before that, it was really the first three tracks on DMC that made me fall in love all over again. (Some of my favorite [musical] moments include: the awesome bass line at the beginning of The Kraken, the pipe organ in Davy Jones, and the ‘circus theme’ in Dinner is Served.)
The most anticipated albums, for me, were:
1. The Nightmare Before Christmas: Special Edition (even though I already owned the regular edition)
2. Death Cab for Cutie/Narrow Stairs
3. Coldplay/Viva La Vida
and after I watched Mirrormask I had to go out and purchase the OST, like, right away.
I was also a big Bond and Delerium fan, back when.
More recently, I’m discovering how much I like cool jazz/modal jazz, as well as Romantic Era composers, mostly Eastern European/Russian ones.
And finally, my favoritest album EVER is Danny Elfman’s Serenada Schizophrana. (I like it even more than DMC, which is saying something. Ha.)