I'd say that for a collection of just SOME of his soundtrack work, this is very good. Ever since I heard "Ah-Ah" on the "Cool World" soundtrack, I've been a fan. "Go" of course is another favorite, as I enjoy the theme from "Twin Peaks" sampled. "New Dawn Fades" is awesome and hypnotic, and also his version of the "James Bond Theme" will take you to 007th heaven. Maybe this isn't the first Moby disc to get, but it's definitely a score.
April 6, 2005 |  | Beautiful and even more beautiful |  |
I boguht this CD USED at Cheapo Discs. I've heard lots of good stuff about his music in the movie Soundtracks industry, and? well, I'm impressed. The James Bond Re-version was impressive and I can't believe that MGM declined his track to not be used in one of the movies...GRRR. 'First Cool Hive' and 'God Moving...' were tracks from 'Everything Is Wrong' although, God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters on 'I Like To Score, Vol. I' was slightly different from the version of it on his other album. I can't stop listening to 'Love Theme' ...One of the most beautiful tracks I've heard from Moby alongside most of the tracks on 'Play: The B Sides'. 'New Dawn Fades' was very impressive considering the fact it was similar to 'All I Need Is To Be Loved' or 'What Love' from Everything Is Wrong...it was just one of those songs where Moby let's loose and rips the track up with some hard rock-sounding guitar breakdowns and beats. Overall, I Like To Score stands out as another one of his SMASH albums alongside Play and Play: The B Sides.
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September 9, 2004The good thing about this release is that...well, pretty much all of the tracks are good. The bad thing about this release is that the tracks are waterd-down, shortened ones from the originals. Such as the track "God Moving Over the Face of Water", the original is much longer and more heartfelt. I do however like the little extras in the version featured on this release. I recommend it to a Moby fan, but nothing else. I am a Moby fan, therefore I enjoyed this release. But it's not my favorite by Moby. But it still manages to get a 4/5 from me.
July 11, 2004Many Moby's fans often treat this album as his weakest effort collecting rare,unreleased and re-recorded tracks used in movies.actually thees songs are not that bad as some say.
Of course it is not a Regular album but it is not lacking any chronology and it is very good as you listen to it from begining to the end.
1."Novio" - Typical slow moby track with ambient piano and some gregorian choirs.very poetic and relaxing. 5/5
2."james bond theme" - energetic,agressive and dancable theme with kiler guitar.horns are outstanding.i really like that track,it is really dynamic and fun 5/5
3."go" - Moby's classic,his first hit.Contains theme from David Lynch's Twin Peaks theme.dark,full of electronic beats,amazing.this version is refreshed a bit but still very fine. 5/5
4."Ah-ah" - very psychedelic acid-techno song.wierd but good,this songs was on his debut album,here it is remixed and it sounds more agressive 4/5
5."I like to score" - quite short song driven by funky guitar.it is only interlude for me,nice but nothing special 3/5
6."oil 1" - this was on "the saint" movie,fast dance track,musically it is moby at his best techno years but the woman moaning here can make it sound boring after some time. if not the woman's voice i wuold give it five stars. 3/5
7."new dawn faces" - amazing Joy division cover,Moby songs here and whole songs has havy guitar arrange.different than the rest of album but i just love that songs in both versions.Hard rocking track. 5/5
8."god moving over..." - great ambeint piece,one of the best from "everything is wrong" album,here is in shorter edited mix,100 times weaker than long album cut. you must hear it in 8 minutes version to feel it. 3/5
9."first cool hive" - relaxing track from "everything is wrong" - here in longer version.driven by great vocals and interesting bass riff.one of my favourites 5/5
10."Nash" - short spanish styled piece. 3/5
11."love theme" - guitar sounds like Mike Oldfield himself recorded it.the songs sounds sadly quite standard and too sweet,but hey,it's love theme. 3/5
12."grace" - sit down and relax to this 5 minutes minimalistic piece of music.simmilar to some "play" tracks. 4/5
In conclusion it is a must-have for any moby fan. I got this album after "play","18" and "everything is wrong" and i like really this cd,it reminds of more earlier moby style represented by his mid-nineties records. Do not expect a masterpiece,it is a collection,but tracks like "go","new dawn fades","novio" or "james bond theme" are making it a really good buy March 21, 2004
I don't know why "I Like to Score" gets a lot of heat from other reviewers. I always thought "I Like to Score" (and still do) was a solid Moby album. Yes "Play" was my first Moby cd that I bought but at the time when I bought "Play" (in '99), I lived with a guy who was a big Moby fan and he owned "I Like to Score" and would play it quite a bit. I thought Moby's cover of the James Bond theme was/is tight. That song should have been used for the last James Bond movie, not Madonna's watered electro-clash "Die Another Day". "I Like to Score" kicks off with the hauntingly beautiful "Novio" which can also be found on "Everything is Wrong" (an essential Moby album to own). In fact quite a few songs off "I Like to Score" can be found on "Everything is Wrong" like "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" and "First Cool Hive" but they also can be found on various soundtracks hence the purpose of this collection, Moby's music from soundtracks. "I Like to Score" may not be the sonic masterpiece that "Play" is but it is not the POS that some people make it out to be. It is a good solid album. People to need to listen to it with open ears and open minds, and not expect "Play pt.2".
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