The Iron Giant (1999)

Mondo 2xLP, 2014 Michael Kamen's warm, brassy score for Brad Bird's animated film made its vinyl debut here, remastered for the format. Mondo limited it to 1,000 copies and offered two packages: Jason Edmiston's painted cover, on black vinyl with randomly inserted steel grey copies, and a Jay Shaw design in an embossed metal slipcase. The slipcase edition is the one that feels like the Giant himself in your hands. Kamen's music is the emotional engine of the film, swelling from Cold War paranoia into something big-hearted, and it plays beautifully as a standalone album.