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"Its confirmed that Williams' Dracula is MIA"
According to WHOM EXACTLY?
What is the exact source for this yes "Confirmation?"
Ford A. Thaxton
Way to hold their feet to the fire, Ford. I'm convinced this one is stored inside a layer of Transylvanian soil in box in the basement of Anvil Studios.
It may well be, but I have yet to hear from any credible source on this matter as to the fact that the masters can't be found at Universal.
Unless someone can come up with sort of OFFICIAL statement before I write it off.
UNIVERSAL has found some things from over 60 years ago that I never thought would see the light of day.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Its confirmed that Williams' Dracula is MIA
According to WHOM EXACTLY?
What is the exact source for this yes "Confirmation?"
Ford A. Thaxton
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=96480&forumID=1&archive=0
from LLL's facebook:
DRACULA is MIA and has been for quite some time. IF a label is working on it, all that has survived is so-so mono elements as far as I know.
To be honest I have my doubts.
Sometimes you have to ask the RIGHT QUESTION to find something.
The Movie is in STEREO, so the music tracks exist at least on MAG someplace, so hope isn't lost yet.
If all else fails, the written scores are someplace, so it a new recording would be very possible.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior
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Its confirmed that Williams' Dracula is MIA
According to WHOM EXACTLY?
What is the exact source for this yes "Confirmation?"
Ford A. Thaxton
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=96480&forumID=1&archive=0
from LLL's facebook:
DRACULA is MIA and has been for quite some time. IF a label is working on it, all that has survived is so-so mono elements as far as I know.
To be honest I have my doubts.
Sometimes you have to ask the RIGHT QUESTION to find something.
The Movie is in STEREO, so the music tracks exist at least on MAG someplace, so hope isn't lost yet.
If all else fails, the written scores are someplace, so it a new recording would be very possible.
Ford A. Thaxton
Could the movie´s upcoming blu-ray release mean that they have a cleaned up score track available?
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Jul 14, 2014 - 11:00 AM
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If we're talking about straight orchestral scores, fresh recordings can potentially surpass the originals.
in the beginning of my "soundtrack career " i thought the same - better get a new digital recording but that changed over the years
there are only a few rerecordings that stands the original soundtrack.
even rerecordings by the composers had problems ( the goldsmith/varese recordings)
some composers are very difficult to get right (Tiomkin/Herrmann are very hard to reproduce, eg rerecordings ot 55 days main theme, they don't get it, the kind of frenetic and chaotic music finding its way to a wonderful combination of both themes)
or the"Korngold" sound- times , orchestras and taste changes over the years, its hard to get the right "schmalz" today)
as much as i like rerecordings, nothing can compete the original, and if its lost, its a "lost artwork" for all time,
think of it as a "Mona Lisa", you did not want to paint it new 
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A friend of John Bender's (forgive me, I forgot who) actually SAW the following in a pile of tapes to be dumped:
"MISTER MOSES"
"WALKABOUT"
"THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY"
Of course there is still a possibility of other copies, but master elements of these were definitely dumped.
Cheers
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