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For me, the performance/synth inclusion is a flaw, but musically this score is perfect and I love every second of it. I would eagerly buy a two disc set if there were enough alternates or unused music, and would love a remastered 1 CD version in chronological order (with repeat taken out) if not...
Yavar
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Definitely a grail for me. One of Jerry´s most glorious main themes.
Please a complete re-issue, remastered (and if possible expanded)!
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"Lionheart" may be the greatest score ever written for a god awful bad movie. Goldsmith was noted for writing great music for bad movies.
Inchon?
Yavar
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Jan 28, 2014 - 7:31 AM
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MikeP
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"Lionheart" may be the greatest score ever written for a god awful bad movie. Goldsmith was noted for writing great music for bad movies.
Inchon?
Yavar
Nope.  Inchon is a good score yes for a wretched movie, but Lionheart trumps it at every turn. It has been mentioned several times that Goldsmith took a romantic turn beginning with Star Trek TMP - this may be the pinnacle of that style. Here Goldsmith uses leitmotif to perfection, in a way he never really had before, or to this degree, afterwards. The music just flows, as if he really had a good film to work from, something with real emotion. After Total Recall he went through a ( often criticized ) period of less complex writing, and although this score has that same direct, less "busy" feel, it has a wealth of romanticism that those later "lighter" works didn't .
I'd put it above Inchon, and as much as I love those dense scores, the deceptive simplicity of the music here is beautiful and beautifully realized.
A masterwork from the master
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I've never seen the film but used to play my vinyl copies of volumes 1 & 2 a lot!
Finally got round to picking it up on CD today via the gift of Amazon Prime. Oddly enough the cheapest way of getting all of the released music was to get "The Epic Symphonic Score" CD and the Volume 2 CD. Prices for volume 1 are ridiculous!
Forgot how truly magnificent this score is - Goldsmith at the absolute top of his game. If you haven't heard it you're missing out big time!
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For me, the performance/synth inclusion is a flaw, but musically this score is perfect and I love every second of it. I would eagerly buy a two disc set if there were enough alternates or unused music, and would love a remastered 1 CD version in chronological order (with repeat taken out) if not...
Yavar
I do agree with this sentiment, hence why I would not favor the DE treatment. I wonder what people would think of having this score re-recorded without the synths?
I think the synths are integral part of the score; agreed, the performance of the orchestra is not as high-end polished as, say, the National Philharmonic Orchestra or the London Symphony Orchestra, but I don't understand any hesitations concerning the electronics. That's like saying record this score again, but remove all the flutes. Or remove all the drums. The synths are an instrument Goldsmith decided should be in there, and I think they should be in there.
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Sep 24, 2018 - 11:59 AM
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Love it, but man, would've been so much better with a London or Hollywood orchestra. I can see why Goldsmith stopped recording in Hungary, even with the money it saved. The orchestra was uninspired, and he could never quite get the orchestra/synth mix to sound natural and balanced.
Oddly enough, they did a pretty good job with King Solomon's Mines, a score that was far busier (and, I assume, more difficult from a musician's perspective) than the others. The sound was excessively bright and shrill (all of those recordings were rough), but they kept up with the notes, at least. People dress better for a first date than they do after a few years of marriage, I guess.
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