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Jun 29, 2012 - 4:59 PM
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Tom Servo
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I received my copy from Intrada and I gotta admit that I quite enjoyed this score. It was entirely new to me and seeing as how I pretty much can connect with anything Goldsmith composes, I might have been predisposed to get into this one as well. It does fit in with his early 90's output, more streamlined and low-key, with elements of LOVE FIELD, THE VANISHING and BASIC INSTINCT, yet I really like the multi-thematic approach. The main theme is a pre-cursor to L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, but the secondary themes for Dosmo and Becky are winners, along with the suspense and action material. The lengthy tracks such as "The Cemetary" and "End Credits" are very nice indeed.
1996 was quite a busy year for Goldsmith, with this plus GHOST & THE DARKNESS, FIRST CONTACT, CITY HALL and EXECUTIVE DECISION and while 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY may never make it to any fan's top 10 or top 20 lists of Goldsmith scores I still find it an enjoyable listen and worthy puzzle piece to that decade of transition for the maestro.
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Sold out at Intrada - still available elsewhere.....
The problem is...Where?? MovieMusic doesn't have it. What other US retailers have it besides Screen Archives? I wish Intrada had mentioned how many copies were left.
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And you cannot trust that Screen Archives actually has it. This is not Screen Archives fault. In my opinion, this is the problem with Intrada's lack of transparency. I have never missed a limited edition that I wanted until Young Guns II. It sold out in less than a day after Intrada said that it was going out on a specific date and they made no mention 'or until quantities last' since then they have put that on all going out of print messages thankfully.
In this case I was waiting to combine items to save shipping and when I was ready to order I placed it through Screen Archives because they had all the titles available. Just a couple days later Screen Archives put that Young Guns II was going out of print on a specific date. I was not concerned as I had already placed my order. Then less than a day later the sold out message went up and I still was not concerned, but I felt that Intrada should have warned people. Then about 10 days later Screen Archives contacted me via email letting me know that my order was being shipped without Young Guns II because they could no longer obtain the title.
I asked them why, as I had order before Intrada had even put up their going out of print message and was informed that Intrada had not given them any warning that the title was going away and they felt they were sure to get more and it did not happen.
This was a huge missed opportunity for Intrada as Young Guns II is going for huge amounts on the secondary market. Always over $80. When other titles with longer runs like Baby, I was able to scoop it up for a friend still sealed for $18.99 which is less than Intrada sold it for initially.
All in all, Intrada does a great job but this proves that they are not perfect. Nobody is.
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Surprised how quickly this one disappeared-don't seem to be any on ebay either-no opportunists cashing in? Do you think people bought it because they wanted to listen to it and not to make money on it????
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But let's face it: No matter how a label is handling supply and availability, there will always be bitching and moaning.
