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That's a shame about the original masters, maybe someone could re-releases the album with a bit of remastering.
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Yes, it was a rerecording (as far as I know).
Actually, I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I've been enjoying this score since way back in the LP days, and to my ears it's the original film tracks, truncated and reassembled. Ford might know. Ford?
I think it is a partial rerecording, like E.T., rather than a complete do-over like Jaws. The LSO recorded both the film and the album sessions (they are credited at the end of the movie). The main title has a completely different resolution on the album, and "To Scarborough" has some striking organ chords in the film not heard on the album so there was clearly some rerecording done. But the other cues sound like the same recording.
I'm inclined to doubt the Dracula album was recorded at the same time as Superman and The Fury, as those were 1978 releases and Dracula a Summer 1979 release.
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It's worth noting that Dracula was a Universal picture, and most likely had elements that were destroyed in Universal's vault fire several years ago. Certainly key elements of other well-known titles were lost.
I never did see a list of titles and/or possible titles lost in that fire. Last I recall hearing is that it was in a certain area and not a lot was lost.
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Aha. Confirmation that the sessions cannot be found, then. Very sad.
Hopefully the sheet music survives, and Mr. Fitzpatrick and the Prague orchestra can re-record it.
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Jan 13, 2014 - 11:16 AM
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nerfTractor
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Well, it wouldn't have to be Williams himself since he has other things to do and LSO would make it pretty expensive, but with current quality of re-recordings done in Prague, Bratislava and Moscow I can't see a reason why this couldn't be recorded in any of those cities if engineers, music producers and conductors are any of our usual beloved teams responsible for recent Tadlow/Prometheus, Intrada and TFC re-recordings. I am sure they would do a fantastic job on such a brilliant score as Dracula.
That previous poor selection available on the LP hardly does the score justice and omits several of the major pieces and important parts of the score.
I was speaking from dreamland of course. But I will stick with my claim that no conductor other than Johnny, who is still with us and going pretty strong, could bring this score fully to life. The 1979 performance is stunning and a re-match with superior sound, and the missing sections restored, would be pretty spectacular.
It's great to have Raine and McNeely doing their peerless work when the original artist is no longer with us, but in this case a good portion of the excitement is generated by the classic pairing of JW and LSO.
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