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Having never seen the film or heard the score I always wondered what the hype about it was. Then after getting this set in the mail the other day and heard it...NOW I know why. This is great stuff.
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Having never seen the film or heard the score I always wondered what the hype about it was. Then after getting this set in the mail the other day and heard it...NOW I know why. This is great stuff.
the film is OK to BAD / SO BAD ITS GOOD but the score REALLY carries the movie to other heights while never overshadowing it somehow.
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Dec 12, 2012 - 4:22 AM
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Having never seen the film or heard the score I always wondered what the hype about it was. Then after getting this set in the mail the other day and heard it...NOW I know why. This is great stuff.
the film is OK to BAD / SO BAD ITS GOOD but the score REALLY carries the movie to other heights while never overshadowing it somehow.
the film is great. people dismiss it because it's a barbarian movie, and though there are a few hokey lines in it, it employs a beautifully slow and muscular pace, the subject matter is so suited to john milius's style i don't believe anyone could have done, or could do, a better job with the source material, and you cant ask more than that, also it looks fantastic and it features a career high turn from James Earl Jones as the villain, easily my favourite arnie movie, and that's saying a lot.
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I love the new Intrada version and I've been playing it often. I'm no fan of the film itself (John Milius' brand of mythic primitivism has never been my cup of tea; I've never been able to sit through ANY of his films, for that matter), but the score is truly classic.
My sole nitpick is the assembly of "The Leaving / The Search," which is probably one of my favorite cues in any film score, ever. On the earlier Varese issue, the heartrending oboe solo which ends "The Leaving" segues smoothly into "The Search," but on the new Intrada version, the segue is shortened so that the beginning of "The Search" fades in while the solo is still coming to a close.
It's only a difference of a second or so, but in my opinion, the assembly of the cue found on the Varese issue really lets that solo land solidly, and gives the second half of the cue much more emotional power and resonance. Like I said... it's a nitpick, but certainly not a dealbreaker. The Intrada is more than worth the $30.
That being said, someone please correct me if that's the way the cue is put together in the film proper.
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nice to hear the PERCUSSION, percuss!
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The way that “The Kitchen” plays out on the Intrada edition is clearly what was recorded, and was then subsequently edited for the film. You can hear the edits on the Varèse disc.
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I have been very pleased with the coverage and attention that Basil's Conan scores are getting from the labels. I own the Varèse, Tadlow, and Intrada Barbarian CDs. I enjoy having the re-recording alongside the original one and will listen to them both going forward; similarly, I have multiple recordings of quite a few "classical" works and would not part with any of them. With regards to the original recording, I prefer Intrada's release to the one from Varèse; I do not think the orchestra on the Intrada release sounds tiny or smaller than how it is presented with the Varèse release. If anything, it sounds more grand to me, which is why I was surprised to hear differing opinions on this board. My concern with the negativity surrounding this Intrada release is with it diminishing sales. With that in mind, I was wondering if people would be able to provide some insight into which of the 3 original recording releases (Milan, Varèse, and Intrada) actually sounds the closest to what someone in the presence of the recording would have heard. I am not qualified to make such an answer, but I assume some on this board would be. Perhaps it is unimportant, but if one release is closer to reality than its counterparts, then I think that is a point that should be mentioned in this thread.
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Mild,
I am in Derbyshire & my cd arrived yesterday , so yours should be landing anytime.
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Anyone else in London who ordered from Intrada on release day still waiting for CTB or CB or both?
Never usually takes this long from Intrada.
Cheers
I live in Sussex and mine arrived on Tuesday.
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