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And we'd only have to come up with half of that on Kickstarter?
There's an assumption and a half!
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1. It wasn't even half an assumption. It was a question. Did you not notice the punctuation at the end?
2. Even if I *had* put a period, it would be backed up by the fact that James *just* brought it up as something he really wanted to do, and earlier he specifically said that for things he really wanted to do he was prepared to foot half the bill as he did for King of Kings. But instead I didn't assume. I inquired.
Yavar
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Jan 14, 2018 - 11:19 AM
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TJ
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And we'd only have to come up with half of that on Kickstarter? Totally doable! Maybe could even reach some of the classical crowd...
Yavar
This is the most important point that seems to be overlooked in excitement.
You should never assume that James, TFC, or anyone else is willing to bankroll 50% of a project. Why? There's no guarantee that that 50% will ever be recouped.
That's a lot of cash to burn that you might not ever get back. If it was a matter of not having enough financing, then TFC or Tadlow could just produce smaller scale works that cost 50% or less. They aren't doing that. There's a reason for that.
The financing isn't the problem. The problem is the sales. If James doesn't get the sales he needs on the back end, I highly doubt he's going to be doing any more 50% kickstarters unless he just likes writing large checks to have recordings in his personal collection.
I don't think you can call King of Kings a "successful campaign" until James sees the sales that he gets which is over a year from now. And even then, no guarantee that some other title, especially an obscure one, would be able to duplicate it.
Like some have mentioned, attending a Prague recording session is a once in a life time opportunity. Maybe other people would take him up on that for the next title, but maybe they wouldn't.
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I'm excited to hear King of Kings - and I don't mind paying the $40 instead of the $30 or whatever it is - but in my opinion, it's naive to think that just because one project got 50% funded on Kickstarter that it will somehow begin a trend of several crowdfunded recordings.
That's exactly what I believe. Fact is, fewer released recordings than ever make any money. That's not limited to film scores, the market for new classical recordings is pretty much dried up, too (there is a reason why most of the currently released classical orchestral albums are live albums). Rock, pop, hip-hop etc. still make some dough with streaming, but a lot less than they did, say, 15 years ago with CD sales.
And I don't see how that trend is going to be changed by kickstarter. Why would all of a sudden more people pay for recordings done sometime in the future than they would for recordings already produced?
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I am certainly willing to contribute 50% of the budget to scores I love and want to record.
So, please tell me James... do you love and want to record "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS".... ? 
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May 26, 2018 - 1:12 PM
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Ed Lachmann
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Wow, so little love here for Max Steiner's wonderful "Helen of Troy"? It has only ever been available as a not-so-great bootleg and a selection of cues in the Bernstein Filmmusic Collection. Since Tribute always did Steiner proud, this seems like a viable choice to recommend. It has gorgeous romantic themes, rousing battle sequences and that wonderful "Bacchanal", quite a bit of variety to say the least. I'd imagine great fun to record, too. Just a thought. Also, Victor Young's "The Conqueror", which has NEVER seen the light of day would be wonderful. I love hearing it in the German blu-ray and have to wonder why it remains so obscure. When a score is already available, often in several various recordings, why not try something nobody's really done?
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