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Aug 19, 2011 - 8:26 PM
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Erik Woods
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Do the liner notes say why Williams chose to/was asked to re-orchestrate for the re-recording?
In the liner notes ...... his re-conceptualized version of The Fury.
Do the notes say why it was "re-conceptualized"? Was he asked to? Did he decide? Did someone think it would sell better as an album/concert work with a less-electronic, more traditional, larger ensemble?
Williams felt that "a more stately, symphonic approach would better define the score as a listening experience, and as his habit, fused a few cues together from different sections to create a narrative flow."
I'm sure that EVERY film composer, if given the time to do so, would love to rework their music for the album... and most do. For a re-recoding like The Fury, the film is still the inspiration, but now Williams can add or subtract from his score to make it a more pleasing listening experience and can transform certain cues, if he show chooses, to be more musical. And best of all he is no longer confined by sync points and specific timings of a scene. He can conduct freely and have the music performed to his OWN specific timings and creative wants and needs without interference from a director or producer.
-Erik-
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Do the liner notes say why Williams chose to/was asked to re-orchestrate for the re-recording?
In the liner notes ...... his re-conceptualized version of The Fury.
Do the notes say why it was "re-conceptualized"? Was he asked to? Did he decide? Did someone think it would sell better as an album/concert work with a less-electronic, more traditional, larger ensemble?
Williams felt that "a more stately, symphonic approach would better define the score as a listening experience, and as his habit, fused a few cues together from different sections to create a narrative flow."
-Erik-
Thanks, Erik, for the quote from the liner notes!
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This is the kind of trivial controversy this board was made for. And I'm all for re-igniting it.
I've had every iteration of this soundtrack from the original Arista "Original Soundtrack Recording" (The LSO album) to La-La Land. I'll give it to the software guys, who enabled the film tracks to finally shine on the La-La Land release, but give me the LSO every time. The LSO is like that one Walter/NY Philharmonic or Solti/Vienna Philharmonic performance that'll never be surpassed.
This was John Williams at the peak of his talent. While the film score thrills in its wilder moments, the LSO album is the prime musical conception. Count me pleased all around.
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THE FURY is my favorite Williams score and I like the LSO recording the best out of the 5 recordings that I have.
1. The Arista original vinyl LP which I bought when the movie was first released. I saw the movie before buying the LP and I could not wait to buy and listen to it.
2. Varese original recording (9 tracks as the LP)
3. Varese (10 tracks with the original "Death on the Carousel" & 9 LP tracks)
4. Varese 2 CD set
5. La La Land 2 CD set
"The Epilogue" is gorgeous. I really crank up the volume when I play it and I love the way the strings play out at the end of "Gillian's Escape".
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