My recollection of the Max Steiner Music Society's long ago cassette of the acetates from 1942's "Now, Voyager" was that the sound quality was pretty good. This would make a great Oscar-winning companion CD to the Oscar-winning CD album of 1944's "Since You Went Away".
Max Steiner: Composing, Casablanca, and the Golden Age of Film Music by Peter Wegele (Author)
Looks like a great book, but, Amazon wants $67.50 for it! Yikes!
The past few years we have had little Max Steiner CDs. Most labels have neglected Max. Odd, since he was a giant of the golden age. SAE? BYU? Intrada? LLL? Kritzerland? Varese? etc.
Welcome if this is the case. Just wondering if la la land wound consider doing some re-recordings of music from the golden age? With Varese no longer doing it, there might be an opening. Any thoughts?
I am with John -- this score is my favorite by Steiner and it has never received a legit release of the original tracks --- I never understood why although I recall hearing the WB vault tapes are missing --- is there no music + effects track for this epic?
Don't recall if there is confirmation that in Warner Vaults there is a vast amount of Max Steiner recorded scores or not like there was for the creation of the mammoth "Bernard Herrmann at 20th Century Fox" or "Miklos Rozsa Treasury"?
I am with John -- this score is my favorite by Steiner and it has never received a legit release of the original tracks --- I never understood why although I recall hearing the WB vault tapes are missing --- is there no music + effects track for this epic?
There must be something available, where else did all those awful sounding B**tleg versions get sourced from over the years?
