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About two weeks ago I happened to watch a DVD that was just released, a six-part miniseries from 2000 - Danish - called The Spider. I knew nothing about it, but being a huge fan of the original Swedish Wallander series (and having issued Adam Norden's from same for that reason) and most Swedish and Danish crime series like Bron (The Bridge) and The Killing, I thought I'd take a chance.
The miniseries is very well done, with nice period costumes and settings (the film takes place in post WWII Copenhagen), and it's compelling viewing. No real surprises, but very enjoyable with an excellent cast.
But one of the key things about this being so enjoyable is the absolutely brilliant music of Soren Hyldgaard. I knew nothing of his work and had frankly never heard of him at all. But funnily, right after I watched The Spider I watched a movie called Red - not the action/adventure comedy with Bruce Willis, but a drama starring Brian Cox. I liked it very much and its score, which was by - Soren Hyldgaard. I took that as a sign I should see what was available by him so I could buy it. Thanks to the handy-dandy search box here I found the MSM compilation - little five-minute or so suites from a lot of his work, including both The Spider and Red. I bought it and really enjoyed it tremendously, mostly because he has a wonderful melodic sense and the sensibility of the masters - The Spider is Herrmannesque, Goldsmithesque, a flavor of Morricone and Donnagio occasionally, too - and that's AOK in my book.
Those who know me know that when I fall in love with music I will do whatever it takes to get it out into the world. And so I found Soren Hyldgaard (it took a bit, but my pal, agent Jeff Kaufman, helped), we had a really nice e-mail volley and I'm happy to say Kritzerland is picking up the Hyldgaard ball and running with it. At some point there was a Danish CD of The Spider, about forty-three minutes long, but OOP for many, many years. So, the first thing we're doing is righting that wrong with a fantastic seventy-eight minute release of The Spider. I'm hoping all film music fans will give this great music a chance.
We'll also be doing Red, which will have a companion score with it. If these do well, then we'll have some others, too. It's always grand fun to discover a real talent like Soren Hyldgaard, even though he's been doing this for quite some time.
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Excellent.
Never seen or heard but this is just fantastic. Watch a film, like the music, call up the composer and next the music is getting released.
OK, I know it didn't go quite as quick as that but even so I found this little story wonderful.
Will definitely check out the samples.
It actually was that fast  We connected in a day, and had a deal about twenty minutes later.
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Oh, this is good news. My only exposure to his work is the MSM compilation and it's great.
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You're not only selling future Kritzerland releases, but now I'm ordering DVDs of The Spider and Red. Count me in for The Spider & Red soundtracks.
Any time frame you can mention for a release?
The Spider will be first - sometime in August - just working on the packaging now.
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Bravo, Bruce --and thank you, Henry!
The composer's name didn't ring a bell with me, but now that I've been reminded of the purchased-long-ago-but-long-forgotten CHAPLIN PUZZLE, I will dig it out of my shelf, dust it off, and take it for a spin...
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Bravo, Bruce --and thank you, Henry!
The composer's name didn't ring a bell with me, but now that I've been reminded of the purchased-long-ago-but-long-forgotten CHAPLIN PUZZLE, I will dig it out of my shelf, dust it off, and take it for a spin...
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A sale here. I really like his work too. Thank you Mr. Kimmel. Soren Hyldegaard also did the orchestrations on Silva's BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN/ INVISIBLE RAY CD conducted by Kenneth Alwynn way back in the 90's.
I also saw Soren participating in a panel on film music in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was the only composer on the panel. The other panelists were .... I'm not sure what you would call them.... they licensed songs. I attended to hear Soren and the moderator threw him one brief question (out of courtesy I imagine), but the entire mornings focus, and indeed all the filmmakers questions directed at the panel, was about how to get more songs into their movies.
At the end the licensing people were mobbed for more information and Soren slipped quietly away before I could 'fan-boy' him.
I also recommend the RED movie. Red is a dog's name not a acronym for whatever it was that Bruce Willis movie.
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Uh-oh. I treasure the BRIDE album because it's long been one of my top favorite scores, but the orchestration for the CD was problematical. The second statement of the villagers' victory march is given over to brass, whereas it was clearly the orovince of the string section on the original soundtrack.
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The 1993 Silva BRIDE disc was also co-orchestrated/ reconstructed by Tony Bremner so that particular track might not have been Soren's work. I believe the liner notes indicate some occasional artistic liberties were taken as well.
" For this recording Mr. Bremner has taken artistic license to discreetly use a synthesizer in several places."
"Examination of the (original orchestrator Clifford) Vaughn orchestrations and comparison with acetate "air check" recordings of the music tracks for BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN that reside in the Franz Waxman Collection at Syracuse University indicate that many cues underwent on-the-fly revisions during the recording session."
Bush, Richard: The Bride of Frankenstein CD liner notes. pg.6 col.2 1993, Silva Screen Records (Silva SSD1028). Produced by Soren Hyldegaard.
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