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I LOVE the New Philharmonia/RCA recording Raksin did of a long suite for this score, kept forgetting to get the Varese, tried once in a trade on this board, but it got lost or something. Still curious to hear the film tracks one of these days!
I always used to wish concert conductors would (and could!) program that suite right alongside Beethoven, Shostakovich, et al.
- Sean
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Another one of those "I passed it by when it was on the used shelf once, and now thoroughly regretting it."
I envy you, Mr. Faiola (and maybe in more ways than just this cd!  )
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More clams than I can spare, brother!
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Holy cow, it's in stereo??
Wow.
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David,
If you ever find that Varese CD of FOREVER AMBER at a modest price, get it. I too just happened to yank this one off the shelf last week and listened to it again for the first time in years. As much as I like the RCA re-recording, the original tracks have an immediacy about them that is quite incredible.
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And there's more music on the CD, in one section at least, than there is in the film, itself.
The ending, in which we see that Amber is getting ready for a meeting with her next protector, less influential, but still helpful, was cut significantly enough to indicate that Amber was feeling more punished for her decision to let her son go with Cornel Wilde. In those days, "bad" girls had to be punished, in the media at least.
But, the music for that sequence can still be heard, on both recordings listed here.
FOREVER AMBER is not a great film, but it is well-made and performed, in a style no longer possible nowadays.
Not only would I like an expanded music release, but would also enjoy seeing the film as it was originally meant to be seen.
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It'd be nice if one of the labels -- LaLa Land, Kritzerland -- that have sprung up in the years since Varese issued "Amber" would release the rest of the score that Varese declined to.
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Another one of those "I passed it by when it was on the used shelf once, and now thoroughly regretting it."
I envy you, Mr. Faiola (and maybe in more ways than just this cd! )
New copies at sale price direct from Colosseum :
http://www.colosseum.de/product_info.php/info/p361_Forever-Amber--David-Raskin-.html
Could this mean there's a complete edition coming soon? Even if that's not the case and you still don't have a copy, don't miss this gem which is one of the heights in not-only-golden-age-film music.
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