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Sep 1, 2014 - 6:07 PM
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David-R.
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Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 289
Date: 1983
Time: 79:17
Tracks: 31
World premiere expanded CD of early James Horner score for exciting crime thriller set in Moscow, directed by Michael Apted from Martin Cruz Smith novel, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Pacula.
World premiere expanded CD of early James Horner score for exciting crime thriller set in Moscow, directed by Michael Apted from Martin Cruz Smith novel, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Pacula. Horner takes inspiration from icy cold murder site ambiance in night-time Gorky Park, launches with intense cluster of chimes, pizzicato bass, swelling brass to establish oppressive mood. Suddenly the soaring melodic strains of Tchaikovsky overtake grimness with splash of color for skaters unaware of faceless dead bodies nearby. With this stunning opening, Horner already works both drama, locale into his dynamic score. Composer will use similar original score/Tchaikovsky overdub technique throughout score. As story moves through suspenseful investigation, tender love, riveting chases, Horner fluidly responds with his compelling music following suit. Love theme is memorable. Ditto aggressive action cues. Score has seen several previous truncated 36-minute releases but all of them suffered from odd audio mix rendering several cues in mono, especially those featuring strings such as with gorgeous love theme. (Film itself was in mono.) To present entire score in true stereo for first time, courtesy MGM, Intrada went back to original session masters made by Dan Wallin at Record Plant Recording Studios on 2" 24-track tape, then subsequently mixed by Wallin down to 1/2" multi-track stereo, then finally to brand new two-track stereo mixes for our CD. Working with these mixes, we discovered Horner had scored several cues with alternate versions, all of which are included as "extras" in this CD. Other new highlights include striking motif for "Andreev", who recreates murder victim's faces, exciting "Pasha And Golodkin Shot", fiercely rhythmic "Setting Up The Deal" plus several others. Extra treat! Working with multi-tracks allows us to present all cues containing Tchaikovsky overdubs in both familiar final versions plus in Horner score-only versions for interesting study in contrasts. Finally, Horner wrote cocktail piano source cue ("Stockholm Salted Peanuts") for late sequence in picture and nostalgic, bittersweet piece appears as closing extra to wrap generous-length CD. Liner notes by John Takis plus graphic design by Joe Sikoryak tie everything up with nice bow. James Horner conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
01. Main Title (2:51)
02. No Faces (1:53)
03. Chase Through The Park (1:57)
04. Following Kirwill (3:00)
05. Andreev (1:26)
06. Pasha And Golodkin Shot (1:04)
07. Irina’s Chase (3:43)
08. Arkady And Irina (Film Version) (2:12)
09. Irina’s Theme (Album Version) (3:32)
10. The Sable Shed (Album Version) (6:40)
11. Following KGB (2:03)
12. Iamskoy’s Death (0:43)
13. Setting Up The Deal (2:36)
14. Farewell At The Airport (Album Version) (4:19)
15. Releasing The Sables/End Credits (Album Version) (4:23)
THE EXTRAS
16. Main Title (Without Classical Inserts) (2:51)
17. A Leather Bag With The Gun (0:39)
18. First Flashback (0:44)
19. First Flashback (Without Classical Insert) (0:33)
20. Tailing KGB (0:43)
21. Second Flashback In Arkady’s Office (1:22)
22. Second Flashback In Arkady’s Office (Without Classical Insert) (1:07)
23. Arkady And Irina (Album Version) (2:28)
24. Regaining Consciousness (0:55)
25. Love Montage (1:21)
26. Irina’s Theme (3:48)
27. The Sable Shed (Film Version) (6:40)
28. Irina’s Confession (1:11)
29. Farewell At The Airport (Film Version) (2:59)
30. Releasing The Sables/End Credits (Film Version) (4:25)
31. Stockholm Salted Peanuts) (Cocktail Piano) (4:00)
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8971/.f?sc=13&category=22848
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Sep 1, 2014 - 6:21 PM
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Wedge
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More info about the new mix from the Intrada forum post:
To present James Horner’s complete music for Gorky Park, Intrada had access to the original recording session elements vaulted by MGM, including both 2" and ½" rolls of tape. Remixing was critical in that previous releases featured a unique anomaly. The array of gentle instruments such as the harp and vibraphone playing lengthy, exposed pianissimo passages (with long pauses built into the phrases) resulted in a noticeable degree of background noise, easily removed now, but not back in 1983 when the master was prepared. Perhaps in compensation, the original “stereo” mixes for these cues were essentially mono mix-downs with high strings (violins, violas) and low strings (cellos, basses) panned dead center. Some of the nuances— such as harp and vibraphone—were also focused in the center. The tracks played back with less noise, but lost almost all of their stereo separation as a result. With this new presentation, James Horner's score can be heard in beautiful, crisp stereo sound -- and the release features over twice as much music as the previous albums including additional music, alternates and film versions.
http://www.intrada.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6346
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How is the actual film? I really enjoyed the book.
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How is the actual film? I really enjoyed the book.
Enjoyed both myself. For the film, refer to Mr. Wedge.
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And as for the CD, purchased of course! This will be one of those rare triple dips for me, but as I am a huge fan of this early Horner score - it was the second or third (Varese) CD I purchased in the 80's - I'm going for the extras and the improved sound. Multiple thumbs up on this one.
Outstanding work 'Intradians'!
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the more interesting question is why original session elements were not used to properly remaster the score back then...
As I recall, the KRITZERLAND reissue used the original album master produced by James Horner himself for VARESE SARABANDE's first release.
Are you saying that by using the composer's own approved album master wasn't "Proper" thing to do?
Ford A. Thaxton
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From Kritzerland:
"Gorky Park was originally released on LP and CD by Varese Sarabande. For this release, we have completely remastered the sound and offer two presentations of the score – the first in film order, and the second in album order, two very different listening experiences. While there are a handful of additional cues in the film, most of them are very brief and are mostly reiterations of the cues that were assembled for the soundtrack album by Horner himself."
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the more interesting question is why original session elements were not used to properly remaster the score back then...
I think that is addressed in the summary two posts above yours.
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the more interesting question is why original session elements were not used to properly remaster the score back then...
As I recall, the KRITZERLAND reissue used the original album master produced by James Horner himself for VARESE SARABANDE's first release.
Are you saying that by using the composer's own approved album master wasn't "Proper" thing to do?
Ford A. Thaxton
Yes, before we tar and feather, the usual practice from the board hopheads - let us put on our thinking caps and ponder: What elements did Kritzerland have to work with once they licensed the score. Why, the album master, as clearly stated when we released it. Now, do people honestly think that we didn't have MGM look through the vault for the original tapes? Why of course we did and guess what - the album master was it - AT THAT TIME. No label can help what is found at another time and I don't believe the Intrada blurb states where this stuff actually came from. IF it came from MGM then it was found subsequent to our release. IF it came from elsewhere then the elsewhere most certainly did not make it available to us. Why we even had MGM call Varese to ask if THEY had the original session tapes - guess what the answer was? Now, they could have been fibbing and then at some point returned those assets to MGM - that is not known to me.
And I based my comment about the very small amount of additional music IN THE FILM - wait for it -- having watched the film and noted down the amount of missing cues. That this release is "much" longer or much more music is not really relevant to what music is actually IN the film. We've all found lots more material on original session tapes than is what's IN the film. Why we have a wonderful release coming and it has LOTS more music than is in the film.
So, to sum up - stuff happens. One could, of course, ask the question - why did Intrada leave cues off their Poltergeist II CD, so that Varese had to add some? Then one could ask the question why did Varese leave off several short cues on their "expanded" release of Poltergeist II, so that it took Kritzerland to finally do it right? One could ask, but why bother?
Stuff happens.
EDIT: So, approximately eight new minutes of music from the film itself. Original truncated previous thirty-six minute releases replaced by forty-four minute release, plus an additional thirty-five minutes or so of alternate things. Nice to have all the alternates.
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Any moment now, hainshisway, will come bursting into this thread, panties in a wad and guns a blazin'. Should be hilarious!
This new Intrada looks to be the edition to own with all that extra music. Thanks Intrada
Thank you for this informative post. PS: I seem to have missed where any panties were in a twist, save for yours. Ah, well.
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Any moment now, hainshisway, will come bursting into this thread, panties in a wad and guns a blazin'. Should be hilarious!
This new Intrada looks to be the edition to own with all that extra music. Thanks Intrada
Thank you for this informative post. PS: I seem to have missed where any panties were in a twist, save for yours. Ah, well.
You did a fine job on your release of Gorky Park.
So interesting Doug can't credit you for a good version of Gorky Park. He gets so worked up when others don't credit him. Weird.
I'm not following. As mentioned in the announcements we struck entirely new masters and didn't use anyone else's previous work...so what would we be crediting exactly?
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A generally top-notch cast, and nicely atmospheric. I particularly enjoyed Ian McDiarmid's small role as Andreev, and found myself wishing it had been larger. 
