If that early 70's thriller is "See No Evil" then Elmer Bernstein fans will have their socks knocked off. I loved that score as I was watching the movie. There's even a big, rousing, gorgeous "love theme" cue in the middle of the film - it's one of those scenes I re-watched a few times after the movie was over just to hear the music again..
I came to different conclusions (for "Capricorn One"):
1. The original score is superior. 2. There's nothing special about the arrangement of the LP and the re-recording is inferior to the original. 3. There's more score, which is a good thing, since it's too short as it is -- even complete. 4. The old CD ended up being traded off and was a wise decision.
You really want to go public with this confession? brm
In a thread where you pretend to speak for the majority, anything is fair game.
The clue says it is by the same composer as the LP to CD premiere mentioned earlier. Goldsmith doesn't have anything that would fit the clue...
Someone over at Intrada mentioned Bernstein's SEE NO EVIL (aka BLIND TERROR) as the companion to CD premiere of Bernstein's GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATRE LP. Seems like a great combo and very expensive week ahead
André Previn also wrote a rejected score for "See No Evil". It would make a lot of sense to pair it with the Bernstein if both recordings are available.
I came to different conclusions (for "Capricorn One"):
1. The original score is superior. 2. There's nothing special about the arrangement of the LP and the re-recording is inferior to the original. 3. There's more score, which is a good thing, since it's too short as it is -- even complete. 4. The old CD ended up being traded off and was a wise decision.
You really want to go public with this confession? brm
In a thread where you pretend to speak for the majority, anything is fair game.
I too favor the original Capricorn One above the rerecording. I find the original has a drier sound and makes interesting use of stereo separation which adds to the claustrophobic nature of the score.
The clue says it is by the same composer as the LP to CD premiere mentioned earlier. Goldsmith doesn't have anything that would fit the clue...
Someone over at Intrada mentioned Bernstein's SEE NO EVIL (aka BLIND TERROR) as the companion to CD premiere of Bernstein's GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATRE LP. Seems like a great combo and very expensive week ahead
André Previn also wrote a rejected score for "See No Evil". It would make a lot of sense to pair it with the Bernstein if both recordings are available.
I have always wondered about Previn's score. Given his wonderful scores up to that time, it's amazing to me that what he wrote was perceived as unsuitable/egregiously unfitting for the film.
Do we know if the reissue (Capricorn One possibly) will be a MAF release? Or will it again go out of print as another Special Collection limited release?
André Previn also wrote a rejected score for "See No Evil". It would make a lot of sense to pair it with the Bernstein if both recordings are available.
Apparently, David Whitaker had also written a score for SEE NO EVIL and was rejected even after Previn: http://www.runmovies.eu/?p=271
And Bernstein himself (in the September 1983 issue of the Belgian soundtrack magazine) told his interviewer John Caps in 1983 that all of Previn's score material had been destroyed by the studio: "I could never get anybody to play his score for me, because apparently they destroyed all the material, which sounded to me sort of brutish. But had I known that Mia Farrow's husband at the time, Previn, had written a score, I doubt I would have accepted that assignment."
I'm more annoyed that the two short Bernstein scores are not put out as one release. Probably something contractual about re-issuing the album from General Electric.
I think the note about original owners needing not apply is just a way of saying that Switchback is not otherwise significantly improved from the previous release.