The opening titles of Terrified actually reminded me of Goldsmiths Ransom, when I played it just then. The drive and low end piano riffs of it, that is. Not bad actually, but still very dated sounding to my ears and not a patch on Lee Holdridge
Thanks for the thanks, Dr Smith. I couldn't find any mention of actual recordings of any of his works either. His classical works outweighed his film scores in number, which wouldn't be hard, but no mention of them being recorded.
When I started this thread almost four years ago I said that he'd (then) just celebrated his 77th birthday. The imdb doesn't mention his death, but on one site I came across it says he passed away in 1982. He would have been 44 years old.
I'd love to see those three film scores released. It doesn't sound to me like lazy Rózsa-ripping, but rather an original voice being channeled through an established template. And even if it were lazy Rózsa-ripping it still sounds great and thrilling to me.
//ADDED A FEW MINUTES LATER// Cheers Kev. I'll agree that Lee Holdridge would win against Michael Andersen in the popularity stakes, unless I substitute MY Michael Andersen for that Danish bloke.
I assume you're familiar with JG's Ransom score, Graham. Did you hear what I heard in the Terrified titles?
Hmmm, well... sort of, but I wouldn't have noticed unless you'd pointed it out. And even then... Let's say they share a similar vocabulary. Actually, having listened to TERRIFIED again, there's a bit in the middle that's very like Elmer Bernstein, maybe TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. The imdb has Andersen credited (uncredited!) as "copyist" for several Bernstein scores. "Copyist". Some would say that's a nice way to put it.
I still like him, so there.
Oh look what I found, from the days before Tubular You.
