I've looked but couldn't find it.... I would love to watch the opening credits for The Chairman. I saw this film on TV when I was kid and the images paired with Goldsmith's amazing music always enthralled me. I looked on youtube, but couldn't find it. Anyone? Thanks!
I've looked but couldn't find it.... I would love to watch the opening credits for The Chairman. I saw this film on TV when I was kid and the images paired with Goldsmith's amazing music always enthralled me. I looked on youtube, but couldn't find it. Anyone? Thanks!
I'd forgotten the title sequence (the visuals) and how effective it was, despite the crude technique. Somehow the goofy album cover lodged in memory instead. But I've never forgotten the splendid music, despite not having heard it in decades. Must get around to dubbing the LP one of these days . . .
Now youre talking jim. It was special moment back then when - without knowing in advance - a film came on and you recognised the style and discovered it was a jerry! Chairman main theme rocks, and main titles were striking and drew you right in. As just about everyone knows, the film in the uk and on 70s tv here, was titled the Most Dangerous man in the World, so it promised high drama!
I'd forgotten the title sequence (the visuals) and how effective it was, despite the crude technique. Somehow the goofy album cover lodged in memory instead. But I've never forgotten the splendid music, despite not having heard it in decades. Must get around to dubbing the LP one of these days . . .
The CD is a little over-mastered wax-in-yer-ear muddy. If only LP transfer CDs would just tolerate a little background noise, they'd turn out a lot less compromised.
The CD is a little over-mastered wax-in-yer-ear muddy. If only LP transfer CDs would just tolerate a little background noise, they'd turn out a lot less compromised.
If you can find a better source, let me know.
Otherwise it sounds pretty damned good, James Nelson at Digital Outland got about as much as you could get out of it.
Now youre talking jim. It was special moment back then when - without knowing in advance - a film came on and you recognised the style and discovered it was a jerry! Chairman main theme rocks, and main titles were striking and drew you right in. As just about everyone knows, the film in the uk and on 70s tv here, was titled the Most Dangerous man in the World, so it promised high drama!
Interesting you should say that, Bill. I remember way back, taping the Main Titles straight from the telly (stop me if you've heard this one before) - it was a Saturday morning, an ITV broadcast - and after the credits for Gregory Peck and Anne Heywood appeared, we got "An Arthur P. Jacobs Production", and as Jerry Goldsmith's wood block percussion became more agitated my heart started pumpin' hard in breathless anticipation.... and then the film immediately cut to the post-credits shot of the aeroplane in the sky.
I've always wondered about why they did that. Maybe it had something to do with a rights issue between the title THE CHAIRMAN and the U.K title THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE WORLD. Perhaps if ITV had got hold of the U.S. version they wouldn't have been able to show the film under that title ("The Chairman".) Or if it was the U.K. print, perhaps "The Most Dangerous Man Alive" title card would have caused riots among all the 12-year-old Scottish neds and the Chinese immigrant schoolkid population, all glued to the TV on a Saturday morning watching an innocuous adventure film.
Now youre talking jim. It was special moment back then when - without knowing in advance - a film came on and you recognised the style and discovered it was a jerry! Chairman main theme rocks, and main titles were striking and drew you right in. As just about everyone knows, the film in the uk and on 70s tv here, was titled the Most Dangerous man in the World, so it promised high drama!
Interesting you should say that, Bill. I remember way back, taping the Main Titles straight from the telly (stop me if you've heard this one before) - it was a Saturday morning, an ITV broadcast - and after the credits for Gregory Peck and Anne Heywood appeared, we got "An Arthur P. Jacobs Production", and as Jerry Goldsmith's wood block percussion became more agitated my heart started pumpin' hard in breathless anticipation.... and then the film immediately cut to the post-credits shot of the aeroplane in the sky.
I've always wondered about why they did that.
I'm convinced I saw a TV print once in the UK which had the entire title sequence, credits and music moved to the END of the picture, as an epilogue. That was called 'The Chairman' on that occasion though. I wonder if that's the print you saw?
Now youre talking jim. It was special moment back then when - without knowing in advance - a film came on and you recognised the style and discovered it was a jerry! Chairman main theme rocks, and main titles were striking and drew you right in. As just about everyone knows, the film in the uk and on 70s tv here, was titled the Most Dangerous man in the World, so it promised high drama!
Interesting you should say that, Bill. I remember way back, taping the Main Titles straight from the telly (stop me if you've heard this one before) - it was a Saturday morning, an ITV broadcast - and after the credits for Gregory Peck and Anne Heywood appeared, we got "An Arthur P. Jacobs Production", and as Jerry Goldsmith's wood block percussion became more agitated my heart started pumpin' hard in breathless anticipation.... and then the film immediately cut to the post-credits shot of the aeroplane in the sky.
I've always wondered about why they did that.
I'm convinced I saw a TV print once in the UK which had the entire title sequence, credits and music moved to the END of the picture, as an epilogue. That was called 'The Chairman' on that occasion though. I wonder if that's the print you saw?
Not in this case, William. Due to the fact that I was so disappointed that the Main Tiltes had been cut, I left the "cassette recorder" set up on the arm of the sofa so as to tape the End Credits, which I did - and they were the ones we all know and love.
But yes, TV broadcasts (and DVD/ Blu releases etc, add nausea) have been known to do a lot of strange tamperings with fims. I must start a thread about that!
