I recently found a second hand copy of the Varese Sarabande re-recording of "Kings Row" and although it is two long tracks, being a remnant of its LP release, it does have a list of cues on the back of the inlay.
I was wondering if anyone would know the breakdown/timing of what cue appears where as I want to edit the tracks.
When looking at the two tracks via Adobe Audition there are short silences by the orchestra, but I don't know the score well enough to know the name of what cue ends and which one starts.
This is the list of what appears on the back of the CD, but no track lengths...
How easy it would have been if only those track samples had begun at the start of each cue. I clicked on my favorite theme, "The Children," but it isn't even heard in that sample. I don't have my LP handy, so I don't recall if the timings for the cues are listed on it. Sorry I can't be more help. (But glad you've at least got my favorite Korngold score.)
Sorry, I can't help you. I remember the first time I tried to import the CD into iTunes, many years ago, the incredibly long track names kept causing it to hang.
(It clearly worked some time later, as it's now loaded into iTunes, the first track being titled "Main Title/The Children(Parris And Cassie)/Parris And Grandmother/Cassie's Party/Icehouse/Operation/Cassie's Farewell/Parris Goes To Dr Tower/Winter/Grandmother's Last Will/Seduction/All Is Quiet/Grandmother Dies/Sunset/Parris Leaves Kings Row/Flirtation.")
I recall the Varese "Johnny Guitar" (Victor Young) CD being similar. But unlike Kings Row, there weren't even any scene titles provided on the packaging, let alone track markers on the CD. I recall spending an evening watching the movie and working out the track breaks and adding my own track titles according to what I was watching. I quite enjoyed it! And far from being a chore, it did my understanding and appreciation of the score a world of good.
In the case of Kings Row though, I've never missed the absence of individual tracks. The score flows so beautifully throughout and as a whole, it seems almost a sacrilege to ever play only parts of it.
In the case of Kings Row though, I've never missed the absence of individual tracks. The score flows so beautifully throughout and as a whole, it seems almost a sacrilege to ever play only parts of it.
I had assumed that someone had done this and have searched for it from time to time, but now I am so used to having the score play as two suites, I'm not sure I want to break it into separate tracks.
Cheers for all the responses. Like many of you I will leave it as it is, two suites. I listen to Sarde's "The Bear" the same way, so why change this one. I was never familiar with the music before but I am absolutely loving it. I'm definitely going to seek out more of Korngold's work.
