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Apr 19, 2017 - 1:47 PM
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kirksworks
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Many Golden Age and Silver Age composers are pretty much unrepresented on CD. Much of it of course is because no recordings exist other than in the films themselves, but some (particularly Silver Age) might have a chance.
Here's a partial list of some I feel are sadly neglected. Some have been modestly represented on LP, and others have limited CD re-recordings, but most have nothing or near nothing available. Here are some whose work I'd like to see either expanded or become available in some form:
Robert Emmett Dolan (pretty much ignored on CD)
The Major and the Minor, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (nice!), The Great Gatsby ('49)
Carmen Dragon (I thought I'd never see the release of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, so perhaps there's hope from some of these others...)
The Strange Woman, Dishonored Lady, Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, The People Against O’Hara
Dominic Frontiere (aside from Outer Limits, pretty much ignored, but these John Wayne films might have a chance...)
Chism, The Train Robbers, Brannigan
John Green (only modestly addressed with Raintree County and Twilight of Honor)
The Inspector General, Alvarez Kelly, They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (latter might be available)
Frederick Hollander (next to nothing available besides Sabrina, but here's some others...)
Conflict, The Great McGinty, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Caught, Born Yesterday, Phffft
Michel Michelet (Love this guy, and nothing at all available)
Siren of Atlantis (great!), Impact, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, M ('51 great!), Fritz Lang’s Indian Epic (The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb) both great!, Captain Sindbad (great as well!)
Walter Scharf (the Jerry Lewis films are almost all worthwhile of release, but Scarf did a lot... and some of these may show up some day...)
Lewis films: The Bellboy, The Ladies Man, The Errand Boy, It’s Only Money, The Nutty Professor,
Non Lewis: The Joker is Wild, King Creole, If it’s Tuesday if Must Be Belgium (LP), The Cheyenne Social Club, plus Lewis/Martin films. NOTE: MANY UNCREDITED
Frank Skinner (One of my favorite scores is Man of a Thousand Faces which is available, but Skinner was very productive. It seems some of these may turn up...)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Magnificent Obsession, All That Heaven Allows, Portrait in Black, Midnight Lace, The Ugly American, Shenandoah, Madame X ('66).The Appaloosa ('66) Note: MANY UNCREDITED
Roy Webb (Of course the Val Lewton rerecordings and Notorious suite have been available, but Webb had a long productive career, and there are many others I'd like to see at least suites from...) Journey Into Fear, I Married a Witch, Murder My Sweet, Experiment Perilous, The Spiral Staircase, Sinbad the Sailor, The Window, The Lusty Men, Houdini ('53), The Sea Chase, Marty, Note: MANY UNCREDITED
Certainly most of these will never see the light of day since there isn't a market of them, but you never know. We're continually being surprised
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Don't forget R. Dale Butts !
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I tried hard at FSM to release scores by composers little represented on CD and it was difficult commercially (unless the film had some cache). I would imagine it's almost impossible now. You just can't recoup costs if you only sell 400 copies.
Lukas
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Apr 19, 2017 - 9:17 PM
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Certainly most of these will never see the light of day since there isn't a market of them, but you never know.
Well, if Chandos aren't losing tons of money by re-recording film music by Mischa Spolianski, Francis Chagrin, Stanley Black, Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas, Richard Addinsell, Brian Easdale, Clifton Parker and plenty of others, I'm hopeful that some brave and enterprising label might eventually give us some recordings of people like Skinner and Buttolph and the many other fine composers who our specialist labels have virtually ignored.
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I would imagine it's almost impossible now. You just can't recoup costs if you only sell 400 copies.
This certainly depends on how expensive the licensing costs for the CD project are and whom you have to deal with. If the amount of expenses is not too high, you can certainly break even if you only sell 300 copies.
Just look at the Morricone reissues GDM in Italy does which are only limited to 300 copies. It is quite certainly no big problem for them to recoup costs or to even make some profit on these CDs as the scores are in most cases owned by themselves or from the RCA catalogue which is nowadays also managed by them.
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Some have been modestly represented on LP, and others have limited CD re-recordings, but most have nothing or near nothing available.
Still others are not represented because their music was not attached to English language films or Hollywood productions.
Consider vintage French or Japanese cinema as well as all the 'lost' music from British film productions...
Another subset category for this thread are those composers whose discographies are mostly that which was released on vinyl and not CD (Georges Garvarentz, Kenyon Hopkins, Stanley Myers, etc.)
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Certainly most of these will never see the light of day since there isn't a market of them, but you never know. We're continually being surprised
2016 had a few surprises. The Wolfgang Zeller disc on Alhambra, Ned Rorem's unused film music on Kritzerland & Carlo Franci's peplum on Digitmovies.
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