I will be very happy if this is indeed Poltergeist II. After watching the recent Scream Factory blu ray release (never having seen the movie before) this went straight onto my list of scores to pick up.
I believe Doug's own words pretty much confirm it's Poltergeist II.
Our newest release hits this coming Tuesday the 16th, on the heels of Jerry Goldsmith’s posthumous and long overdue recognition of his magnificent career this week with a Hollywood “Walk Of Fame” Star. The release brings us full circle with the composer in a 3-CD set that offers a great title oft-presented but ironically never truly complete, until now. Enjoy it all at last, totally remastered and featuring some really cool never-before-heard music. It’s always an honor to be associated with this legendary composer’s influential film scores. It began in 1986 with MGM’s big summer film at the time, and none of us imagined we’d survive the challenges. [...]
Incredible, because this will be no less than my 6th CD purchase of this same score!
I'm very happy with the Kritzerland edition, both with the amazing sound, and presentation - getting the film version of The Worm was wonderful - so only something really amazing in those extras will mean I grab the Intrada. Intrigued to find out what else there could be...
I will be very happy if this is indeed Poltergeist II. After watching the recent Scream Factory blu ray release (never having seen the movie before) this went straight onto my list of scores to pick up.
It's an excellent score. The use of the "holy temple" hymn was an absolutely perfect match for Beck's performance as Kane.
You'll notice some really great additional music that wasn't used in the film.
I am really surprised by this release. It feels like a minor miracle to get it a 5th time! (Intrada 86, Intrada 93, Varese 03, Kritzerland 2013, and now Intrada 2017!) And not only that, but 3 discs and including yet more music? Wow, just wow. Interesting to see what we will get!
I would just like to add some obsessive theories about what might be on this new Poltergeist II, 3-CD release.
I find it very hard to believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that Intrada has uncovered more previously unreleased material. Bruce K. of Kritzerland stated that everything available was put on their 2CD set. So it seems likely that Intrada got their hands on newly-discovered elements, maybe even materials that were unnoticed or unavailable from years previously. Scream Factory's excellent Blu Ray of Poltergeist II may have yielded up more of these materials.
Is it possible that Goldsmith wrote cues for Deleted scenes? And if this is the case, then would they be included in the main program of the score? Kritzerland's Disc-1 has 18 cues, and I always thought this was the complete score. That one added some short but interesting pieces that were always missing before that. But could there be yet more cues?
It's possible that Intrada dug some more alternates and different takes from the grave. I seem to remember reading that "The Power" was recorded in one take. But maybe Goldsmith has some different versions of already existing cues, that are compositionally different.
I also wonder if he conceived of certain ideas that were changed or rejected. He also purportedly did not want to use a choir for Poltergeist II. Perhaps we will get compositions of our favorite cues that were then changed per the director.
Or maybe it will be nothing too remarkable.
Also looking forward to the liner notes. Jeff Bond this time?
I would just like to add some obsessive theories about what might be on this new Poltergeist II, 3-CD release.
I find it very hard to believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that Intrada has uncovered more previously unreleased material. Bruce K. of Kritzerland stated that everything available was put on their 2CD set. So it seems likely that Intrada got their hands on newly-discovered elements, maybe even materials that were unnoticed or unavailable from years previously. Scream Factory's excellent Blu Ray of Poltergeist II may have yielded up more of these materials.
Is it possible that Goldsmith wrote cues for Deleted scenes? And if this is the case, then would they be included in the main program of the score? Kritzerland's Disc-1 has 18 cues, and I always thought this was the complete score. That one added some short but interesting pieces that were always missing before that. But could there be yet more cues?
It's possible that Intrada dug some more alternates and different takes from the grave. I seem to remember reading that "The Power" was recorded in one take. But maybe Goldsmith has some different versions of already existing cues, that are compositionally different.
I also wonder if he conceived of certain ideas that were changed or rejected. He also purportedly did not want to use a choir for Poltergeist II. Perhaps we will get compositions of our favorite cues that were then changed per the director.
Or maybe it will be nothing too remarkable.
Also looking forward to the liner notes. Jeff Bond this time?
-Rick O.
I'm so pumped for that third disc. Maybe it's another program but with orchestra only all the way through I hope there's a chance for some studio chatter thrown in somewhere lol
While two mixes of the same score is... dare I say... overkill, I appreciate the value of both In this case and I'm very, very glad that this is back in Intrada's wheelhouse. It's one of those historic Intrada titles that deserves to retain their branding. Plus... proper liner notes!
While two mixes of the same score is... dare I say... overkill, I appreciate the value of both In this case and I'm very, very glad that this is back in Intrada's wheelhouse. It's one of those historic Intrada titles that deserves to retain their branding. Plus... proper liner notes!
Not to mention Intrada basically did the same thing with RAMBO II
Bruce, in any cases - I'll stay with your edition (I decided to re-listen it right now - and once agin I repeat it - I can't imagine, how anyone can make it more perfect than you already did?). I can imagine that the only way how Intrada could seduce me to buy their version is to include Jerry's music from Poltergeist 3. But first of all - we still not know in 100% - did he ever recorded anything before budget was cut and he went out from that project. And the second - I think that it's still Varese territory...
From imdb.com's trivia on POLTERGEIST III:
Although there was an internet rumor that Jerry Goldsmith was originally contracted to score this film but quit due to budget cuts (and then supposedly used his "unused" P3 score later in The Haunting (1999)), this rumor is untrue. Goldsmith was unhappy with the results of Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and did not have an interest in doing the third film. Also, it's clear that MGM did not want to spend the extra money they knew it would cost to hire Goldsmith, considering that "Poltergeist III" was being made on a lower budget than the last film. Ultimately, "Poltergeist III" was scored by Joe Renzetti, who director Gary Sherman recommended, having worked with Renzetti previously on his other low-budget movies.