Can someone tell me why there are so many bootleg on vynils or on CD's and we have only the rerecording on Kanchana ?
Are the masters lost... but it's that... where come the material for the bootmakers ?
I think the bootleg is culled from the laserdisc isolated score track. The Unicorn-Kanchana is the full recording by Herrmann himself from the 70's ( and is quite slow) Then there is the Varese re-recording of the full score conducted by ace conductor Joel McNeely (good performance but marred by some concert hall acoustics)
The Elfman-Bartek version from the remake of the film featuring the original Herrmann's score is the definitive audiophile version with great performances (albeit with slight modifications with some nice stereo effects) Its not complete, though!
Can someone tell me why there are so many bootleg on vynils or on CD's and we have only the rerecording on Kanchana ?
Are the masters lost... but it's that... where come the material for the bootmakers ?
I think the bootleg is culled from the laserdisc isolated score track. The Unicorn-Kanchana is the full recording by Herrmann himself from the 70's ( and is quite slow) Then there is the Varese re-recording of the full score conducted by ace conductor Joel McNeely (good performance but marred by some concert hall acoustics)
The Elfman-Bartek version from the remake of the film featuring the original Herrmann's score is the definitive audiophile version with great performances (albeit with slight modifications with some nice stereo effects) Its not complete, though!
I have all three of these and I personally like the McNeely version the most - the other two rarely get played. I agree with you about the Elfman version sounding the best, but I can't get past some of the modifications. To each their own I guess.
There are three album-length versions on CD by Elfman, Herrmann, and McNeely - the latter two of which are complete - an innumerable recordings of suites, some of which clock in at close to 30 minutes.
There is plenty of Psycho music readily available.
Yes, I know... but why is there is not an official CD of the original soundtrack ?
There must be hundreds of scores - thousands? - that exist on LP or CD only as re-recordings and not as they are heard in the respective films. Why aren't any of them available?
I suspect with Psycho, it has to do with rights, availability of master elements, or a combination of the two.
Herrmann is one of my favorite composers, but I would have no interest in an original Psycho, unless perhaps Stylotone gave us a release along the lines of Twisted Nerve, and with stellar sound. I'm not holding my breath.
