So I posted this Spitfire Audio promo video (that appears to feature the original Psycho "Prelude") over in the Bernard Herrmann Project thread...
And I also had a ping the other day from Stylotone's site that there had been a change of some sort to the site content (though no obvious changes were noted).
Could be coincidental, but might we be getting a release of the original Psycho score sometime soon? Perhaps the original masters have surfaced?
So I posted this Spitfire Audio promo video (that appears to feature the original Psycho "Prelude") over in the Bernard Herrmann Project thread... And I also had a ping the other day from Stylotone's site that there had been a change of some sort to the site content (though no obvious changes were noted). Could be coincidental, but might we be getting a release of the original Psycho score sometime soon? Perhaps the original masters have surfaced?
Of course it's NOT a coincidence. In fact they've been asking everyone for your background info so they can release it as a surprise on your birthday.
It would be a wondrous treat to hear the original 1960 recording to Psycho properly presented by one of our favourite soundtrack labels.
I think the 5.1 remix of the score, done for the DVD and Blu-ray, would be an interesting and imperfect bonus but the immediacy and thrust of the original Paramount Scoring Stage recording is important to preserve.
Never tried to compare but how significantly different is the complete rerecording available for a number of years fromthe performance in the film?
Which one? The version Herrmann himself conducted is performed glacially, and for that reason loses interest to me. The McNeely-conducted version is much closer to the film, though the recording is too concert-hall for many. The version done by Danny Elfman for the shot-for-shot remake is in many ways my favorite, but the album is incomplete. Elfman also beefed up the orchestra (same instrumentation, just more of it), which purists may object to.
I think Spitfire posted the PSYCHO music just to spur interest in their "Bernard Herrmann Tool Kit." I don't think it had anything to do with a release of the score.
