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This is a truly beautiful score by Il maestro. When the 2004 double cd came out, there was, so I believe, trouble with the original master tapes.
I was wondering if any of our favourite cd producers had any thoughts about remastering this beautiful score?
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You're right!
I'm italian and live in Italy and while I'm not a Morricone completist,I ever thought Marco Polo's TV soundtrack is one of the most beautiful and finest composed by the Maestro.I was Very disappointed by the quality of the recording on the original LP so I had a lot of hope for the 2 CD espanded version.Sadly the current Sergio Bassetti's item has a Very low quality both in remastering and sound,due to the very low care italians usually had in archives maintenance.Still I think a better edition can be obtained with more advanced technology by more serious and capable record companies such LLL or INTRADA (even if I'm not so happy with Intrada remastering for ALIEN and THE WIND AND THE LION:scarce detail,confused soundstage and some bass and treble resolution).
So I really hope for a red alert rescue because after Bassetti's attempt I think the master is going ever worse day after day...
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Aug 8, 2017 - 5:24 AM
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Laurent78
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Even though the Maestro has been working maybe up to one year on that mammoth project and even went to Beijing (imagine such a trip for him at that time!) in order to meet Chinese musicians, a 16 hour recording seems totally unrealistic to me. However, the master tape I've heard of has a total duration of approx. 5H30, which makes it the longest score ever penned by Morricone. If that masterpiece were to be reissued someday with improved sound quality, I personally think 3 CD's would make for a fair enough representation of it. This score is everything but repetitive since it boasts so many different types of music: the European music for the Polo family (main theme, Adolescence, Farewell to the mother, etc), the Gregorian chants, the haunting music used during the long travel toward Asia, the music for the Chinese characters (Kublai Kan, Mai-Li, etc), the Chinese court music, the Chinese mystical passages (music heard in temples), let alone all the suspense and war material (featuring a very interesting use of percussion), etc, etc. This score is absolutely mesmerizing, possibly Ennio's greatest achievement ever. What a mystical experience it is!
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Just listening to this today, for the first time in quite a while, and was reminded how much I love it. My favorite Morricone.
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Just listening to this today, for the first time in quite a while, and was reminded how much I love it. My favorite Morricone.
agree, one of the most beautiful scores ever written!
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The complete mini-series is only 8 hours, so there is no way there is 16 hours of music for it.
There could easily be 16 hours of raw recording sessions though, with multiple takes, alternate versions, let's try it this way, let's try it that way, etc.
Maybe that's what this person has, the raw, unedited recording sessions.
I don't think we'd need all that on CD though.
Does anyone know how much music there is in terms of final, used takes?
Cheers
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By the way, I know IMDB can be an unreliable source, but it says Ennio Morricone only scored 6 of the 8 episodes, and a number of other artists also only worked on 6 of the 8 episodes.
What's that all about?
Cheers
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