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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      General Discussion: Roy Webb -- "The Enchanted Cottage"    FIRST   PRIOR   1 2       Last Post   Posted:   Aug 26, 2014 - 6:11 PM     By:   Last Child   (Member) that's an interesting way to share your appreciation. I guess it's so disenchanting that even fans wont tolerate hearing the music here.    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 1:56 AM     By:   .   (Member) It's been written many times before but that's exactly the style of scoring no one cares for any more. No label is willing to lose money releasing "Enchanted Cottage" just for a couple hundred old-school soundtrack lovers. I'm one of them and that's the sad sad truth... Yet they seem to think Mockridge will sell ok. He has more original scores on CD than Webb, Skinner and Buttolph combined. If stuff by Mockridge can sell out, so can the other three. Some will say "But a Mockridge only sells well if it has John Wayne on the cover, like Liberty Valance". Well, in that case give us Webb's Tall in the Saddle, which would also have John Wayne's mug on the front. And I'd imagine a House of Wax by Buttolph, with Vincent Price on the cover, would sell even better.    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 2:29 AM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) It's been written many times before but that's exactly the style of scoring no one cares for any more. No label is willing to lose money releasing "Enchanted Cottage" just for a couple hundred old-school soundtrack lovers. I'm one of them and that's the sad sad truth... Yet they seem to think Mockridge will sell ok. He has more original scores on CD than Webb, Skinner and Buttolph combined. If stuff by Mockridge can sell out, so can the other three. Some will say "But a Mockridge only sells well if it has John Wayne on the cover, like Liberty Valance". Well, in that case give us Webb's Tall in the Saddle, which would also have John Wayne's mug on the front. And I'd imagine a House of Wax by Buttolph, with Vincent Price on the cover, would sell even better. From one point of view that cover teasing thing is even more disheartening, Basil...    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 6:12 AM     By:   Last Child   (Member) From one point of view that cover teasing thing is even more disheartening, Basil... lol. Varese could release a 10-cd box of Roy Webb and JohnnyG would still find something discouraging to say.    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 10:31 AM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) From one point of view that cover teasing thing is even more disheartening, Basil... lol. Varese could release a 10-cd box of Roy Webb and JohnnyG would still find something discouraging to say. No, I wouldn't find something discouraging to say - but you and me would buy that Webb box because of the music material. We wouldn't need the Duke's or whoever else's face on the cover to tease us. Isn't it better to know who Roy Webb was (or Skinner or Buttolph or Harline...) and buy the release on the strength of the music? See my point?    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 11:10 AM     By:   Last Child   (Member) gotcha. But if it takes sexy or completely misleading cover art to boost sales, I say 'go for it.'    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 3:01 PM     By:   JohnnyG   (Member) gotcha. But if it takes sexy or completely misleading cover art to boost sales, I say 'go for it.' (Who's that hack Beethoven?... Well, who cares?)    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 3:49 PM     By:   Last Child   (Member) ordered!    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 4:35 PM     By:   PFK   (Member) gotcha. But if it takes sexy or completely misleading cover art to boost sales, I say 'go for it.' (Who's that hack Beethoven?... Well, who cares?) Nice Bust!    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 5:59 PM     By:   cody1949   (Member) If Beethoven could only turn around and see what he is missing .    Posted:   Aug 27, 2014 - 6:08 PM     By:   cody1949   (Member) That frown might turn into a smile.    Posted:   Apr 23, 2021 - 6:04 PM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Saw this earnest little film on TV last night for first time in a very long time. Saw it last night for the first time ever via recommendation from a fellow 'boarder/Zoomer (Bond1965 strikes again!) and DVD from library. A wooden Robert Young playing a romantic lead (did they really think he was good looking????)... C'mon, Ron. He had one of the most infectious smiles in Hollywood that made the hideous transformation that much more heartbreaking. ...a wonderful score -- a magnificent score, actually -- by Roy Webb. NOW we are most definitely on the same page. I instantly fell in love with the music from the opening credits. Oh, my. What a welcome balm to the ears. Perhaps Mr. Webb is viewed second tier in the Golden Age compared to all the giants but that makes him upper strata in any other Age. "The Enchanted Cottage" is a beautiful film for those who believe in the power of love. Oh that manderley. As usual, right as rain.    Posted:   Apr 23, 2021 - 9:00 PM     By:   DS   (Member) A really great film with a terrific Webb score. I would certainly be interested in a release of the music.    Posted:   Apr 23, 2021 - 11:10 PM     By:   manderley   (Member) Saw this earnest little film on TV last night for first time in a very long time. Saw it last night for the first time ever via recommendation from a fellow 'boarder/Zoomer (Bond1965 strikes again!) and DVD from library. A wooden Robert Young playing a romantic lead (did they really think he was good looking????)... C'mon, Ron. He had one of the most infectious smiles in Hollywood that made the hideous transformation that much more heartbreaking. ...a wonderful score -- a magnificent score, actually -- by Roy Webb. NOW we are most definitely on the same page. I instantly fell in love with the music from the opening credits. Oh, my. What a welcome balm to the ears. Perhaps Mr. Webb is viewed second tier in the Golden Age compared to all the giants but that makes him upper strata in any other Age. "The Enchanted Cottage" is a beautiful film for those who believe in the power of love. Oh that manderley. As usual, right as rain. Thank you for that kind comment, Howard L. Curiously enough, tomorrow, April 24, my husband and I celebrate our 39th year together. And also curiously enough, in only 2 more years my original comment here will be 20 years old ......And I still think THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE is one of the loveliest films of its type---a type which no one would attempt to finance or release today, or, indeed, have the sensitivity to make. As for the ENCHANTED COTTAGE music, I was watching the 1950 RKO film, WALK SOFTLY, STRANGER with Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli several years ago, and was startled to hear the COTTAGE concerto music playing in the background of an extended sequence, as music from a radio broadcast......    Posted:   Apr 24, 2021 - 10:38 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Please don't tell Howard L that I said this---but as much as I respect Dorothy McGuire as an actress, I don't care for her facial appearance... fortunately, Dorothy's face acquired a lot more character when she got older. And how did I miss THAT almost 20 years ago. Must've come on the heels of a mention of her in an A Summer Place thread. Luscious Lazlo. It figures. As for the ENCHANTED COTTAGE music, I was watching the 1950 RKO film, WALK SOFTLY, STRANGER with Joseph Cotten and Alida Valli several years ago, and was startled to hear the COTTAGE concerto music playing in the background of an extended sequence, as music from a radio broadcast...... And per your earlier dream post, reminds me of Max's famous Now Voyager love theme playing on a radio in Mildred Pierce. Bet'cha Mommie D loved that!    Posted:   Apr 25, 2021 - 3:26 PM     By:   Ron Pulliam   (Member) First of all, Happy Belated Anniversary, Manderley. Second, I appreciate the assessment of Robert Young by Howard L. "The Enchanged Cottage" is a very good movie. But...and there is always a "but", as I am sure you are aware...I did not see the film until many years AFTER I first saw "That Forsyte Woman". I'm sorry, but Greer Garson leaving Errol Flynn FOR Robert Young, who wears a beret throughout the film, is ludicrous. Young couldn't pull it off, and I have not looked at his movie work in any way other than the way I reacted to him in "That Forsyte Woman". I do like him in a couple of Margaret O'Brien's movies.    Posted:   Apr 26, 2021 - 7:49 PM     By:   gsteven   (Member) The Concerto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLXzypp8aKs    Posted:   Apr 27, 2021 - 5:20 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) Holy cow. Manderley and Pulliam. We're back in business! Fantastic. Seems like old times... ...ANYWAY, RP, speaking of anniversaries, check out https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=109063&forumID=1&archive=0 with all the usual suspects of yore chiming in last month. And I read ya re ol' Bud Anderson's Dad. That was his sig role, period, for better or worse. Never got into the one with the stethoscope around his neck.    Posted:   Apr 27, 2021 - 5:25 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) The Concerto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLXzypp8aKs See? You hang around long enough and voilà, instant recording. Wonderful tribute. Merci, gs.     General Discussion: Roy Webb -- "The Enchanted Cottage"    << < 1 2  >   Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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