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Oct 13, 2018 - 1:38 PM
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OnyaBirri
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I don't buy much music anymore. I've accumulated plenty of LPs and CDs, and still have literally hundreds of LPs I haven't even cleaned yet.
But today, I had about a half hour to kill, and I happened to be near my humble hamlet's mom and pop record shoppe. I spent some time going through their dollar soundtrack section.
Imagine my surprise when I find a PRISTINE MONO pressing of of a Leonard Rosenman LP I did not have! I happily plunked my dollar bill down on the counter and waddled out the door, album in hand.
So I get home and take out the LP to give it a scrub on the faithful Nitty Gritty, only to find that the album is NOT by Leonard Rosenman at all, but rather by some unknown named Laurence Rosenthal. Still, the film (which I've not yet seen) was based on a novel by Graham Greene, and it stars Dick and Liz, so I figure, "Well, let's give it a scrub and a spin."
Well, I'm listening now, and the first track is crazy! It goes from Les Baxter to the Omen in like 20 seconds!
It says Rosenthal studied with Nadia Boulanger.
Anyway, this sounds very cool, and I hope that Laurence Rosenthal had a career after this one.
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First of all, you're fortunate your humble hamlet has a local mom and pop record shop, much less one with a .99 soundtrack bin, unless your posts have been delayed in time for a few decades. Good for you.
The Comedians is a very good score; I like the creepiness of that children choir chanting their homage to Papa Doc Duvalier.
Rosenthal did a lot of excellent work; I particularly like The Miracle Worker, Hotel Paradiso, and Becket. Some of his pure orchestral scores I didn't enjoy as much. But he's a quality composer, and I'm sure other posters would rave about some of those same orchestral scores.
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Brass target was always one of my faves.
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A nice 9min of Laurence talking about life and career, including miracle worker and writers block when struggling to come up with the main theme for a man called horse.
https://youtu.be/NmaMbDPGftg
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Oct 15, 2018 - 5:28 PM
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OnyaBirri
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The plot thickens:
About two years ago, I visited a city and picked up lots and lots of cheap soundtrack LPs.
One LP that I passed up was - you guessed it - "The Comedians" by Leonard Rosenman, I mean Laurence Rosenthal. I can't remember if I thought it was Rosenman at the time. I had spent too much money, and had to make some tough choices.
The reason I remember this detail?
On the plane trip home, I was reading Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's excellent "Potions of the Caribbean," and I happened to be reading the chapter that covers Haiti's Grand Hotel Oloffson, with the famed Oloffsons' and Cesar's Rum Punch, the recipe for which is in the book. Beachbum tells us that Graham Greene stayed there, and that the Oloffson was the inspiration for the Trianon in the novel. The poster from the film is reproduced on page 261. I thought to myself at the time, "Damn, I should have bought that album!"
I mean what are the odds? I'm into tiki cocktails, I'm reading a history book written by the master, and then I foolishly pass up an LP with a direct relationship to rum cocktail culture!
Well, that error has now been corrected!
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A nice 9min of Laurence talking about life and career, including miracle worker and writers block when struggling to come up with the main theme for a man called horse.
https://youtu.be/NmaMbDPGftg
Go to filmmusicfoundation.org and see the full, nearly 3 hour interview plus many other great film composer interviews on their website to enjoy!
https://www.filmmusicfoundation.org/interviews
I keep getting errors trying to click on the interviews. Grrr!
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