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Careful boys; this might be interpreted as a discussion about a bootleg!!
(Delerue's score is great stuff!)
Dan
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Yes, there was a bad preview, but the rescoring was just as much shaped by the extensive re-editing and revising of special effects sequences as any antipathy the studio had towards Delerue's score.
There's an extensive article on the whole post-preview-reedit saga in an early 80's issue of CINEFANTASTIQUE, which also lets drop that Goldsmith was the first choice to rescore WICKED but was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts. There's also mention of director Clayton chasing Horner around to play him a cassette of Delerue's score.
This was a very messed up production that came out surprisingly well, all things considered.
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Yeah Dan...considering all the crap I've been dealing with here...that wasn't funny in the least bit. A suite was legitimately released by Varese, which I'm sure you remember clearly.
Yes, I do remember the suite QUITE clearly.
Sorry if my humor wasn't clear from the smiley faces and stuff....
Dan
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The re-recording suite had speedup/ slowed down tempo in places; new parts and deleted parts; changed parts and finally, was a combination of a hand full of various cues.
I though it was funny Dan. Like my mother used to tell me, "Geez! Have a scense of humor!"
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It's been ages since I've seen the film, but what I remember of Horner's score was pretty damn impressive... would love to see a legit release!
Dan
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Apr 19, 2010 - 12:32 PM
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Maleficio
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I was doing some reading on the Georges Delerue and I came across these quotes from interviews:
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
« The director got the time codes to me on a Friday at 4 PM. I composed through until Saturday at 3 in the morning, started again at 7 and went on to 4 that day… What is funny is that the score of that film is one of the best I've ever done. »
(Télérama, number 1834, 6 mars 1985)
« Jack Clayton was very happy with it. Everyone was happy with it. I got letters from Disney telling me that it was unforgettable music. Then one day I got back to Los Angeles, where I did not yet live permanently, and my music editor told me, "I need to tell you something important. They dropped your music." That was a grand disillusionment for me, and for Jack Clayton as well, a good friend who wanted to keep the music. I didn't understand what had happened. I still don't. »
(Interview with Yann Merluzeau, Soundtrack, Number 42, June, 1992)
So apparently Delerue composed all of the music over a weekend?
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Delerue's rejected music is very impressive, but to me, James Horner's score is "like a guy in a sandy suit walking through the desert"
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It would be a real coup if Intrada could see if it's still in the vault and release it.
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