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Unfortunately, I don't have it. Maybe Varese will re-issue the Ryko CD at some point. NP: TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO - PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES (Gino Marinuzzi Jr)
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As a former Army Engineer in the USA, I'd like to hope that we have not gone "a bridge too far."
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I await the brickbats on this, but I have never really cared much for this score. The endless repeats of Addison's stolid British march just left me cold--but that's just my humblr opinion.
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I'm a living historian (18th Batt. Durham Light Infantry, 1914 and 1944) and all I got to commemorate Mkt Gdn was a Lee Enfield cartridge case just above my eye in a tribute volley for the public... I thought the bullet was the dangerous bit! Regarding the score, Addison's XXX Corps theme was so stunning simply because he was a real tanker during the battle, along the narrow brown path through Holland - I guess this may count as the most in-your-face research any composer has ever encountered when scoring a film! Yes, and I think that may have informed the way he scored it. One thing you notice about veterans is that they often don't dwell on the bad stuff. The music is jaunty. I read somewhere about a veteran, maybe Niven(?) who was looking at the mass graves in Normandy and said something like, 'That's (so many thousand) reasons why I don't talk about my war experiences'. So Addison captured a certain attitude in that score. Frank Cordell, who scored 'Mosquito Squadron' (FSM) was a N. African Mosquito flyer too.
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As I mentioned in some 'lost, past' thread about 'A Bridge Too Far', I also love this score. After viewing the film when it came out in 1977 (?), I actually WROTE to composer John Addison in care of some guild or something, I've since forgotten the 'how and where' of it all. I told him how vital and perfect his score was for the film. This was in the days before computers when people actually took the time and effort to write letters. And....in return, I received a handwrittenn note from John Addison who used his own personal stationery and was living somewhere in (I think) Laurel Canyon, or The Hollywood Hills, because it was on the back of his envelope. (Imagine John Williams writing a letter to a fan with his home address on the envelope, you can't).Great score!
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