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Apr 15, 2012 - 4:07 PM
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ToneRow
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Anyway, to the questions -
1) Is this track on the CD?
2) Even if it isn't, does anyone know if it was written by Mike Vickers, or could it be from library sources?
Final question is actually from me. Is it true that Don Banks was called in to redo about half the score? I can't hear the hand of Banks at all in any of the score, but that's what Philip Martell claimed in an interview in "Little Shoppe of Horrors" (later quoted by Randall Larson in his book "Music From the House of Hammer"). Martell states in the same interview that, in addition to Banks' rewriting, much of Vickers' score was actuallly dumped in favour of library tracks. Something doesn't ring true there... Does Mr Larson clarify the issue in his liner notes?
Thanks!
1) The answer is no, Graham, that LP jazz source is not included in the BuySoundtrax CD
2) Have no idea who wrote that source music. 
I've read about Don Banks ghost writing for DRACULA A.D. 1972, but I don't know if that's true.
I consider it unlikely that Banks (who I think had returned to Australia by 1970) would work for Hammer again just to help out, without credit, Philip Martell.
There do exist some shorter musical passages in the film which I think did not make it onto the album, though. (perhaps those musical scene transitions were done by Banks?)
Speaking for myself, I can detect only 2 instances of library stock being used: brief snippets of THE VAMPIRE LOVERS by Harry Robinson are used within the prologue (Hyde Park 1872).
If Mike Vickers did get an assist, it would sound more to me like Robinson doing the ghost-writing rather than Don Banks. We won't learn one way or another from BSX's liner notes, as they are silent on the entire issue of the ghost-writing for Vickers (Vickers himself contributed to this soundtrack album ...)
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Please pass on to Mr Watt:
From my new interview with Mike Vickers for these album notes:
Q: Philip Martel claimed that he brought in composer Don Banks to partly re-record some elements of the DRACULA AD 1972 score. Any veracity to this - and your thoughts about that?
Vickers: I don't know of any Don Banks involvement. I haven't noticed any orchestral music in the movie which isn't mine, or which sounds different from the original recordings. Phil Martell insisted that I use only standard conductor-friendly tempi. And I don't think he liked my music very much. One example : he complained about the resurrection music during playback, while the movie's producer Josephine Douglas seemed quite excited by it. It's better to please the producer than the conductor, I think.
Regarding the "Putting on the LP" music, I don't recall that cue specifically, and without the film's cue sheets handy or watching the film anew, I can say positively if it was a Vickers' track or library music. Vickers did use a lot of keyboard and sax in the score so it is likely that he may have recorded that track for the picture. I do not believe that cue is on our album. I'll see if I can review the DVD later as time allows and make a better distinction.
-rdl
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Randall D Larson
Independent Soundtrax Columnist, buysoundtrax.com
Didn't anyone take the time to read the notes before posting here.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Thanks for setting the 'record' straight Ford.
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Right-oh! Thanks to all so far.
marcgothic - That's interesting about the snippets of James Bernard and Harry Robinson being tracked in briefly... I'd never noticed that before. And yes, if Philip Martell's health problems were accelerating at the time of the interview, it's possible that his memory was affected.
ToneRow - Oh right, so Don Banks had already returned to Australia by the time the film was made... Yes, I think we can rule out Banks' involvement. I always thought there was something fishy about that.
Thanks to Randall Larson via Ford T - It would be great if you could identify the source cue I mentioned in my initial post. My feeling too is that it may be by Vickers himself... Didn't Mike Vickers play the sax in his pop-rock career? Much more subdued than anything I've heard from Manfred Mann though. Still, it would be nice to get some confirmation as to how that track came about, then I can pass on the info to the chap over at British Horror Films who wanted to know where it came from...
As for not reading the liner notes - guilty as charged, but I've got an excuse - I don't have the CD! I think the score's pretty awful myself!
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Of course, John Barry never scored a Hammer film per se. For one thing, they almost certainly couldn't afford him. For another, he would almost certainly not have agreed with been 'supervised' by Philip Martell.
But, if you watch "FOLLOW ME", there is a scene where Mia Farrow goes into the cinema and, with her, we watch just a short snippet of (I believe) "BRIDES OF DRACULA". Clearly, they couldn't clear the original Hammer soundtrack, so this sequence is scored by John Barry.
It's not on the "FOLLOW ME" soundtrack album though and I'd give up hope of there ever being an expanded CD release of that title.
Cheers
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I love this album. Even the pop songs at the end.
I was disappointed to read that Tr 5 is a needle-drop (but it's a good one).
This disc is a regular listen for me.
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