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The movie has a slew of famous actors and although entertaining, the film falls flat in some areas. But the music is very good and I am 'still hoping' that one of the record labels (FSM, LA LA LAND, INTRADA et. al) will try to bring this soundtrack to fruition before I breathe my last. (crosses fingers) Anyone else feel the same?
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The movie has a slew of famous actors and although entertaining, the film falls flat in some areas. But the music is very good and I am 'still hoping' that one of the record labels (FSM, LA LA LAND, INTRADA et. al) will try to bring this soundtrack to fruition before I breathe my last. (crosses fingers) Anyone else feel the same? Yep, always loved the album, great music, even liked "Ole Turkey Buzzard". I had the Tsunami release which sounded like it was copied from the LP. I'd love a complete score presentation, or even a remastered LP program. Anyone out there interested?
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entertaining romp of a film, had its moments, bit silly in places and the voiceover was tad corny even for the late 60s, - but it did have Julie Newmar as a wicked apache, so cant be all bad! The music was terrific, much better than the film. Tolerable song, but my fave track was the instrumental for Ole Turkey Buzzard.
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I think we've had discussions on this before. It has been mentioned that Gerald Fried ghost-wrote' some of it, and it has been confirmed by Howard Blake himself that he was the conductor at the London recording sessions, all fascinating! I'd love to see this mystery cleared up once and for all, anyway I'd also love to see a proper release!
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Ah, the magical old west, were, as the sun rises, shadows get longer instead of shorter!
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I've got that Tsunami cd- something of a guilty pleasure.
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The sound and sound effects were stellar, but the FX were embarrassingly bad. The sandbox earthquake in the Canyon Del Oro could have been better executed by a film student in the familly garage. I don't know what it was about J. Lee Thompson and his tendancy to have a high-budget film unhinged by amateurish special effects. Does anyone remember the airplane hanging motionless over the runway in THE GUNS OF NAVARONE?? Pathetic!. Wasnt this also the one with the plastic horse stuck on the rope bridge???
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You're right, Bill, that fake horse stands out like a sore thumb. And, yes, that "sandbox" climax is a hoot and probably the reason Columbia decided against the originally planned Cinerama release (although it did get a non-reserved seat run in 70mm six track in Chicago.) However, I would love a release of the film version of the score. I would also love to have seen the first longer cut of the film, especially since the film as released still has pacing problems. When everybody shows up at Omar Shariff's hideout a third of the way in and discusses what to do, I though they'd NEVER get out of there and on the way. (Actually, what I'd really like to see is George Lucas's short he made as one of a number of interns attached to the film.)
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One fine day ...
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It has been nearly a decade since I posted this thread. Meanwhile we have had multiple releases of scores I could care less of owning. Certainly one of the labels is working on this release - somewhere? One fine day ...
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I'm happy with the Intrada release for the moment. I'd be even happier if it had the same version of a the song that featured on the UK release. However, thanks to Intrada, we do at least have a marvellous sounding version of the original lp, and that's better than nothing.
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