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Jan 19, 2010 - 5:42 AM
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Mr Drive
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I'd like to see some examples cited of Goldsmith's concert works being "arrangements of his film works." I think I was referring to this: www.jerrygoldsmithonline.com/works_concertworks&ballet.htm I'm not sure if Goldsmith was actively involved in any of these, from the liner notes of Telarc's Christus Apollo it's not really clear: For the theater, Goldsmith's music has graced three ballets. Othello premiered in 1971 and is now in the permanent repertoire of the National Ballet of Australia; A Patch of Blue was choreographed for the San Francisco Ballet in 1970; and in the spring of 1989 his score for Capricorn One was adapted and presented by BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio. Though this seems to indicate something, if it's true: Mr. Goldsmith's accomplishments have not been limited to his successes in Hollywood. His "Music for Orchestra" was premiered during the 1971-72 season of the St. Louis Symphony under the direction of Leonard Slatkin and performed again by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on subscription programs in March 1998. For the theater he has written two ballets: "Othello," premiered in 1971 and now in the permanent repertoire of the Australian Ballet, and "A Patch of Blue," choreographed for the San Francisco Ballet in 1970. - from www.tourdates.co.uk/jerry-goldsmith Another one: Goldsmith also wrote a cantata, Christus Apollo, with words by the science fiction novelist Ray Bradbury, and was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Fireworks: A Celebration of Los Angeles (1999). He was often a guest composer with notable orchestras. He lectured at UCLA's Music Department and adapted three ballets from his music: Othello (1971), now in the repertoire of the National Ballet of Australia; A Patch of Blue (for San Francisco Ballet, 1970) and Capricorn One (for BalletMet, Colombus, Ohio, 1989). - from www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1467705/Jerry-Goldsmith.html Can anybody fill in on these ballets? Did Goldsmith really adapt his own music? I'd sure like to know.
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The TOCCATA has been newly engraved and published in the following anthology: "The Complete Laurindo Almeida Anthology of Guitar Solos" (publ. in 2001) through MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS www.melbay.com catalogue: MB99738 Currently there are over 125 available separate downloadable tracks of my playing and arrangements - I'm happy to say that the Goldsmith work is at or near the top of those in terms of requests. Gregg Nestor
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A curious sidebar which no one has yet mentioned is that record producer Guercio also directed one movie, a cult item called ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE, starring Rovert Blake as a motorcycle cop in the desert investigating a murder.
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Jan 19, 2010 - 6:57 PM
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Zooba
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I am glad that you have found the recent download release of my new recording of the "Toccata" of Jerry Goldsmith. There are two additional ones to follow over the next several days: 1. "Prelude for Laurindo" - Henry Mancini 2. "Ballad for a Westerner" - Alex North These original compositions for guitar have not been heard or recorded for over 50 years until now... Here is the scoop: In the late 50's Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida, a Capitol Records recording artist, commissioned these three composers just at the start of their illustrious careers to write something for the instrument. As both Mancini and Goldsmith studied with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco who wrote extensively for Andres Segovia and the guitar, there was a logical contact there. The result were these three pieces. I think that you will enjoy the Mancini and North pieces - the Mancini is very much recognizable and the North is more in the generic Western style, but both boast great tunes and firm construction. You can see these and other film scores thru the following link http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=gregg+nestor&x=0&y=0 I am also in touch with a great biographer and researcher on Goldsmith. Here is his recent correspondence that might interest you: (By the way, in a previous correspondence, he mentioned that Goldsmith in 2004 destroyed most if not all of his remaining unreleased concert works and manuscripts, so we may not know what else was there...) Gregg: I think you probably are right about the date. (referring to the album notes)The films mentioned in relation to Mancini, as you know, is from 1954 and 1958. A couple of years later and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) would probably have been mentioned. As well regarding Jerry, his (big) break in films was not until 1962 with Lonely are the Brave, and is here referred to mostly as a Tv-composer. But Toccata might have been written a bit earlier of course, depending if it was written for the recording or an earlier performance. Anyway, all this is very interesting. I have never read or heard anything about this piece, and did not know it existed. I did know, by the way, that some chamber stuff of course was written, but never that I would get my hand on anything. Thanks to knowing Mark(composer Mark McKenzie), now I am very glad to know about it and have a wonderful recording of it, thanks to you. A very typical trait of Jerry's technique, as you may know, is the use of pedal point, in all kinds of manners, and it is interesting to see that he also uses it in this piece. After spending some more time with the recording, I might get back to both of you, to see if you have any thoughts on the composition. Interesting to hear that you had a connection with Clara Tedesco, and Rozsa! I looked briefly at the interviews and will return to them. Interesting also, to remember that Jerry was Rozsa's student for a couple of years at USC. Jerry once said that the first note you write will never be a masterpiece, it's all just part of a long process. Interesting to think about regarding this piece, that this composer over time were going to give us magnificent works. Thank you again, Gregg. I will stay in touch. Hans Offerdal Hi Gregg, I enjoy your performances of Goldsmith's TOCCATA and RIO LOBO. Would love to hear your take on more of his work that featured Guitar, especially UNDER FIRE would be great. I was lucky to have attended a 1984 Concert at the Music Center in L.A. where Jerry conducted UNDER FIRE (first live performance) with Guest Artist, the legendary Tommy Tedesco on Guitar. It was awesome! Continued success to you and can't wait to hear more of your stuff! Best Regards, Zooba
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Zooba: Just came across your note on the 1984 concert. I also remember attending the concert at the Music Center, and remember Tommy Tedesco's performance (along with an extended and indulgent cadenza!). Now sadly both have passed on.
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Just thought I'd bump this great thread for folks -- when our new episode of The Goldsmith Odyssey drops tonight, you can all look forward to the first 10 minutes being all about this wonderful piece (including us playing this rare original Almeida performance, otherwise unavailable online), before we get to our primary discussion subject: Face of a Fugitive. Yavar
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And our episode is up, including your chance to hear the full original performance by Laurindo Almeida on his album, Contemporary Creations for Spanish Guitar (sadly never released on CD so you'll have to put up with some clicks and pops). I really hope some label licenses this great album some day...it was released by Capitol so licensing shouldn't be too much of a problem. Sadly I fear film music labels will avoid it because it's mostly not film music (there is a rendition of David Raksin's The Bad and the Beautiful, among the concert works by Mancini, North, and Goldsmith). And I fear classical labels have ignored reissuing it because of those dreaded FILM composers being on it! http://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/673893-episode-3-face-of-a-fugitive-1959-toccata-1958 Yavar
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