Great minds think alike. I just made that suggestion on the other thread (Classic Western) -- it'd be nice if Bruce could confirm that the release SAE is referring to on Facebook and his release are one and the same...
Great minds think alike. I just made that suggestion on the other thread (Classic Western) -- it'd be nice if Bruce could confirm that the release SAE is referring to on Facebook and his release are one and the same...
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That would be nice, wouldn't it? So, okay, confirmed - the SAE reference is our title.
Late at the party but better later than never, and what a beautiful score indeed! My favorite track is n°5 -- "Strength and Loneliness" -- but the entire score is a real overwhelming listening experience. I'm delighted!
Late at the party but better later than never, and what a beautiful score indeed! My favorite track is n°5 -- "Strength and Loneliness" -- but the entire score is a real overwhelming listening experience. I'm delighted!
Delighting Anabel Boyer is a wonderful thing.
I'm curious, A.B., did your parents ever own the 1957 Capitol LP of SAINT JOAN?
If not, is this CD your first ever introduction to Mischa Spoliansky?
I'm curious, A.B., did your parents ever own the 1957 Capitol LP of SAINT JOAN?
I have no idea and now i'm curious too : i'll have the answer to (y)our question next weekend unless i get them on phone before. But according to the liner notes the CD program is exactly the same as the LP one. For the record -- sic -- i've given the CD a spin twice today!
Edit 10/29 : Yes, they have the LP too
If not, is this CD your first ever introduction to Mischa Spoliansky?
Shamefully enough, i had never heard of Mischa Spoliansky before listening to the gorgeous Kritzerland CD. I grabbed a hell of a bunch of CDs at my parent's before departing for my holiday week -- mainly golden age scores but among these was SAINT JOAN. I know now there's a rerecording by the BBC orchestra featuring various suites of his scores : is it a good introduction to his work? Do you have any other "good tips"? By the way, there's an Imdb oddity : Spoliansky goes uncredited for the 1950 version of KING SOLOMON'S MINES, which has no score at all except the brief music Rozsa wrote for its trailer. Did Spoliansky write a rejected score or is it a confusion with the earlier version shot in the 1930s?
I'm curious, A.B., did your parents ever own the 1957 Capitol LP of SAINT JOAN?
I have no idea and now i'm curious too : i'll have the answer to (y)our question next weekend unless i get them on phone before. But according to the liner notes the CD program is exactly the same as the LP one. For the record -- sic -- i've given the CD a spin twice today!
Edit 10/29 : Yes, they have the LP too
I expected as much.
I think your parents and myself and a few others (such as Bruce Kimmel) maybe the few human beings remaining who own rare soundtrack LPs.
If not, is this CD your first ever introduction to Mischa Spoliansky?
Shamefully enough, i had never heard of Mischa Spoliansky before listening to the gorgeous Kritzerland CD. I grabbed a hell of a bunch of CDs at my parent's before departing for my holiday week -- mainly golden age scores but among these was SAINT JOAN. I know now there's a rerecording by the BBC orchestra featuring various suites of his scores : is it a good introduction to his work? Do you have any other "good tips"? By the way, there's an Imdb oddity : Spoliansky goes uncredited for the 1950 version of KING SOLOMON'S MINES, which has no score at all except the brief music Rozsa wrote for its trailer. Did Spoliansky write a rejected score or is it a confusion with the earlier version shot in the 1930s?
Not much of Spoliansky music has been made available, so I don't have much input on him.
So I'm not familiar with the 1937 version of KSM to know if the 1950 version was connected in any way?
I have seen the 1959 NORTHWEST FRONTIER (FLAME OVER INDIA) and this has a good orchestral score.
I'm curious, A.B., did your parents ever own the 1957 Capitol LP of SAINT JOAN?
I have no idea and now i'm curious too : i'll have the answer to (y)our question next weekend unless i get them on phone before. But according to the liner notes the CD program is exactly the same as the LP one. For the record -- sic -- i've given the CD a spin twice today!
Edit 10/29 : Yes, they have the LP too
I expected as much.
I think your parents and myself and a few others (such as Bruce Kimmel) maybe the few human beings remaining who own rare soundtrack LPs.
Indicates we have good taste, too.
Me too ToneRow. I started to buy rare and not-so-rare soundtrack LPs in 1964.
Me too ToneRow. I started to buy rare and not-so-rare soundtrack LPs in 1964.
I still have them ...... I still play them!
Wow, that's great to know, PFK.
Do you know about the German-only United Artists pressing of FIVE MILES TO MIDNIGHT?
Lots of rare vinyl (were) out there. My knowledge of them escalated when McNally issued his price guide around 1995.
Became a C.A.M. enthusiast during the late-1990s thanks to the McNally book ... and later on via websites such as Wolfgang Jahn's Italian Soundtracks.
Back in the 60s and 70s sometimes a USA record label would issue a soundtrack only in Europe. Remember in the early 70s MGM records reissued El Cid and King of Kings only in England?
Back in the 60s and 70s I checked out many old record stores in New England and often did find some out of print soundtrack LPs. I also checked the discount chains like K Mart in their 50 cents bargain bins and often found some good soundtracks. We figured this was it. We never dreamed that the studios would open up and we would get (cds) from Fox, Paramount, MGM, WB etc., some 40 and 50 years later. I still enjoy the old LPs, many of which will not ever be issued on CDs.
Being familiar with the play, though not with this film version, I would appreciate any comments on how the music fits in. The play, of course, has a comic element along with its heroic-tragic story. So am I right to suppose that the music has some ironic aspects? "Siege of Orleans," for example doesn't seem to reflect the weight of that military operation. And does the "Toccatina" accompany the coronation at Rheims? The quasi-Baroque organ music is so obviously anachronistic that I wonder if it has satirical intent. The same would likely be true for the "Dream Minuet," which doubtless accompanies the fantasy epilogue.
And the instrument heard in the opening theme -- pennywhistle? flageolet?
I don't remember a lot about the film or the instrument used in the main title, but I do remember that the Toccatina actually underscores the aftermath of the coronation of Charles VII.
