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Shock Treatment is pure, relentless dark music. Julie Kirgo's inlay notes mention homage to Rozsa's Spellbound but to me there's stronger influence from Herrmann's The Day The Earth Stood Still in the Theremin-like sound and the staccato piano. Anyone agree?
That's it, yes. I thought of a few of the early cues in Day The Earth... more than once while listening to it.
The presentation of "Shock Treatment" is something of a miracle -- I never much listened to it in the Fox Box, though I kept thinking I should. The distant sound (the best they could do then) just did this music no favors. But the sound on the new release is so detailed and present, I'm completely taken by this score. Since it's a score that relies more on color and effect than melody, the much improved sound makes a world of difference.
That's very well said (both of these are). This is one of the most effective sound upgrades I've heard in a long time. Opposite to yourself, I had the highest expectations for Fate Is The Hunter, which I regard as an exceptional Goldsmith 45rpm single, and it's a treat too, but the way Shock Treatment is transformed was a real surprise.
- David
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Finally caught up with this one. The presentation of "Shock Treatment" is something of a miracle -- I never much listened to it in the Fox Box, though I kept thinking I should. The distant sound (the best they could do then) just did this music no favors. But the sound on the new release is so detailed and present, I'm completely taken by this score. Since it's a score that relies more on color and effect than melody, the much improved sound makes a world of difference.
I'm in the camp that doesn't think much of "Fate Is The Hunter." It's not that it's schmaltzy (though it is), it's that the melody feels clunky to me, and graceless. Glad that Intrada included it, but it's not what I'll listen to this CD for.
I came to post almost exactly the same comment about "Shock Treatment" and found that you beat me to it. I'm not too put off by mono music, but the sound of "Shock Treatment" in mono on the Fox box is mostly an awful dull roar to my ear. I haven't checked the Intrada board, but I was expecting the liner notes to describe how these new stereo mixes were prepared, so it's still a question in my mind.
One thing these new Fox stereo restorations brought up in my head ... is it possible that advances in digital converters, mixing, and restoration software in the last 15 years would lead to a better "Planet of the Apes" restoration than the 1997 Varese CD? I don't know what sources Mike Matessino was using for "Shock Treatment" and the other recent Fox restorations but the result is really impressive.
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Apr 28, 2013 - 8:17 AM
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Listened to both scores today and am impressed with how good Shock Treatment sounds. The sped up/reversed piano in the main title reminds me of what he'd later do on Reincarnation of Peter Proud, and aside from Freud I feel they are other links I can't place right now (Mabey Satan Bug).
I'll second your thoughts by adding Seconds, 7 Days in May, POTA as having similar riffs. I'm glad to read the warble from speed changes was intentional and not from damaged tapes (for example, between 0:58 - 1:04 on track #1). Then again, it's not in the mono version, so perhaps it's not intentional?
Wish Twilight Time would release the widescreen - FOX's made-on-demand service (20th Century Fox Archives) has been releasing movies in pan and scan, which is totally unsatisfactory.
When I open the plastic cd case for Shock Treatment nothing happens. Where's the shock? C'mon, Intrada, try harder! 
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