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I'd love to see this wonderful score reissued as a two CD remastered set, with new liner notes etc. I was hoping Varese might do it before the demise of the Club releases...
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I'd love to see this wonderful score reissued as a two CD remastered set, with new liner notes etc. I was hoping Varese might do it before the demise of the Club releases...
Are you suggesting the Club releases are dead?
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All the material released by Varèse totals an hour and twenty-three minutes. So not quite.
Yes, but the final march is duplicated on both CDs. Remove the duplication and it all fits.
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I never understood this 'two volumes' ordeal. My Varese CD is neither first nor second volume, it's just a regular soundtrack....?
If memory serves, I don't think it was originally meant as a 2 volume. It was released as a single lp or cd in 1987. Then sales warranted a volume 2 be released later. Then it was re-released as a single cd in 1994 that includes all of volume one and all but 5 cues from volume 2.
Your memory has served you poorly.
This was always planned as a two volume set. I remember eagerly awaiting it after reading about it in "Soundtrack! The Collector's Quarterly" (a long, long time ago).
That's right! Two distinct LP's and then two two distinct CD's - all of which I eagerly waited for, and harassed my mailman with at the time. 
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Jan 27, 2014 - 2:19 PM
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MikeP
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"Mathilda" is a fantastic track -- one of my alltime favourite JG tracks, in fact.
It's part of a superb playlist I have called "Jerry Goldsmith Setpieces".
Mathilda IS fantastic... and it occurred to me whenever replying to those "favorite score" threads, I NEVER mention this, although it may well be my favorite Goldsmith score and is no doubt one of my all time favorites.
The lyrical romantic quality carries this score, with Goldsmith using a variety of themes - the stately main theme, the dark theme for the villain - it is a very rich, very rewarding score. The main theme as presented at the conclusion of the King Richard track, is (imo ) Goldsmith's best "march" ever. Regal, romantic, thrilling - it builds to an enormous conclusion, just as exciting and glorious as any of his other more popular themes.
The writing is simple, clear, direct - not a collection of complex cues like Total Recall. But every bit as satisfying if not moreso.
I have the original 2 CDs and also the abbreviated 60 album later issued as "the symphonic epic".
I'd love a new release of this, like the Japanese Volcano label version. Varese issued the combined albums as The Deluxe Edition on iTunes... so come on... make it a physical release.
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I would really like a full, remastered release of this score. It isn't perfect — this is one case where I'll admit that the electronics get a little overbearing in some cues (did I read somewhere that this was to cover up the orchestral performance?) — but it does have quite a few wonderful moments, quite a few distinctive themes, and a fantastic finale.
As has been mentioned, the track on volume 2 “The Future” contains a reprise of the march from “King Richard,” and everything previously released could easily fit on one CD with no problems. I don't know if there is any music from the film not represented on the two original albums, though.
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