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No matter how many times I try to listen to it in it's entirety.....I just fail and can't take it. But I try and try again!!!!!!!
Saturn 3 is an amazing experimental score. Years ago this title was on the top of my Holy Grail want list. Intrada, thank you very much again for this release!
Maybe you should try to clear your mind and don't expect to hear any typical Bernstein line, don't compare with his other scores. Just forget it's a Berstein and listen to it as a work of his own...
So, yes, try and try again!! You'll nail it!!
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Aug 1, 2013 - 7:41 AM
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bobbengan
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No matter how many times I try to listen to it in it's entirety.....I just fail and can't take it.
But I try and try again!!!!!!!
My interest in this score was piqued when I learned that the genesis of "Taarna's Theme" from HEAVY METAL, one of Bernstein's most arresting melodies ever, was in this score.
It's only heard in the opening and closing tracks, and isn't given the developmental workout it would receive in HM the following year, but it IS gorgeous and having the theme get carried by a female soprano feels so appropriate - I wish he had done that again in Heavy Metal.
While I love experimental or unusual scoring, I will have to side w/ the OP on this one. I just can't enjoy the bulk of this score, save the bookending cues.
More so than the MUSIC I think my biggest issue is the sound quality - Seriously, it's gotta be the worst... Ever. Large portions are totally unlistenable. Does anyone know why this is? Did a drunken session engineer pee on the tapes and then light them on fire, only to extinguish the fire with more urine?
I can forgive so-so audio fidelity if a score is very strong from a musical standpoint, but I too can never get into this one at all and more than the off-the-wall quality of the score itself, I blame the totally unlistenable audio quality as the perpetrator.
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More so than the MUSIC I think my biggest issue is the sound quality - Seriously, it's gotta be the worst... Ever. Large portions are totally unlistenable. Does anyone know why this is? Did a drunken session engineer pee on the tapes and then light them on fire, only to extinguish the fire with more urine?
There's a fair amount of tape hiss, as Bernstein's 1/4" tape copy was the only surviving recording of the score.
But the session itself was recorded by Keith Grant, who was actually one of London's finest engineers. He engineered most of Elmer Bernstein's London sessions (Heavy Metal, Slipstream, Zulu Dawn, and a lot of the FMC recordings), as well as scores like Petulia, Thunderbirds Are Go, F/X, High Spirits, etc.
The style in vogue at the time was to mike the instruments closely, and make-up for the resultant "dryness" with lots of artificial reverb. This method was big at CTS (where the Bond scores were done) as well as Olympic (where Grant was the resident engineer). It's not to everyone's taste, but I rather like it myself.
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I will definitely keep trying!
Have you seen the film, Meegle?
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. . . don't compare with his other scores. Just forget it's a Berstein and listen to it as a work of his own . . .
Bob beat me to it, but I was just going to suggest that it actually does make for an interesting comparison with, and companion piece to, FSM's HEAVY METAL.
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Anyone know if the impending Blu-ray release is region free?
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