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I was aware that some releases were from Paramount movies, but I dont think I've seen the phrase "Paramount Pictures Historical CDs preservations efforts" before. It sounds like they have a special division devoted to it, which is why I asked if they also provided the material in its final form (which is not unheard of). Maybe I'm taking it too literally, but "Historical CDs" is capitalized.
Historical CDs might be a formal name of sorts, but I don't expect it really means much overall. If it did, we'd likely know it by now or see it on the tray cards. It likely made its way into the blurb because that's how the parties think of it. I doubt operations are different.
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It's interesting that Paramount appear to have retained the music rights to the films they sold to Universal (i.e. pre 1948 sound films other than Hal Wallis productions) which of course wasn't the case with the M-G-M films sold to Turner and now fortunately in the hands of Warner Bros.
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is it me or does Lizabeth Scott look like Bogart in drag? Not because of the particular photo, but in general?
She actually has considerable similarities to Lauren Bacall: that's probably what's hitting you subliminally.
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Aug 4, 2015 - 1:47 PM
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Part of Paramount Picture's ongoing Historical CDs preservation efforts. Artwork courtesy Universal Pictures.
I wonder what exactly that means - are they going to make soundtracks more accessible to the labels? Soundtracks from all eras?
You haven't been paying attention, Last Child.
In the last 4-5 years, at least the following titles from the Paramount vaults---coming from the decades of the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s....have been released. Many are already OOP.
Mr. Kritzerland  has been the most prolific (with other titles in the works, I'm sure), and other very select titles have been released on Intrada, LaLaLand, and Counterpoint.
Composers represented include Amfitheatrof, Bernstein, Bregman, Buttolph, Duning, Friedhofer, Hollander, Murray, Newman, Previn, Raksin, Rozsa, Salter, Stevens, Tiomkin, Van Cleave, Waxman, Young,
THE ACCUSED (Kritzerland)
THE AFFAIRS OF SUSAN (Kritzerland)
ALL IN A NIGHT'S WORK (Kritzerland)
APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (Kritzerland)
THE ATOMIC CITY (Kritzerland)
BOTANY BAY (Kritzerland)
BRIDE OF VENGEANCE (Intrada)
THE BRIDE WORE BOOTS (Kritzerland)
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (Intrada)
CAPTAIN CAREY, USA (Intrada)
CAREER (Kritzerland)
CONQUEST OF SPACE (Intrada)
THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (Kritzerland)
THE DELICATE DELINQUENT (Kritzerland)
DISPUTED PASSAGE (Kritzerland)
DONOVAN'S REEF (Kritzerland)
ELEPHANT WALK (Kritzerland)
THE FAR HORIZONS (Kritzerland)
FEAR STRIKES OUT (Kritzerland)
THE GEISHA BOY (Kritzerland)
A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO (Kritzerland)
THE GREAT McGINTY (Kritzerland)
GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL (La La Land)
HOT SPELL (Kritzerland)
HUD (Kritzerland)
I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (Kritzerland)
LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL (Counterpoint)
THE LONELY MAN (Kritzerland)
THE LOST WEEKEND (Intrada)
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER (Kritzerland)
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Kritzerland)
THE MATCHMAKER (Kritzerland)
MY GEISHA (Kritzerland)
THE NAKED JUNGLE (Intrada)
NO MAN OF HER OWN (Intrada)
ONE EYED JACKS (Kritzerland)
A PLACE IN THE SUN (Kritzerland)
THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Kritzerland)
THE RAT RACE (Kritzerland)
REMEMBER THE NIGHT (Kritzerland)
SABRINA (Kritzerland)
SECRET OF THE INCAS (Kritzerland)
SEPTEMBER AFFAIR (Kritzerland)
SHANE (La La Land)
STALAG 17 (Kritzerland)
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (Kritzerland)
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (Kritzerland)
SUMMER AND SMOKE (Kritzerland)
THUNDER IN THE EAST (Intrada)
THE TIN STAR (Kritzerland)
TO CATCH A THIEF (Intrada)
TOO LATE BLUES (Kritzerland)
VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET (Kritzerland)
WAR OF THE WORLDS (Intrada)
WE'RE NO ANGELS (Kritzerland)
WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (Intrada)
WHO'S GOT THE ACTION (Kritzerland)
WILD HARVEST (Intrada)
WILD IS THE WIND (La La Land)
THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (Kritzerland)
....and likely a few others I've missed.
The mining of the Paramount music archive has been a wonderful development over the past few years, and I, for one, am thrilled. Quite a number of the now-released titles were on my Holy Grails lists and considering that these elements are now 50-60-70 years old, they sound incredibly good!
Wow! I didn't realize so many Paramount Golden Age titles have been issued on CDs!
I too am very grateful we have been getting so many Golden Age scores I thought I would never see on CDs. Great sound quality too! Please keep them coming guys!
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Given what Intrada has said about these two newly discovered Rozsa recordings, I'm thinking Paramount is making a specific effort to digitize all the soundtrack music (or whatever they think is "historical") they can find. Sort of like the Gutenberg Project. Perhaps someone at the studio has convinced them that there's a need, especially before the elements bite the dust. Previously, I imagine the labels would have to inquire about the music, then Paramount would have to find out where it was, what condition it was in, etc.
The labels do the work of finding and evaluating elements, etc. I think there is a specific effort, but it doesn't sound like the relationships changed. The Rozsa discoveries could have easily been made by Doug or Roger. It sounds like the studio has been convinced and so the labels more easily acquire the titles and do the legwork. But I doubt their own resources are invested to do the transfers and mastering when the labels already do that for them.
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It's funny, I had no idea Rozsa scored a Dolph Lundgren movie.
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....and likely a few others I've missed.
THE BUCCANEER (Kritzerland)
THE CARPETBAGGERS (Intrada)
THE JAYHAWKERS! (Intrada)
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (Film Score Monthly)
TRUE GRIT (La-La Land)
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This is a fresh and very welcome discovery. Congratulations Intrada!
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Aug 4, 2015 - 6:24 PM
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manderley
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....and likely a few others I've missed.
THE BUCCANEER (Kritzerland)
THE CARPETBAGGERS (Intrada)
THE JAYHAWKERS! (Intrada)
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (Film Score Monthly)
TRUE GRIT (La-La Land)
Thanks for adding those, Bob D.
That makes it, by my count, 66 titles, now including DESERT FURY.
Of those 66, I have 63, so I still need to get THE LOST WEEKEND, WILD IS THE WIND, and DESERT FURY. I am truly sick!
......and an easy mark for producers of Golden Age CDs......but I am getting old, so they'd better start getting these out much faster while I still realize what folding money looks like and is used for!
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