Kritzerland released BRIDE WORE BLACK on a CD coupled with TWISTED NERVE within the last year. It's sold-out from their site, but copies still pop up. The lowest one on Amazon right now is $47.50, but there's one offered on eBay right for $29.99. Looks like it ends sometime today.
Yeah but there was what, 13 minutes of music from it or something?
What's there is choice. Other than the Bernstein conducted suite, it's all we have.
Kritzerland released BRIDE WORE BLACK on a CD coupled with TWISTED NERVE within the last year. It's sold-out from their site, but copies still pop up. The lowest one on Amazon right now is $47.50, but there's one offered on eBay right for $29.99. Looks like it ends sometime today.
I found some unused cues by Herrmann for the film "The Bride Wore Black".
Msmith,
These are fascinating, thanks for sharing. That blaring Mendelssohn march was a huge turnoff when I first saw this film. Isn't the music for the end of the balcony scene (as the scarf drifts away) a Truffaut cut-and-paste job, and not Herrmann's original intent?
There are just three Herrmann feature film scores left without complete recordings (if you include bootlegs and collector-to-collector tapes and CDs): THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, and ENDLESS NIGHT (a great score that is not represented anywhere, even as re-recorded excerpts).
I would certainly welcome new, complete recordings of THE BRIDE WORE BLACK and ENDLESS NIGHT. As for THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, I'd love to have the original tracks if they exist. I know Herrmann had in his personal collection a tape of the "Storm Clouds" cantata in stereo. How great would that be to hear?!
There are just three Herrmann feature film scores left without complete recordings (if you include bootlegs and collector-to-collector tapes and CDs): THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, and ENDLESS NIGHT (a great score that is not represented anywhere, even as re-recorded excerpts).
I would certainly welcome new, complete recordings of THE BRIDE WORE BLACK and ENDLESS NIGHT. As for THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, I'd love to have the original tracks if they exist. I know Herrmann had in his personal collection a tape of the "Storm Clouds" cantata in stereo. How great would that be to hear?!
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, no idea but if they exist probably somewhere in France. But they were not conducted by Herrmann but by André Girard and they junked a lot of Herrmann's score. So re-recording is certainly the best option.
ENDLESS NIGHT. Only M&E survive AFAIK. The masters were most likely recorded over in the mid-70s. With luck there were copies made, but don't hold your breath.
TMWKTM, only the Storm Clouds exist at Paramount these days. Maybe some has a copy somewhere?
It's on our list! I have a feeling that there is much music to be discovered that was cut out of this film. Like Fahrenheit, I imagine it would be like discovering a completely new Herrmann score. Bill, Anna, & John The TFC gang
Ten years later, I'm guessing you are almost finished?
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, no idea but if they exist probably somewhere in France. But they were not conducted by Herrmann but by André Girard and they junked a lot of Herrmann's score. So re-recording is certainly the best option.
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, no idea but if they exist probably somewhere in France. But they were not conducted by Herrmann but by André Girard and they junked a lot of Herrmann's score. So re-recording is certainly the best option.
I urge everyone who likes Herrmann and this score (and everybody else) to support the labels & their effort in re-recording otherwise lost scores.
I assume you're a big fan of the soundtrack. I know it's difficult to judge by sound samples, but does it seem like an accurate recreation of the original, like Stromberg's F451 was? Or does the orchestration or tempo seem different? I noticed there's a "Film version" bonus cue which I thought might offer a comparison, but I'm pretty sure it's a re-recording as well.
What an exciting release! For years I've loved this film, and Herrmann's score fits it like a glove. And it's also great to have another orchestra available to perform film music re-recordings. Ordered!
THE BRIDE WORE BLACK, no idea but if they exist probably somewhere in France. But they were not conducted by Herrmann but by André Girard and they junked a lot of Herrmann's score. So re-recording is certainly the best option.
I urge everyone who likes Herrmann and this score (and everybody else) to support the labels & their effort in re-recording otherwise lost scores.
I assume you're a big fan of the soundtrack. I know it's difficult to judge by sound samples, but does it seem like an accurate recreation of the original, like Stromberg's F451 was? Or does the orchestration or tempo seem different? I noticed there's a "Film version" bonus cue which I thought might offer a comparison, but I'm pretty sure it's a re-recording as well.
The Film Version bonus is the reason why there were some tensions between Truffaut and Herrmman. It included the Vivaldi piece halfway through which was not intented by the composer. So the words "film version" don't mean the track comes the original soundtrack, but it can be a recreation of the track as heard in the film (although I don't know that for sure).
Like it was said before, the Kritzerland CD was a transfert of the 45 rpm vynil into a CD. But let's not forget the wonderful Truffaut Box set released by Universal which included some music from the actual soundtrack which was not on the Kritzerland CD called "arrestation de Delvaux et fuite de Julie". I wonder where Universal found this cue...
(The end of the year always is.)