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Does most of the album sound like the main theme? .
No it doesn't. There is some quite difficult atonal music on this one that is not easy to listen to.
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For me, Regan's theme is worth the price of this CD. It's one of Morricone's best themes and I can play it endlessly.
Peter is right though. I'm not so into the wailing voices and the whip cracking stuff.
Cheers
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First off, I want to say that I am really happy to get such unanimously positive response to this release.
To clarify a couple of things: Yes, Warner, indeed, did give us remastered tracks that they put through a lot of work at their studio. In addition to that, my regular engineer Chas Ferry, who did a terrific job on our recent Lord of Illusions album, put his magic touch on the masters.
The reason why this isn't an expanded release is simply this: There isn't any more music that is available to put on the album. I think the bootleg had a couple of more tracks on it, but our license didn't allow us to put these on.
I am glad that people appreciate the fact that we used the original LP artwork for this release. Personally, I really disliked the Warner France cover.
Hope this helps.
Robin Esterhammer
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Congratulations on your new series of releases!
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Tall Guy
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I know there are many things competing for your money just now, but if you don't know the album and are wary about buying it I hope I can allay some fears.
Yes, there are two stand-out tracks on this CD - "Regan's Theme" and "Magic and Ecstasy". The former is one of his "perfect" melodies, and the latter is a wild danse macabre. Because of these tracks, another which deserves a mention is often overlooked: "Interrupted Melody". This is a quiet and beautiful track, full of yearning, with a hesitant piano underpinning Morriconian strings and a female vocalist wordlessly joining in. You could imagine this track slipping in to Once Upon a Time In America without being over-shadowed.
The other tracks on this disc are indeed less easy to listen to, but they have a weird visceral appeal and hold you transfixed while the animalistic rites swirl around, encouraging surrender to the dark forces. I've known this music since the LP was first issued and it's now part of me - but I don't get any urges to behead chickens or anything like that. It might be odd and un-nerving at first, but it's only music.
It's not a disc that you'd play at a dinner party - unless you're having the Mitchells over, in which case it would be perfect.
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First off, I want to say that I am really happy to get such unanimously positive response to this release.
To clarify a couple of things: Yes, Warner, indeed, did give us remastered tracks that they put through a lot of work at their studio. In addition to that, my regular engineer Chas Ferry, who did a terrific job on our recent Lord of Illusions album, put his magic touch on the masters.
The reason why this isn't an expanded release is simply this: There isn't any more music that is available to put on the album. I think the bootleg had a couple of more tracks on it, but our license didn't allow us to put these on.
I am glad that people appreciate the fact that we used the original LP artwork for this release. Personally, I really disliked the Warner France cover.
Hope this helps.
Robin Esterhammer
Are you kidding me? No music to put on the album? What the hell is that supposed to mean? That makes as much sense to me as someone painting a Van Gogh in black and white!!!!! Is it a matter of being able to LOCATE the tapes of the film score? I am really confused by this statement. For those of us out there who are just too LOW for you to release a GOOD version of the cd, you'll have to elaborate.
Because I gotta tell you, this release is a DISAPPOINTMENT in my book. I have the original WB LP AND the 2002 WB France release. I love this score a great deal but let's have the COMPLETE FILM SCORE!
If you could do Deadly Friend as you did, then why the heck can't you do something for E2?
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First off, I want to say that I am really happy to get such unanimously positive response to this release.
To clarify a couple of things: Yes, Warner, indeed, did give us remastered tracks that they put through a lot of work at their studio. In addition to that, my regular engineer Chas Ferry, who did a terrific job on our recent Lord of Illusions album, put his magic touch on the masters.
The reason why this isn't an expanded release is simply this: There isn't any more music that is available to put on the album. I think the bootleg had a couple of more tracks on it, but our license didn't allow us to put these on.
I am glad that people appreciate the fact that we used the original LP artwork for this release. Personally, I really disliked the Warner France cover.
Hope this helps.
Robin Esterhammer
Are you kidding me? No music to put on the album? What the hell is that supposed to mean? That makes as much sense to me as someone painting a Van Gogh in black and white!!!!! Is it a matter of being able to LOCATE the tapes of the film score? I am really confused by this statement. For those of us out there who are just too LOW for you to release a GOOD version of the cd, you'll have to elaborate.
Because I gotta tell you, this release is a DISAPPOINTMENT in my book. I have the original WB LP AND the 2002 WB France release. I love this score a great deal but let's have the COMPLETE FILM SCORE!
If you could do Deadly Friend as you did, then why the heck can't you do something for E2?
Remember, Deadly Friend was a bootleg. It was unlicensed release. Perhaps Warner Bros Pictures did not care for such a release and thusly didn't authorize an expanded version of this score.
Or, perhaps the tapes don't exist. It happens.
MV
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Standing corrected. I just desperately wanted a complete E2: The Heretic release. I apologize for getting over-angered previously.
Re: Deadly Friend, I have the Perseverance Records orchestral score, which I was very happy to finally have. I have the original synthesized Varese Recordings but it was great to finally have the film versions. So I figured that if the original score could be released as opposed to the original LP of that film, then why not E2.
Again I apologize for that emotional outburst.
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