question about JANE EYRE which I didnt find addressed with the search engine. The music in the scene where the guests are coming and Blanche sings arent credited - just wondering what it was. It's on the dvd isolated track, but not the cd.
What are the chances of this being reissued, by either Varese or another label?
I keep spotting them around the Net. As much as I love Herrmann's work, I can't bring myself to shell out $350-500 for a box set.
The score I really want is White Witch Doctor, I can't see that Varese have the rights in perpetuity on this one, as they never released this as an un-numbered mainstream release (like say, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth & all those scores in the two, Herrmann At Fox CD's). Maybe Kritzerland?
Exactly. I want to suspect scores like White Witch Doctor are possible (though maybe not since MV at LLL was lamenting that his label would probably never issue a Herrmann score because they'd all be snatched up by the other labels).
On the other hand no other label besides Varese themselves could reissue the whole box set, because they hold perpetuity rights on a number of the titles due to their previous standalone releases in the 90s (ie. Ghost and Mrs. Muir).
No one is more bummed than me because I missed this set by a few days. Came out when I'd been wiped out from Christmas shopping and I didn't get the money to buy it until later in January when it was too late.
Just for the fun of it, I was watching one on eBay. It went from $.99 and ended today at $340.87. The fun was in hoping I could sneak in an wisk it away. Can you say naive?
Just for the fun of it, I was watching one on eBay. It went from $.99 and ended today at $340.87. The fun was in hoping I could sneak in an wisk it away. Can you say naive?
Actually, I paid the retail price and purchased two, one of the boxes being a gift for a friend.
Yes. it does pay to be my friend
P.S. I do hope you manage a reasonably priced copy. Better yet, these discs should be widely re-issued and made available to as many fans of fine music as possible. I'm always surprised and a tad dissapointed when I see such art being subject to crude speculators.
Just for the fun of it, I was watching one on eBay. It went from $.99 and ended today at $340.87. The fun was in hoping I could sneak in an wisk it away. Can you say naive?
Actually, I paid the retail price and purchased two, one of the boxes being a gift for a friend.
Yes. it does pay to be my friend
P.S. I do hope you manage a reasonably priced copy. Better yet, these discs should be widely re-issued and made available to as many fans of fine music as possible. I'm always surprised and a tad dissapointed when I see such art being subject to crude speculators.
Excellent news. I am sure your friend will be very appreciative. It was a very kind thing for you to do. I received Bernard Herrmann at Fox Vol. 3 from Varese recently. Much less expensive for sure but a great set indeed.
Yavar, Herrmann's OBSESSION hasn't been "snatched up by other labels." Unlike ENDLESS NIGHT and probably COMPANIONS IN NIGHTMARE, the tapes aren't thought to be lost. Ditto MARNIE and CAPE FEAR.
Any idea why Herrmann did not receive a "proper" Oscar statuette in 1942? It's hard to make out in the following picture, but that's not an "Oscar Oscar". I find this odd, because E. W. Korngold a few years prior received the statuette.
