Okay, so IMDb took all my submissions. All episodes from the release are now credited to Shire, as well as a note on each Trivia page about the Caldera release. I have also created a page for the obscure film Runaway (same thing as well: Shire credited and a Trivia page note).
Anybody that can glean some info' on that forgotten film, can edit the IMDb page now.
Having actually seen "Shadow Game" - the program of which won two Emmys - I have absolutely no clue why Shire wouldn't want it released. The episode is perfectly scored with organ, vibraphones, and strings. Perhaps he just doesn't feel it goes with the other scores. Maybe someday he will reconsider. I'm happy about this release, truly, and I love Shire, but I'm stumped at his decision to not want this very lovely, supremely atmospheric score released.
It's also worth noting that while Caldera frequently leaves cues off of their releases, taking Thor's "crafted album" mentality to heart... David Shire himself is of that mindset as well, and any other label collaborating with him directly (necessary if he's the one supplying the tapes) would have ended up with a similar release. Even on the FSM label (which released scores complete and chronological as a matter of course!) most of the time they collaborated with Shire it was an abbreviated album program. Monkey Shines had to wait for Music Box Records to receive a complete release, substantially expanded over the FSM because Shire was involved on that album. And Shire's great score for Raid on Entebbe was only represented by four tracks on the FSM album of Morituri!
Just like with John Williams inexplicably not wanting to release the lovely Storia di una Donna, I guess Shire felt similarly about that one CBS Playhouse score. It's odd because this release feels like such a grab bag of styles anyway. From the description it sounds like I would have liked it the best of the bunch! Hopefully he changes his mind and Caldera can include it on some future Shire release where it maybe fits better.
As I alluded to earlier in the thread, I'd very much like to get hold of the Delbert Mann-directed/John Williams-scored episode "Saturday Adoption". If anyone owns this, I'd love to hear from you. I've been unable to find it from these here shores, although I speak a great deal about it in the JW television webcast series.
I'd love to see it too, based on their other collaborations.
It was really really tricky for me to finally get ahold of the Goldsmith-scored "The People Next Door" a few years back. I eventually acquired it through a trade on some old TV forum; it wasn't something I could just find to purchase from a site like Robert's Rare Videos, and I wasn't even able to find it in any archives like UCLA Film & Television or the Paley Center.
