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Dec 8, 2023 - 2:41 AM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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Quartet Announces:
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS
HEIDI/ JANE EYRE
Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams
HEIDI / JANE EYRE (2-CD)
Revised, Remastered and Slightly Expanded Scores
Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams
Produced, Restored and Mastered by Mike Matessino
Liner notes by John Takis
Limited edition of 2500 units
Release date: 12/12/2023
Quartet Records, in collaboration with Capitol Records and Universal Music Entertainment, present a 2-CD set with a revised, remastered, slightly expanded edition of scores for two landmark made-for-television films composed by John Williams (STAR WARS, E.T., JURASSIC PARK, HOOK) between 1968 and 1970.
Both of these adaptations of classic stories were presented by Omnibus Productions and directed by Delbert Mann, and both also earned Emmy® Awards for John Williams’ original music. Through these scores, the composer shaped the destinies of two classic literary characters as well as his own.
Every effort was made to locate surviving audio elements for both HEIDI and JANE EYRE. The discovery of the original ½? four-track masters from HEIDI containing all of the cues selected for the 1968 narrated story album facilitated an attentive new mix of the music and a presentation in narrative order. The narration record was newly transferred by Universal Music Group and is presented after the musical score.
For JANE EYRE, a new high-resolution transfer of the 1971 ¼? stereo album master was provided by Universal Music Group, with audio then fully restored. This is followed by four tracks of additional material, including a short segment of source music that is heard in the film but was not on the album. The other three tracks are alternate performances of three selections recorded for the album, “To Thornfield,” “Restoration” and the “Love Theme.” This material was sourced from two ½? 3-track tapes that were discovered at Twentieth Century Fox in early 2019. While no additional score cues could be located, the recovery of any new material from this enduring and highly regarded John Williams work is most welcome.
The entire collection has been painstakingly remixed, restored, assembled and mastered by Mike Matessino, preserving all the freshness of the original recording. The package includes a 28-page full-color booklet with in-depth liner notes by film music writer John Takis and classy art direction by Jim Titus.
Tracklist:
Disc 1. HEIDI
Original Motion Picture Score
1. Overture (Theme From ‘Heidi’) 2:21
2. Arrival In Dörfli 3:12
3. To The Alm 2:00
4. Goat’s Milk 1:36
5. At The Church :57
6. Meditation Rock 2:20
7. Dinner Table :47
8. Stealing Rolls 1:10
9. The Bedroom 1:55
10. Library Talk 1:24
11. Return To Dörfli 2:56
12. Montage 1:34
13. Waiting With Grandfather 1:35
14. Separation 3:28
15. The Farewell 3:52
16. Klara Walks 3:51
Total Score Presentation: 35:27
1968 Original Soundtrack With Dialogue and Narration
17. Main Title And Overture 2:21 (John Williams and Orchestra)
18. The Old Man And The Child 2:49 (Sir Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards)
19. A Place Of My Own 3:35 (Sir Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards)
20. The Alm 3:39 (Jennifer Edwards)
21. The Sleeping Child 2:22 (Sir Michael Redgrave)
22. Meditation 2:25 (Sir Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards)
23. A Place Of My Own (Heidi’s Theme) 2:41 (Carri Chase, Vocal)
24. Shadows 3:51 (Sir Michael Redgrave)
25. Reflections 4:16 (Jennifer Edwards)
26. A New Dimension 1:56 (Sir Michael Redgrave, Jennifer Edwards)
27. The Nature Of Things 2:25 (Sir Michael Redgrave)
28. Love Theme From ‘Heidi’ 2:54 (John Williams and Orchestra)
29. The Miracle 2:55 (Sir Michael Redgrave)
30. Finale And End Title 1:05 (Sir Michael Redgrave)
Total Soundtrack Album: 39:20
Disc 2. JANE EYRE
Original Soundtrack Album
1. The Love Theme From ‘Jane Eyre’ 3:17
2. Overture (Main Title) 3:57
3. Lowood 2:28
4. To Thornfield 1:53
5. Festivity At Thornfield 2:11
6. Grace Poole And Mason’s Arrival 3:03
7. Meeting 3:09
8. Thwarted Wedding 2:40
9. Across The Moors 2:39
10. Restoration 3:58
11. Reunion (End Title) 4:25
Total Soundtrack Album: 34:06
Additional Music
12. More Festivity :44
13. To Thornfield (Alternate) 1:54
14. Restoration (Alternate) 3:56
15. The Love Theme From ‘Jane Eyre’ (Alternate) 3:19
Total Additional Music: 10:02
https://quartetrecords.com/product/heidi-jane-eyre-2-cd/
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It's nice that these two have been cleaned up and paired.
But it's a blow that we will (most likely) never get to hear the actual score cues from JANE EYRE, including the unreleased stuff.
I wonder how significant the sound upgrade on JANE will be, compared to the LLL edition?
But it's a deffo BUY!!!
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No need to wonder - there are many samples on Quartet's website
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"Has the original soundtrack really been lost? I remember reading that Mr. Williams vetoed the release. and there was also a bootleg of the original tracks"
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As far as I know (or remember), the actual score tracks are lost.
The album that was released features different tempos and orchestrations (just listen to the film version of Reunion on YouTube, compared to the LP version...it's another EIGER, JAWS etc situation) to the score as heard in the film.
All the old bootlegs I know of just added concert versions and such like to pad out the time.
And there is score in the film we haven't heard outside of it.
Such a shame that one of his earliest and greatest (FILM) scores seems to be lost to time.
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Jane Eyre is one of my favorite John Williams films.
In any case, this will be ordered.
Has the original soundtrack really been lost? I remember reading that Mr. Williams vetoed the release. and there was also a bootleg of the original tracks!
That was a BS unmentionable, and included no new previously unreleased music but only added later re-recordings of cues.
All that survives of the score is here on this release. My friend Hurdy is a bit incorrect about the film recording being totally unreleased. I carefully compared the album vs. the film several years ago when I appeared on the Williams podcast The Baton to talk about this score, my #1 favorite Williams. It's like the album for E.T.: half of it is the film score as it appears in the film, exact same recording. The other half of the album is specially arranged "album versions" of themes... likely even done at the same sessions as the film score proper. It is NOT a completely new album recording like say Jaws or The Fury or The Eiger Sanction received.
And you are somewhat misremembering about Williams. What he apparently vetoed was a *new* recording of the complete score (likely would have been reconstructed by ear from the film by someone like Leigh Phillips) which Tadlow producer James Fitzpatrick briefly looked into producing. If the film recording of the score still survived I very much doubt Williams would hamper a release in any way; he loves this score.
Yavar
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Yes, thanks Yavar.
I should have added that it's only certain cues that are different to their album counterparts.
But it's the missing score cues too, that make the loss most disappointing.
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I quite agree. A complete release of Jane Eyre (a rerecording if necessary, as seems increasingly likely) is still one of my top holy grails, and #1 Williams grail. I singled out some of the best unreleased music in this podcast I did with Jeff of The Baton:
https://thebatonpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-25-jane-eyre/
But I will buy this new Quartet release of course, and I'm excited to hear what Mike has done with the newly discovered better elements.
Yavar
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.....and you are somewhat misremembering about Williams. What he apparently vetoed was a *new* recording of the complete score (likely would have been reconstructed by ear from the film by someone like Leigh Phillips) which Tadlow producer James Fitzpatrick briefly looked into producing. If the film recording of the score still survived I very much doubt Williams would hamper a release in any way; he loves this score.
Yavar
I’m no expert on the subject of copyright but on what basis could John Williams or any other composer come to that legally “veto” a new recording or come to that, a release of the original music tracks? With some exceptions, composers generally work on a “for hire” basis and copyright of music tracks belong to the film company and/or music publisher. A studio or record label may well accede to a request from a major composer such as John Williams not to release a soundtrack but that’s different to a composer having a legal veto. In the case of a proposed new release of a score, the studio or composer could refuse to co-operate by withholding score material but as you say, there would be nothing to prevent a score being reconstructed. For example the Rozsa estate did not wish to co-operate with the Tadlow/Prometheus recording of Quo Vadis but that did not prevent the recording from going ahead.
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DP
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On the subject of re-recording, Superman, Midway and even Amazing Stories: The Mission were done, plus things done in Prague like Black Sunday and The Rare Breed, so I suppose anyone making such an undertaking has the choice of asking permission or begging forgiveness. But it's also possible that since one would have to secure a publishing license, where Mr. Williams' management does keep things under control, any request for re-recording would have to be run by him.
After the Disney merger was announced, Neil Bulk and I were working at 20th to clear out any tapes that did not belong to the studio, and he spotted 2 rolls of Jane Eyre (of 9). We tore the place apart but no others were found. So when Quartet asked about pairing Jane Eyre with a new Heidi release, I was able to say, "well, we do have a little bit we can add." The two rolls we found were from the album session day, so agonizingly no additional film score cues, but at least we had alternate takes of three tracks and an extra little piece of source music. I've learned to not look into the mouths of 50-year-old gift horses. This is the first time that the original 3-track master was used for a release of the album.
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