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Apr 15, 2001 - 8:44 AM
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Bach-Choi
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What a wonderful composer! Just bought the CD of "Far From The Madding Crowd" and what a joy it is to own on CD!One of my favourite scores by any film composer is the chamber music-like score Sir Richard composed for the Survival Anglia nature special "The Amazing World of Spiders." I have searched the world high and low for a copy of this music with no success. Does anyone who posts here know of the existance of a Survival Anglia soundtrack compilation or soudtrack series--maybe something similar to the BBC documentary film soundtrack series?
[This message has been edited by BillB (edited 15 April 2001).]
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Apr 16, 2001 - 3:36 AM
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Timmer
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Hi BillB, It's pretty rare for any docu series to get a score release, I'm sure I would have known if RRB's 'Spiders' score had been released?! Recent docu scores definitely worth purchasing are Benjamin Bartlett's Walking With Dinosaurs and (if you can still find it?) Martin Kizko's Alien Empire which is all about Insect's! JJ as usual gives a top recommendation...Gormenghast is great!
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Apr 16, 2001 - 7:17 AM
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cine-sin
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The now defunct Bay Cities released 'Enchanted April: The Film Music of Richard Rodney Bennett'. Music includes:
Suite from Enchanted April
The Orient Express
Elegy for Caroline Lamb Was there ever a full release for 'Enchanted April'? Its a beautiful piece of music, as is, 'Caroline Lamb'. Regards,
Rochelle
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Anyone who loves the wonderful music of Sir Richard Rodney Bennet should rush out and buy a copy of the recent Chandos CD of his film music - although it features previously-heard material (suites from MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, ENCHANTED APRIL, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, LADY CAROLINE LAMB, as well as brief themes from TENDER IS THE NIGHT and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this sumptuous new recording by Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic is truly wonderful and one of the best and most listenable film music CDs I have heard recently.
Fantastic composer - and whoever mentioned GORMENGHAST is correct, that is also great!
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Erik
There is a (I think german) release of Murder on CD,
but very hard tio find too.
Every time that shows up on EBay, the auction
ends on $60.00 or more.
I have the LP (Argentinian release).
This is a score that I love so much.
If I can't find a CD soon, I'll make a home CD with the computer,cleaning out the scratch noise with the DART program.
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Apr 22, 2001 - 7:15 AM
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Eric Paddon
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Finally got to see "Murder" in letterboxed format on TCM last night. Another reason to remind me of why this score now remains the most elusive of 1974 for me, now that "Towering Inferno" is happily accounted for.NP: How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Film version. Great Riddle arrangments!)
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Apr 23, 2001 - 9:35 AM
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Ron Pulliam
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quote:
Originally posted by Eric Paddon:
Finally got to see "Murder" in letterboxed format on TCM last night. Another reason to remind me of why this score now remains the most elusive of 1974 for me, now that "Towering Inferno" is happily accounted for.B]
To my knowledge, the only CD of this was the Cloud Nine release with both "Murder on the Orient Express" and "Death on the Nile." There was also a Japanese CD of "Death on the Nile."
There is currently (April 23, 2001) an LP of the Bennett score being auctioned on eBay. That's something...if you have a turntable!
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Apr 23, 2001 - 9:43 AM
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Ron Pulliam
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By the way...if anyone watched "Murder on the Orient Express" on CBS last night -- the made-for-Tv one with Alfred Molina (!!! looking very Spanish!!!) as Hercule Poirot, you got to see a film VERY MUCH IN NEED OF A GREAT SCORE.Anyone who has seen the excellent film of the title with Richard Rodney Bennett's wonderful score KNOWS what a great film score can do. Last night's TV movie did not have a great score. It did not even have a middling score. What it had -- if it can be called a score at all -- is someone's idea of an "unobtrusive" score. As a result...the "movie" was dull, dull, dull! What a supreme waste of time and pretty good talent, the miscasting of Molina notwithstanding.
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Apr 22, 2001 - 11:09 PM
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Ron Pulliam
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The first time I saw the movie, it was in Italian (I was living in Vicenza, Italy, 1973-75). I saw it again in Athens, Greece, in 1975, in English with Greek subtitles. The first time I managed to see it in English was at the base theater at Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy, in 1975.I don't suppose I've ever had a first-rate viewing of it on the big screen, but I have enjoyed it every time I've seen it!
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Apr 22, 2001 - 11:11 PM
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Ron Pulliam
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quote:
Originally posted by cine-sin:
The now defunct Bay Cities released 'Enchanted April: The Film Music of Richard Rodney Bennett'. Music includes:
Suite from Enchanted April
The Orient Express
Elegy for Caroline Lamb Was there ever a full release for 'Enchanted April'? Its a beautiful piece of music, as is, 'Caroline Lamb'. Regards,
Rochelle
No! The Bay Cities release is, thus far, the definitive one.
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