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I'm pretty sure that producers of such projects KNOW they are going to loose money on any re-recording they do.
-Erik-
"It's madness, madness!"
- William Holden "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
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Oct 20, 2011 - 1:55 PM
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SchiffyM
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I predict that in ten years producing older scores are over.
Define "older." When Charles Gerhardt recorded his first "Classic Film Scores" album ("The Sea Hawk"), "The Sea Hawk" was 32 years old. That's as old as "The Empire Strikes Back" is now. When Prometheus released "The Alamo" last year, that film was fifty years old.
Some composers will likely still see older scores rerecorded, but most will inevitably be left behind. It's a shame, yes, but time is finite, and while it would be lovely to preserve all art forever, I can't see how that's possible. I would love my kids to love everything I love, but there are new movies and shows and music made every day, and they should have their own stuff, too. Almost invariably, the true greats endure. Some solid "goods" fall by the wayside. Such is life.
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I think it is a great, great shame.
Nevertheless, I think it's just reality the sales potential of the film scores of one generation does diminish as the generations move on. Certain titles will endure, of course. But the bar moves.
We can argue with reality but reality will win.
Sorry to hear this.
Cheers
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I predict that in ten years producing older scores are over.
In the 1970s we oldies thought that the Golden Age of film scores was dead. Then out of the blue came Charles Gerhardt's Classic Film Scores series and Elmer Bernstein's Filmmusic Collection... and a whole new generation of listeners who knew little of of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, et al. discovered a brand new world of old film music.
Have hope!
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I predict that in ten years producing older scores are over.
In the 1970s we oldies thought that the Golden Age of film scores was dead. Then out of the blue came Charles Gerhardt's Classic Film Scores series and Elmer Bernstein's Filmmusic Collection... and a whole new generation of listeners who knew little of of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Franz Waxman, et al. discovered a brand new world of old film music.
Have hope!
I bought several of those RCA LPs when I was a college/law school student. Completely corrupted me. Never been the same.....
Those LPs were the be all and end of all of the art back in the day and in a way they still are benchmarks.
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