Well I believe “The Outlaw Josey Wales” will be released soon but not by Quartet. Intrada is the one that got a deal with Malpaso for “Escape from Alcatraz” so I suspect they’re also releasing “Josey Wales” in the near future. And even maybe “The Gauntlet” complete.
There aren’t actually that many filmscores left to release: 1962 The Nun and the Sergeant (don’t think the tapes have survived) 1964 McHale’s Navy (Blu-Ray contains isolated score so …) 1964 For those who think young (mostly source music, little score) 1965 McHale’s Navy joins the Air Force (again Blu-Ray contains isolated score so …) 1970 Suppose they gave a War and Nobody came (a lot of source music and some score) 1972 Junior Bonner (tapes suppose to be in bad condition) 1976 The Bad News Bears (adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen) 1976 Semi-Tough (mostly source music, very little score) 1980 Below the Belt (mostly songs by Fielding himself)
For Re-Release: 1962 Advise and Consent (RCA) 1971 Johnny got his Gun (Bay Cities) 1972 A War of Children (Bay Cities) 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales (Warner) 1977 The Gauntlet (Warner)
When it comes down to his television scores there’s of course still a lot to release that’s worth buying on CD. Don’t know if it’s a coincidence but after “Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia” he did “The Gambler”. And after that he did …. “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (!!!)
While I would be up to hear any other new releases by Jerry Fielding, the Main Event/Most Wanted for me now is THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES, with the complete score AND the LP programme made available as a 2 discer and the great LP artwork kept intact. Anything else would just be jam
1964 McHale’s Navy (Blu-Ray contains isolated score so …) 1964 For those who think young (mostly source music, little score) 1970 Suppose they gave a War and Nobody came (a lot of source music and some score) 1972 Junior Bonner (tapes suppose to be in bad condition) 1976 The Bad News Bears (adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen) ...
McHale's Navy has a huge amount of score and is simply sublime For those who think young has more than little score! Suppose... has a huge amount of score!! Junior Bonner was ready for release by Intrada and was just stopped Bad News Bears is sublime as well (as much as the Gambler) since Fielding is a master arranger
I vaguely recall Intrada being unable to justify the release of Junior Bonner, due to the cost of releasing it against the brevity of the score, plus the limited number of fans for Jerry Fielding.
1964 McHale’s Navy (Blu-Ray contains isolated score so …) 1964 For those who think young (mostly source music, little score) 1970 Suppose they gave a War and Nobody came (a lot of source music and some score) 1972 Junior Bonner (tapes suppose to be in bad condition) 1976 The Bad News Bears (adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen) ...
McHale's Navy has a huge amount of score and is simply sublime For those who think young has more than little score! Suppose... has a huge amount of score!! Junior Bonner was ready for release by Intrada and was just stopped Bad News Bears is sublime as well (as much as the Gambler) since Fielding is a master arranger
The music from the "McHale's Navy" feature film was later tracked in the television series.
Posted on August 23, 2013, at the Intrada forum on regards to "Junior Bonner":
Roger Feigelson: Not anymore. I took another run at it. The problem is it's a short score and the only available elements were 1/4" mono stored at BYU. And BYU raised their transfer rates 10 fold, making the deal financially out of reach. We had the same issue with FUNERAL HOME -- really high costs, but in that case due to the Canadian Musician's Union. But that was a decent length score coming from 24-track stereo elements so we were able to charge a premium price (and thank you all, still, for supporting that release even with the high price tag). And that will be the last score recorded in Canada we do.
And in the last month, MV also said mentioned the problem with the Canadian Musician's Union.
So it ‘s true! Oh my God, they killed Jerry! Those B*%#ds!!! :-)
Seriously guys, there are also a lot of TV-movies that need to be released:
1971 Ellery Queen: don’t look behind you (this one first please!!!) 1972 A War of Children 1974 Unwed Father 1974 Honky Tonk 1975 Hustling 1975 One of our own 1975 Matt Helm 1977 Little Ladies of the Night 1978 Lovey: A Circle of Children II 1979 Mr. Horn 1979 High Midnight
Maybe La-La-Land is planning a 15 CD-Box of “McMillan & Wife”, who knows.
So, all we need now is some mega-rich, money's no object 'Film Music afficianado' who can pay BYU the required funds to allow Junior Bonner and Hustling to be unleased upon about 500 or so adoring people!
I vaguely recall Intrada being unable to justify the release of Junior Bonner, due to the cost of releasing it against the brevity of the score, plus the limited number of fans for Jerry Fielding.
Yes, we're getting older and older and soon close to extinction (DNA already stored in vaults though)
Seriously guys, there are also a lot of TV-movies that need to be released:
1972 A War of Children 1979 Mr. Horn
A 12-minute suite from A WAR OF CHILDREN appeared on the Bay Cities "Jerry Fielding: Film Music 2" CD. And a 15-minute suite from MR. HORN appeared on the Bay Cities "Chato's Land" CD.
