How's the movie? Turns out it's actually on Blu-Ray!?
If you like Steve Martin’s other movies of the 80s, you should like this one. Clever and frequently hilarious. And worth it for Charles Grodin alone.
I've spun this about four times today and the word delightful comes to mind. I've heard this score described as minor in JG's library of work, but I don't see/hear it that way. It's as peppy and full of heart as any of his comedy scores. Its central themes with all their variations in mood and tone, so easily switching between light and airy to sad and contemplative, are extremely enjoyable, especially now hearing them so clearly outside the film mix. I seem to recall one of the themes was used a fair number of times in several trailers for other films of the era, and it was always effective.
Thank you, Intrada! This release was SO worth the effort and it is much appreciated.
I can't remember the movie that well - just 2 guys who were desperate for women don't remember if they succeeded happily ever after. Goldsmith any-mode is fun I'm definitely interested, Goldsmith didn't do many comedy's so it would be stupid of me too snub LG, & the best part its premier, woo-hoo happy customer, Thank you Intrada - guys, well done.
I have to admit that I had the bo***eg version of this, and I'm afraid there's something missing! The cue "Dog Overboard" is on the naughty version with additional synth overlays. The dog yap sound effect heard in "Abandon Ship (Wild Synth)" is used very prominently, backed up by the orchestra. This isn't heard on the Intrada version, not even amongst all the alternates. I missed it right away, the full version is very cute. OOPS!!!
Might this turn into another "mixing bowls" debacle? A "dog yap" scandal?
Have you emailed Roger about this? Have you checked the film to see whether the film version of the cue is with synths? (Though even if it was, I would have expected to include the with-synths version as an alternate...)
I just watched this again. Still really funny. Grodin is so subtle. The way he shakes that robot hand is both hilarious and sad. I miss this type of smart, goofball humour. And dammit, I just miss the 80s.
Have you emailed Roger about this? Have you checked the film to see whether the film version of the cue is with synths? (Though even if it was, I would have expected to include the with-synths version as an alternate...)
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Roger Feigelson? No, I haven't. But I don't know the guy, and I'm not enraged by it or anything. I'm sure, considering the mass of alternates on the disc, that they released everything they had. But they might not have been aware of this instance.
I haven't checked the film, but I presume the cue on the Intrada disc is the movie version. I think the "dog yap" effect exists only on deleted or alternate takes, it's not in the film. Perhaps Goldsmith decided it was a little too out there. He returned to the idea for that one scene in The Burbs.
The YouTube suite that was previously posted - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQNy3b4Bgww" - includes what I'm talking about. It starts at 6:10. Am I mistaken? That is "Dog Overboard", isn't it? Maybe it's on the Intrada somewhere else, and I missed it? I've made the occasional blunder.
I just watched this again. Still really funny. Grodin is so subtle. The way he shakes that robot hand is both hilarious and sad. I miss this type of smart, goofball humour. And dammit, I just miss the 80s.
I've never seen this, nor heard the score as a result. I really need to!
In fact, the only Steve Martin films I've seen are Father of the Bride I&II (because they were scored by Silvestri), Parenthood and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Oh, not that bloody "synth dog" again!! And what the hell it is here, some kind of a "dog-bird mutant"?!
I adore Goldsmith and welcome this release more than anybody, but honestly that particular effect has bothered me forever since The 'Burbs. Are you absolutely sure you don't like it? Only a syth deals in absolutes.
I checked the film. There are no doggy effects in the scene. So it looks like the CD is fine :-) There may be a missing alternate... maybe... but I'm good as long as the film version of the cue is there. As mentioned above it looks like the doggy effect was abandoned in the end.
Woof woof!
It's a spectacular sounding disc btw. Who knew this would ever come out with this kind of loving attention?
I just watched this again. Still really funny. Grodin is so subtle. The way he shakes that robot hand is both hilarious and sad. I miss this type of smart, goofball humour. And dammit, I just miss the 80s.
I've never seen this, nor heard the score as a result. I really need to!
In fact, the only Steve Martin films I've seen are Father of the Bride I&II (because they were scored by Silvestri), Parenthood and Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
See this, The Jerk and The Man With Two Brains (scored by Goldsmith Jr!) Three Amigos is also good, with a killer Bernstein score.
don't remember if they succeeded happily ever after. Goldsmith any-mode is fun I'm definitely interested, Goldsmith didn't do many comedy's so it would be stupid of me too snub LG, & the best part its premier, woo-hoo happy customer, Thank you Intrada - guys, well done. 
