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Sep 23, 2018 - 1:53 PM
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robertmro
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Is it going to fail? It seems such a shame.
This is a forum for people who claim to love film music, collecting it and preserving it.
GREAT WORK FOLKS.
YOU REALLY CAME THROUGH.
(Not everyone, just the majority)
I'm truly sorry for your disappointment, Robert. And even more so for Intrada, who had lofty ambitions here.
But come on. Does our "claim" to loving film music require us to love all music composed for film equally? And more importantly, to support it with our hard-earned cash unconditionally? For this project to fund, they needed 1,800 supporters at the minimum pledge, or else they needed fewer people to spend a lot more money. Currently, there are 317 backers, with an average pledge of just under $90. Is lack of enthusiasm on this board really the problem?
Had the project been a restoration of Brad Fiedel's score for "Striking Distance," would you similarly question all non-supporters' love of film music?
We don't all have to like the same scores, regardless of what era they came from. Offer me Herrmann, Waxman, Rózsa, and a bunch of other Golden Agers, and I'm there (to the extent that I can afford). Not so for Tiomkin. Love what you love, and do it proudly, but I detest Tiomkin's music. Just this week, I tried putting on my few remaining Tiomkin CDs (I've sold most of them), and they're just nails on a blackboard for me. You can tell me that's my failing, or my loss, and that's fine… but it doesn't change my reaction to his music. And despite that, I made a (small) pledge here, and was willing to kick in a few more dollars if it got close, just to support a project like this, despite being pretty near certain that this CD wasn't going to be something I wanted to listen to.
Barring a miracle, there will never likely be a complete recording of "Dial M For Murder," and it's weird how that disappoints me. But I seriously don't know how you can blame the people here for that.
Hi Schiffy,
I'll address them one at a time.
No you don't have to love all film music equally.
What should hard money should be spent on? That's for each of us to decide. After food and shelter it would probably be better to give to the unfortunate than to buy sound track CDs or contribute to a "Dial M for Murder" Kickstarter campaign.
The lack of interest for this campaign? I'm doing my best to change that.
"Striking Distance" score? Yes I would question all non-supporters' love of film music. I'm not familiar with this score but I would contribute the way you did for this campaign.
Detest Tiomkin? That's pretty strong. I can't say that I detest any film composer but I wish everyone has the same broad appreciation of film music that you do to contribute.
Herrmann, Waxman, Rózsa, and a bunch of other Golden Ager? Let's help by supporting this campaign like you did.
Your heart's in the right place.
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Sep 23, 2018 - 1:56 PM
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SchiffyM
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Maybe I'm the last person to notice this, but I see that the "King of Kings" Kickstarter raised the equivalent of $58,000 with only 35 more backers than "Dial M" has now.
I don't know if that means that that score, or Rózsa, have more passionate fans, or wealthier fans, or that the project was better publicized, better timed, or had better rewards for higher backers… I guess what I'm saying is, I don't know what it means, other than that the problem Intrada has had doesn't seem to be the number of people willing to put up some money, but the amount of money those people were willing to put up. (The minimum pledge for "Kings" was also $15 more, but that difference alone only accounts for a total of $5,000.)
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As I said in Robert's other thread: The wrong person is cheerleading and the cheerleading feels more like badgering and usually has the opposite effect that is intended.
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Sep 23, 2018 - 2:14 PM
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robertmro
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Maybe I'm the last person to notice this, but I see that the "King of Kings" Kickstarter raised the equivalent of $58,000 with only 35 more backers than "Dial M" has now.
I don't know if that means that that score, or Rózsa, have more passionate fans, or wealthier fans, or that the project was better publicized, better timed, or had better rewards for higher backers… I guess what I'm saying is, I don't know what it means, other than that the problem Intrada has had doesn't seem to be the number of people willing to put up some money, but the amount of money those people were willing to put up. (The minimum pledge for "Kings" was also $15 more, but that difference alone only accounts for a total of $5,000.)
Everything you say sounds true.
I just wish Roger was trying to save this instead of me. I feel deserted.
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Well, with 64 hours to go, just another 6500 dollars remain. Getting close.
Wow. Two more backers since three hours ago, but a $10,000 jump!
Yeah, just noticed that. Perhaps Basil's tactic of getting John Mauceri to contribute worked.
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Well, with 64 hours to go, just another 6500 dollars remain. Getting close.
Wow. Two more backers since three hours ago, but a $10,000 jump!
If you can't figure this out, well... Someone has learned trick one with Kickstarter. And that someone is no one here. Pretty easy. And now it will miraculously fund.  Good for them.
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