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Well, there was a tough choice to decide whether to go with "Bazooka" or "Rocket launcher."
Technically, it is not a bazooka, nor a rocket launcher. It is a LAW, or Light Anti-tank Weapon. A bazooka is fired from the shoulder, and a rocket launcher is fired from the ground.
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Thank you all at Dragon's Domain for releasing GRIZZLY. More Ragland scores is sorely needed.
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Roy Phillippe... You MUST tell us more! Please!
A hard job why, and how? Do you have any fun behind-the-scenes stories to share?
It had a number of editing changes. His 4 line sketches were a bit difficult to read at times
with a lot of words and timings over almost every note.
He did have an interesting orchestra with bass clarinets, bassoon and contra bassoon doubled by the string bases, celli, and low piano for the Grizzly scenes in 4 part harmony often in contrary motion. A few jokes were going around like calling it "Paws", "Jaws with claws", etc.
Bob was very nice guy. He was married to Martha Newman, Alfred's widow. I am friends with his brother.
All of his personal copies of his music, tapes, etc were lost in the LA 1984 earthquake. They were in a storage unit under the Santa Monica freeway which collapsed.
Although i would see Bob socially this is the only project of his I worked on.
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Sep 14, 2018 - 7:32 PM
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Roy Phillippe... You MUST tell us more! Please!
A hard job why, and how? Do you have any fun behind-the-scenes stories to share?
It had a number of editing changes. His 4 line sketches were a bit difficult to read at times
with a lot of words and timings over almost every note.
He did have an interesting orchestra with bass clarinets, bassoon and contra bassoon doubled by the string bases, celli, and low piano for the Grizzly scenes in 4 part harmony often in contrary motion. A few jokes were going around like calling it "Paws", "Jaws with claws", etc.
Bob was very nice guy. He was married to Martha Newman, Alfred's widow. I am friends with his brother.
All of his personal copies of his music, tapes, etc were lost in the LA 1984 earthquake. They were in a storage unit under the Santa Monica freeway which collapsed.
Although i would see Bob socially this is the only project of his I worked on.
This is fascinating, thank you so much for sharing. Am I to understand that the four-line sketches left much room for, shall we say, interpretation on behalf of yourself and/or Jack Hayes? It seems big orchestral scores were not paramount in Ragland's career, so I wonder to what extent he was reliant on help - not trying to sully his work or anything, I'm just curious how different composers get these things done.
How did the London sessions go? Any drama or amusing stories to share? And how did you end up getting involved?
I was born in the 90's and by then scores like this were almost 100% extinct. I can only imagine the joy of hearing that main title for the first time, with the orchestra playing in the room. It's crazy to think, today, that music like this was once "business as usual".
That's terrible to hear about the '84 quake destroying all of Bob's personal copies. Good grief. I've only lived out here for just over two years now, and have only twice felt pretty minor tremors. I forget sometime how precarious things our lives are atop this fault line...
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Roy Phillippe... You MUST tell us more! Please!
A hard job why, and how? Do you have any fun behind-the-scenes stories to share?
It had a number of editing changes. His 4 line sketches were a bit difficult to read at times
with a lot of words and timings over almost every note.
He did have an interesting orchestra with bass clarinets, bassoon and contra bassoon doubled by the string bases, celli, and low piano for the Grizzly scenes in 4 part harmony often in contrary motion. A few jokes were going around like calling it "Paws", "Jaws with claws", etc.
Bob was very nice guy. He was married to Martha Newman, Alfred's widow. I am friends with his brother.
All of his personal copies of his music, tapes, etc were lost in the LA 1984 earthquake. They were in a storage unit under the Santa Monica freeway which collapsed.
Although i would see Bob socially this is the only project of his I worked on.
This is fascinating, thank you so much for sharing. Am I to understand that the four-line sketches left much room for, shall we say, interpretation on behalf of yourself and/or Jack Hayes? It seems big orchestral scores were not paramount in Ragland's career, so I wonder to what extent he was reliant on help - not trying to sully his work or anything, I'm just curious how different composers get these things done.
How did the London sessions go? Any drama or amusing stories to share? And how did you end up getting involved?
I was born in the 90's and by then scores like this were almost 100% extinct. I can only imagine the joy of hearing that main title for the first time, with the orchestra playing in the room. It's crazy to think, today, that music like this was once "business as usual".
That's terrible to hear about the '84 quake destroying all of Bob's personal copies. Good grief. I've only lived out here for just over two years now, and have only twice felt pretty minor tremors. I forget sometime how precarious things our lives are atop this fault line...
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Roy Phillippe... You MUST tell us more! Please!
A hard job why, and how? Do you have any fun behind-the-scenes stories to share?
It had a number of editing changes. His 4 line sketches were a bit difficult to read at times
with a lot of words and timings over almost every note.
He did have an interesting orchestra with bass clarinets, bassoon and contra bassoon doubled by the string bases, celli, and low piano for the Grizzly scenes in 4 part harmony often in contrary motion. A few jokes were going around like calling it "Paws", "Jaws with claws", etc.
Bob was very nice guy. He was married to Martha Newman, Alfred's widow. I am friends with his brother.
All of his personal copies of his music, tapes, etc were lost in the LA 1984 earthquake. They were in a storage unit under the Santa Monica freeway which collapsed.
Although i would see Bob socially this is the only project of his I worked on.
This is fascinating, thank you so much for sharing. Am I to understand that the four-line sketches left much room for, shall we say, interpretation on behalf of yourself and/or Jack Hayes? It seems big orchestral scores were not paramount in Ragland's career, so I wonder to what extent he was reliant on help - not trying to sully his work or anything, I'm just curious how different composers get these things done.
How did the London sessions go? Any drama or amusing stories to share? And how did you end up getting involved?
I was born in the 90's and by then scores like this were almost 100% extinct. I can only imagine the joy of hearing that main title for the first time, with the orchestra playing in the room. It's crazy to think, today, that music like this was once "business as usual".
That's terrible to hear about the '84 quake destroying all of Bob's personal copies. Good grief. I've only lived out here for just over two years now, and have only twice felt pretty minor tremors. I forget sometime how precarious things our lives are atop this fault line...
Jack spent a lot of time with Bob putting together the instrumentation. Just because someone is a good composer doesn't mean they are also a good arranger/orchestrator. I've seen it many times over the years.
I was not at the sessions nor was Jack. We did everything in LA. I just proofread. It was a challenge going from minimalist sketches to fully orchestrated scores. I got involved because I worked with Jack over a long period of time. I met him in 1974 shortly after I moved to LA . He was a very nice man and I learned a lot from him.
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GRIZZLY is expected to begin shipping the week of September 24th, 2018.
Is this running on schedule?
Given how many packages we hauled over to the post office Thursday and Friday I think we’re on schedule .
Ford A. Thaxton
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Posted: |
Sep 23, 2018 - 5:52 AM
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The CD arrived yesterday, and although I've been listening to the digital version provided , have loaded up the CD as well. It's an LP transfer ? Well it sounds great, no reason for any complaints here. To my aging ears it sounds just fine.
Wow, this is just a treat, ever since seeing the film in theaters this has been a score on my wish list and finally its here. Nice packaging, the liner notes are good , if brief. Colorful design, and really, the price can't be beat.
Thanks to everyone involved, what a nice surprise this is !
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