Semi-related: a while Lukas made a semi-joking post about obscure scores and composers mentioning Perry Botkin Jr.'s score to Skyjacked. Well I just saw the film and it's not a bad score at all. Very dated but still orchestral and a decent theme to boot.
Semi-related: a while Lukas made a semi-joking post about obscure scores and composers mentioning Perry Botkin Jr.'s score to Skyjacked. Well I just saw the film and it's not a bad score at all. Very dated but still orchestral and a decent theme to boot.
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Wow. I just mentioned Perry Botkins' score to Tarzan the Ape Man on another thread. This is like dayjahboo. Also if an Airport Box set is released wouldn't you have to go through some kind of screening to get a copy?
It's not going to happen. Intrada isn't releasing old Universal sountracks, only the albums (from UMG).
Then explain (in addition to the Amazing Stories albums mentioned above) this little lot: Gray Lady Down, The War Wagon, Hellfighters, Battlestar Galactica and Back To The Future...
It's not going to happen. Intrada isn't releasing old Universal sountracks, only the albums (from UMG).
Then explain (in addition to the Amazing Stories albums mentioned above) this little lot: Gray Lady Down, The War Wagon, Hellfighters, Battlestar Galactica and Back To The Future...
That's silly. None of those releases (incl. Hellfighters) had happened when I posted that! Things do change I'm happy to say.
EDIT. Oh and since then, we've also had Paramount opening its doors & the end of the 3000 copy limit on soundtracks. All great news.
Would buy an Airport boxed set n a second. Airport 77 is one of my Holy Grails too. The main theme is great but I really like the scoring Cacavas did for the crash sequence. Very interesting and the underwater and rescue sequences as well. Schifrin's Airport 79 score is fun too. nice jazzy take on some of the action scenes.
Somebody out there listen to us. even the released CD's of Airport and Airport 75 are missing good amounts of music.
Maybe one of those Intrada October 14 releases will be a Cacavas 2-fer.
That would be wonderful! I would feel bad though if the '79 Schifrin fans get left out. A box set would be best but after all these years I'll take Airport '77 in any way I can!
Someday, someday. I just listened to the main titles from all the films last night and thought about how great it would be to finally see these scores released. Box set or no. I love Intrada's handling of the Jaws films so far and I think a similar roll-out for these films would be great.
I'm very happy to buy these babies one at a time - with Airport '77 and Airport '79 leading the pack.
Intrada appears to be the most likely - based on their current relationship with Universal.
In fact, I've decided I will pledge to support them triple-fold and buy three of each '77 and '79 - and I have a firmly based, scientifically sound, completely rational reason for doing so ... provided these are regular 1-disc releases.
3 of each will cost me - direct from Intrada and given the current pricing model for Special Collection titles and shipping - $77.97
It's a sign!!!!!
I'm now officially and genuinely grateful for Intrada's "Rest of the World" rates and that I live at the ends of the earth. Yeah so the '79 digits are reversed, but luckily I see past that cryptic portion of my firmly based, scientifically sound and completely rational methodology.
