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I agree with the local majority here. I love a good re-recording. And I'd never heard of the "2001" compilation so that was useful info. But Rozsaphile wrote the best reply.
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In reference to the above post: Fried is a fine oboist. Somewhere on the internet there's a video of him playing two of his "Star Trek" themes (I believe they're Finnegan's Theme from "Shore Leave," and the fight music from "Amok Time."), unaccompanied - and it's quite good.
A terrific composer - his work on the early Kubrick movies is tremendous, and his other work is also great. The 2-CD Fried set from FSM is a treasure trove of stuff, though I think my favorite of that bunch is "I Bury the Living" with the great harpischord writing and the "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home" interpolations.
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Gah. Double post. Terribly sorry about that.
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I'm guessing your writing just sounds more insulting than it intends to be. Now that we're down to insulting entire countries over this issue maybe the usefulness of the thread has ended...
I was talking to your colleague who insulted me in the first place: it is his profession after all.
Please don't intervene in my affairs with a third party. You misunderstand our exchanges.
Besides, two people from the same craft guild attacking one foreign film enthusiast with a different opinion is not a very brave thing.
I enjoy the work of Gerald Fried despite rude and intolerant American people like Ford A. Thaxton who endanger the international relationships.
Hopefully for you, I know nice American people.
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It's like having the film score version of Seinfeld's Soup Nazi.
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Feb 13, 2011 - 2:10 PM
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In reference to the above post: Fried is a fine oboist. Somewhere on the internet there's a video of him playing two of his "Star Trek" themes (I believe they're Finnegan's Theme from "Shore Leave," and the fight music from "Amok Time."), unaccompanied - and it's quite good.
Related to an earlier comment ... yes, Gerald Fried is well and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and ...
TODAY happens to be his 83rd birthday! -- for which I am sending out many good wishes to him. I'm also a fan of his music, and was even before I found out he lives near me.
His specialty is indeed woodwinds. (He recently recorded an arrangement of his Star Trek themes for piano and oboe, with himself playing the oboe. I have no idea if or when that will be released, though.) He also plays some great jazz saxophone.
Re: Kubrick: In conversations I've had with him, Mr. Fried alludes to a sort of falling-out, but is discreet and respectful about it. He has also said he thinks it is related to Kubrick starting to believe his own press and think of himself as STANLEY KUBRICK ... and also not wanting to deal so much with living composers.
(Also, Gerald Fried knew Kubrick when Kubrick was just another insecure, scared teenager who "didn't know what he was doing," and he feels Kubrick may have sort of held that against him ... that he was someone who knew him before the KUBRICK facade and legend was formed.)
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Mar 9, 2011 - 10:37 PM
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Well thats nice but there is a hell of a lot more to the music of ROOTS than the theme.
I'm just curious as to why no real soundtrack release. Is it the usual suspects? Licensing, ownership, lost recordings etc. I would think that this would be more commercially viable than 90% of the stuff that gets released because it has a broader appeal. Please to enlighten. Thank you.
I wish I knew too. If I get another chance, and the nerve, I'll ask Mr. Fried if he knows anything about it. I think it odd too that it seems like albums are released for every other third-rate contemporary movie or series, but a true classic like ROOTS goes unreleased (classic not only in musical quality, but in the sense of what an event the miniseries was in American popular culture too).
I know the subject of bootlegs is taboo here, but I once knew a film score collector who had a CD of ROOTS --without dialogue, sound effects, etc. I only bring it up to say that tapes of the music must still exist somewhere, so lost recordings can't be the reason. I wish someone would do something with them too.
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