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The interesting thing about The Satan Bug is the cues that feature the hard-to-reproduce electronics are already quite well-represented on the FSM album, and in great sound. The big orchestral showpieces in the score don't really feature electronics at the forefront and I'd love to see someone take a crack at rerecording them--along with The Chairman (which certainly sounds like James has on his list) and some of the others listed here. I also agree it's VERY difficult to reproduce the original performances, something even Goldsmith was hard pressed to do. You have to expect that there's some room for interpretation here, and it's possible to be surprised--the recent rerecordings of Lawrence of Arabia, Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and Conan the Barbarian have been superb IMO so it's always possible to hit it out of the park. But in general, the original film recordings are great because they HAD to be great--they had to function within the film exactly, and the studio would pay for just as many takes as needed to get that performance, whereas on a rerecording project, at some point you're going to run out of time and/or money. I'm very excited about the Goldsmith project though--long overdue! Jeff, I have to disagree a bit with your statements... While major studios as rule did give the composers a decent music budget and time to record scores as rule, sometimes the budgets cause some folks to have to record a lot of music in a very short amount of time and some goofs and mistakens were covered by Dialogue and sound effects. In the case of Independent productions and some interestional ones, comoposers were had to record with with Orchestras and in studios that weren't quite up to the level of say 20th Century Fox. In the case of CONAN THE DESTROYER, Basil HATED and I mean HEATED the recording he got from the Italian Orchestra which was full of mistakes,poor performances,etc THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD's orchestra sounds like a high school marching band on a bad day.. HOOISER's performances are more then a bit shakey... I could go on. The myth that the soundtrack recording is the best is just that a myth, A good chuck are very good, but there are a number of scores that would greatly benefit from a new recording Which raises the time honored question: What's more important? The soundtrack recording or the music itself? Good case in point, CONAN THE BARBARIAN The PROMETHUS/TADLOW recording reflects what Basil Wrote and wanted the music to be. The INTRADA CD is what he able to get from the orchestra and choir for the film. Two Different animals, both are valid in my opinion. Ford A. Thaxton
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In the case of CONAN THE DESTROYER, Basil HATED and I mean HEATED the recording he got from the Italian Orchestra which was full of mistakes,poor performances,etc THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD's orchestra sounds like a high school marching band on a bad day.. HOOISER's performances are more then a bit shakey... I could go on. All very true. I know Goldsmith had problems with both the orchestra and recording venue on INCHON. I'm sure that James and Luc have THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD on their radar as a potential re-recording candidate. The Silva suite, while brief, was well recorded.
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Good case in point, CONAN THE BARBARIAN The INTRADA CD is what he able to get from the orchestra and choir for the film. Ford A. Thaxton And that's the one wanted by the fans of the film. Which raises the question, what's more important The Original Soundtrack Recording or the Music itself? Because in this case the composer got the best results he could at the time and it was compromised by the fact that the players were not quite up to the task of doing what the composer wanted and instruments were not available that were part of his original orchestrations for the recording sessions in Rome. I'm as happy as the next person to have the original tracks available, but to say it's the BEST recording of that music is another issue. Ford A. Thaxton
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