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But was there a licencing problem with adding pictures of Harrison Ford? Aside from the cover image, there's not one picture of Ford in the booklet.
As part of the deal, we could only use (without additional cost) any photo imagery from the original album.... which was non-existent. (If you have the album, you'll see that it was filled with abstract textures and whatnot.) So.... we would have had to pay extra to license photos of Ford, which costs significantly more.
But we have the awesome photo of the dummy going over the waterfall! 
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I have started listening to the set (and also dipped into other tracks before starting to listen in a linear fashion) and must say I am quite underwhelmed. I saw the film at the cinema (didn't buy the original CD) and don't think I've seen it since on TV and recall none of the music. But the $5 off deal with Innerspace swayed me. I'll try to get through it though - a laborious task I think.
Did you guys read the liner notes, where Andy Davis says that James Newton Howard is a better composer than Jerry and has more range and that Jerry just has one theme and does it to death? Or words to that effect. So far to me though, The Fugitive score is as boring as Jerry's Along Came A Spider and Hollow Man. All personal preference, of course.
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It's been posted here before, re: Mars Attacks, that the full version of "The Landing' cue was just a bunch of filler music.
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But was there a licencing problem with adding pictures of Harrison Ford? Aside from the cover image, there's not one picture of Ford in the booklet.
. .... So.... we would have had to pay extra to license photos of Ford, which costs significantly more.
couldn't you have used FORD Thaxton as a cheaper substitute?
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Dec 21, 2009 - 6:47 AM
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Francis
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My copies of "The Fugitive" and "Innerspace" arrived today! I have just finished listening to 2 CD's (I still cannot believe, yet they exist ) of the Fugitive score.
When I first heard the original Elektra release, I liked that the meat of the score was on that disc, but it seemed so short in comparison to the abundance of great music heard throughout the movie. I was more disappointed with James Newton Howard's "Outbreak" cd release, only featuring 7 minutes of action cues out of a 30 minutes running time, the rest very unaccessible listening material. ouch. At least the original album of "The Fugitive" offered more than a hint of the goodies.
Being accustomed to the mix and presentation of the Elektra CD, it still takes some getting used to hearing the expanded version. Especially the cues that are presented here in an extended fashion ('the hospital') and to hear all the motifs appear for the first time throughout the score ("Kimble in the river") is great. The "Copeland Bust" cue took me out of the score, it begins so different from what we've heard before and it's great that James Newton Howard gave this side plot a whole different approach. Hearing the whole finale in the hotel is a real treat and the cues featuring "Sykes" and "Nichols" are a villainous delight
It's also great to have the extra sax cues, I love "Gerard Computes".
This expanded version contains a treasure of investigation/suspense cues full with percussion, synth loops, scattered piano tinkling and funky bass plunking as Ford investigates the hospital records etc. I can't get enough of that stuff!
The bonus cues are also nice to have, especially the helicopter chase mock up.
The liner notes were a pleasure to read through and suspenseful (especially reading about the hard drive crashing lol). I like reading about how the music came to be and the (hectic) process it underwent. Props to Jeff Bond for a detailed description of the cues, at the beginning of each track I checked the notes for info.
This is definitely the release of the year for me! I look forward to hearing Innerspace later.
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Mine arrived today, too! Man oh man, what an experience. First of all, the sound quality is amazing. It was rocking the house. All of the unreleased material was scrumptious, and hearing everything as it was heard in the film was awesome. This is truly one of JN Howard's finest scores, worthy of being held in the same regard as some of the legendary names like Goldsmith and Williams and Bernstein. And I tell ya, that swelling strings version of the theme that occurs at about 2:55 into the finale never fails to move me. A true masterpiece.
LaLa...you...are...AMAZING.
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does anyone know why there wasn't a nod to any of Rugolo's FUGITIVE TV themes in the movie? I mean every STAR TREK film has had the Courage fanfare...and even the last HULK film used "The Lonely Man" TV theme.
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