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Bruce, when will this cd be ready to mail? Thanks. 
A suggestion: Victor Young at Paramount Vol. 1
If all goes according to Hoyle, by this coming Friday - which would be four weeks early.
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Wonderful news!!!
More Victor Young and Franz Waxman!!!!
Any clue, Bruce?
Thanks!!!
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Manderley posted his thoughts in the Waxman thread, but they certainly belong here in this thread, which had slipped to page four thanks to, well...
"Since I'm doing this, I guess I may as well comment on the FAR HORIZONS/SECRET OF THE INCAS disc which I received in the mail today, and have been playing this evening. (That didn't take long to reach me.....although I do only live a few streets away from Mr. Bruce!)
The featured score, THE FAR HORIZONS, is a rousing "northern-western" score which accompanies a colorful and entertaining VistaVision film. Probably because I've been playing the old soundtrack to Hans Salter's James Stewart/Universal-International 1952 western, BEND OF THE RIVER, in the last few days, I find a great deal of similarity in these two scores. Both are melodic, expansive, full of action, and have several scattered themes which are quite lovely.
It was particularly rewarding to hear far more of the HORIZONS music than was on the old Tony Thomas/Hans Salter western compilation LP of 30+ years ago---it helps to pull the whole score continuity together as a listening experience when you have so much surviving material. Though recorded (or now existing) in mono only, the sound quality is excellent---far better than the old LP. The score is very well written, as can be expected from Salter, though my personal feeling is that it does not move in a very different direction or creative space than BEND OF THE RIVER; there's nothing startlingly new or original in this score---just a another fine western piece from Salter. I guess when you have a good track record for a specific genre---and it works---it's probably best to stick with it.
The SECRET OF THE INCAS, on the other hand, sounds very different---and I must confess this is the score I was more taken with. In beautiful stereo, but far too short (at around 26+ minutes), this is the "special" score of the disc. I haven't compared this disc to the film, but what surprises me from what is on the disc is that the "action" music is quite subsidiary to the romantic and somewhat latin sections of the score. There are several beautiful cues I particularly loved---orchestrated gorgeously---and, quite frankly, if I didn't know, I'd probably not have guessed this was a Buttolph score (though I always enjoy his work). As I was listening to these particular cues, I kept thinking that the qualities of the orchestration and development of the music were very Friedhofer-esque in sound and imagination. You can't get much better than that---and since it was NOT Hugo, Buttolph rises even higher in my esteem than I considered him before. I will be playing this score many times again.
I hope that those of you who enjoy Golden Age scores will pick up each of these discs---the Waxman and the Salter/Buttolph. You really can't go wrong."
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Jun 29, 2013 - 8:23 PM
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Man, I am so pissed at our mail carrier right now (not the regular one, but the Saturday stand-in). I was expecting this package from Kritzerland and another package I'd ordered from moviemusic.com to arrive today, and when I checked our mailbox at 6pm, it was still empty, which was odd since the mail is usually delivered before 5pm, so I looked up the tracking # of the moviemusic package and it says it was delivered at 5:18pm (presumably, along with the package from Kritzerland)! We live in a condo complex with secure mailboxes, so I can only assume that the packages were put into the wrong mailbox, and of course, it being Saturday, the post office won't be open again until Monday. I'm just hoping that the neighbor whose box my packages were misdelivered to is a good Samaritan and rings our doorbell. The mailboxes are clearly labeled with the owners' names; how difficult can it be to put it in the correct box? Arrrrrrrrrrgh! I was really looking forward to listening to these CDs this weekend.
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P.S. At least I have the SKETCHES ON STAR WARS CD that I found at a local shop today to hold me over until that mess gets sorted out. Coincidentally, it was produced by none other than Bruce Kimmel. Listening now and loving it. BK saves the day in an unexpected way.
I love the Sketches on Star Wars CD - one of many jazz things I did with Terry Trotter - I just knew the score would really work that way, and it does thanks to his artistry and the artistry of Tom Warrington and especially drummer Joe LaBarbera.
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Jul 1, 2013 - 10:17 PM
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Man, I am so pissed at our mail carrier right now (not the regular one, but the Saturday stand-in). I was expecting this package from Kritzerland and another package I'd ordered from moviemusic.com to arrive today, and when I checked our mailbox at 6pm, it was still empty, which was odd since the mail is usually delivered before 5pm, so I looked up the tracking # of the moviemusic package and it says it was delivered at 5:18pm (presumably, along with the package from Kritzerland)! We live in a condo complex with secure mailboxes, so I can only assume that the packages were put into the wrong mailbox, and of course, it being Saturday, the post office won't be open again until Monday. I'm just hoping that the neighbor whose box my packages were misdelivered to is a good Samaritan and rings our doorbell. The mailboxes are clearly labeled with the owners' names; how difficult can it be to put it in the correct box? Arrrrrrrrrrgh! I was really looking forward to listening to these CDs this weekend.
UPDATE:
As I'd suspected, the Saturday mail carrier put the packages in the wrong mailbox, but it was sorted out (no pun intended) this afternoon, and I'm now basking in the gorgeous sounds of Salter's FAR HORIZONS.
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