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Aug 6, 2012 - 5:36 PM
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Angelillo
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Very proud to announce on this board the definitive release of my all-time favourite score and which happens to be, obvisouly, the score I have played the most in my life...
And with this new release I reckon now no other score will ever beat that one !
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 207
Date: 1959
Tracks: 28
Time = 69:17
Price: $19.99
Due 08/09/12
At long last! Oft-recorded Bernard Herrmann masterpiece finally gets complete release in dynamic stereo from new masters! Previous release on Rhino label was spectacular album, albeit several major set pieces (including main title & climactic Mount Rushmore sequence) were transferred from damaged elements, all that was then available. Thanks to Warner Bros., new stereo mixes have been made available for first time ever, revealing spectacular sonics (for 1959) and illuminating new details of magnificent score never before captured. While score has also been digitally re-recorded twice under different conductors, neither version can match crisp, exciting performance of MGM Studio musicians under baton of Herrmann himself. Hear harp arpeggios, castenets, wood blocks, snare drums like never before. Get entire climax with punch of bass trombone, thrilling trumpets amidst swirling variety of tempos that keep tension, excitement of Hitchcock's incredible action set-piece moving at fierce pace. Alfred Hitchcock's brilliant film stars Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, young Martin Landau and is regarded as one of director's greatest achievements. Crop-dusting scene, Mount Rushmore climax are movie icons. Romance between Grant, Saint is heartfelt, all the more so with Herrmann's tender love theme for strings. Composer is also major part of excitement, suspense of wild tale. Under loving guidance of Neil Bulk & Lukas Kendall, Herrmann's score comes home at last not only with best sound possible but also with first-ever reproduction of original MGM artwork campaign, color stills, informative notes by Frank DeWald, complete cue assembly details plus musician's list. The final word on North By Northwest! Bernard Herrmann conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains.
01. Overture/Main Title 2:19
02. The Streets 1:07
03. Kidnapped 2:18
04. The Door/Cheers 1:26
05. The Wild Ride/Car Crash 3:14
06. The Return/Two Dollars 1:15
07. The Elevator 0:49
08. The U.N./Information Desk 1:55
09. The Knife 0:51
10. Interlude 1:18
11. Detectives/Conversation Piece/Duo 4:42
12. The Station/The Phone Booth/Farewell 2:55
13. The Crash/Hotel Lobby 3:15
14. The Reunion/Goodbye/The Question 2:34
15. The Pad & Pencil/The Auction/The Police 2:35
16. The Airport 1:02
17. The Cafeteria/The Shooting 2:24
18. The Forest 1:25
19. The Flight/The Ledge 1:30
20. The House 3:14
21. The Balcony/The Match Box 2:45
22. The Message/The T.V./The Airplane 2:39
23. The Gates/The Stone Faces/The Ridge/On the Rocks/The Cliff/Finale 8:57
Total Time: 56:38
The Extras
24. It's a Most Unusual Day (source) 1:17
25. Rosalie (source) 1:36
26. In the Still of the Night (source) 2:26
27. Fashion Show (source) 5:23
28. The Crash 1:53
The Extras Total Time: 12:29
CD Total Time: 69:17
Visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7688/.f
And, incidentally, did I ever mention this is actually my all-time favourite score which happens to be, obvisouly, the score I have played the most in my life 
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A definate MUST buy! The Main Title Theme is considered to
be one of Mr Herrmann's best in the realms of film history>>!
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The track 23 seems to be a “cohesive suite” of six separate cues, in pure Special Castration style. WOW! 
I want to have man-babies with you, Nicola.
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The track 23 seems to be a “cohesive suite” of six separate cues, in pure Special Castration style. WOW!
Yes, that's exactly how you hear those cues in the movie. Enjoy!
Neil
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A very welcome release.
BTW "informative notes by Frank De Walk" should read "informative notes by Frank DeWald."
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Don't feed the troll.
If you listen with headphones there's some interesting editing going on in the overture, as evidenced by abrupt changes in the stereo sound field. It still sounds cleaner than ever though.
Man, listen to that detail in "The Ledge!"
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I have the old Rhino and I am plenty satisfied with the McNeely re-recording. But kudos for Intrada for making this available to folks who want it. This is an absolute classic and it should always be available.
-Rick O.
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Shall we have some North by Northwest trivia in honor of this monumental release (I do wish someone over at Intrada would write press releases in English rather than this staccato thing they do leaving out all sorts of words in an effort to the the Walter Winchell of labels):
What was the original title of the film?
What was the original name of James Mason's character, Vandamm?
What was "George Kaplan's" original last name?
What was Lester Townsend's original last name?
I know all the answers because I recently came into a treasure trove of original Hitchcock material and one of the things is an early draft of North by Northwest under its original title.
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A favorite movie and score. Hallelujah.
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I'm not sure if it was the original title, but I do seem to recall that one earlier title was "In a Northwesterly Direction." (or it may have been "In a Northwest Direction," damn my faulty memory!) As for the other answers - I do not know, but now my curiosity is fully piqued. It's one of my very favorite films.
I'm very excited about this release, and can't wait to hear the original performance in such sterling quality.
Now, has anyone ever heard or seen sheet music for the Van Heusen/Cahn song "The Man on Lincoln's Nose?"
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I'm not sure if it was the original title, but I do seem to recall that an earlier title was "In a Northwesterly Direction." As for the other answers - I do not know, but now my curiosity is fully piqued.
I'm very excited about this release, and can't wait to hear the original performance in such sterling quality.
Now, has anyone ever heard or seen sheet music for the Van Heusen/Cahn song "The Man on Lincoln's Nose?"
You have inadvertently got the correct title: The Man on Lincoln's Nose.
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