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Dear James Fitzpatrick, I was wondering if the next recording you could do would be a rerecording of the score to the 1953 film "Martin Luther" by Mark Lothar. It's not a bad score, especially the Main Title, a version of perhaps Martin Luther's most famous hymn.
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Mark Lothar was a leading German film composer of the 1950s, although he didn't write that many scores, and not always for high profle films. He is well respected by experts in the film music of those years though.
The fact that neither composer nor film are internationally known makes the suggestion for a Tadlow re-recording seem downright bizarre, surreal. 
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Is this a cultural background thing?
Perhaps what the original poster meant by"not a bad score" is that it's actually quite a good score? That's how I read the comment.
In Australia it's common to downplay or understate something instead of over-singing its praises (which doesn't mean to say we're not prone to some hyperbole now and then).
That's not a bad point, actually.
Australia seems to have much in common with Yorkshire, where "all right" or "not bad" are in fact high praise. Some people are so literal!
And as for re-recording "not bad" scores, it's happened before, is happening now, and will happen in the future - being subjective about it.
TG
The Yorkshire thing is common in NZ, well at least when I was growing up there.
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Or, as they say in the Swabian region of Germany: No negative criticism is praise enough.
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Ok, ok, so I was a little ambitious, not really understanding how Tadlow worked and all. Come to think of it, the phrase "It's not a bad score" is weak at best.
And also, now that I've thought of it more, Martin Luther doesn't have a lot of universally appealing music to deserve a soundtrack. Most of the music is simply background music that is secondary to what is happening on the film.
So, never mind Mr. Fitzpatrick.
Sometimes you kick yourself for posting stuff.
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I think the only song in the score that should be rerecorded is the Main Title. Like I said, most of the other music is not that exciting (no, that was last comment was not an Australian version of "It's amazing").
Perhaps another score to focus on would be the score to the 1954 film "John Wesley". This time I'll warn you guys. Probably few people have seen it, again. It does not have as good acting and sets as "Martin Luther", and I do not have the money to orchestrate a rerecording. I can't say I know who wrote the music.
One thing about "Martin Luther", though, is that it stars John Ruddock, better known to Miklos Rozsa fans as "Chilo" from Quo Vadis.
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And also, now that I've thought of it more, Martin Luther doesn't have a lot of universally appealing music to deserve a soundtrack. Most of the music is simply background music that is secondary to what is happening on the film.
So, never mind Mr. Fitzpatrick.
Sometimes you kick yourself for posting stuff.
Okay, so now that you've abdicated your vote, you can throw in with me in pushing Sodom & Gomorrah. 
I thought there was a soundtrack on amazon from it. Is it not complete?
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