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Here's an interesting question... would Lalo be interested in re-recording some more of this material for his Aleph label, similar to his newer Bullitt recording?
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The question that comes to mind is how can GNP have access to MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE's master tapes back in 1992?
Since we know now that Paramount is not interested in releasing its vintage catalogue?
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They were then, as was evidenced by the Mission: Impossible and Star Trek discs that GNP put out at the time.
They just aren't now, presumably because the audience for those releases wasn't large enough to make the investment worthwhile for them.
It has been sixteen years, after all. A lot has changed since then... look at how different this market is now.
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Well the GNP album has the virtue of including some of the original scores that Schifrin did - there isn't really that much but what there is really is good stuff. The other half of the album is the synth music that John Davis did for the remake in the 80's and it's ok but pales a bit compared to the Schifrin tracks - at least for my tastes.
The only other Schifrin 'MI' CD that I have is the MISSION:ANTHOLOGY. Its all 're-recordings' (I'm not sure how much of it ever appeared in the show, I suspect hardly anything) but it sounds great. They're not the original soundtracks but they're great jazz pieces anyway.
I concur.
Let me add this:
The sound quality of the GNP CD is poor and flat but at least, these are the original recordings heard on the series. Actually, it is a sampler, a selection of cues from original recordings.
The GNP contains only a selection of 5 recordings out of 13.
The original recordings that are the most complete are "The Contender" (5 cues) and "The Killer" (3 cues). "Submarine" is under represented with 2 cues that conclude the episode and the GNP editor gets rid of the Eastern Europe military substance of the score. Same thing with "Takeover" and "Underground" which don't reflect the spirit of the episode.
As for the 1967/1968 albums that Schifrin produced and re-arranged for the mainstream market with a pop and easy listening leaning in mind, they were melody-laden, with a good sound quality and some of the tracks were used on the original series but with different arrangements:
1. "Cinnamon theme" used during season 1 ("The Short Tail Spy"), 3, 4
2. "Operation Charm" used during season 4
3. "Mission Blues" used in the season 4 "The Martyr"
The irony is that Schifrin used to conceiv his MISSION's scores as abstract and modernist paramilitary work of art and the mainstream albums were on the opposite side, meaning with a strong sense of melody.
It's a damn shame that GNP hasn't released the whole recordings back in 1992 because they had a deal with Paramount.
Well, they must have done something to fek Paramount over, because the Honey Hole is locked tight now.
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the teaser trailer music for the 1996 film. and i hope it's included with the expanded score whenever that's released. elfman's rendition is also really good!
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I have both the Mission Impossible LPs (on Dot and Paramount, respectively) and the LPs sound much better than the CD. 80s mastering could be hit or miss; while this CD sounds OK, it is nowhere near as good as the vinyl.
Yes, I have the vinyl too, though I must be honest, the CD is good enough for me never to have bothered checking the vinyl again. Wouldn't surprise me though if it sounded better. A lot of vinyl did, for all the clicks and pops you might hear along with the music.
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