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I prefer the OST.
Either way, you're gonna get a truncated version of "Promontory".
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I like both.
The only disappointment in both recordings is the truncated "Promentory" track, which doesn't work for me at all.
I hope that in the not too distant future, some kind soundtrack producer will release a complete remastered soundtrack, with the full 8 minute Promentory track on, now that would be a soundtrack I'd snatch up in an instant.
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Nov 25, 2014 - 6:10 AM
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MusicMad
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I like both.
The only disappointment in both recordings is the truncated "Promentory" track, which doesn't work for me at all.
I hope that in the not too distant future, some kind soundtrack producer will release a complete remastered soundtrack, with the full 8 minute Promentory track on, now that would be a soundtrack I'd snatch up in an instant.
My introduction to this score was a theme on the Silva album Cinema's Classic Romances - Main theme played by Kenneth Alwyn/CoPP and my love of that track pushed me to buy the Joel McNeely/RSNO re-recording.
And yes, the track Promontory is very much the highlight ... so much so that the score by Messrs. Jones and Edelman fails to interest me ... I'm waiting, waiting for that track (and its sibling The Kiss which whets the appetite). I've not heard the original arrangement of this track's source composition, The Gael by Dougie MacLean (from his 1990 album The Search) but I do like Trevor Jones's adaption.
Ah, a recording on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8pM7cHrT8 which I shall listen to once the current album finishes.
Perhaps it is this recording (I don't own the OST) but it rarely gets played these days (last: 07 Feb 14). As for the film, when I finally got around to watching one of the multiple TV broadcasts I was surprised: not what I'd expected.
NP: Jarre by Jarre
Mitch
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If you like the score and you can, get both. The Jones material tends to sound more powerful on the original soundtrack (there are exceptions), but the fuller orchestrations on the Edelman material and the sequencing make the McNeely recording well worthwhile.
I would say if you had to pick one, go with the OST, which is a bit more iconic, but this is a case where I like having both options. I was actually a bit surprised by how much I liked the McNeely recording when I listened to it.
I'd pick up an expanded edition of this score in a heartbeat.
My review of the McNeely: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/3497/CD-Reviews-The-Last-of-the-Mohicans-Re-recording-and-Ottmans-Cruel-Intentions/
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Or the UK DVD with isolated score...
Yes, that one gets my vote. Pending a complete issue of the full Score.
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Trevor Jones conducts a 13 minute selection of music from The Last Of The Mohicans with RTVE Symphony Orchestra - Spain (2006).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FGxdBzjuGw
Listening to this in the audience gave me goosebumps - and it still does when I watch this clip again.
As for the CD choice, I would go with the re-recording. The strings on the OST always sound a bit too synthy for my taste.
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It doesn’t sound that great though, does it? I’d love a proper complete album of this score for the film version of the main title and its extra flute embellishment alone. I’m not sure how someone would start assembling this as an proper album as Jones’ material appears to have been meddled with almost entirely by the filmmakers. Has there ever been any chatter from the labels about the possibilities for this?
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