IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE A FEW OF THE "OLDER" MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS APPEAR, SOME OF WHICH WOULD I'M SURE ANY COLLECTOR WOULD WELCOME FOR THEIR COLLECTION, WHAT ABOUT....."BLOWING WILD"(DIMITRI TIOMKIN) "RED RIVER"(DIMITRI TIOMKIN) "DRUM BEAT"(VICTOR YOUNG)"VERA CRUZ"(HUGO FRIEDHOFER)"SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON"(RICHARD HAGEMAN) TO BUT A FEW, SO LETS WANDER INTO THE VAULTS, AND "DIG" THESE FORGOTTEN "GEMS" OUT TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!!!!
NIVRAM - Ah thocht ye wur dan the man fur a minite. Mibbe ye ur? Onywheesht, ah see ye're frae North Lanarkshire in Scoatlan'! Ah'm frae Sooth Lanarkshire masel'.
But aye, ah'm an auld git tae, an' ah like aw that auld stuff! Widnae hauf mind haein' Friedhoofer's VERA CRUZ masel', but ah think the masters huv goan fur a burton. Plenty o' auld threads aroon' whore ye kin post aw' the auld stuff ye'd like tae see oot. Huv ye hud a gander yet?
P.S. - Ah see in yer profile that ye've "spoken tae many Hollywood stars when they wur in Scoatlan' fur the golf." Ur ye sure ye URNY dan the man? Ever work fur Fangoria?
Jist haein' a bit o' a jest, Jimmy. Ah like aw they auld scores. Ah'm no that intae Tiomkin masel', Freedhoofer's mare me.
How about Hugo Friedhofer's HOMICIDAL? His later horror scores, such as PRIVATE PARTS (1972) and DIE, SISTER, DIE are available on CD. But HOMICIDAL has never been released, not even in suite form.
Hageman's score for the 1941 This Woman is Mine was his finest effort and was nominated for an Academy Award. Sadly, like many pre-'fifties scores the music stems probably reside in a landfill.
NIVRAM - Ah thocht ye wur dan the man fur a minite. Mibbe ye ur? Onywheesht, ah see ye're frae North Lanarkshire in Scoatlan'! Ah'm frae Sooth Lanarkshire masel'.
But aye, ah'm an auld git tae, an' ah like aw that auld stuff! Widnae hauf mind haein' Friedhoofer's VERA CRUZ masel', but ah think the masters huv goan fur a burton. Plenty o' auld threads aroon' whore ye kin post aw' the auld stuff ye'd like tae see oot. Huv ye hud a gander yet?
P.S. - Ah see in yer profile that ye've "spoken tae many Hollywood stars when they wur in Scoatlan' fur the golf." Ur ye sure ye URNY dan the man? Ever work fur Fangoria?
Jist haein' a bit o' a jest, Jimmy. Ah like aw they auld scores. Ah'm no that intae Tiomkin masel', Freedhoofer's mare me.
AYE GRAHAM...YOU SHOULD BE APPEARING ON THE GLASGOW PAVILLION STAGE AS A COMIC, BUT MOST CERTAINLY NOT A CONNOISSEUR OF ORIGINAL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC!!! REGARDS...NIVRAM
Okay Nivram, you caught me in a silly moment. I see you've been a member since mid-February but today was your first post. Hope to see some of your thoughts on other threads. Welcome to the wild and wacky world of the FSM Message Board!
Okay Nivram, you caught me in a silly moment. I see you've been a member since mid-February but today was your first post. Hope to see some of your thoughts on other threads. Welcome to the wild and wacky world of the FSM Message Board!
Say what?! I can never understand you when you try to speak English. I imagine your voice in such posts to sound like the tenth Doctor
Welcome, Nivram. Can we call you Vram? I'm afraid when I reach back beyond the early 60s my film score interest starts to wane - with a few exceptions, largely Rozsa-related. In the main, my pre-60s obsessions are more concert hall music than film music - where at least there's a crossover, such as with Shostakovich, Prokofiev, RVW, Walton and others.
Even though they aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I think it's important to preserve older scores as much as possible, especially as there isn't likely to be much interest in re-recording the vast majority of them.
Favorites of mine that are hardly ever mentioned here: I REMEMBER MAMA (Roy Webb) THE GOOD EARTH (Herbert Stothart) GREAT CATHERINE (Dimitri Tiomkin) TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS (Dimitri Tiomkin) A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (Larry Adler)
MAMA is wonderful; has never been available in any form.
GOOD EARTH had one cue on an MGM compilation, supposedly the main title, though it's different from the actual main title in the film.
GREAT CATHERINE: marvelous late Tiomkin, very Russian-sounding, understandably, from a flop comedy, which starred Peter O'Toole, Jeanne Moreau, and Zero Mostel... fun cast.
The TARZAN score is amazing; had a short suite recorded on Silva, but that doesn't sound nearly as powerful as the original tracks.
JAMAICA is a very short score, but with great themes, and a wonderful song.
