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When I was starting to listen to and collect film scores, I started with composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, etc.
But I have always "listened" to the music when watching a movie, I always notice the score of a film.
The first Golden Age scores I really loved and had to have came from watching movies. HIGH NOON, THE BIG COUNTRY, stuff like that. I watched EL CID as a teenager and thought: wow, that's a great score. And when I saw VERTIGO (theatrically, when it was re-released in the 1980s) I knew I had to get that Herrmann score.
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What about you?
Two words. Charles Gerhardt.
-Erik-
Ditto.
Specifically, the Rozsa one.
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And when I saw VERTIGO (theatrically, when it was re-released in the 1980s) I knew I had to get that Herrmann score.
Right?! I am so grateful I have been able to see Vertigo twice in the theater - the second time in the 1990's restoration.
I already loved Herrmann when I first saw it in the 80's, but man that was one of the big movie memories of my life - the music, the visuals, the devastating ending. It's not my favorite Hitchcock (that's either NbyNW or Harry's Trouble or Notorious or....) but it's his best! And for me, maybe Herrmann's best score in terms of marriage to the film's needs and bringing what could be static to vibrant life.
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I'm kind of surprised that I didn't have any of the Gerhardt's until after I had collected a few Golden Age artists, mostly Herrmann and Rozsa. Would probably have gotten me interested in more Golden Age albums sooner, but it took a while, and not till I was buying CDs in the 90's that I paid more attention.
Now of course I have them all, most tantalizing for the Big Sleep bits - how I wish one of those were as long as some of the longer suites.
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