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SAND PEBBLES is my favorite Goldsmith, and I am not a major fan of Goldsmith. Saw this as a roadshow at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, now long demolished. This was the movie 20th Century Fox financed for Robert Wise, in exchange for his directing THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The original lp, on the Fox label, had a great overture, but, later, when I compared it to seeing the film again, the film's overture is shorter. I prefer the longer one. For those of you who are interested, there's a website with many cut scenes from SAND PEBBLES, in widescreen, no less! But the sound has them speaking in German, as I recall. Still, it's worth it to see them... Great score. Great film. Best work I've seen from McQueen.
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Apr 24, 2016 - 7:51 AM
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It's a road show score all the way. I've got the Intrada, however, there are enough sound issues that I'm curious about the Varese. Does anyone with both under their thumb notice any deterioration of the source material between the different issues? I say this because the Tsunami version of the overture sounds okay, while the same track on the Intrada (disc 2) is badly affected by wow and flutter. What happened to the source tape between the Tsunami and the Intrada, if indeed the source is the same in each case? Does the Varese alternate overture sound good or not? What this boils down to is a question of whether or not the Varese is a snapshot of the source material being in better shape than it was when the Intrada was produced somewhat later, and not a question of specific mastering for each of the respective editions. I've been curious about this since obtaining the Intrada. I believe the Tsunami was sourced from an LP not magnetic tape -- and it was a bootleg. I've own every CD release of this score, including Goldsmith's own re-recording. The original 35mm magnetic session recordings have aquired some wow and flutter, luckily not too bad, but yes, this material should be digitally restored to fix it. THE BLUE MAX has gotten this treatment, I'm sure TSP will in time.
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Apr 24, 2016 - 7:56 AM
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SAND PEBBLES is my favorite Goldsmith, and I am not a major fan of Goldsmith. Saw this as a roadshow at the Rivoli Theatre in New York, now long demolished. This was the movie 20th Century Fox financed for Robert Wise, in exchange for his directing THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The original lp, on the Fox label, had a great overture, but, later, when I compared it to seeing the film again, the film's overture is shorter. I prefer the longer one. For those of you who are interested, there's a website with many cut scenes from SAND PEBBLES, in widescreen, no less! But the sound has them speaking in German, as I recall. Still, it's worth it to see them... Great score. Great film. Best work I've seen from McQueen. Get the Blu-ray. All those Roadshow scenes are on the Blu-ray, and with their English soundtrack. And if you want to see the entire Roadshow version, it's on disc two of the 2007 2-disc DVD edition. Unfortunately it's a transfer of a badly faded 70mm blow-up print, but it's watchable.
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is this a "Must Have" Jerry Goldsmith score for those who may not know his work? THE SAND PEBBLES rates highly within Goldsmith's output and also in film music in general. As film music, the score sets important dramatic accents, and on its own, it is an excellent listening experience. The movie itself is also a classic, one of the finest Hollywood productions of that (or any other) era. So yes, it's pretty much a "must have" score for those with an interest in classic film music. THE SAND PEBBLES easily sides with such Goldsmith efforts as PATTON or PLANET OF THE APES or CHINATOWN, or alongside scores like LAWRENCE OF ARABIA or EL CID. It is is simply a sublime example of great dramatic orchestral film scoring for a great film.
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