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With the release of HURRY SUNDOWN by Intrada, I got to thinking about Lukas' remark sometime back that there was a "lost decade" of Paramount scores, where many of the major scores from approximately 1965 - 1974 were missing from the Paramount vaults. List-maker that I am, I decided to look at the major Paramount releases over that period and see what we actually have on CD.
My conclusion is that it's not as bad as might have been feared. At least most of the really big Paramount films are represented on CD, although many of them have only CD releases of LPs, without much expansion. But there are quite a few with original soundtracks as well. If anything on the list was a holy grail for me, I'd have to say that HURRY SUNDOWN was it. But there's probably at least one person that is pining for each title of what is left unreleased.
The list below shows the major films, what has been released on CD, and by which label.
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (RCA LP / Quartet)
Boeing Boeing (RCA LP / Dutton Vocalion)
Crack In the World (35mm, 3-track mono music stem / La-La Land)
Harlow (Columbia LP / DRG)
In Harm’s Way (original session masters / Intrada)
Red Line 7000
Sands of the Kalahari
The Slender Thread
The Sons of Katie Elder (Columbia LP / La-La Land)
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (original soundtrack and RCA LP / Intrada)
Sylvia
1966
Alfie (Impulse LP / Impulse)
Assault On a Queen (mono music stems / Dragon's Domain) [added 6/8/16]
Is Paris Burning? (Columbia LP / Varese Sarabande & DRG) [new recording coming]
Judith (original soundtrack [mono] and RCA LP / Intrada)
The Last of the Secret Agents
Nevada Smith (Dot LP / Tsunami gray market)
Promise Her Anything
Seconds (mono 35mm music stems / La-La Land)
The Swinger
This Property Is Condemned
1967
Africa – Texas Style
Barefoot In the Park
The Busy Body (original soundtrack / Percepto)
El Dorado (Epic LP / Comanche gray market)
Funeral In Berlin (original soundtrack / Intrada)
Gunn (RCA LP / RCA)
Hurry Sundown (original soundtrack and RCA LP / Intrada)
The Last Safari
The Long Duel
Oh Dad, Poor Dad… (RCA LP / Kritzerland & Dutton Vocalion)
The Penthouse (United Artists LP / Harkit gray market)
The President’s Analyst (mono music stems / Quartet)
Smashing Time
The Spirit Is Willing (original soundtrack / Percepto)
Tarzan and the Great River
Waterhole #3
Warning Shot (original soundtrack and Liberty LP / La-La Land)
1968
Barbarella (Dynovoice LP / Harkit gray market)
Benjamin
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Blue (Dot LP / Sirius)
The Brotherhood
Danger: Diabolik! (mixed tracks / gray market)
Five Card Stud
Grand Slam (original soundtrack / GDM & Dagored)
Half a Sixpence
Inadmissible Evidence
No Way To Treat a Lady
The Odd Couple
Romeo and Juliet (Capitol LP / Cloud Nine & Silva Screen) (new recording / Silva America)
Rosemary’s Baby (original soundtrack and Dot LP / La-La Land)
Sebastian (original soundtrack [mono] and Dot LP / Intrada)
Skidoo (RCA LP / Camden)
The Strange Affair
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
The Treasure of San Gennaro (original soundtrack / GDM)
Up the Junction (Mercury LP / RPM & Umbrella)
Up Tight (Stax LP / Stax)
Villa Rides! (Dot LP / Universal Music France) (new recording / Tadlow)
The Violent Four
Will Penny
1969
Ace High (original soundtrack / Digitmovies)
The Assassination Bureau
Downhill Racer
Fraulein Doktor (original soundtrack / Legend)
Goodbye, Columbus (Warner Bros. LP / Collector’s Choice)
The Italian Job (Paramount LP / MCA Europe)
My Side of the Mountain
Oh! What a Lovely War
Once Upon a Time in the West (original soundtrack / GDM)
Paint Your Wagon (Paramount LP / MCA)
Riot
The Sterile Cuckoo
Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies
True Grit (original soundtrack / La-La Land) (Capitol LP / DRG) (new recording / Tadlow)
Where’s Jack? (Paramount LP / Tickertape gray market)
1970
The Adventurers
Borsalino (Paramount LP / Milan)
Darling Lili (RCA LP / RCA)
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (Columbia LP / Bear Family)
Love Story (Paramount LP / MCA Europe)
The Molly Maguires (Original soundtrack / Kritzerland)
Norwood
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (CBS LP / CBS)
The Out-of-Towners
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
W.U.S.A.
1971
The Conformist (original soundtrack / Music Box)
The Deserter (original soundtrack / Legend)
Friends (Paramount LP / Virgin EMI)
Harold and Maude
Plaza Suite (original soundtrack / Intrada)
The Red Tent (original soundtrack / Legend & AZ)
Such Good Friends
T.R. Baskin
Waterloo (Paramount LP / Legend)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Paramount LP / MCA)
1972
Bad Company
Child’s Play (original soundtrack / Intrada)
Four Flies On Grey Velvet (original soundtrack / Cinevox)
The Godfather (Paramount LP / MCA)
Hannie Caulder (original soundtrack / Prometheus)
Lady Sings the Blues (Motown LP / Motown)
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
The Man
Play It Again Sam
1973
Alfredo, Alfredo (original soundtrack / Digitmovies)
Ash Wednesday
Bang the Drum Slowly
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Paramount LP / Sony & BMG)
Charlotte’s Web
Don’t Look Now (original soundtrack / Jay)
Fear Is the Key (original soundtrack / Silva Screen)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (original soundtrack / Film Score Monthly)
Innocent Bystanders
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Columbia LP / Columbia)
The Optimists
Paper Moon (Paramount LP / el - Cherry Red gray market)
Save the Tiger (original soundtrack / La-La Land)
Scalawag
Serpico (Paramount LP / DRG)
1974
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (original soundtrack / BSX)
Chinatown (ABC LP / Varese Sarabande) (5/16/16 UPDATE: 1/4" full-track mono composer's tape and ABC LP / Intrada)
The Conversation (original soundtrack / Intrada)
Death Wish (Columbia LP / Sony)
The Education of Sonny Carson
Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell (original soundtrack / GDI)
The Gambler (original soundtrack, Quartet)
The Godfather, Part II (ABC LP / MCA)
The Great Gatsby
The Little Prince (original soundtrack / Decca)
The Longest Yard
Malizia [Malicious]
Man On a Swing (original soundtrack / Quartet)
Murder on the Orient Express (Capitol LP / Quartet, DRG, & Cloud Nine)
The Parallax View (original soundtrack, Film Score Monthly)
Paul and Michelle
Phase IV (unmarked, unslated Waxwork LP source files / La-La Land)
Shanks (original soundtrack / Quartet)
Three Tough Guys (Enterprise LP / Stax)
White Dawn (original soundtrack / Intrada)
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OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR had an lp release, though no CD release to date.
Would love to see an expanded version.
For that matter, would love to see an expanded version of this very quirky, but effective, film.
THE GREAT GATSBY had a 2-lp release in a gatefold cover, though also no known CD release. GATSBY had a massive ad campaign, with stores falling all over themselves to market the "Gatsby Look," which kind of fizzled. As did the film, which has some virtues, but is mostly over-produced. The score consisted of re-orchestrated songs from the 20's, with Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?" its main component.
As far as I know, the lp release of BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON was an Italian import, of the Italian version of the film, with songs in Italian. I'm not aware of a soundtrack release of the English version, and Donovan never released his songs for this at the time, until a fairly recent CD release on a compilation album. Paramount may have planned an lp release, but it never happened, probably because the film, director Zeffirelli's follow-up to his smash hit ROMEO AND JULIET, was a resounding flop, though it is nevertheless a very good film in its own right, with an effective score, by Riz Ortolan, and songs by Donovan. Never released on CD, in any version, except the Donovan songs, as noted above, which appeared much later.
There was also an lp of SMASHING TIME, a wonderful send-up of the 60's in general, starring Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham, with some very nice songs. Though quite good, and really very funny, with some moving moments, this film has been totally forgotten, undeservedly. Also never released on CD.
I also seem to remember an lp release of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, though I could be mistaken. I know I never had it.
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May 3, 2016 - 11:46 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR had an lp release, though no CD release to date. . . .
THE GREAT GATSBY had a 2-lp release in a gatefold cover, though also no known CD release. ; ; ;
There was also an lp of SMASHING TIME, . . . an lp release of BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, though I could be mistaken. I know I never had it.
In addition to the ones you mention, a number of the other un-annotated films on my list have had LP releases. (Frankly, that's the only reason some of them are on the list, as I would otherwise consider them to be minor films.) But the annotations are limited to those with CD releases. Where I've mentioned an LP, it's to indicate that it is the LP that has been put on CD, rather than the full original tracks. The fact that it's the LPs and not the original tracks that have been released on CD in so many of these cases is an indication that, indeed, many of the original Paramount scores from this decade are missing.
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May 3, 2016 - 12:03 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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[BROTHER SUN, SISTER MOON] is nevertheless a very good film in its own right, with an effective score, by Riz Ortolani, and songs by Donovan. Never released on CD, in any version, except the Donovan songs, as noted above, which appeared much later.
I'm not sure what you believe has "never [been] released on CD, in any version." Soundtrack Collector shows CDs of Ortolani's music from BMG, Ricordi, and Sony.
http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/title/23000/Brother+Sun%2C+Sister+Moon
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Hi Bob -- Intrada didn't have the "original session masters" to release for In Harm's Way. What they had were first generation album masters, which contained one short extra score cue and two extra source cues, which presumably were originally considered for inclusion on the album but ultimately left off.
Yavar
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too bad they never found the original sessions for THE PRESIDENTS ANALYST
(an ost was released w.mono stems)
brm
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Hi Bob -- Intrada didn't have the "original session masters" to release for In Harm's Way. What they had were first generation album masters, which contained one short extra score cue and two extra source cues, which presumably were originally considered for inclusion on the album but ultimately left off.
Yavar
Yeah, yeah. We went round and round on this when that second Intrada CD came out. Intrada described the source for IN HARM'S WAY in their blurbs as "original multi-track masters," and noted that the "complete RCA album [was] newly remixed and remastered, also for the first time from newly-discovered multi-track stereo session elements recorded in December 1964 at MGM Studios and stored in Sony vaults."
It seems to me that these "multi-track stereo session elements" for IN HARM'S WAY are the same type elements as the "multi-channel scoring session masters" that were found for HURRY SUNDOWN. The difference is that the HURRY SUNDOWN elements were found in Paramount's vaults and were complete, while the IN HARM'S WAY elements were found in Sony's vaults and were incomplete, because Paramount had only sent over to RCA (Sony) what was felt was needed for the soundtrack LP rather than the complete tracks.
My sense is that an "album master" is already mixed and ready to cut into an album. But when you are re-mixing something to re-create that album master for CD, you are re-mixing from something that precedes even a first generation album master. It may be from a tape copy of the 35mm original multi-track recordings, but it is still something prior to the album master.
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