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Apr 19, 2017 - 6:35 PM
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Jim Doherty
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Honestly, I'm all in for ANY of his unreleased 1960s film scores. Yeah, PARRISH and ROME ADVENTURE have had CD releases, but they are from the LP re-recordings, which differ from the film versions and at times are rather hoked-up. I'd rather hear the original tracks if they exist, especially if any exist in stereo. I have graded the 1960s scores according to my own personal liking. I do not grade them against all of his past scores, but only against his own scores of the 1960s. I mean, we really don't have a KING KONG or a GONE WITH THE WIND in these last scores, but there is certainly some wonderful music. So, we basically have (the value of each score is purely my own opinion): 1960: CASH McCALL (3) ICE PALACE (4) THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THJE STAIRS (3) 1961: THE SINS OF RACHEL CADE (3) PARRISH (4) SUSAN SLADE (3) A MAJORITY OF ONE (4) 1962: ROME ADVENTURE (5) 1963: SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN (5) 1964: A DISTANT TRUMPET (4) 1965: TWO ON A GUILLOTINE (3.5) Not Max's best work, but contains many great sequences, and deserves to be preserved, if for no other reason, as the legendary Max Steiner's last film score.
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Honestly, I'm all in for ANY of his unreleased 1960s film scores. Yeah, PARRISH and ROME ADVENTURE have had CD releases, but they are from the LP re-recordings, which differ from the film versions and at times are rather hoked-up. I'd rather hear the original tracks if they exist, especially if any exist in stereo. I have graded the 1960s scores according to my own personal liking. I do not grade them against all of his past scores, but only against his own scores of the 1960s. I mean, we really don't have a KING KONG or a GONE WITH THE WIND in these last scores, but there is certainly some wonderful music. So, we basically have (the value of each score is purely my own opinion): 1960: CASH McCALL (3) ICE PALACE (4) THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THJE STAIRS (3) 1961: THE SINS OF RACHEL CADE (3) PARRISH (4) SUSAN SLADE (3) A MAJORITY OF ONE (4) 1962: ROME ADVENTURE (5) 1963: SPENCER'S MOUNTAIN (5) 1964: A DISTANT TRUMPET (4) 1965: TWO ON A GUILLOTINE (3.5) Not Max's best work, but contains many great sequences, and deserves to be preserved, if for no other reason, as the legendary Max Steiner's last film score. Jim, What about YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE (1964) - terrific main title in that one...
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