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This seminal figure of soundtrack preservation and composer recognition has long gone unnoticed since his untimely retirement several years ago. While still known in the industry, many collectors will only know him by his initials "D.L. Fuller" on production notes from his releases or releases he aided. He is responsible for vinyl issues of HUK! and TOKYO FILE 212 (Albert Glasser), KRONOS (Sawtell and Shefter), and the oversized BIG COUNTRY (Moross) cd. All had huge well researched booklets with photos which set the standard for what an actual original soundtrack release should be. He also issued some promo releases of Jerry Fielding and Gerald Fried, and provided music tapes, photos, notes, background information to other labels for various titles.
May he rest in peace.
Ford A. Thaxton
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It is always a sad day when one of our film music brethren pass on. Thank you for posting this on the messageboard.
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RIP David.
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May David rest in peace. It sounds like we have a lot to thank him for in championing our great hobby!
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Jul 1, 2017 - 2:04 AM
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MMM
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Such sad and shocking news. David and I had been in touch for years and I helped him with many of his projects, and he helped me with many of mine. He was an incredible resource for little-known information about classic film music, and loved the art more than anyone I ever met. I believe he was going to send me a ton of things and I was supposed to send him a ton of things -- for each of us to work on. I have no idea what I have of his or what he might have of mine. We would converse via the internet when he went to the local library, as he didn't have a computer at home he would go on-line from. When he phoned, you basically had to accept the fact that you were not going to be able to hang up on him for at least two hours because he had a million things to tell you and a million things to ask. He never let on that he was sick at all. I think I still have three of his emails in my in-box that I needed to answer. He told me there was no rush, since he wasn't going anywhere. He loved the work of Sawtell, Shefter, Fried, Fielding, Glasser, Ralph Ferraro, and so many others. Absolutely stunning news...
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Jul 1, 2017 - 8:25 AM
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Such sad and shocking news. David and I had been in touch for years and I helped him with many of his projects, and he helped me with many of mine. He was an incredible resource for little-known information about classic film music, and loved the art more than anyone I ever met. I believe he was going to send me a ton of things and I was supposed to send him a ton of things -- for each of us to work on. I have no idea what I have of his or what he might have of mine. We would converse via the internet when he went to the local library, as he didn't have a computer at home he would go on-line from. When he phoned, you basically had to accept the fact that you were not going to be able to hang up on him for at least two hours because he had a million things to tell you and a million things to ask. He never let on that he was sick at all. I think I still have three of his emails in my in-box that I needed to answer. He told me there was no rush, since he wasn't going anywhere. He loved the work of Sawtell, Shefter, Fried, Fielding, Glasser, Ralph Ferraro, and so many others. Absolutely stunning news...
I've never heard of David Fuller.. but them composers David worked with Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter, were big composers. I'm sorry to hear this news, I read the obit, seems David was a real talented guy, & had a big influence in SAE.
R.I.P. David Fuller.
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Very sad to hear this news about my friend David Fuller. David lived in a small town north of me in a rural area. He never recovered the expenses on that deluxe The Big Country release and was eventually forced to sell his home. He lived in reduced circumstances in a trailer home with a large menagerie of dogs (at one time over 50 of them!).
However, he never complained, was always bright and cheerful, and his enthusiasm for film music never dimmed. For the last few years he was working on transferring Gerald Fried's music to CD for the composer.
A few years ago David and I discussed starting a boutique label. At that time we talked about releasing a CD of Ralph Ferraro's Flesh Gordon score. Although David accomplished the mastering of the score he was also prone to changes of mind and he ultimately decided on a private, non-commercial pressing.
David was an extremely generous man who didn't care whether he made money from his work. The work itself and the result was reward enough. He worked with others and was often uncredited in helping bring CD releases to fruition.
He truly lived for the music and had a massive knowledge of composers and the soundtrack industry. I often encouraged him to get this knowledge into a physical form so it could be passed down to others. He agreed but then another project would command his time. And now he's gone.
RIP, David, your passing is a sad loss to the soundtrack community.
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May he R.I.P. A loss of a seminal figure for our score community.
Back in the early 1990s, before the internet was so easily accessible, SAE was the only place I could get rare, out of print, and unmentionable scores. SAE is still a gold mine for fans.
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