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Yes, first buy all the John Morris CDs before asking for more. Sadly, one of our all-time lowest sellers. Thank goodness for the show collectors because A Time for Singing at least did well enough to justify its cost. All you Morris lovers have that one, right? Right? What is the sound of one hand clapping, I wonder.
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I'm a Jerry Goldsmith lover. Doesn't mean I either love nor want every title released.
I find it odd people think both go hand-in-hand; well, if you love this score by Brian Kilkline, then why the fuck didn't you buy that score? It doesn't work that way.
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Sep 21, 2017 - 2:36 PM
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SchiffyM
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I'm a Jerry Goldsmith lover. Doesn't mean I either love nor want every title released.
I find it odd people think both go hand-in-hand; well, if you love this score by Brian Kilkline, then why the fuck didn't you buy that score? It doesn't work that way.
Fair enough, but there are certainly general buying trends that are observable. In general, CDs that say “music by Jerry Goldsmith” sell well, while CDs that say “music by John Morris” sell poorly. Obviously there are myriad other factors at work. But if it were my money on the line, I’d be more apt to spend mine putting out scores with one of those names on the covers rather than the other.
Getting to something empirically provable, I’ll say it’s a real shame other people aren’t enjoying “The In-Laws.” Obviously, we all have our own tastes, but to me, that is one delightful listen.
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It's "personal taste" -- you flew over it during your flight to Overthinking It Land. ;-)
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Haunted Honeymoon is $5 at LALALAND!! Buy that!
Thank you for the recommendation peterproud! I just did, and it's fantastic!
While I was there I noted:
Blazing Saddles - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Spaceballs - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Clue - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
I am of course not as knowledgeable as our friends who run the labels, and I don't know how long it might have taken for these to sell out, but these seem like some pretty decent numbers to me.
Those 3 were all fairly or extremely popular movies, and I wouldn't doubt the fact that a couple of them being Mel Brooks' properties helped move some units. It seems reasonable to me that Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety would generate interest beyond just the hardcore "soundtrack collecting community." In Young Frankenstein, the theme was even integral to the plot, it being the "siren song" that lures the monster back to the castle. The music was also a very prominent, integral part of High Anxiety. ("What a dramatic airport!" -- or the bus with the frenetically performing Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra pulling up alongside the car Mel is riding in!)
I don't necessarily gravitate toward orchestral scores, but John Morris' work on these movies that are parodying Golden Age films is something special. His music helps ground the films and provide some weight to them. And I'm not exactly sure how to describe his music in these -- parody? recreation? homage? -- none of these words seems exactly right. He has the talent to be able to create a note-perfect "Golden Age" score, but one that somehow has this edge to it. If his work was a picture, rather than music, I might describe it as "painterly."
About 5 years back, the Wounded Bird label issued a CD of the original 1978 "High Anxiety" LP, and it sold out fast:
https://www.discogs.com/John-Morris-Mel-Brooks-High-Anxiety-Original-Soundtrack-Mel-Brooks-Greatest-Hits-Featuring-The-Fabul/release/9980811
I was barely able (and lucky enough) to snap up a copy because it seemed like it immediately went out of print. It has a couple of tracks devoted to Morris’ underscore, but a full soundtrack release would be incredible.
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Oct 12, 2017 - 6:56 AM
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clayhenry
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Haunted Honeymoon is $5 at LALALAND!! Buy that!
Thank you for the recommendation peterproud! I just did, and it's fantastic!
While I was there I noted:
Blazing Saddles - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Spaceballs - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Clue - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
I am of course not as knowledgeable as our friends who run the labels, and I don't know how long it might have taken for these to sell out, but these seem like some pretty decent numbers to me.
Those 3 were all fairly or extremely popular movies, and I wouldn't doubt the fact that a couple of them being Mel Brooks' properties helped move some units. It seems reasonable to me that Young Frankenstein and High Anxiety would generate interest beyond just the hardcore "soundtrack collecting community." In Young Frankenstein, the theme was even integral to the plot, it being the "siren song" that lures the monster back to the castle. The music was also a very prominent, integral part of High Anxiety. ("What a dramatic airport!" -- or the bus with the frenetically performing Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra pulling up alongside the car Mel is riding in!)
I don't necessarily gravitate toward orchestral scores, but John Morris' work on these movies that are parodying Golden Age films is something special. His music helps ground the films and provide some weight to them. And I'm not exactly sure how to describe his music in these -- parody? recreation? homage? -- none of these words seems exactly right. He has the talent to be able to create a note-perfect "Golden Age" score, but one that somehow has this edge to it. If his work was a picture, rather than music, I might describe it as "painterly."
About 5 years back, the Wounded Bird label issued a CD of the original 1978 "High Anxiety" LP, and it sold out fast:
https://www.discogs.com/John-Morris-Mel-Brooks-High-Anxiety-Original-Soundtrack-Mel-Brooks-Greatest-Hits-Featuring-The-Fabul/release/9980811
I was barely able (and lucky enough) to snap up a copy because it seemed like it immediately went out of print. It has a couple of tracks devoted to Morris’ underscore, but a full soundtrack release would be incredible.
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments. I definitely think "Young Frankenstein" and "High Anxiety," not to mention "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother," would be best sellers. If limited editions, they would probably sell out.
His scores for comedy films are only the tip of the iceberg. Morris has written some lovely dramatic scores for television. More of his music should be released.
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While I was there I noted:
Blazing Saddles - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Spaceballs - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
Clue - Limited Edition of 3000 units - out of print
I am of course not as knowledgeable as our friends who run the labels, and I don't know how long it might have taken for these to sell out, but these seem like some pretty decent numbers to me.
I don't know if this is the case with those particular titles, but just because a CD is out of print doesn't necessarily mean it is sold out.
The labels don't tend to get all 3000 copies of a 3000 unit limited title pressed all at once. They tend to get a smaller amount pressed (say, 1000 or 1500, it all depends on the title), and then only press more if there is demand for that title. There have definitely been cases in the past where the initial pressing has sold out so slowly (or not at all) that more copies were not pressed, and so only a fraction of the 3000 were ever actually produced (Lukas Kendall discussed some examples of this happening on the FSM label in a fascinating series of articles he posted when the label ended.)
There are also situations where a licence is for a limited timescale, and once it runs out the label can't sell any more copies, whether or not they sold out.
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