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 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 6:34 PM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)



Sean mentioned a "Bernstein Rampage" in another thread and it had me going through all of my Bernstein scores yesterday. I kept coming back to this one.

The Golden Age of film is what brought me into the world of film scores initially. I recall the day I was able to purchase this release from SAE. I was over the moon. The Love Theme from this score is indescribable. Listening to the violin throughout the score melts my heart. FSM did such a masterful job of this. I feel like I reconnected with an old friend by rediscovering Bernstein's Golden Age releases.

I love the current releases that are out there but I feel like I am about to embark on a journey to a place I haven't been for a very long time. Golden age here I come.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 6:43 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

This is scary, but...if I could figure how to post a picture to prove it, I'm actually listening to this RIGHT NOW!!!
Im on track 10, the waltz that looks ahead to Age of Innocence.

The notes mention Bernstein saw the also terrific View From Pompey's Head as a warm-up to this larger scale piece and they are definitely good companions. FSM did a great job on that album.
I was going to mention VIEW on the board when I pulled it, but I thought everyone knows it's great, right?

Scary stuff when these syncs happen on this board!
I did play Frankie Starlight last eve, and that is a really great small score - like evening dinner chat scoring :-)
I'm in the minority I think, but the use of Ondes is always welcome, for me. That score has just enough balance of the instrument for all IMO.

Enjoy the journey E :-)
-Sean

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 8:37 PM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Goblin said, "Scary stuff when these syncs happen on this board!"

I think there is voodoo on this board. smile

From the Terrace, By Love Possessed, and Love With a Proper Stranger all have great love themes.

It was nice to see Bernstein return to these types of score for his last score, Far From Heaven, which is lovely.

 
 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 8:51 PM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

Sean, the journey will be wonderful, even with the 3rd Noreaster' in the last 11 days headed our way. What better way to get through the day?

joan, Far From Heaven has just been added to my itinerary. Took a brief detour to 2002.

 
 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 9:51 PM   
 By:   Zoragoth   (Member)

It was nice to see Bernstein return to these types of score for his last score, Far From Heaven, which is lovely.

I like Goldenthal, generally, but Elmer was robbed that year, Oscar-wise. A real pity he didn't win.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 12, 2018 - 11:07 PM   
 By:   joan hue   (Member)

Zoragoth, I agree. I so wanted him to win an Oscar for Far From Heaven. (And for To Kill A Mockingbird and The Magnificent Seven and others.) He was robbed several times.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 4:36 AM   
 By:   MCurry29   (Member)

This is definitely up there with some of my other favorite Elmer Bernstein scores. I really enjoy it.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 10:16 AM   
 By:   eriknelson   (Member)


The notes mention Bernstein saw the also terrific View From Pompey's Head as a warm-up to this larger scale piece and they are definitely good companions. FSM did a great job on that album.


VIEW is one of my favorites. I'd love to see this film, and am particularly interested in seeing how the cue "Love on the Beach" works. It's almost 12 minutes long. Unfortunately the film is apparently stuck in legal hell and cannot be viewed.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 4:36 PM   
 By:   leagolfer   (Member)

Bernstein's work is always pretty classy, be it westerns, drama's, religious, thrillers. The Fanfare/brass in his work is masterful & his instrument selection, as are his themes, love themes, its a nice rhythmic score that I enjoy with Elmer's powerful brass & his well known easy listening Americana style, I'm glad I snagged this its well OOP.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 7:56 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Lemme see .....at the risk of arrogance, I've hit that voodoo before of "I JUST played, watched that!" here a few times, probably because I cycle things all day all night.
Watch a post about JXL's Run All Night or Beltrami's Snowpiercer will show up....NOW!

I'm torn on the Oscar thing...Goldenthal is a big fave, I'm glad he won before his career....became how it is today, but Geida us my least played of his work, so I wish Elmer won in the end.

I'd love to see VIEW as well, never pursued it to know its a legal hell victim...shame, the work people do same as with rejected scores, just gets lost...


Best of luck with that Noreaster' E, no better time to hole up and spin records! I thought I saw The Shipping News recently mentioned....time for another spin? Horner's The Perfect Storm & Herrmann/Bernstein's Cape Fear also come recommendedsmile

Peace,
Sean

 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 8:09 PM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

Lemme see .....at the risk of arrogance, I've hit that voodoo before of "I JUST played, watched that!" here a few times, probably because I cycle things all day all night.
Watch a post about JXL's Run All Night or Beltrami's Snowpiercer will show up....NOW!

I'm torn on the Oscar thing...Goldenthal is a big fave, I'm glad he won before his career....became how it is today, but Geida us my least played of his work, so I wish Elmer won in the end.

I'd love to see VIEW as well, never pursued it to know its a legal hell victim...shame, the work people do same as with rejected scores, just gets lost...


Best of luck with that Noreaster' E, no better time to hole up and spin records! I thought I saw The Shipping News recently mentioned....time for another spin? Horner's The Perfect Storm & Herrmann/Bernstein's Cape Fear also come recommendedsmile

Peace,
Sean


Well Sean, we got lucky again. We have been in a narrow swath that has been saved from the misery of the last 3 storms. My poor neighbors to the west and east got slammed with up to 2 feet. I feel pretty grateful. Thanks.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 8:14 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Ouch...I'll say a prayer for you folks back there, then!

You have some real scenic advantages, among other things, but by & large I think we West Coasters have the weather edge...usually.

 
 Posted:   Mar 13, 2018 - 8:36 PM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

Ouch...I'll say a prayer for you folks back there, then!

You have some real scenic advantages, among other things, but by & large I think we West Coasters have the weather edge...usually.


Thanks Sean. I agree. We're pretty tame compared to the weather issues on the west coast. That's why I can't complain.

 
 Posted:   Mar 17, 2018 - 4:09 PM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)



I was under the weather yesterday and rented this wonderful movie on Amazon Prime. Amazing how the score just washes over you the second the opening credits begin. It sweeps you away.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 17, 2018 - 7:03 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

I was under the weather yesterday and rented this wonderful movie on Amazon Prime. Amazing how the score just washes over you the second the opening credits begin. It sweeps you away.

I'm re-watching a 1978 tv movie right now, high melodrama stuff, and like TERRACE, it feels like watching a film from another planet, these things, right? Fun & startling to jump from the old to, say Dunkirk or any other current film. Scary!

 
 Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 7:19 AM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

I was under the weather yesterday and rented this wonderful movie on Amazon Prime. Amazing how the score just washes over you the second the opening credits begin. It sweeps you away.

I'm re-watching a 1978 tv movie right now, high melodrama stuff, and like TERRACE, it feels like watching a film from another planet, these things, right? Fun & startling to jump from the old to, say Dunkirk or any other current film. Scary!


Sean, I keep gravitating to this era of late. Right after From the Terrace, I watched Three Coins in the Fountain. Though not as melodramatic as the first, it is a wonderful movie with a lovely Victor Young score. I am lining up A Certain Smile and The Best of Everything....

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 9:18 AM   
 By:   eriknelson   (Member)

I was under the weather yesterday and rented this wonderful movie on Amazon Prime. Amazing how the score just washes over you the second the opening credits begin. It sweeps you away.

I'm re-watching a 1978 tv movie right now, high melodrama stuff, and like TERRACE, it feels like watching a film from another planet, these things, right? Fun & startling to jump from the old to, say Dunkirk or any other current film. Scary!


Sean, I keep gravitating to this era of late. Right after From the Terrace, I watched Three Coins in the Fountain. Though not as melodramatic as the first, it is a wonderful movie with a lovely Victor Young score. I am lining up A Certain Smile and The Best of Everything....


Don't forget the Douglas Sirk classics from that era: All That Heaven Allows, Magnificent Obsession, Written on the Wind, Imitation of Life, etc.

 
 Posted:   Mar 18, 2018 - 10:31 AM   
 By:   edwzoomom   (Member)

I was under the weather yesterday and rented this wonderful movie on Amazon Prime. Amazing how the score just washes over you the second the opening credits begin. It sweeps you away.

I'm re-watching a 1978 tv movie right now, high melodrama stuff, and like TERRACE, it feels like watching a film from another planet, these things, right? Fun & startling to jump from the old to, say Dunkirk or any other current film. Scary!


Sean, I keep gravitating to this era of late. Right after From the Terrace, I watched Three Coins in the Fountain. Though not as melodramatic as the first, it is a wonderful movie with a lovely Victor Young score. I am lining up A Certain Smile and The Best of Everything....


Don't forget the Douglas Sirk classics from that era: All That Heaven Allows, Magnificent Obsession, Written on the Wind, Imitation of Life, etc.


erik, that's a wonderful reminder. I was wracking my brain for others to add to my watch list. These are four fabulous films with fabulous Skinner scores. I have been unable to find a copy of Imitation of Life on disc and truly wish that the score to All That Heaven Allows had been released. There is probably a back story but I'm unaware of why it isn't available.

I have also added Ten North Frederick to my list as well.

 
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