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Jul 9, 2018 - 10:28 PM
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GoblinScore
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My not-intended-to-be-belittling review ... .it's good, whenever I play it I never want to turn it off after 15mins. Sound is very good for the era. I remembered it being a bit more sentimental then Noth's later work....a bit in the Alfred Newman, more than the European, vein. Fitting since Newman conducted Miz, which I'd forgotten. There are some Northian touches that slip through here and there.
The lengthy Barricades cue, I seem to recall, looks ahead to similar, astringent battle music in Cleopatra. Very fascinating early North , a bargain at $15. Think I'll pull this for the ride to work tomorrow. One of my favorite things this board offers....reminders!
Cheers zoob, how ya been captain? Hope all is well with you dude.
-Sean
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Agreed, pretty much. I don’t usually care for North but this is a more conventional Golden Age score from him and it’s one of my North favorites. The Barricades cue is a tour de force indeed, and there are other very good cues too like the short but excellent Jean Turns Towards Door.
The score is conducted by Alfred Newman and sometimes the strings sound very Newman-ish. I will admit to wishing that Newman had scored this because I think there would have been better use/development of themes. In this North score, if you like a theme you may never hear it again (or perhaps only once or twice more).
Yavar
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Not too technical but I like it quite a bit,the film's quite good too.
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Well, I never bought this, but I just listened to a few brief clips online, and I must say I would never have guessed that it's Alex North. (Barricades was not available, of course.) Must be why I didn't purchase it when it was available.
I'm with the GoblinScore, maybe my favorite reason for coming to these parts is to be reminded of a score that I had forgotten. So it's kind of funny that as I searched for the recording on Spotify (it's available but not in the U.S.), I found the Adriano-conducted Honegger recording of the 1934 version, which I don't know. I'm quite enjoying it. So thanks for the spur!
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Jul 16, 2018 - 8:06 PM
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Jim Doherty
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Take this any way you want to, but I hope it helps you. I am not really a fan of North's more experimental, less-tonal works. For a long time, I put off buying this CD because I thought it would be one of those kind of scores, until a friend played it for me. As has been stated by other posters, it contains some of North's distinctive traits and harmonies, etc., but overall, is more in the vein of the classic 1950s romantic sound. I especially like the transformation of the main theme (as heard in the Main Title in an aggressive and despairing variation), into the major key triumphant version in the End Title.
If you're looking for really "Northian" stuff, this score isn't it. If you're looking for something more mainstream than normal (for North), I think you'll love this score.
Jim
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