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I was always partial to his "Time Travellers" score. A nice little "B" sci-fi picture about time travel, with a neat twist at the end. I saw it as a child and haven't seen it since; but still remember the theme though. It was a 1963 ? film but felt like a 1950's one. In similar vein to Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter scores.
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Oh, I remember him. Lots of TV Movies of the disaster (disastrous?) variety. Quite a lush sound, and yes, quite often extremely derivative. I still remember that Buck Rogers episode where they were attacked by giant crabs coming out the sand, all to the sound of kitchenware falling off a cliff as in Goldsmith's Planet Of The Apes.
I haven't seen the Vincent Price movie which chriss mentions, Twice Told Tales, but I did see the other Price flick LaSalle did - Diary Of A Madman. And I could still sing you the main titles! It's a full-blooded theatrical sounding overture which segues into a lushly romantic piece which is almost for dancing to, then it's back to the horrors. Good stuff, and it doesn't even seem blatantly derived from anything. Could this be THE genuine LaSalle?
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Dick LaSalle is a real guy. I communicated with him back in the 1970's for about a year. A very nice guy who though often very "inspired" by other film composers (he loved Bernstein, Herrmann, Baxter and Rozsa, among others) has a very distinctive sound all his own. I can't defend his borrowing, but is he any worse than so many of the contemporary people who do the same thing and make a fortune off of it, I don't know?
I have copies of his scores to CITY BENEATH THE SEA, TWICE-TOLD TALES, THE FLIGHT THAT DISSAPEARED, HANDS OF A STRANGER and several other interesting efforts by this much-maligned but certainly not untalented composer.
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I thought I had hit the motherload when LaSalle sent me a box that had DIARY OF A MADMAN handwritten on the cover, but it turned out to be the score to an unreleased comedy.
Also wish I had TIME TRAVELERS. I really love the music at the end where it keeps speeding up faster and faster as the glich in time finale reaches its downbeat end.
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Dear Jeff:
I'll be happy to send you the score, it's on 1/4" reel to reel. I'll have to send you my original because my reel to reel deck is broken down and I can't copy it. And I need your word that you'll send it back to me. Otherwise, no problem e-mail me at TomSco@valornet.com.
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