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Mar 29, 2001 - 8:30 AM
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mtodd
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I am bored at work today...Does anyone know what film used the fanfare extension for the first time? Didn't the extension have to do with some new screen format or something?
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Technically, it was used first, for "How To Marry A Millionaire". However, Fox chose to release "The Robe" first, since they thought that a "more prestigious" film was better to introduce Cinemascope.
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Mtodd, The extension you are speaking of was composed by Alfred Newman to accompany the "CinemaScope" logo on the films that 20th Century Fox was releasing in the new wide screen format. I'm not sure which film first used it ("River of No Return" sounds like a good bet), but it definately wasn't used on "The Robe" or "How To Marry A Millionaire", which were the first two films released in the new format. Fox had a lot riding on the acceptance of the new system (like the survival of the studio against TV) and wanted all the publicity they could get for it. Apparently it worked, as CinemaScope was licensed, in fairly short order, by MGM, Warner Bros., and others.
It is worth noting that Darryl F. Zanuck, then Grand High Llama of the studio, was very interested in how a movie sounded. Therefore, he insisted that along with the development of a wide screen format there be an improvement in the way Fox's movies sounded. Because of that, all CinemaScope films from Fox, at least for the first few years, were recorded in 4 track stereo. It is for this reason we are able to enjoy many of the soundtracks currently being released by FSM. Unfortunately, Zanuck's edict was eventually rescinded due to mounting pressure from local theater owners who simply couldn't afford to install the expensive stereo systems in their theaters on top of having to install the new CinemaScope projection systems and screens.
And it took another 40 years for stereo to become the norm.
Now get back to work.
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Originally posted by H. Rocco:
My favorite version of the fanfare plus extension is, of course, Elliot Goldenthal's gorgeous distortion of it for ALIEN 3
Definitely! NP: Anton Bruckner: Symphony #7 (Münchner Philharmoniker, Sergiu Celibidache)
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Mar 29, 2001 - 1:01 AM
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Ron Pulliam
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I think the last CinemaScope picture was released in 1966....no need for the extension after that, I guess...until as you pointed out, Williams revived it for "Star Wars" (unless you have a source for crediting this to Lucas, I have to believe it was an affectionate gesture on Williams' part for the memory of Newman).I grew up in South Carolina in a medium-sized city. Several theaters in town had stereo speakers....from the 1950s. I guess I assumed it was the norm.
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You are correct, Mr. Caps, about "The Robe" being the first CinemaScope film to go into production and be released. Zanuck held up the release of "Millionaire" because he wanted something more "appropriate" to introduce the new format. And, considering her well known behavior on the set, I think it would be hard for any film involving Marilyn Monroe to be called a "quickie"!
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I find "The Robe", to be an abysmal film; and find HTMAM to be a much better made film. Certainly a lot more fun to watch, and incredible use of the Cinemascope lense, with characters often at the extreme left or right of the frame. I remember Lauren Bacall saying that she loved working with Cinemascope because it was like doing a stage play. It allowed for lots of movement across the sets.
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Originally posted by Ron Pulliam:
until as you pointed out, Williams revived it for "Star Wars" (unless you have a source for crediting this to Lucas, I have to believe it was an affectionate gesture on Williams' part for the memory of Newman).
According to the liner notes of the Star Wars Special Edition CD, "it was George Lucas' inspired creative stroke to reintroduce it when Fox release Star Wars in 1977". Of course, Williams went on to newly record the fanfare when he scored Empire. NP: Favorite Love Themes of FSM Messageboard Fans
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The Elliot Goldenthal "creepy" version is great from "Alien 3"
So familiar and then it goes so wrong. It was like having your mother turn into the monster and try and kill you.
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The Elliot Goldenthal "creepy" version is great from "Alien 3"
So familiar and then it goes so wrong. It was like having your mother turn into the monster and try and kill you.
My Mother, The Fanfare
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