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To which album are you comparing the FSM release... the Bay Cities one or the later one which was coupled with Wild Rovers?
The latter is clearly very weak in it's sound. VERY, VERY weak.
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Agree fullheartedly!!!
No wonder never cared for the Bay Cities release, you couldn't hear it!!
With this release FSM has done a superb job!!
And must add that the Roy Budd The Carey Treatment" is another masterpiece.
Never cared much for Westworld, yet the sound is so clear that am even enjoying it also.
Excellent set FSM!! A Big THANK YOU!!!
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Never cared for the Bay Cities release, you couldn't hear it!!
Now you tell me! I just bought the Bay Cities release on eBay. I would, of course, have purchased the new FSM release, but the fact that it is coupled with two scores I don't want makes my purchase justifiable. Given what you say about the copy I bought, I am grateful, for once, for my sensitive hearing.
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Hmmm... I thought the sound on the BayCities release was quite fenomenal compared to the Chapter III one... but I'm getting more curious with each minute I haven't ordered the FSM album!!! I can't stand it!! Nurse, get me the FSM!!
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The Bay Cities is very dynamic and clean but could benefit from a notch at 60 Hz to remove some hum. The Chapter III release is brighter but has been peak limited with a square wave buzz-cut that introduces distortion during loud passages. Some use of noise reduction is evident too. The Chapter III also appears to be a different transfer from the LP master as there is a very minor increase in pitch over the Bay Cities. I don't have the FSM... yet.
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http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.asp?threadID=30646&forumID=1
Posted: Nov. 04, 2005 - 2:48:53 AM / IP: 85.169.63.66
By: Stefan Miklos (Member)
COMA has some similarities with LOGAN'S RUN because of its tense dramatical leaning: see the start of track #21 "A Difficut Position" or the dry synth line on track #13 and 16 "Cape Cod Weekend" and "Toys in the Attic". One of the most powerful track is "Study in Anatomy" (#18).
On the whole, COMA is a must have for people like myself who enjoy such 1970's hard edge works as "The Reincarnation of Peter Proud", "Logan's Run" and "The Cassandra Crossing".
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the spaciousness of the sound field is riveting.
From the Coma liner notes...
"...all other cues are newly mixed from three-track 1/2" stereo tapes made from the 16-track masters (which were long ago discarded). This has allowed for the inclusion of all previously unreleased music; however, as with The Carey Treatment, these three-track masters were intended for dubbing a monaural movie, not mixing a stereo album. The 1/2" tapes typically group the entire string section into one channel, so the wide left-to-right panning of the high and low strings on the original LP (MGM Records MG-1-5403) and CD reissues (Bay Cities BCD 3027 and Chapter III CHA 0136) has been replicated here using electronic means. Because the album selections were so heavily edited, we have chosen not to cut back and forth between the mixes. We recommend that listeners keep their copies of the existing Coma album for its own aesthetic value, and enjoy this CD for its alternate presentation of the complete score."
Neil
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Haven't stopped listening to it since it arrived.
Thanks FSM.
Me neither. What an incredible score.
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This is my only complaint regarding this release (and it's a minor one). I would much rather have the bonus tracks at the end of the disc. I like to start off with the meat-and-potatoes, you know?
Mark
This is because Coma has the source music heard up front in the movie itself.
lk
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