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Hey...
I just saw on ebay that there is(Or should I say WAS) a DVD put out of Silent Running.
Does anyone know if it had an isolated score track?
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Oct 3, 2001 - 2:53 AM
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Beatty
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from a non-authoritative source: (Amazon customer review)DVD Quality: Non Anamorphic Widescreen in Dolby Digital 1.0 (mono center channel only) as bare bones as it gets. http://us.imdb.com/DVD?0067756" TARGET=_blank>DVD details from iMDB ------------------
http://www.geocities.com/kyle_beatty/kindalive.html" TARGET=_blank>Utterly indulgent and ultimately pointless test bed of a web site.
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I've always thought that this was a fine score from a composer who has done very little film work.
Peter Schickele also has a very entertaining weekly radio program on NPR, called Schickele Mix. (Pronounced "SHIK-uh-LEE")
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Thanks, Natrebo...I almost forgot P.D.Q.Bach!Yeah!  http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/biggrin.gif">
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I actually got to talk at length with Schickele after one of his P.D.Q. Bach concerts. He is a wonderfully nice man!
I asked him why he never scored any more films after Silent Running and he said it was because the producers ALWAYS wanted the music two weeks BEFORE they hire the composer.
I can understand that reason! http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/biggrin.gif">
Anyone ever heard Iphagenia(FORGIVE that spelling! I couldn't find my tape of it!) In Brooklyn? One of the funniest things I've EVER heard!
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Hey Nat!
Yeah, I think that is it! Where the soprano(?) is singing "DIE" over and over. HILARIOUS!
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Wedge:
To my knowledge, that LP is the only soundtrack recording for Silent Running.
I had it in my collection for many years, until I sold all of my LPs. If it is available on CD, I am not aware of it.You need to watch this movie, Wedge! I think you will LOVE it! However, as a child of the 60's and 70's, I could be wrong...
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Oct 3, 2001 - 8:00 AM
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Natrebo
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The only thing I felt that was wrong with the movie was the use of Joan Baez songs when they did. To me it seemed a little heavy handed (the whole conservation message and all). But that is just my opinion.As for the great show Schickele Mix -- I have about 50 or so shows recorded on casette tape. That is where I heard that funny cantata and I also liked the stuff he played from his youth, like his Sanka Cantata (a jab at J.S. Bach's Coffee Cantata). I have a question to anyone about one of his pieces -- He wrote a piece that included about 30 songs and themes in about 3 to 5 minutes, what was the name of that piece? I think it included things like happy birthday and are you sleeping brother john? And takers?
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Oct 3, 2001 - 8:40 AM
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dogplant
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I just happened to dig out my old "Silent Running" LP recently. Sweet little score. Here are the track listings, if anyone wants to take a trip through time with them:1) Rejoice in the Sun (Baez vocal)
2) The Space Fleet
3) Rejoice in the Sun (instrumental)
4) No Turning Back
5) Driving Crazy
6) Drifting
7) Silent Running (Baez vocal)
8) The Dying Forest
9) Tending to Huey
10) Saturn
12) Getting Ready
13) Rejoice in the Sun (reprise) Peace, man.
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FYI,SILVA SCREEN recorded the cue called THE SPACE FLEET for their SF compilation SPACE3-Beyond The Final Frontier. As a matter of fact it was recorded for that album with a vastly larger orchestra then what they used for the OST.
Regards
Ford
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I have the DVD of this fine movie, and it does not have an isolated score track (damn!). I love this film and watch it often; sometimes as an emotional catalyst, to bring forth the tears when they won't readily come out on their own. One of the all-time "weepies" in my book, and a strong testament to Bruce Dern's acting ability. I instantly anthropomorhized those little robots (Huey, Dewey, and Louie)! One of the saddest images in all of science fiction is the final shot in the movie. Chris is right, Wedge: rent it and I think you'll enjoy it.I had the GREEN (!!) LP of the score myself, Back In The Day. I stupidly sold it when I joined the Army, not knowing where I'd store my stuff while I was gone & seeking to "put aside childish things". Yup! I'm a moron! Sure wish FSM, or somebody, would put the score to CD, Baez song (which I liked, and can still recite) and all.
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Hey Cryo!
You're right about the endind... heartbreaking and it's just about the only instance I can think of where the end title song is meaningful and works beautifully!
Like I said, what an ending; Bruce Dern deciding to die instead of go back to a world without beauty. http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/frown.gif">
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Well, Lonely Guy, if Wedge ever does get to see this movie, you just went and spoiled the ending for him.Back in the late 60's & early 70's (pre-Jaws), Universal pictures specialized mainly in films produced on shoestring budgets. Douglas Trumbull had very little money in his effects budget for Silent Running, which makes it all the more amazing to consider what he accomplished with just a few bucks.
It makes me laugh that the large dome interior that was built for the film later showed up in Slaughterhouse Five, Battlestar Galactica, and who knows how many other Universal productions!
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Oct 4, 2001 - 2:09 AM
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OHMSS76
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I havent seen this film, and forgive me for sounding like a plug machine, but the cue Ford mentions(The Space Fleet) on Space 3:Final Frontier is TERRIFIC! Its such a wonderful, fun march....very addictive. Can someone tell me what the rest of the score is like? Orchestral,synth,both?Grazia!
Sean
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