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same music, different packaging
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Ditto.
Wouldn't turn either down, if you come across them... but if you want the entire run, the Silva set has it all in one package.
And you may spend less than if you attempt to get all the Varese releases.
One exception - the 2 CD set of Herrmann TZ scores conducted by Joel McNeely. Definitely worth picking up as it has TZ/Herrmann music not available before (the suites for "The Eye of the Beholder" and "Little Girl Lost", among others.)
Yep. The 4-disc set plus the McNeely set are the ones to have. The 4-disc set sounds better to me than the Varese releases, but you know...it's subjective and my ears and your ears may not hear the same difference in quality.
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I kept my Varese TZ lp's 'cause they have much better liner notes and photos.
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Does the 4 cd Silva set contain everything that was released on that 5 volume set released by SLCS?. Got to get off the comp so don't have time at the moment to look them up on soundtrack collector.
YES!
It also contains Bernard Herrmann's score to the radio verison of THE HITCHHIKER which was reused in the TZ version of the same story as well.
In addition it also contains Herrman OUTER SPACE SUITE which was commissioned for the CBS Production Library and was used quite a bit TZ, alot of it shows up in THIRD FROM THE SUN.
Ford A. Thaxton
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Please forgive my ramblings.I probably irritate some people but I can't help my enthusiasm.
I for one find that I love Van Cleave's TZ music equally as much as I love Herrmann's and Goldsmith's brilliant contributions. I feel Van Cleave is underappreciated and overlooked by most. Enjoy his bizarre,over-the-top usage of the electronic instruments in his scores PERCHANCE TO DREAM and A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE. He and Herrmann were equally imaginative and daring in their useage of the theremin and what not.
ELEGY I'm especially fond of because it appears in my all time favorite TZ episode TWENTY TWO. But the scary music that appears in the climax that follows the terrified woman step by step, getting stronger and stronger as she prepares to board flight 22 I sure would love to have that! And it's not in the ELEGY suite but that music does sound like Van Cleave's and noone else.
I wish/hope that one day all 12 of Van Cleave's scores would be available. As well as any unused music he might've written. For now I'll content myself with the 5 fine,fine scores that are available on the Silva TZ set.
Finally THE HITCHHIKER by Herrmann on the Silva release is really great. I especially love the grim processional theme that starts 4 minutes into the score and keeps going and going. Reminds me of his CAPE FEAR theme.
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I also suggest getting the two volumes of music from Barnard Herrmann - The CBS Years. These are wonderful companions to the Twilight Zone albums, as is the CBS Westerns CD. Some of this music I believe was used on the show, but I'm not 100% on this.
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I also suggest getting the two volumes of music from Barnard Herrmann - The CBS Years. These are wonderful companions to the Twilight Zone albums, as is the CBS Westerns CD. Some of this music I believe was used on the show, but I'm not 100% on this.
Be certain. The cue entitled "The Ambush" was used in that TZ ep with Albert Salmi as the bandit in the Old West about to be hung who is transported into the future. Great episode.
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The cue entitled "The Ambush" was used in that TZ ep with Albert Salmi as the bandit in the Old West about to be hung who is transported into the future. Great episode.
So strange - I enjoy this episode and yet the TZ book that comes with the "new" DVD set for season 1 trashes the episode.
That book trashes a lot of great episodes. I was rather disappointed in the book's tone and criticisms throughout. Sometimes accurate, sometimes way off and a tad too harsh.
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The cue entitled "The Ambush" was used in that TZ ep with Albert Salmi as the bandit in the Old West about to be hung who is transported into the future. Great episode.
So strange - I enjoy this episode and yet the TZ book that comes with the "new" DVD set for season 1 trashes the episode.
That book trashes a lot of great episodes. I was rather disappointed in the book's tone and criticisms throughout. Sometimes accurate, sometimes way off and a tad too harsh.
I certainly agree. One of the best episodes of the early 1963 hour long half season was Richard Matheson's adaptation of his own story, MUTE. Brilliant in every aspect and yet he found fault with the character's motivations. I found the characters with the most kind motives quite sympathetic.
That teacher beotch is another animal.
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