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Well, it's Paramount, and for a long time, scores from their archives were unreachable.
(There was a b**t floating around, with additional music.
Even now, it's doubtful this score is on any producer's list, since they're paying far more attention to scores from the 70's and 80's.
So it's still just as unreachable as ever.
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The sound was never a great thrill on this track - recorded in Mexico during the musicians strike.
Here we go again. Joe, all the evidence points to the fact that The Buccanner was recorded in Munich during the musicians' strike and conducted by Kurt Graunke. Bernstein himself told me this when I asked him about it in Glasgow.
There's also - as I've said before - the Q & A session from an SPFM seminar where he says himself that "...they took the recording to Munich and as a loyal union member I didn't conduct". I have this SPFM session recorded on a CDR and, as I've offered in the past, if you give me your address I'll send a copy to you.
Furthermore, a friend in Germany recently furnished me with several pages from a book chronicling the history of the Graunke Orchester Munich. Included is a huge list of films that they recorded over the years. The credit "Konig der Friebeuter (The Buccaneer)" is listed twice
along with Elmer Bernstein's name.
- James MacMillan.
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Well is that all the evidence you can provide? 
I certainly wish Elmer had turned out more scores in a style he was "uncomfortable" with like The Ten Commandments, one of my all time favorite movie scores...
Well, actually there IS more. In an interview published in the Belgian magazine Soundtrack!,
old Matthias Budinger starts off by asking Bernstein, "This is not the first time you've been to Munich, is it?"
And Elmer replies, "That's correct; I was here before, just once, for The Buccaneer in 1958".
(Matthias' interview took place when Bernstein was scoring Spies Like Us).
- JMM.
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Here's a quick clip of Elmer talking about 'The Buccaneer' at the SPFM seminar: he does mention Munich:
[URL=http://www.4shared.com/audio/05RiObKv/EB_Buccaneer_chat.html]EB Buccaneer chat.mp3[/URL]
The hilarity suggests it wasn't one of his favourites. Elmer's music is never 'bad' but he did hit uncharacteristic level of corn in this one. Still a fun listen though.
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The hilarity suggests it wasn't one of his favourites. Elmer's music is never 'bad' but he did hit uncharacteristic level of corn in this one. Still a fun listen though.
To be honest I prefer the romantic "corn" of The Buccaneer to the reserved subtlety of a lot of his more acclaimed scores. I love Elmer's work, but I find some of his music austere and overly serious. I wish he'd scored more old fashioned adventures.
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Here we go agaqin - indeed. Elmer told me this was done in mexico.
indeed the raw sessions tapes have the slates and conversation with musicians in Spanish.
Is that normal with the Graunke Orchestra?
Looks like a Mexican stand-off...
As always, terribly amusing to behold as it unfolds.
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