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Now, there's one piece of source music (all included at the end of the CD) that we haven't been able to identify. So, we've started a little contest on Facebook . . .
Link, please?
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Now, there's one piece of source music (all included at the end of the CD) that we haven't been able to identify. So, we've started a little contest on Facebook . . .
Link, please?
No link - you have to drop me a line at kritzerland at gmail dot com and I'll send you the mp3. So far no one has been able to identify it and it's gone to some pretty knowledgeable people. So, I'll either leave it uncredited or remove it. I know if I leave it uncredited that the minute it arrives some wiseass will berate us for not crediting the song which the wiseass will of course know the title of. So, if the wiseass is reading this, help us out - free copy to the winner and their name in the booklet thank yous.
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Received Juggernaut/Bed Sitting Room CD this morning. Great stuff.
Am I the first to get it?
Thanks Mr Kimmel 
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Received Juggernaut/Bed Sitting Room CD this morning. Great stuff.
Am I the first to get it?
Thanks Mr Kimmel
Awww . . .
When I read "first to get it" I thought maybe you guessed the mystery tune!
Did anyone figure that one out yet, BK?
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Looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks.
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Aug 1, 2010 - 11:46 AM
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Ebab
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I’ve listened to the CD twice now (which, at under 35 minutes running time, is manageable).
“Juggernaut” seems an example of an incredibly economic score, with very precise choices for what to highlight, and how. A kind of brass fanfare and sparse snare drum pattern for the bomb squad to drop into rough seas, atonal flutes and strings for the devilish ingenuity of the detonator, piano/guitar and synthesizer to render a laconic theme (my favorite) for the glimpse of human warmth that occasionally shines though that overall very cold environment. No opulent action cues, no sweeping love themes, and no end-to-end suspense stuff, it’s all perfectly adequate and effective for this world-weary suspense piece.
“The Bed Sitting Room” seems quite different (a very nice combination of the two, though). Playful, ironically pastoral at times, evocative too, with slightly eccentric dances (but not in-the-face “comical”), sounds very British in my foreign ears. I don’t know the film, but I saw that there is a surprisingly inexpensive new transfer available in the U.K. on Blu-Ray, and I’m intrigued enough to snatch it.
Very nice artwork on the CD and well-written liner notes, if a bit brief on the actual scores. Sound quality is adequate (as noted, the fascinating End Titles for “Juggernaut” were not available on any elements and were therefore lifted from the DVD; they sound, regrettably, more muffled in comparison, but that’s how it is).
I guess both of these scores are interesting for people who (also) appreciate skillful music that fulfills very precise tasks for the respective whole work, music that may not necessarily provide a smooth or sweepingly grand “out-of-the-box” listening experience. For people who like to “take their toys apart” (like myself), this disk once again demonstrates Ken Thorne’s craftsmanship, creative versatility, sensibility, and unvain (is that a word?) dedication to the “serving” aspect of film music.
I’m very glad I have the disc (it seems to be sold out already, too); thank you, Kritzerland!
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nice review, Ebab. I should be getting mine tomorrow or Tues. I look forward to it!
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I’ve listened to the CD twice now (which, at under 35 minutes running time, is manageable).
“Juggernaut” seems an example of an incredibly economic score, with very precise choices for what to highlight, and how. A kind of brass fanfare and sparse snare drum pattern for the bomb squad to drop into rough seas, atonal flutes and strings for the devilish ingenuity of the detonator, piano/guitar and synthesizer to render a laconic theme (my favorite) for the glimpse of human warmth that occasionally shines though that overall very cold environment. No opulent action cues, no sweeping love themes, and no end-to-end suspense stuff, it’s all perfectly adequate and effective for this world-weary suspense piece.
“The Bed Sitting Room” seems quite different (a very nice combination of the two, though). Playful, ironically pastoral at times, with slightly eccentric dances (but not in-the-face “comical”), sounds very British in my foreign ears. I don’t know the film, but I saw that there is a surprisingly inexpensive new transfer available in the U.K. on Blu-Ray, and I’m intrigued enough to snatch it.
Very nice artwork on the CD and well-written liner notes, if a bit brief on the actual scores. Sound quality is adequate (the fascinating End Titles for “Juggernaut” were not available on any elements and were therefore lifted from the DVD; they sound, regrettably, more muffled in comparison, but that’s how it is).
I guess both of these scores are interesting for people who (also) appreciate skillful music that fulfills very precise tasks for the respective whole work, music that may not necessarily provide a smooth or sweepingly grand “out-of-the-box” listening experience. For people who like to “take their toys apart” (like myself), this disk once again demonstrates Ken Thorne’s craftsmanship and unvain (is that a word?) dedication to the “serving” aspect of film music.
I’m very glad I have the disc (it seems to be sold out already, too); thank you, Kritzerland!
The blu-ray of Bed Sitting Room is terrific and well worth getting. It's a very quirky film that some will enjoy and some won't - its arch humor gets a little wearying at times, but the cast is amazing and I love the way Thorne's score works in the film - as I do with Juggernaut.
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Was looking for a Bed sitting Room thread.
Interesting what hainshisway and Ahem said about this film.
I saw bits of it on tv in the 70s but didnt remember much.
So i recorded it the other day.
I lasted 15 mins.
Any advice? Persevere or delete it?
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I will. I just wondered if there was a consensus on the thing.
Was i about to miss a valuable movie or waste 2 hours?
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Nov 27, 2016 - 12:41 PM
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Rameau
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I loved Richard Lester's films, but this & How I Won The War didn't do it for me, I wouldn't like to sit through it again. The thing is, I saw it on the stage at Christmas in 1966, the Mermaid Theatre, London. What a year! I started work (aged 15), had my first meal in a restaurant, & went to the theatre for the first time, a couple of my (more worldly) workmates sorted out a Christmas treat. There was Spike in it, nothing made any sense, but it was a lot of fun, everyone was laughing all the time, I think they were all making it up as they went along by then. Blimey, that was a lifetime ago.
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