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What no love for one of the longest running indie labels that have been putting soundtracks out since 1985
SILVA SCREEN RECORDS?
Ford A. Thaxton
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Varese
La La Land
Intrada
Quartet
Silva Screen Records
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I criteria would be the labels who have released scores I wanted, some for a long time. The labels are (in no special order, though LLLR and Intrada are the main two):
1. Intrada Records
2. La La Land Records
3. Varese Sarabande (CD Club)
4. Film Score Monthly
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And while other labels here and there have released stuff I had wanted, no other single label has done enough to get the empty spot. I suspect Quartet Records will eventually fill that.
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Jan 16, 2017 - 4:26 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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I couldn't just answer this question by listing 5 labels and leave it there.
There are so many determining factors that make up the differences between them.
For best sound, I would put La La Land and Kritzerland at the top, as their use of the talents of Mike Matessino and James Nelson make their discs the best sounding to my ears.
Intrada would have posted quite high, but I've been disappointed by some of their recent remixes and remasterings (Dressed To Kill, A Far Off Place, The Rocketeer examples) which have caused me to lose faith somewhat in their execution process.
Quartet and Music Box also deliver pretty solid recordings and are up there quite high.
For packaging, notes and design, it would be La La Land, Intrada and Quartet who would top my list, for their excellent notes and interviews and all round info and packaging.
Varese still release some good titles, although for me it's mainly through the CD Club titles.
Their regular releases seem to be more contractual obligation than labour of love to me now and their gimmicky box sets hold little appeal to me. Also, their tendency to amp the sound 'to the max' can be just as bad as Intrada pulling it way down the other way.
I like the occasional release from Silva Screen and buysoundtrax, but don't purchase as many from them as the above labels.
Overall, I would say my favourite 5 (oops 6) are;
La La Land
Quartet
Intrada/Music Box (tie)
Kritzerland/Varese (tie)
I haven't included FSM as they no longer produce, but when they were on, they were by far one of the best.
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