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Oct 12, 2011 - 5:22 PM
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BasilFSM
(Member)
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INTRADA
Announces:
FUNERAL HOME
Composed and Conducted by JERRY FIELDING
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 186
Intrada continues its focus on the music of Jerry Fielding with a release of his final film score, the 1980-horror film Funeral Home. Fielding chose to shy away from shrieking stings and explosive “fright” moments and, in fact, his score is rather restrained. Maybe because he had never scored a “conventional” horror picture before, the composer elected to return to the rural “dread” motifs from Straw Dogs (1971), as well as some of the atmospheric ideas from The Nightcomers (1971). Students of Fielding will also note the use of many of his familiar staples, skillfully blended with a new theme and interesting variations.
The master elements for this fascinatingly complex and truly frightening score were long thought to be lost. But through a series of events unfolding over a lengthy period of time, the 24-track masters were almost literally unearthed from a drive-in theater in Ontario, Canada. Fielding was a master at using various solo colors from his woodwinds, clusters of tight harmonies in his brass, tiny metallic hits from the triangle, sharp rolls in the snare drums, florid harp passages, challenging figures for strings, and brittle melodic ideas. And thanks to the pristine condition of the master elements, it's all here in crystal clarity and featuring many cues that were dropped from the film.
The film itself tells the story of a former funeral parlor that has now been turned into a guesthouse for weary travelers, overseen by old Maude Chalmers (Kay Hawtry), a cheerful, frumpish battle axe who welcomes her visitors with home-cooked aplomb. Into this house of foreboding comes Maude’s granddaughter, Heather (Lesleh Donaldson), who quickly begins to suspect that all might not be quite right. She wonders how come the other guests seem to disappear into the night without explanation and why old Grandma is heard upstairs conversing with a man who may or may not be her husband, who supposedly disappeared.
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 186
Retail Price: $29.99
SHIPS OCT 18th
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7293/.f
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This is truly a lost 80's gem! Ordered along with Fright Night! Can't wait for these to arrive!
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So is this and Fright Night unlimited? I couldn't find the 3000 UNITS or 2000 UNITS part. Just curious.
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So really no hurry to get this!
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So is this and Fright Night unlimited? I couldn't find the 3000 UNITS or 2000 UNITS part. Just curious.
Don't tell me you don't know Intrada's new policy?
Play nice buddy, play nice.
I thought it was unlimited but only for those Disney titles.
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Thanks Intrada, and only 14 more releases before you hit 200! Bravo!
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I thought it was unlimited but only for those Disney titles.
Nope. The whole unlimited thing started with "Explorers," which was a Paramount film.
Ok, very good to know, thanks buddy. See I learn stuff daily on this board.
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I certainly ordered it. "Limited" limit be damned. More Fielding- what bliss
"I feel like a little girllll...." 
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Nope. The whole unlimited thing started with "Explorers," which was a Paramount film.
Ok, very good to know, thanks buddy. See I learn stuff daily on this board.
I should clarify that Intrada has done unlimited releases before. It was only after "Explorers" that unlimited became the standard, rather than the exception.
See? You learned even more!
Here's a little more: The Special Collection and Signature Editions ARE limited---with a upper limit potential of 10,000 units, the maximum allowed by the AFM. But Intrada reserves the right to limit the number dependent upon sales success. So if a title stalls out after a few weeks or months, then they may make a "last call" and close it out.
The pressure has moved from the release announcement to the close out announcement.
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Thank you Intrada! The next Fielding you need to release is Beyond the Poseidon Adventure!!!
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