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Oct 15, 2013 - 5:01 PM
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ToneRow
(Member)
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For a very long period (20 years or perhaps longer), there were no new soundtracks released containing film music by Daniele Amfitheatrof.
One Label X CD (from the 1980s?), and 2 LPs (THE SPANISH AFFAIR & MAJOR DUNDEE) plus some selections on a few older LPs. This was the extent of the Amfitheatrof discography.
In 2008, FSM spearheaded a mini-revival of music by "Amfi", his nick-name.
Or is it a revival?
Across the 4 albums issued between 2008 and 2012, Amfitheatrof's music was combined with film scores by others. Apparently, stand-alone albums of all-Amfitheatrof programs are not feasible and, as a result, Amfi needs to be packaged into CD sets focusing on genre rather than relying on his name to sell the soundtracks.
What do you think about the recent treatments of Daniele A.?
It is remarkable that Amfitheatrof music gets released at all - and I'm grateful for this!
I would not have believed back in - say - 1999 that unreleased Amfitheatrof scores would surface in 2008 and beyond.
Yet ... he also seems a tough sell and his soundtracks may be viewed as filler by some folks who are more interested in the other companion scores within the sets.
Here's the group of CDs from the past 5 years:
2008: FSM released two Westerns by Amfitheatrof in a 3-CD of 5 scores.
2009: a Varese Sarabande club CD pairs Amfitheatrof with Hugo Friedhofer's LYDIA BAILEY.
2010: FSM again offers us 2 by Amfitheatrof in a 5-disc set of LASSIE.
and in 2012: Intrada issues a 2-CD set of George Pal movies from Paramount, which contains THE NAKED JUNGLE.
What are your feelings about the music of Amfitheatrof and how they are packaged by the specialty labels?
[FYI: Amfitheatrof was the reason why I bought the Intrada Pal set. I got Varese's CD initially to acquire Friedhofer, but wound up loving BIRD OF PARADISE even more! Regarding the FSM sets, I got them because I like the multiple composers such as Kaper or Previn or Elmer B.]
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