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More details on his life and career by Chris Malone at his website:
http://www.malonedigital.com/tomlinson.pdf
Wonderful article, I laughed out loud several times at the humorous anecdotes. Bit hard to explain to my work colleagues why I was laughing, as they haven't got a clue who people like Bernard Herrmann are. I know it was written a few years ago, but it really works as a wonderful tribute to Mr. Tomlinson now, bringing his personality and work to life. Lovely stuff.
One point though: it says that THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY was recorded at Anvil Studios in April 1979. Mike Matessino also said something similar in his liner notes for ALIEN (saying Goldsmith stayed on in the UK to record THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY after the ALIEN sessions, which I think was in Feb... not got the dates to hand.) However, this can't be the case as the film opened as THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY in London's West End in December 1978. The liner notes for the Intrada issue of the score does say "recorded in 1978", but I was wondering if anyone knows exactly when it was recorded? Was it April 1978?
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Great article Chris, and a worthy tribute to a hugely significant name in the history of twentieth century film music.
RIP Eric Tomlinson.
SG
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Nov 29, 2015 - 8:20 AM
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alexp
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As a personal tribute to Mr. Tomlinson, I brought some CD of soundtracks that he has worked on to the workout studio of the gym that I belong to this past Saturday.
The studio has a sound system on a rack with 4 overhead speakers and a subwoofer. The room has wooded floors and sheets of mirrors covering 3/4ths of the studio’s walls, so that when the music is played, the room gives off a reverb. It is usually unoccupied on Saturdays for at least the first hour after the gym opens, so, every Saturday morning, I would play CDs on the stereo for a half-hour to celebrate my completing a full 5-day training regimen.
Those CDs I played in that room last Saturday were THE FINAL CONFLICT, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, MONSIGNOR, BRAINSTORM, and BATMAN.
I feel, a very fitting way to honor the skill of Mr. Tomlinson by listening to how his work is displayed on a well-equipped sound system in a large room with unique acoustics.
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Thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts.
Here’s a photo from a few years back when Alan Snelling, Eric, and I convened for a lengthy lunch in Soho.
To address Mark’s question about The Great Train Robbery, 1978 rather than ’79 does seem likely in hindsight. The date on photograph is therefore incorrect – I don’t have visibility of any other documentation to confirm for sure.
Chris
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R.I.P. Eric Tomlinson. The sound of film music owed a lot to you!
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To address Mark’s question about The Great Train Robbery, 1978 rather than ’79 does seem likely in hindsight. The date on photograph is therefore incorrect – I don’t have visibility of any other documentation to confirm for sure.
Chris
Thanks Chris, and thanks again for sharing your memories.
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