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Unlike 20 years ago when we'd have huge flame wars on the subject of ghostwriting, I think many of us have a more mature understanding of the process now. The idea that Horner, Goldsmith or Williams used some very talented musicians to finish the job when time was tight takes nothing away from their talent.
For example, I was really happy to see such a frank discussion of Fred Steiner's contributions to TMP in the 3CD LaLaLand set. If anything, while Steiner's pieces are good, his work only highlighted exactly how far beyond in terms of brilliance Jerry's compositions were.
So I have absolutely no personal knowledge about Horner and ghostwriting beyond the memorable rec.music.movies and other forum threads that discussed the topics. So that means that I have no idea whether and how much of "The Pagemaster" was written by Horner. Is this a topic that the liner notes for this new edition cover? I'd be interested in a frank discussion of it considering how much chatter there was about it back in the day.
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I'm with you, man. It's interesting and maddening at the same time, but those years when Horner would do 5-8 movies a year, it only makes sense.
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Doubtful, as the liners don't go into that on A Far Off Place, either!
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bobbengan
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Doubtful, as the liners don't go into that on A Far Off Place, either!
Unlike that score, where only the main theme sounds like Horner at all, I believe "The Pagemaster" sounds LARGELY to be in his own voice, kinda without question. The big swashbuckling moments, the "Willow" and "Krull"-like interludes, it sounds mostly and unmistakably like Horner to my ear.
I've always enjoyed this one, definitely far more than "We're Back!" for sure. It was one of his last scores to embody that exciting early style of his I love so much. Even the following year's "Balto" goes in a different direction by and large musically.
And to whoever said "Krull" sounds cheesy... Hey now, them fightin' words!
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My copy arrived today! Love the back cover!!
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My copy arrived today! Love the back cover!!
How does it look without cellophane? If you open it up, there's music on that disc inside.
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I received my copy as well, and at first it appeared that the booklet was misprinted, but it just dawned on me that it maybe have been intentionally designed to resemble an open book with pages splayed out at the edges. Did anyone else notice this?
The sound quality is top notch and the music gorgeous, by the way!
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I noticed the improvement in sound myself.
Excellent releases all round from LLLR.
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What are you talking about, dude?
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