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Anybody know how many Manuel LPs there were?
Some very good eclectic selections on them.
Geoff Love didnt look spanish did he?!
I'd never even heard of him until y'all mentioned him, and seeing this thread made me google his name, and to ME, he looks like Bernie Kopell... if he were black! The resemblance is kind of eerie!
wonder if its possible to access a Manuel playlist? Loved his Brazil.
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I remember volume two had Wild Bunch and i think Hang em High on.
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yes this takes me back big time,
I still play some of the Geoff Love LP's, some also had great artwork by Tom Chantrell
Think I also have Manual LP music from the movies
all very easy on the ear
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On the Suspense themes LP anybody know what the score was with Don Ellis's French connection?
Love's version is great but bears no resemblance to the music in the film. Was is a rejected theme or the trailer music? Anybody know?
https://youtu.be/MwFeZouqE-g
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On the Suspense themes LP anybody know what the score was with Don Ellis's French connection?
Love's version is great but bears no resemblance to the music in the film. Was is a rejected theme or the trailer music? Anybody know?
https://youtu.be/MwFeZouqE-g
There have been one or two cover versions (I think Ray Davies and his Button Down Brass did a very funky one) and they're all arrangements of this tune, which as you say is nothing like anything heard in Don Ellis' score. Yet they're credited to Ellis.
Very odd, and I've never heard any explanation.
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Sadly the er.. Don is dead so no good writing to him.
Wonder if anyone has ever heard a reason why its so different?
Can it only be a late change?
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Sadly the er.. Don is dead so no good writing to him.
Wonder if anyone has ever heard an explanation for it.?
The only thing I could think of was that music company executives, while wanting to capitalise on the film's success, didn't think the music as it appeared in the film would appeal commercially to the public - and maybe asked for something for cover artists to record that was more 'conventional' listening?
You do wonder if Ellis even wrote it (despite being credited as such). Yet Ellis proved himself that a funky version was possible, with his own rocked-up version on his CONNECTION big band album.
I'd love to know the truth, anyway.
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Good find Lightfoot. Bless him! He was a national treasure in his way!
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Playing Big Love movie themes today !
Dr zhivago, a man and a woman, Romeo n juliet, la strada, its brill.
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As Preston mentioned (much) earlier in this thread, the main attraction of "Big War Movie Themes" was the inclusion of Miklos Rozsa's main theme from THE GREEN BERETS. It might be hard for younger collectors to realise now, but back in the day that was all we had... File under "grateful for small mercies", as the only other musical entity connected with THE GREEN BERETS back then was the Ballad, as crooned by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler.
Have to say I liked the "Westerns" albums too at the time; the theme from THE VIRGINIAN was fairly faithful to the original in it's performance.
As an adjunct to the Geoff Love legacy, a lesser-known fact is that his son, Adrian Love, became a radio presenter and during his time at Capital Radio he conducted interviews with Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith as and when they happened to be in London. The interview with Bernstein was particularly good, as the talk strayed (quite unexpectedly!) into politics and EB offered an opinion on the Watergate scandal. He also talked about his dismay when 'How Now, Dow Jones' was "ruined by improvements" on it's way from New Haven to Boston and then Broadway. Had all of this stuff on an open-reel tape. God knows where it is now...
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Hi folks
As a small child I was introduced to Geoff Love without even realizing it - the local cinema used to play Great Western Movie Themes before the movies played.
Then, like many others here, Big War Movie Themes appeared - must of been about 11 as I was given a record player for passing the 11+. The album came in a freebie bundle of MFP albums with the turntable. In my opinion no one since has bettered his re-recordings of John Barry and Ron Goodwin.
Geoff Love is one of the great heroes of the Pre-Gerhardt years. Very clever how he balanced pop type arrangements of the well known favorites with less well known tunes for us film music enthusiasts.
Are there any Geoff Love recordings where the original version is still not available?
Stay Well
CC
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I dont think Goodwin's Frenzy or The Executioner (George Peppard film) ever got a score release, did it?
And then we have this very good but "unknown" tune from French Connection.
(*Although Ramon Gumba did the same Frenzy theme on the film music of Ron Goodwin cd)
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