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You've been going on about this for decades, Howard, but would you believe I've never actually seen this episode or heard its score? In fact, I've seen nothing, zip, zilch of the original TWILIGHT ZONE show... The Twilight Zone is required viewing for anyone interested in film music. The roster of composers who wrote for the show is quite historic, and includes Herrmann, Waxman, Fred Steiner, Nathan Van Cleave, as well as a couple of young guys named Jerry Goldsmith and Leonard Rosenman. Many of the scores are outstanding -- all the more so when you consider they were scored for tiny ensembles. I'm not sure if this link is available outside the US, but it is on Hulu... https://www.hulu.com/series/the-twilight-zone-7103ca33-722b-4915-b4e7-b469fd4e0ccb
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Aug 22, 2020 - 7:06 PM
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Howard L
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The one problem with the rerecordings is they all include an erroneous extra repeat in finale that Herrmann caught and removed in his original. Once you hear it, it just throws off the piece, at least it does for me. We are on the same page, LD. This illustrates why I sometimes second guess the mind's ear. The first time I heard a rerecording of Finale it had me wondering if I had been missing something all along. Nope! So we have an example of music edited out of WD in more recent ep prints (face slapping incident) and an example of music added into standalone CDs. Which, of course, will not bother those among us who listen to soundtracks primarily without having seen the picture. Anyway, both rerecordings, again, do justice to the score. It's close to a pick 'em situation. The Tribute FC has the finer sound, but I lean towards the McNeely for this one because (1) the harp passages at the start are performed at a pace truer to the spirit of the piece, and (2) it sports a brief theremin-like vibrato at the close that catches my ear in a most pleasant way. It's a nice touch. LordDalek, it sounds like the original soundtrack you posted is the Silva release. So, permit me to add the following for the sake of rounding out the roster-- EDITED , no longer available. Back to iso--HL
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Very interesting discussion and dissection of Herrman's wonderful score to Walking Distance. The pursuit of the perfect recording makes me want to record it again! I hope others take up the challenge in the future.
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