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I love SPYS!
No love = no S*P*Y*S*!
No Advise = No Consent
HAHAHA! 
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I really can't fathom the SPYS haters, honestly. I guess it all stems from the synthy main titles with the "spiiiiies" chorus, and the end titles where they come back? Because I can understand someone not liking that. But all the stuff in between is perfectly delightful. Basil's description is nuts. Just imagine a respected composer having a bit of fun, and that's this score. It's hardly him pulling his pants down and mooning us. Good god, are some folks uptight.
Yavar
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... and then farting.
An echo-plexed fart would smell like a winner.
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How substantial is the score for S*P*Y*S?
There seems to only be a couple 9 minute suites up on youtube.
Well, Varese only included 19 minutes of the score on their pricey rare and OOP Goldsmith at Fox box. That's where those YouTube suites come from. You should still give them as listen as they should inform you about whether you'd like the score...
I already have earlier FSM release of The Stripper (and love it!), so a purchase will come down to how worthwhile the other "S" title is.
If you love The Stripper that much you should know that MV just wrote this in the LLL thread:
"SPYS and STRIPPER are remastered and expanded...also includes Jerry's one FLAMING STAR track"
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Very excited to see the full programs and how much more there is for each score. The Stripper was ~45 minutes on FSM and the Varese SPYS suite was almost 19 minutes. So the existing releases of music from both would fit on one CD with plenty of room to spare. The fact that this is a 2-CD set is incredibly exciting to me as a Goldsmith fan!
Yavar
As always, thanks for the substantive reply, Yavar!
I did listen to both suites on YT. They didn't register much, positive or negative, beyond wishing the vocals on the theme were not present. I would have enjoyed the playful funky kitsch of it more without them, I think.
But that's why I was wondering how much more to the score there was. If those suites represent about half the extent material up to this point, then I'm not going to feel a need to rush to pick it up just for that (new to me) material.
I'm 100% fine with the FSM release of the Stripper- both content and sound quality. It plays beautifully for me as is.
I'm sure this new release will end up on the shopping list at some point- sooner if the expansions and SQ are notable.
Otherwise I think I'll be prioritizing X-men, a Sarde, and Lionheart (even though I can definitely hear the almost Horner-like callbacks to earlier work sprinkled within it).
Though TBH I would prefer a hi-res download for the latter and the Beltrami, so I may just wait a while on those as well.
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Neil Bulk just reminded me that the FSM edition of The Stripper also includes a lot of source music, bringing the time for it on that album to over an hour. (I just didn’t import the source music to my iTunes.) So a 2 CD set makes perfect sense with SPYS being expanded.
Yavar
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If folks are unfamiliar with this score, a good way to form an opinion as to whether you would enjoy it is to imagine a respected composer walking onto a stage, pulling down his pants and bending down with his backside turned towards the audience... and then farting. If that sounds like the kind of thing that might amuse and be fun to listen to and pay money for, S*P*Y*S should appeal immensely.
Over the decades I've never had the ability to venture into composing. Life however is a great leveller, and here at least is a stage on which I have shown some abilities over the years. That, and Lager drinking. But that was then. I will get this album, or is it All-Bum ?. If only to see what Volume 4 brings. I'm told that all the volumes when finished, arranged in a square pattern will reveal an additional facet. Only time will tell, but I am up for it.
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OK, sure, the electro-kazoo/FartBlaster 2000 combo is terribly silly sounding.
No question.
And, yes, you can't help but ask yourself "what the hell was he thinking?".
But … but … the sprightly, tongue-in-cheek material is actually really quite delightfully orchestrated. Indeed, the bits of Russian parody remind me of Desplat's approach in Grand Budapest Hotel.
I'd certainly entertain hearing more than the 19 minutes Varèse released back in 2004.
Good golly, Ms. Molly, S*P*Y*S offers a more satisfying listening experience than 2003's The Vanishing, which I abortively listened to yesterday.
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Whoa, a Goldsmith Twofer with two scores I don't own already. I will go for it.
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Bazza wins Internet Joke Of The Day award with his very funny 'crack'
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May 10, 2021 - 10:56 PM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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“GOLDSMITH AT 20th VOL. 3 – THE STRIPPER / S*P*Y*S:
LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
Limited Edition of 2000 Units
RETAIL PRICE: $24.98
STARTS SHIPPING MAY 11
La-La Land Records and 20th Century Studios proudly present a new collection of classic Jerry Goldsmith scores for film and television composed for 20th Century Fox: GOLDSMITH AT 20th. Bringing back out-of-print favorites while also debuting previously unreleased music, this collection will feature new authoritative liner notes and unified packaging sure to please avid collectors but also serve as a perfect gateway for listeners experiencing this music for the first time.
Volume 3 showcases two more of the composer’s original feature film scores, one from the ’60s – 1963’s drama, THE STRIPPER, starring Joanne Woodward (in the first of Goldsmith’s collaborations with director Franklin J. Schaffner), and one from the ’70s – 1974’s espionage comedy, S*P*Y*S, starring Elliot Gould and Donald Sutherland, and directed by Irvin Kershner. From the jazz-influenced drama of THE STRIPPER to the broad and lively comic antics and action of S*P*Y*S, these two dynamic Goldsmith scores demonstrate the composer’s unique and boundless talents across two decades. This collection’s presentation of S*P*Y*S (previously available in truncated form only in a long out-of-print box set) is expanded with never-before-released material. Also making its debut on this collection, is the bonus track premiere release of “Pacer’s Farewell” from the 1960 western, FLAMING STAR, starring Elvis Presley. This marked Goldsmith’s very first work for the studio.
Both previously out-of-print scores return here with all-new art design by Jim Titus and new in-depth liner notes by writer Jeff Bond. The reissue is produced by Mike Matessino and Neil S. Bulk, mastered by Matessino and is limited to 2000 units.
Look for more “GOLDSMITH AT 20th” releases coming soon from La-La Land Records!
Also Available from La-La Land Records: GOLDSMITH AT 20th Vol 1 – VON RYAN’S EXPRESS / THE BLUE MAX and GOLDSMITH AT 20th Vol 2 – THE DETECTIVE / THE FLIM FLAM MAN
TRACK LISTING:
Disc 1
THE STRIPPER
Score Presentation
1 The Stripper Main Title 2:28
2 The Execution 2:26
3 Sunday Dinner 2:10
4 The Empty Room 1:49
5 Lila And Helen 3:42
6 Party Boy 3:25
7 A Mother’s Worry 2:16
8 Job Hunting 1:21
9 The Classroom 2:35
10 The Dancing Lesson 2:32
11 The Birthday Present 2:05
12 Lila’s Confession 1:19
13 The New Job 2:44
14 Comfort For Lila 1:54
15 A Change Of Heart 3:13
16 Lila’s Advice 4:04
17 The Stripper End Title 1:32
1963 Movie Radio
18 Give Me The Simple Life 2:22
19 Twistin’ Baby 1:48
20 Rock And Roll Blues 1:36
21 Anabel Blues 1:13
22 Gas Station Source (Unused) 1:00
23 Should I? 1:29
24 Stripper Blues :52
25 Dixieland Source (Unused) 1:06
26 Rock And Roll Retch 1:43
27 Romance 1:31
The Strip Act
28 Something’s Gotta Give 1:53
29 You’ve Gotta See Mama
Every Night 1:19
30 Frankie And Johnny 1:09
31 You’ve Gotta See Mama
Every Night (Reprise) :40
Additional Music
32 The Empty Room
(Alternate) 1:50
33 Should I? / The Dancing Lesson (Film Combo) 3:04
34 Pacer’s Farewell
(From Flaming Star) 2:26
Disc 1 Total Time: 69:16
Disc 2
S*P*Y*S
1 S*P*Y*S Main Title 3:06
2 Russian Warm-Up 1:21
3 Anybody Got A Key? 2:54
4 The Mannequin 1:47
5 The Siberian Blues :48
6 New Friends 1:43
7 A Welcome Guest 2:20
8 Table Talk 1:51
9 A Little Investigation 1:11
10 Who’s Paying? 1:07
11 Get Rid Of The Dog :53
12 One For The Road :47
13 Woops :35
14 Dog-Gone Paris 2:00
15 Tools Of The Trade 1:24
16 Triple Cross 3:47
17 The Buy 2:55
18 A New Start 2:26
Disc 2 Total Time: 33:21
Total Collection Time: 1:42:37
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