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Hi, I dug up this thread ...
thank you FOR USING THE search engine
bruce
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I for one would not only be up for the complete used and rejected scores for Frenzy, but also Addison's complete (and remastered) Torn Curtain paired with everything Herrmann managed to record. Though the film is very mediocre, I never understood the hate for Addison's music, which I thought was pretty good even if it wasn't Herrmann.
Yavar
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Jul 8, 2010 - 5:19 PM
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ahem
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I for one would not only be up for the complete used and rejected scores for Frenzy, but also Addison's complete (and remastered) Torn Curtain paired with everything Herrmann managed to record. Though the film is very mediocre, I never understood the hate for Addison's music, which I thought was pretty good even if it wasn't Herrmann.
Yavar
So long as they aren't in the same set, I'd be happy with that. I dislike Addison's TC and all of his film and TV scores, but I think Torn Curtain is a pretty decent Hitchcock potboiler, and far better than Topaz, which had a fairly decent dramatic score and still was unwatchable, in my opinion. I think a complete film rerelease on DVD/Bluray of Torn Curtain, complete with Herrmann's score tracked over it would elevate the film entirely. The excerpts that do this on the current DVD bonus features I think improve the film a million times over (and what a score from BH)!
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Jul 8, 2010 - 5:27 PM
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Ed Nassour
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I for one would not only be up for the complete used and rejected scores for Frenzy, but also Addison's complete (and remastered) Torn Curtain paired with everything Herrmann managed to record. Though the film is very mediocre, I never understood the hate for Addison's music, which I thought was pretty good even if it wasn't Herrmann.
Yavar
So long as they aren't in the same set, I'd be happy with that. I dislike Addison's TC and all of his film and TV scores, but I think Torn Curtain is a pretty decent Hitchcock potboiler, and far better than Topaz, which had a fairly decent dramatic score and still was unwatchable, in my opinion. I think a complete film rerelease on DVD/Bluray of Torn Curtain, complete with Herrmann's score tracked over it would elevate the film entirely. The excerpts that do this on the current DVD bonus features I think improve the film a million times over (and what a score from BH)!
I've got news for you. Just about any film is better than "Topaz."
Addison wrote a rather good score for a 1953 British film I watched last night on TCM entitled "The Man Between" directed by Carol Reed. The ending was similar to the later spy film "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold." Even more interesting was that Claire Bloom appeared in both films.
the absolute worst score composed by Addison was for the Universal stinkaroo "Swashbuckler."
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Jul 8, 2010 - 11:20 PM
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Scott
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I for one would not only be up for the complete used and rejected scores for Frenzy, but also Addison's complete (and remastered) Torn Curtain paired with everything Herrmann managed to record. Though the film is very mediocre, I never understood the hate for Addison's music, which I thought was pretty good even if it wasn't Herrmann.
Yavar
So long as they aren't in the same set, I'd be happy with that. I dislike Addison's TC and all of his film and TV scores, but I think Torn Curtain is a pretty decent Hitchcock potboiler, and far better than Topaz, which had a fairly decent dramatic score and still was unwatchable, in my opinion. I think a complete film rerelease on DVD/Bluray of Torn Curtain, complete with Herrmann's score tracked over it would elevate the film entirely. The excerpts that do this on the current DVD bonus features I think improve the film a million times over (and what a score from BH)!
I've got news for you. Just about any film is better than "Topaz."
Addison wrote a rather good score for a 1953 British film I watched last night on TCM entitled "The Man Between" directed by Carol Reed. The ending was similar to the later spy film "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold." Even more interesting was that Claire Bloom appeared in both films.
the absolute worst score composed by Addison was for the Universal stinkaroo "Swashbuckler."
I have the soundtrack to SWASHBUCKLER and I love it! By contrast, I'd have to say that Addison's score for TORN CURTAIN is one of my least favorites from him.
TOPAZ is a flawed film to be sure but it's got some great stuff in it. Just about any film is better than TOPAZ?! That's a bit harsh.
Bring on FRENZY double score! I would buy that in a heartbeat!!
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Jul 8, 2010 - 11:41 PM
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Ed Nassour
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I for one would not only be up for the complete used and rejected scores for Frenzy, but also Addison's complete (and remastered) Torn Curtain paired with everything Herrmann managed to record. Though the film is very mediocre, I never understood the hate for Addison's music, which I thought was pretty good even if it wasn't Herrmann.
Yavar
So long as they aren't in the same set, I'd be happy with that. I dislike Addison's TC and all of his film and TV scores, but I think Torn Curtain is a pretty decent Hitchcock potboiler, and far better than Topaz, which had a fairly decent dramatic score and still was unwatchable, in my opinion. I think a complete film rerelease on DVD/Bluray of Torn Curtain, complete with Herrmann's score tracked over it would elevate the film entirely. The excerpts that do this on the current DVD bonus features I think improve the film a million times over (and what a score from BH)!
I've got news for you. Just about any film is better than "Topaz."
Addison wrote a rather good score for a 1953 British film I watched last night on TCM entitled "The Man Between" directed by Carol Reed. The ending was similar to the later spy film "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold." Even more interesting was that Claire Bloom appeared in both films.
the absolute worst score composed by Addison was for the Universal stinkaroo "Swashbuckler."
I have the soundtrack to SWASHBUCKLER and I love it! By contrast, I'd have to say that Addison's score for TORN CURTAIN is one of my least favorites from him.
TOPAZ is a flawed film to be sure but it's got some great stuff in it. Just about any film is better than TOPAZ?! That's a bit harsh.
Bring on FRENZY double score! I would buy that in a heartbeat!!
Unfortunately for me I worked on "Swashbuckler" for eleven long months. I sat on the Universal scoring stage while Addsion conducted his score. It might be 'fun' to listen to, but mixed into the film it did nothing to lift what was a dreadful movie into the realm of a watchable flick.
The stories I could tell about that production!
The original plan was to release the film in 4-track magnetic stereo, but after the Universal 'suits' saw the director's first cut, that idea went out the window. I do remember they recorded all the production tracks on two and even three separate tracks which became a difficult task for the assistant editors.
The film was originally planned as a Clint Eastwood vehicle. John Williams was to compose the score. But after Eastwood realized the film had a terrible script that couldn't be improved to his liking and would be a logistical nightmare to film, he dropped out and with him went John Williams.
Addison was a gentleman and we enjoyed several lunches where he told me great stories of working in the British film industry.
One Addison score I like very much was for "Pool of London" (1951).
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I think you'll find that much - but not all - of the Goodwin catalogue is still stored in the family library (which would be, in most cases, Ron's own copies of the tapes). As ever, the problem remains for investment to complete the clean-up process on the old tapes and transfer to digital. Its been done on a few scores that have already been released.
It is, I'm told, an expensive process? Others on here would know better than me.
For what its worth, even though a few tapes may no longer exist on some scores, the written partitures are still safely stored for all Goodwin scores, should anyone wish to pursue re-recording of lost music.
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Frenzy is a release i've wanted for so long, my father played principal horn on both sessions
- Tim
way cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bruce
ps i have never heard the eastwood/SWASHBUCLER story.
sounds like a croc to me
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