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What's with the "Original M-G-M Soundtrack" lead-in? I thought these were both United Artists Pictures... (?)
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Mono? Mono? As in monothematic - you surely cannot mean mono sound - both scores are in glorious stereophonic sound.
Surely you can't mean monothematic either. The Whisperers score plays with three major themes: the Whisperers theme, the "Nobody And Nothing" theme and the "Attack" theme.
Incidentally, Pete, yes, I also recall it being said that The Whisperers was recorded before the film, one of the rare occasions where this has happened. That said, I'm sure it wouldn't have taken a year to shoot, so there does seem to be something that held up the process.
Can I just say one thing though: do your numbers have to be quite so limited? Your titles tend to sell out real quick and I'd hate to miss out on a future release like this.
Cheers
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Sorry James. Just my sneaky way of making it so the thread keeps getting bumped. Well, not really.
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I do think the sound is a lot better, but that's me - not sure how others will feel, but the samples should tell you something, even though they're mp3s - the finished master sounds great to my ears, another top-notch job by James Nelson.
I don't necessarily buy every John Barry re-issue that turns up but there was never any doubt about this one. A terrific score for a wonderful film that was sadly overlooked by many on its release.
Incidentally, bass guitarist Ron Prentice's diary reveals he played on the soundtrack of The Whisperers in September 1966 - the film appears to have been released almost a year later!
Geoff,
I seem to recall reading, and I'm sure you can confirm this, that Barry wrote the music for THE WHISPERERS before they finished filming and Bryan Forbes edited the film to the score. Or am I mistaken? It might explain why the score was recorded in 1966 and why so much of the music on the original LP (and now CD) release is not in the final film.
James
This is all gone into in the liner notes in detail - you can read them in advance on the site.
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What's with the "Original M-G-M Soundtrack" lead-in? I thought these were both United Artists Pictures... (?)
That wording is a contractual requirement when licensing from MGM - they own the UA Catalog and that's what they want.
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Mono? Mono? As in monothematic - you surely cannot mean mono sound - both scores are in glorious stereophonic sound.
Surely you can't mean monothematic either. The Whisperers score plays with three major themes: the Whisperers theme, the "Nobody And Nothing" theme and the "Attack" theme.
Incidentally, Pete, yes, I also recall it being said that The Whisperers was recorded before the film, one of the rare occasions where this has happened. That said, I'm sure it wouldn't have taken a year to shoot, so there does seem to be something that held up the process.
Can I just say one thing though: do your numbers have to be quite so limited? Your titles tend to sell out real quick and I'd hate to miss out on a future release like this.
Cheers
Because doing two scores on one CD is already way too expensive - and to up the number of copies makes it even more expensive. I do these two-fers occasionally to give value for money but there is very little profit in them when the licensing fee in essence doubles.
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Fair enough. I just hope I don't miss any future Barry titles!
Cheers
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Fair enough. I just hope I don't miss any future Barry titles!
Cheers
The Knack is coming - not from us, though. I tried, but it had been snapped up already 
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This is all gone into in the liner notes in detail - you can read them in advance on the site.
I knew I read it somewhere. Turns out it was the original LP's liner notes!
James
Exactly. I used that section of Forbes' notes because he wrote it so eloquently.
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Not moving quite as fast as A Bridge Too Far, but pretty well, I must say. Less than 250 left now.
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In March 1966, Barry said that 'The Whisperers' was his only film commitment for that year as he wanted to concentrate on composing the stage musical version of 'Brighton Rock' to be directed by Joseph Losey.
When 'Brighton Rock collapsed, he took on 'The Quiller Memorandum'
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