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 Posted:   Dec 14, 2023 - 2:25 PM   
 By:   jfallon   (Member)

I never got an update from Quartet or DHL about shipping. Did anyone else?

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 14, 2023 - 2:35 PM   
 By:   riotengine   (Member)

I'm a fan of this movie, though I'm not remembering much of the score. A lot of tumultous behind-the-scenes stuff that went on in this film. Great cast of hard-drinking reprobates. big grin

Greg Espinoza

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 14, 2023 - 2:42 PM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

The CD...or the Suzzies??


Boom,boom!

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 14, 2023 - 2:44 PM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

I never got an update from Quartet or DHL about shipping. Did anyone else?

Nothing off quartet, this time. Then out the blue an email from fed ex and not dhl?!

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 16, 2023 - 2:39 AM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

Update- fedex are shite.
Parcel picked up Thurs.
In Manchester at 744am. Fri.
Delivery Fri. Between 9-13.00. Definitely by 18.00
Or maybe before end of day. It didn’t. arrive.
Now due Mon. by 18.00
Now it has only recently arrived in Stanstead.
They must have took it for a ride.
Even though, earlier, it said it was in Manchester. Haven't had this with dhl.

 
 Posted:   Dec 16, 2023 - 2:44 AM   
 By:   johnbijl   (Member)

I never got an update from Quartet or DHL about shipping. Did anyone else?

Not from Quartet but I got a message from DHL. It’ll be here on Monday, it said.

 
 Posted:   Dec 16, 2023 - 10:49 AM   
 By:   CindyLover   (Member)

Mine arrived a few days ago.

 
 Posted:   Dec 23, 2023 - 3:07 PM   
 By:   spook   (Member)

No talk about this? Come on, its a new Michael Kamen release ..is that not cause for celebration?
I had an issue with Fed Ex but my order finally arrived the other day and I’m loving it. Im guessing with its slow dark brooding music it might not be as popular to the folk that prefer his ‘Robin Hood’ style scores but i always was a sucker for his early scores of this type. Its great to hear the pieces that foreshadow what he’d do in his masterpiece, THE DEAD ZONE and i love the whole tone of it. Yes, he did go on to do far better scores but this is great early Kamen.
I also like to put a shout out for the wonderful customer service from Quartet. Im in the UK and Fed Ex really screwed up my order delivery ( twice!) before losing it altogether. When contacted for help, Quartet immediately sent me another copy which I received in 2 days. I don't usually get service like that from many UK companies! Thanks Quartet!
So……thoughts folks?

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 23, 2023 - 3:25 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Waiting on mine still (Godzilla probably holding it up), eager to share my capsule ravings, thanks for yours M!

Excited for more dark, moody Mike. For such a cheerful man, he really excelled in darkness.

 
 Posted:   Dec 23, 2023 - 3:45 PM   
 By:   Tom Servo   (Member)

I'm still waiting for my copy as well, though I ordered it back on 12/8 and I haven't received a shipping notice from DHL. I imagine it'l get sent after the Xmas holiday.

 
 Posted:   Dec 23, 2023 - 4:11 PM   
 By:   Ny   (Member)

I'm really enjoying it. Very glad the main title gets a reprise in the form of an alternate, but the rest of the score, the dark-toned material, has more to it than I first thought from the samples. There is plenty of nice instrumentation. I love the ramping tension of Final Death, it's more controlled than what would later develop in Die hard and Lethal Weapon. The score is confident, and tight.
Beginning to end the cd is a really nice listen, the sound is great, an excellent release.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 23, 2023 - 4:46 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

I'm still waiting for my copy as well, though I ordered it back on 12/8 and I haven't received a shipping notice from DHL. I imagine it'l get sent after the Xmas holiday.

Glad I'm not solo here Tom!

I did a BF order from SAE, so just....chomping to hear this.

Thank you Ny for your note too. I miss this, even just a quick comment about the 'what' a new release is. Seems to be more of that round here lately, especially the Horner releases. Excellent!!

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 24, 2023 - 1:44 AM   
 By:   Jimmyt76   (Member)

I must've played the Main Title around 50 times already - it's awesome!!!
This one is a real discovery for me, I'd never heard of it before. Typically intelligent all-orchestral suspense and action scoring from Kamen.
Very happy to have this in the collection!

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 9:36 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

You often read how James Horner arrived on the film music scene pretty much fully formed, with most of his stylings and trademarks already in place.
Listening to this early orchestral Michael Kamen score, the same could be said for him.
It contains virtually all of the trappings that would go on to serve Kamen well in the coming years and decades.
Every track is unmistakable Kamen, featuring his icy high strings, vivid percussion, pauses and spacings in the suspense writing and pounding orchestral stabs that intensify the action and drama ten fold.
The sound on this 40 year old recording is astonishing, putting to shame virtually anything recorded during this century.
If you're a Michael Kamen fan you must own this CD.
If you want more premiere CD releases of decades old scores, you should buy this CD and support the cause.
Fantastic work from everyone involved.

 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 12:48 PM   
 By:   The Mutant   (Member)

I'm still waiting for my copy as well, though I ordered it back on 12/8 and I haven't received a shipping notice from DHL. I imagine it'l get sent after the Xmas holiday.

Glad I'm not solo here Tom!

I did a BF order from SAE, so just....chomping to hear this.

Thank you Ny for your note too. I miss this, even just a quick comment about the 'what' a new release is. Seems to be more of that round here lately, especially the Horner releases. Excellent!!


I just received my Venom CD from SAE today.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 12:56 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Nice! Mine is en route this week, can't wait to hear this one.

Totally know what you mean K, Kamen's style was always there - except Stunts & The Next Man. I think. Haven't heard them in years.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 1:18 PM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

Looking forward to reading your thoughts, Sean.
You're one of the folks who likes to chat about the music, after it's been...

Ordered
Where's My Package
Tracking Number Please
Crappy Jiffy Bag
Smashed Case
Who's Had A Shipping Notice
Anyone hear a 0.0002 second glitch in Track 47, Alt track #4
I don't like Venom...I want Frequency..
wink

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 1:23 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Haha, I'm too old and been round these parts why too long....I know better!

Curse of reading damn near every post....

It is nice to see Kamen getting love, still. The new website is Terrific and mouth-watering, all those cue titles!!

 
 Posted:   Dec 27, 2023 - 2:53 PM   
 By:   spook   (Member)

Good point about Kamen arriving ‘fully formed’. His sound in the early days was so distinctive. Just watched THE DEAD ZONE again and his music is such a vital part of that great film. How he balances the tragic sound with those waves of darkness just always got to me. His short score for MONA LISA was another perfect example of this with the track ‘Kings Cross/ following Anderson’ possibly being my all time favourite Kamen track.
I saw the film VENOM ages back and instantly was on board with the Kamen sound. I think this is one of these scores that just gives more with each play. Its so great to have a ‘new’ Kamen release. Just reminds me how much i miss his sound today.

 
 Posted:   Jan 6, 2024 - 8:30 AM   
 By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member)

You often read how James Horner arrived on the film music scene pretty much fully formed, with most of his stylings and trademarks already in place.
Listening to this early orchestral Michael Kamen score, the same could be said for him.
It contains virtually all of the trappings that would go on to serve Kamen well in the coming years and decades.
Every track is unmistakable Kamen, featuring his icy high strings, vivid percussion, pauses and spacings in the suspense writing and pounding orchestral stabs that intensify the action and drama ten fold.
The sound on this 40 year old recording is astonishing, putting to shame virtually anything recorded during this century.
If you're a Michael Kamen fan you must own this CD.
If you want more premiere CD releases of decades old scores, you should buy this CD and support the cause.
Fantastic work from everyone involved.


100% agree with everything you said. This is top drawer Kamen, excellently performed and recorded. Nothing here sounds "early" it's a terrifically composed, performed and recorded film score, as good as anything Kamen did later for biggest movies. In more than one way VENOM feels like a companion score for THE DEAD ZONE.
While I haven't seen the movie, I've actually read Alan Scholefield's novel many years ago when I was 14.

 
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