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 Posted:   Mar 20, 2024 - 3:39 AM   
 By:   Mark malmstrom   (Member)

I have to chime in with an opinion here

since it is a short CD i don't see a reason to why there was not the option to also include the score in MONO as heard in the film

27 minutes of so just seems like a waste of space for a fully CD that can run 80 minuttes

was it something about rights ?


they did it for a GOLDSMITH score so why not do it here also?

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 20, 2024 - 5:15 AM   
 By:   TerraEpon   (Member)



since it is a short CD i don't see a reason to why there was not the option to here the score in MONO


Well I'm already on the fence about this, that would turn it from a 'maybe' into 'not in a million years' for me.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 20, 2024 - 7:41 AM   
 By:   c8   (Member)

Some of yall are just bitter.

You get something special and all yall do is moan and complain. It can be such a downer to come here sometimes.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 20, 2024 - 7:58 AM   
 By:   Randy Watson   (Member)

Some of yall are just bitter.

You get something special and all yall do is moan and complain. It can be such a downer to come here sometimes.


A label could release the biggest and holiest of all grails and people here would still find something to bitch and moan about. In all honesty I'm surprised some labels still bother posting here.

 
 Posted:   Mar 20, 2024 - 8:00 AM   
 By:   Advise & Consent   (Member)

No samples, no sale.

 
 Posted:   Mar 27, 2024 - 2:58 PM   
 By:   Jason LeBlanc   (Member)

Now available at digital retailers

24bit/96khz: https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/the-lady-in-red-james-horner/lrjlnyvmzyoca

https://tidal.com/browse/album/353706441
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsfxqVPPtYuvy_jNZqZo1ujsl0RQlgb8Q
https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-lady-in-red/1738075415
https://open.spotify.com/album/3cruh3IqHTG3jRj3OLDC1g
etc

 
 Posted:   Mar 27, 2024 - 3:04 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

"For track listing and sound samples, please visit https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12980/.f"

Still no samples on the product page like announced. I guess its not happening for some weird reason this time.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 27, 2024 - 4:41 PM   
 By:   c8   (Member)

Gave this a listen today. It’s a short, disjointed curio that’s probably more fun than it should be. There’s no real flow or story to the music. The suspense/“action” in the second half has a nice rhythm to it and replace the upright piano with synths and you’re getting into proto-48HRS territory (but it’s all over before it begins). The love theme is proto-Horner pastoral schlock that mirrors where his tv-movie-of-the-week scores from the early 80s would go (the guitar licks foreshadow Field of Dreams, though). The rest are big band adaptations that should put to rest if Horner had to use Billy May as a crutch later in the 80s with his big band stuff (he clearly didn’t). The problem is this score screams “young composer who isn’t sure he knows what he’s doing,” as cues just sort of start and stop. Thankfully he figured it out quickly. The recording quality is atrocious and probably was done in Horner’s apartment but Intrada has done an admirable job cleaning it up. But there’s a pervasive sense of fun and energy through the whole thing that elevates this slightly and keeps it enjoyable.

Like I said: fun curio. Not one that will be spun often though.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 27, 2024 - 5:17 PM   
 By:   TerraEpon   (Member)



Still no samples on the product page like announced. I guess its not happening for some weird reason this time.


Though since it's on digital platforms, it should be very easy to find samples of every track. If not the whole thing.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 28, 2024 - 4:57 AM   
 By:   keky   (Member)

The entire album is up on Youtube.

 
 Posted:   Mar 28, 2024 - 5:06 AM   
 By:   johnbijl   (Member)

The entire album is up on Youtube.

Also available on iTunes. I guess other retailers and streaming services as well. And they have samples up.

 
 Posted:   Mar 28, 2024 - 11:22 AM   
 By:   Solium   (Member)

I hear Warren T. Rats theme. big grin



I'm not really into Ragtime music but I do love that theme. I might get this after all.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 28, 2024 - 4:04 PM   
 By:   BrenKel   (Member)

It’s James Horner. It’s previously unreleased. What’s not to love!!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 29, 2024 - 4:29 AM   
 By:   Spymaster   (Member)

Gave this a listen today. It’s a short, disjointed curio that’s probably more fun than it should be. There’s no real flow or story to the music. The suspense/“action” in the second half has a nice rhythm to it and replace the upright piano with synths and you’re getting into proto-48HRS territory (but it’s all over before it begins). The love theme is proto-Horner pastoral schlock that mirrors where his tv-movie-of-the-week scores from the early 80s would go (the guitar licks foreshadow Field of Dreams, though). The rest are big band adaptations that should put to rest if Horner had to use Billy May as a crutch later in the 80s with his big band stuff (he clearly didn’t). The problem is this score screams “young composer who isn’t sure he knows what he’s doing,” as cues just sort of start and stop. Thankfully he figured it out quickly. The recording quality is atrocious and probably was done in Horner’s apartment but Intrada has done an admirable job cleaning it up. But there’s a pervasive sense of fun and energy through the whole thing that elevates this slightly and keeps it enjoyable.

Like I said: fun curio. Not one that will be spun often though.


I have literally no idea what you're talking about. I'm listening to the 24-bit 96kHz version now and it's terrific. The score is as cohesive as any 30 minute score could be, the writing is surprisingly diverse and mature for a first score, and the sound quality is superb! Intrada has done a magnificent job with this and it's wonderful to finally be able to listen to it.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 29, 2024 - 10:54 PM   
 By:   c8   (Member)

I certainly stand by my opinion.

Meanwhile, I just got to read the liner notes. Really, really fantastic liner notes with a lot of credit to due to Jean-Baptise Martin, who gets a lead writing credit on the liner notes and really hits a home run with them. If what those notes were are anything like the upcoming book will be, we're going to have a seriously good read on our hands.

Also, @Justin Boggan,

on your website, you write under "supposedly rejected"

ALLIGATOR -- James Horner. Supposedly Horner was originally going to score the film, but a musician's strike left him unable to do so. [Craig Huxley; and stock music from other films (including a Jerry Goldsmith cue).]

Lewis Teague confirms this in the liner notes. He mentioned that Horner wrote the whole thing but then couldn't record due to the strike. He suspects that Horner rewrote Alligator as Wolfen.

 
 Posted:   Apr 2, 2024 - 12:13 PM   
 By:   jb-martin   (Member)


Meanwhile, I just got to read the liner notes. Really, really fantastic liner notes with a lot of credit to due to Jean-Baptise Martin, who gets a lead writing credit on the liner notes and really hits a home run with them. If what those notes were are anything like the upcoming book will be, we're going to have a seriously good read on our hands.



Wow! Thanks for your nice comment. I was looking forward to getting some initial feedback on my first official participation in writing liner notes.
I should point out that this is a co-write with Frank K. DeWald and that without him the result would not have been as satisfying.
I was a bit stressed at the beginning, I had a blank page in front of me and I didn't know where to start. It took a few days. I couldn't believe it after writing 1,600 pages on James Horner. And Frank managed to find the right words to get things moving.
Indeed, the spirit of the text is identical to that of the soon-to-be-released book. But here the format demands that I be both generous with information and retain only the essentials. It was a balancing act and an interesting challenge.

 
 Posted:   Apr 2, 2024 - 4:06 PM   
 By:   Justin Boggan   (Member)

Also, @Justin Boggan,

on your website, you write under "supposedly rejected"

ALLIGATOR -- James Horner. Supposedly Horner was originally going to score the film, but a musician's strike left him unable to do so. [Craig Huxley; and stock music from other films (including a Jerry Goldsmith cue).]

Lewis Teague confirms this in the liner notes. He mentioned that Horner wrote the whole thing but then couldn't record due to the strike. He suspects that Horner rewrote Alligator as Wolfen.


OOOHHH, good to know. And there's something that needs to be recorded!

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 13, 2024 - 3:11 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

This finally dropped through the doorway with a stack of other stuff from Intrada and I gotta say, I'm loving it a whole lot more than I ever expected.
I remember grabbing about 5 minutes from the video when I recorded some of the score to tape back in the 80s, but hearing it all here, clean and spiffy...well, even the source style cues are a blast (I even had a little Belly Dance at The Garden Party).
I recall a very early interview with Horner in a sci-fi fanzine (Galactic Journal maybe?...I'd have to check the loft) wherein he expressed his love for John Williams' THE MISSOURI BREAKS score (which Horner kind of references in parts of his 48HRS music) and I hear its design in his Love Theme here, together with his lovely guitar writing that can be heard in A FEW DAYS AT WEASEL CREEK and others like NATTY GANN.
And RAGGEDY MAN, which this predates.
Another cue (Now That You Know) recalled that light jazz feel from A PIANO FOR MRS CIMINO.
This might be a short score, but it's way more enjoyable than I ever could have imagined.
The sound is spectacular, crisp and clear and hearing Horner create what he did here, with such limited resources, well, you can see/hear why Lewis Teague wanted to work with him again (alas, not to be cos of the ALLIGATOR strike fall through) and why he compares other composers to him in a lesser light.
And a quick mention about the booklet/notes by J-BM & Frank K...absolutely brilliant. A joy to read. Clear, concise, informative...the perfect icing on the cake.
Really cool release. One Happy Camper.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 13, 2024 - 3:22 AM   
 By:   Graham Watt   (Member)


I recall a very early interview with Horner in a sci-fi fanzine (Galactic Journal maybe?...I'd have to check the loft) wherein he expressed his love for John Williams' THE MISSOURI BREAKS score (which Horner kind of references in parts of his 48HRS music) and I hear its design in his Love Theme here...


Glad you're enjoying it, Ms. Gurdy. You look SOOO inviting in that picture you posed for, draped over a couch or something, like a big, dreamy slag. Will you be doing that at the concert?

By the way, is this the one and only time that James Horner mentioned the existence of other people who stooped so low as to write "music" for films?

I had UNCOMMON VALOR drop through the postal boxage on Monday, and I haven't even had time to open it yet! I feel like I'm turning into The John Blanken Shop.

 
 
 Posted:   Jun 13, 2024 - 3:50 AM   
 By:   Hurdy Gurdy   (Member)

Will you be doing that at the concert?
------------------
HO Yes!!
When you see what I do with my cello on stage, you will never be able to look that instrument in the eye...EVER AGAIN!!
(winks lasciviously).

 
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