For the third? How about everyone's favorite Snoop Sister's Computer Dating Murder Mystery Comedy Thriller... DO NOT SCOLD, BINDLE OR MASTICATE? It's pretty short I believe
For the third? How about everyone's favorite Snoop Sister's Computer Dating Murder Mystery Comedy Thriller... DO NOT SCOLD, BINDLE OR MASTICATE? It's pretty short I believe
How about "Lights Out" from 1972?
Lights out came to my mind as Nr. 1 candidate as well, but at the moment the movie is pretty much impossible to find and I doubt that anyone has access to the written scores for it either. Therefore pretty much impossible at the moment? Unless something changed recently, of course ;-)
Perhaps some TV pilot(s) eg The People Next Door or some radio works are a bit more likely... or what about Bracken's World?
LIGHTS OUT is a *great* guess, because Jerry did it in the same year and for the same producer as Crawlspace that same year (Herb Brodkin, whom he met in the late 50s on Playhouse 90). It would make a lot of sense as the third score stretch goal. And actually it DOES survive and I've located it -- at the Paley Center for Media. Apparently it's open to the public for viewing there (in NYC I believe) but they don't often make copies of things for people who can't go in person: https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?q=&p=1&item=B:03621
"I was just at the Paley Center and watched that 1972 Lights Out TV pilot, "When Widows Weep". It aired January 15th, 1972 according to TV guides from the time, even though the Paley had it dated 12-06-77 (maybe a re-run?). It was disturbing but dismal, and not altogether very good at all (it did indeed involve a haunted doll). However, I'd like to have seen what else the series might have produced if given the chance...every series can have its clunkers, particularly at the beginning. The show wasn't helped by the fact that it ran for a full hour rather than the half hour that the original Lights Out series ran for. It seemed to go on far too tediously long, and would likely have been much better compressed into a half hour slot."
His opinion of it doesn't seem to mesh with all the very positive reviews at IMDb though, from people who found it so memorable they remember it from its original broadcast: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068857/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Anyhow, no -- though I located Lights Out and confirmed it survives, we haven't been able to access it for Leigh. Maybe someday we can run a Kickstarter campaign to cover his flying out to the United States and visiting UCLA and the Paley Center to watch rare Goldsmith-scored things they have exclusively, and take them down by ear. But he doesn't really love flying in general so we may just have to find alternative avenues, or maybe we can finally get through to someone there who will make a digital copy.
Also no luck on the written score for Lights Out, though I suppose it's possible JoAnn Kane might have it. So please: if anyone here might have leads on either the written score OR where to acquire a video copy, please let us know!
Angeldibujo was the first to make a cover for the prospective final album, with an excellent extension of the original art done for the novel the film was based upon:
He also made an alternate using the cover of the Italian translation of the novel:
Then raferjanders provided custom covers for both scores, using a third book image for Crawlspace and the commercial DVD/Blu-ray art for Pursuit:
And most recently, Kenneth English made his own variation on that Pursuit cover, utilizing a border and re-arranging the credits placement:
In response to all this fine work in that thread, Leigh posted the following update that he will not be conducting the complete score recordings even though he did conduct the Crawlspace Main Title single:
Wow - you guys are really putting my crappy cover to shame!
One new aspect of this project is that I’ll be running things from my “happy place” in the control room. My colleague Adam Klemens will be conducting the sessions (he’s a close friend with whom I’ve worked on dozens of sessions. He’s also one of the most experienced film music conductors in Europe, with several *hundred* projects on his CV!)
As much as I enjoy conducting the orchestra it’ll be far easier to monitor band v orchestra balances in the control room…that way and I can just shape the performances from the booth.
I personally hope Leigh will include his version of the Main Title as an alternate at the end of the CD when it comes out.
But seeing as how the very future of Intrada may be in question with the untimely passing of founder/owner/Grand Poobah Doug Fake, I don't know how likely it is. Maybe Leigh would pick up the baton. We'll have to wait and see what happens. In the meantime, I think you'll be quite impressed with these two TV movie scores, his most substantial remaining unreleased feature scores (unless one counts rejected scores or maybe some Playhouse 90s).
An awesome new cover from raferjanders over in the Custom Cover Art thread, this time the very first one for Pursuit to be based on a book cover image:
He's also the first to credit Adam Klemens on the cover, based on what Leigh wrote about not conducting the scores himself this time.
"...would anyone care to guess/speculate about what the third Goldsmith premiere could be, if stretch goal is met?" ------------------- General With The Cock-Eyed ID ??
The General with...is not a great score in my opinion and not one I'm in need of...Will it be a "complete "score or only a suite fot the third one ? Only interest would be INDICT AND CONVICT
I already ruled out Indict and Convict above -- I'm still hopeful that the original recording survives because Universal seems to have done a decent job of saving score recordings during the 70s. It makes more sense to focus on things that are pretty clearly lost. If someone like Roger or MV confirms that Universal looked and can't find any music-only source for the original recording, then it will indeed make a fine prospect for future consideration.
The General With the Cockeyed Id is an excellent guess! Apart from a terrible-sounding unmentionable (which is really a poor way to judge the score), it has never been released on album. And Jerry's original sketches for every cue do survive at the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library!
It's no masterpiece like The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint of course... but I personally think it's still a very good score, with a lot of variety considering the brief length of the film:
This score has some historical importance also: As far as I know this was Jerry's first experience scoring animation (though it's only a portion of the whole short film). And I’m pretty sure it is also the last remaining Goldsmith score heard in theaters which has yet to receive any official album release.
Here is the complete official cue list from the Academy's website of their library holdings:
"Main Title," 7 pages B1 "World Builders," 7 pages B2 "World Builders (part II)," 12 pages C "Fast Work," 10 pages D "The Craftsmen," 8 pages E "Meet the General," 13 pages E "Meet the General (part II)," 3 pages F "What They Make," 11 pages G "Pool Cue," 10 pages H "Meet the Man," 14 pages I "The Organization," 26 pages J "The Man Speaks," 4 pages K "End Title," 14 pages
All of this said... it's not General With the Cockeyed Id either. Not this time, but another good thing to potentially consider in the future. Meanwhile eagle-eyed folks may have noticed there are a couple of things guessed earlier in the thread which I haven't ruled out yet...
Thank you Yavar for promoting (if not lobbying) with such degree of details for a decent new performance of THE GENERAL WITH THE COCKEYED ID. I am in if this any happen.
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As predicted, the cost is pretty much spot on €14,000 (give or take a cent!). I've tried to keep the tiers within reach of all budgets (obviously, this isn't quite as modest as the GE campaigns, but I've done my best).
Pre-launch page now available. You can register your interest, here, if you want a notification when the page goes live.
As predicted, the cost is pretty much spot on €14,000 (give or take a cent!). I've tried to keep the tiers within reach of all budgets (obviously, this isn't quite as modest as the GE campaigns, but I've done my best).
