I've yet to warm up to The Wild Bunch myself. I like The Gauntlet, but the one I keep going back to is The Enforcer. Very 70s and jazz-tinged. Fooftop Chase he's on fire.
The only one I've really struggled with is ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, cos it's not really music, just a series of sound FX and dissonance. I can't find no 'in'. Everything else Jerry is hella cool.
The Gauntlet went from being something that would have made blood come out of my ears, during the 70's and 80's, to something that just gets better and better every time I play it now. The sneaky suspense and the snares are 100% undiluted Fielding and the jazz licks are a call back to bad, light coloured trousers and horrendous sideys & quiffs and big collars and HUGE LENSED sunglasses.
Gardening this week, and played this on the headphones Always been a fave. The orig LP was such a sought-after score in the 70s. As for tone row dissing it with mariachi music, scandalous. The CD representations of the scorer are fairer than the LP selection. Was looking for apt pic, not seen this one before.
Gardening this week, and played this on the headphones Always been a fave. The orig LP was such a sought-after score in the 70s. As for tone row dissing it with mariachi music, scandalous. The CD representations of the scorer are fairer than the LP selection. Was looking for apt pic, not seen this one before.
I have the LP. Not really the kind of stuff I'm seeking, but at these prices, who is complaining?
Others have mentioned The Gauntlet, but I'll add that much of the scores features vibrant jazz trumpet solos by Jon Faddis. At one point Fielding does his own take on Gil Evans by doing one of the tracks from Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. Faddis plays the trumpet in a flashier style than Miles; it's well-done and fun, particularly if you're familiar with the original.
Well, Jerry Fielding introduced me to Mahler via "The Gambler" back in the late '70s, and he adapts the "Titan" to intriguing ends. Shoot two birds, etc., etc..
LAWMAN is among my favorite film scores of all time, not just Fielding scores. It's one of the scores I had audio-taped off TV as a kid and then noticed how good the music was. I didn't know Jerry Fielding had composed it until years later. When Intrada finally released that score, that was for me a "holy grail" release.
LAWMAN is among my favorite film scores of all time, not just Fielding scores. It's one of the scores I had audio-taped off TV as a kid and then noticed how good the music was. I didn't know Jerry Fielding had composed it until years later. When Intrada finally released that score, that was for me a "holy grail" release.
How would you characterize it, based on the albums I posted above?
(and no not me) 
