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I complete score release for the Sea Hawk would interest me also. But since it was re-recorded twice - by Varese and William Stromberg - I would prefer more Steiner releases.
Actually it was re-recorded by Chandos (Rumon Gamba) as well. But I'm sorry to say I have found all the re-recordings lacking in some way, much as I am grateful for them. No one conducted Korngold as well as Korngold himself, in my opinion. (In contrast, I feel William Stromberg is an even better conductor of Herrmann than Herrmann...despite the latter's undeniable talents.)
The Sea Hawk is my favorite Korngold score by far, and the original recording has only been represented by a shoddy incomplete bootleg with very poor sound. It should be complete, and sound as well as FSM's The Sea Wolf and Kings Row did. But if it doesn't similarly excite you because of its relative overexposure on album, let me suggest that there are many other less represented but still fantastic Korngold scores (such as Escape Me Never or Between Two Worlds) that would merit LLL treatment just as much as any more Steiner releases...which at least Chelsea Rialto/SAE/BYU have been continuing to (sporadically) tackle.
Yavar
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But if it doesn't similarly excite you because of its relative overexposure on album, let me suggest that there are many other less represented but still fantastic Korngold scores (such as Escape Me Never or Between Two Worlds) that would merit LLL treatment just as much as any more Steiner releases...
MV certainly can´t do much about BETWEEN TWO WORLDS and ESCAPE ME NEVER.
Of BETWEEN TWO WORLDS apparently only those 15 minutes exist in the Korngold estate which have already been released on the Tsunami CD with JUAREZ/PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.
The only other alternative would be to use the "M&E" track which as we have read may still exist at Warner Bros., but is any label willing to do that?
And ESCAPE ME NEVER is another Korngold score where the original tracks are lost. As Joe Caps had already written on this board a few years ago, the 6-minute "Crossing the Dolomites" track of this score on the Rhino double CD is everything that has survived.
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I complete score release for the Sea Hawk would interest me also. But since it was re-recorded twice - by Varese and William Stromberg - I would prefer more Steiner releases.
Actually it was re-recorded by Chandos (Rumon Gamba) as well. But I'm sorry to say I have found all the re-recordings lacking in some way, much as I am grateful for them. No one conducted Korngold as well as Korngold himself, in my opinion. (In contrast, I feel William Stromberg is an even better conductor of Herrmann than Herrmann...despite the latter's undeniable talents.)
The Sea Hawk is my favorite Korngold score by far, and the original recording has only been represented by a shoddy incomplete bootleg with very poor sound. It should be complete, and sound as well as FSM's The Sea Wolf and Kings Row did. But if it doesn't similarly excite you because of its relative overexposure on album, let me suggest that there are many other less represented but still fantastic Korngold scores (such as Escape Me Never or Between Two Worlds) that would merit LLL treatment just as much as any more Steiner releases...which at least Chelsea Rialto/SAE/BYU have been continuing to (sporadically) tackle.
Yavar
I thought the Varujan Kojian recording was pretty decent. The direction was pretty close to the Charles Gerhardt suite. But alas, it was indeed too short. As far as the Stromberg and Gamba recording goes (and the André Previn recording too for that matter), I agree with your statement. The Naxos recording lacks viber and spirit.
I am a Korngold fan, but since - as you write so yourself - The Sea Hawk is over exposed on albums compared to Now Voyager which never got a proper release (besides the wonderful suite by Gerhardt) I prefer a Steiner release over a Korngold one.
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Well, as long as we're blissfully smoking pipe dreams, let me put my proverbial 2 cents in for a legit 2-CD release of Steiner's tracks for HELEN OF TROY!
There have been numerous reports of the availability, or not, of the tracks themselves, plus the detractors claiming that an unmentionable has deflated interest among collectors. Well, I can think of any number of other scores that have had multiple releases, and that hasn't limited anyone's enthusiasm (BLUE MAX, anyone?).
So I live in hope for a legit, grand HELEN OF TROY.
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Hello MV,
When will I be able to order Braveheart? I was about to order it in March, but it went out of stock and I've been checking like a maniac ever since.
Also, allow me to throw in my pipe dreams: Far and Away, Schindler's List, anything Harry Potter, a better / re-reprint of Hook, Titanic...
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Hello MV,
When will I be able to order Braveheart? I was about to order it in March, but it went out of stock and I've been checking like a maniac ever since.
Also, allow me to throw in my pipe dreams: Far and Away, Schindler's List, anything Harry Potter, a better / re-reprint of Hook, Titanic...
Probably late June/early July
As for the pipe dream -- we all dare to dream some day!
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What I would like the most to be released is the rejected score to What Dreams May Come by Morricone. Any chance of that?
Another Morricone that would be great is The Purple and the Black - released only on LP many years ago.
I would welcome ANY Morricone, especially that unreleased gem.
I actually saw a cut of the film that featured his score. It was pretty awesome
MV
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Well, as long as we're blissfully smoking pipe dreams, let me put my proverbial 2 cents in for a legit 2-CD release of Steiner's tracks for HELEN OF TROY!
There have been numerous reports of the availability, or not, of the tracks themselves, plus the detractors claiming that an unmentionable has deflated interest among collectors. Well, I can think of any number of other scores that have had multiple releases, and that hasn't limited anyone's enthusiasm (BLUE MAX, anyone?).
So I live in hope for a legit, grand HELEN OF TROY.
I would totally do that one. There have been some discussions, but nothing for the immediate future
MV
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So I live in hope for a legit, grand HELEN OF TROY.
I would totally do that one. There have been some discussions, but nothing for the immediate future
Hey, I'd buy it.
Just sayin'…
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