Thanks so much, Intrada, for forcing me to spend even more $$$ just because you guys keep putting out great CDs! I think I'll pick up The Shadow as well, just to make myself feel better.
The main title clearly is damaged. Just listen to it. The rest of the tracks don't seem to have that issue, but even then the sound quality is still inconsistent.
I sold my Rhino years ago (I imagine when I got the Varese Club disc) and have no recollection of how it sounded. I can't imagine, considering the ISO score everyone raves about, that this sounds the same, but it's certainly not in top condition either.
Very proud to announce on this board the definitive release of one of my all-time favorite score, which happens to be the score I have played the most in my life...and with this new release I reckon now no other score will ever beat that one !
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
01. Overture/Main Title 2:19 02. The Streets 1:07 03. Kidnapped 2:18 04. The Door/Cheers 1:26 05. The Wild Ride/Car Crash 3:14 06. The Return/Two Dollars 1:15 07. The Elevator 0:49 08. The U.N./Information Desk 1:55 09. The Knife 0:51 10. Interlude 1:18 11. Detectives/Conversation Piece/Duo 4:42 12. The Station/The Phone Booth/Farewell 2:55 13. The Crash/Hotel Lobby 3:15 14. The Reunion/Goodbye/The Question 2:34 15. The Pad & Pencil/The Auction/The Police 2:35 16. The Airport 1:02 17. The Cafeteria/The Shooting 2:24 18. The Forest 1:25 19. The Flight/The Ledge 1:30 20. The House 3:14 21. The Balcony/The Match Box 2:45 22. The Message/The T.V./The Airplane 2:39 23. The Gates/The Stone Faces/The Ridge/On the Rocks/The Cliff/Finale 8:57
I wasn't interested in this UNTIL i saw the track listing! A very sensible 23 tracks -(undoubtedly due to mr. Kendall's input; The Rhino had something like 50 iirc, making it unlistenable!)
SInce I have never bought the complete score in any form i am tempted
"Previous release on Rhino label was spectacular album, albeit several major set pieces (including main title & climactic Mount Rushmore sequence) were transferred from damaged elements..." This new release have the same damaged elements ...
You claim Intrada is lying?
Listen to the sample... Overture main title 0:46 / 1:13
The main title clearly is damaged. Just listen to it. The rest of the tracks don't seem to have that issue, but even then the sound quality is still inconsistent.
I sold my Rhino years ago (I imagine when I got the Varese Club disc) and have no recollection of how it sounded. I can't imagine, considering the ISO score everyone raves about, that this sounds the same, but it's certainly not in top condition either.
Thank god for McNeely, I guess. Thanks God , You've got ears !
"Previous release on Rhino label was spectacular album, albeit several major set pieces (including main title & climactic Mount Rushmore sequence) were transferred from damaged elements..." This new release have the same damaged elements ...
You claim Intrada is lying?
Listen to the sample... Overture main title 0:46 / 1:13
I won't be bothering with this. Over the years since I was a student I already bought this score 4 times..
The suite from Herrrmann's own 1968 re-recording on "Music for the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers"
The 1980 Laurie Johnson re-recording on Unicorn-Kanchana
The 1995 Rhino release
and finally the Joel McNeely re-recording which is a fantastic album.
Ok its a re-recording and it will never capture the ambience of the original but it also contains every last note that Herrmann composed for this score (which I don't think is present on this album since Herrmann had to truncate some of the cues) and there's no annoying source tracks. I'm sticking with McNeely!
