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I agree with Thor. This is one of those scores that works better in an abbreviated form. All those million versions of human screams and strange noises are indeed too much. 3CDs? Wow!
Yes, but one doesn't have to listen to the entire package end to end. You can program a shorter version and leave the rest for those of us who like all the archival nuts and bolts.
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It always surprises me when film scores from the stereo era have been recorded in mono. Was it really that much more expensive to record in two-channel? Perhaps the answer is that, given that the film was to be a mono release, you avoid the expense of mixing the score down to mono.
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Omg...finally something incredible to come out in 2020!!!
I can't wait to get my greasy hands on this!
Huge congrats on this and the other stellar releases!
MV
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Omg...finally something incredible to come out in 2020!!!
I can't wait to get my greasy hands on this!
Huge congrats on this and the other stellar releases!
MV
Dude that's a classy post but you're humble to a fault sometimes! You guys put out an *amazing* sounding complete Two Mules for Sister Sara this year -- I was blown away by that! Between you and Quartet, it sure is a great year for Morricone western fans like me...I share your excitement in getting this of course. Especially since it has the Chris Malone touch on the sound, and big Tim Grieving booklet.
Yavar
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Now this looks like as a definitive edition as this score will ever see.
People were saying that last time.
Yeah, but this time they mean it!
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. double post
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. Double post
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It always surprises me when film scores from the stereo era have been recorded in mono. Was it really that much more expensive to record in two-channel? Perhaps the answer is that, given that the film was to be a mono release, you avoid the expense of mixing the score down to mono.
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Well that and it was Italy and they didn't have the money to record on anything other than 1/4" mono. By comparison Once Upon a Time in the West was American financed, hence about 77% of the score was recorded (or at least mixed) in stereo.
That begs my question. How much more expensive is it to record in two-track stereo? You set up an extra mic, and what else? Two tracks fit just fine on 1/4" tape.
Other than saving the effort for a mono mix-down this makes no sense at all since all studios sure had stereo equipment by that time (this is not the early 1960s!). It's hard to believe (although possible) that the producers and the composer opted for a live mix. I guess it's really more down to the question what kind of material has been presevered and where. Keeping the multi-tracks would have made no sense for them. Judging the situation by the time these movies were made it's a miracle that all of this material exists at all!
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1966? Most cinemas were mono. All televisions were mono. Most opi music was mono. It was a mono world. Fans of The Beatles prefer the original mono mixes over the stereo versions.
Yes, movies were by and large mono back in the day, though there were some notable exceptions, like BEN HUR. But stereo was reserved for "big" event movies and some musicals.
Though practically all classical music recordings from that time on are already in stereo and often hold up well.
But forgive my ignorance: what is "opi music"?
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