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My original published review of "Somewhere In Time" first appeared within the pages of "Cinemacabre Magazine" forty years ago during the Summer of 1981. My critique of Richard Matheson's timeless romantic fantasy, according to its founder, inspired Bill Shepard's formation of I.N.S.I.T.E. devoted to the the memory and legend of this exquisite love story ...
"There were a number of factors that led me to forming INSITE (International Network of Somewhere in Time Enthusiasts). High on that list was a SIT review I read in Cinemacabre magazine by writer Steve Vertlieb. It expressed my feelings exactly, but in words I would never be able to match. I call it "The Best Somewhere in Time Review"
Bill Shepard (filmblanc.info)
Film Blanc: The Best Somewhere in Time Review
FILMBLANC.INFO
Film Blanc: The Best Somewhere in Time Review
(The following review was originally published in the Summer 1981 issue of Cinemacabre magazine. It is reprinted here by permission of the author. Steve Vertlieb is a writer, a poet, and an authority on films and film soundtrack music. He is the subject of an upcoming documentary film, Steve Vertlie...
www.Somewhere in Time Day | File 770
www.file770.com/somewhere-in-time-day
Film Blanc: The Best Somewhere in Time Review
filmblanc.info/d1980/vertlieb.html
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Jul 29, 2021 - 4:31 PM
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My original published review of "Somewhere In Time" first appeared within the pages of "Cinemacabre Magazine" forty years ago during the Summer of 1981. My critique of Richard Matheson's timeless romantic fantasy, according to its founder, inspired Bill Shepard's formation of I.N.S.I.T.E. devoted to the the memory and legend of this exquisite love story.
Steve, you picked up the pulse of this picture with such deep care and warmth so as to melt whatever misgivings I've had over the years in a handful of viewings. There is no question that Barry elevated what is essentially an extended Twilight Zone episode from a writer who did his share and then some for that series. It is a case of Barry making the picture better than it was, in the opinion of many, or contributing an essential element to "an exquisite film, a lovely, moving, romantic fantasy whose like has not graced theatre screens in more than thirty years."
Thank you, too, for giving context to the film as something of an unexpected throwback in consideration of the "callous" era out of which it emerged.
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Richard Matheson remains, I believe, one of the most gifted, imaginative, and illustrious writers of the twentieth century.
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At some point in the '80s, as happened with many Universal titles from this era, home video versions of the film were "rescored" due to licensing issues, and Roger Williams' version was replaced in the end credits with that "alternate" version of the end titles music. I thought that Williams' recording had been restored for DVD and / or Blu-ray, but apparently not.
Strangely the film credits Roger Williams with performing the end title theme and that seems to be the version on the original album. However the actual end credits for the film are (I'm assuming) the version featured in the alternates section of the new album and was also featured on John Debney's excellent re-recording. I suppose its possible Williams performed piano on the revised piece but its nothing like the performance of the original album track
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At some point in the '80s, as happened with many Universal titles from this era, home video versions of the film were "rescored" due to licensing issues, and Roger Williams' version was replaced in the end credits with that "alternate" version of the end titles music. I thought that Williams' recording had been restored for DVD and / or Blu-ray, but apparently not.
Are you talking about the Theme From Somewhere In Time performed by Roger Williiams from the original album? Because I'm not aware that version was ever used in the film. So maybe Williams credit in the film was more a commercial credit as such. Was his version ever released as a single?
I've often wondered about the full credits for this piece - described on the vinyl LP and each of the 3 CD copies I've purchased as performed by Roger Williams. Okay, the album's text states Composed and conducted by John Barry and Album produced by John Barry but we know the composition credit doesn't apply to the Rachmaninov cue (which is a faithful reading, i.e. not arranged as pre-existing music often is) and, tellingly, the Roger Williams recording is produced by Michael Lloyd.
Discogs shows a single release of this recording - see: https://www.discogs.com/Roger-Williams-Somewhere-In-Time/release/1976067 - with the additional information that the music was arranged by John D'Andrea. Now this might be contractual but I note that John Barry's name is not shown other than as composer ... and therefore wonder if he was conductor ... or was the recording made without his involvement?
I haven't seen the film for many years and have no recollection of the play-out music; hence, I wonder whether the original film play-out recording was more low-key - IMDb does credit Roger Williams with the End Title Theme - and RW had the contractual right to re-record the piece for his own release. This was then used on the album release.
Several assumptions by me ... as someone who likes to collate the credits for recordings I do find it annoying when the CD labels are vague of such matters. I know this may be contractual and is not limited to our genre.
Incidentally, have any of my fellow UK based collectors received their copy yet?
Mitch
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