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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7      General Discussion: FSM CD: It's Alive    FIRST   PRIOR   3 4 5 6 7    NEXT   LAST   Last Post  This is a comments thread about FSM CD: It's Alive    Posted:   Mar 10, 2012 - 8:45 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) I just opened and played it, and by God, it's way better than I remembered. That old Hypnotic Herrmann magic in many cues. Grazi, Senor Lukas, grazi! Being that I don't have so much as a shipping notice yet, would you be so kind as to write a lengthy review to tide me over?    Posted:   Mar 10, 2012 - 9:05 PM     By:   Steve Johnson   (Member) I just opened and played it, and by God, it's way better than I remembered. That old Hypnotic Herrmann magic in many cues. Grazi, Senor Lukas, grazi! Being that I don't have so much as a shipping notice yet, would you be so kind as to write a lengthy review to tide me over? Why, but of course! It starts out going "Bwong, wong, Bwong wong!" Then it goes "Bwong, wong, Bwong wong!" And it kinda grumbles and growls, and then you hit a cue- I'm too lazy to get up and look- that's really good, hypno Benny. Did that help?    Posted:   Mar 10, 2012 - 9:17 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) I just opened and played it, and by God, it's way better than I remembered. That old Hypnotic Herrmann magic in many cues. Grazi, Senor Lukas, grazi! Being that I don't have so much as a shipping notice yet, would you be so kind as to write a lengthy review to tide me over? Why, but of course! It starts out going "Bwong, wong, Bwong wong!" Then it goes "Bwong, wong, Bwong wong!" And it kinda grumbles and growls, and then you hit a cue- I'm too lazy to get up and look- that's really good, hypno Benny. Did that help? Absolutely! If I reread that a hundred times, the next week will just fly by.    Posted:   Mar 11, 2012 - 12:07 AM     By:   MerM   (Member) Jesting statements aside, how's the packaging? Liners? Sound quality? That last one in particular seems to be a sticking point for some.    Posted:   Mar 11, 2012 - 12:18 AM     By:   Steve Johnson   (Member) Jesting statements aside, how's the packaging? Liners? Sound quality? That last one in particular seems to be a sticking point for some. Nice book, as per FSM standards. It sounds solid, but not a clean mono solid. I was so into the music, any flaw kind of left my thought process.    Posted:   Mar 11, 2012 - 1:03 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) Ok, that's good. I'll probably have the same reaction, I really do love the music (partially fueled by my love for the movie - hey, I can admit it), and the clips don't sound that bad. My sound quality threshold is the Conan The Destroyer boot, and it doesn't sound anywhere near that.    Posted:   Mar 11, 2012 - 11:11 PM     By:   mikepelensky   (Member) I'm a pretty zealous Herrmann fan, but this score is news to me and the samples sound fantastic. Melodic, sublime, and menacing all at once. Thanks so much for putting it out!!    Posted:   Mar 12, 2012 - 4:39 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) Shipping notice! Time to read Steve's review 50 more times.    Posted:   Mar 12, 2012 - 4:48 PM     By:   John Black   (Member) Mine arrived in my Seattle mail box today. Only had time to listen to the first two tracks, but I'm very happy with what I've heard so far. I would rather have Herrmann's original score in mono than the Laurie Johnson reorchestration in stereo, but that's just me. I haven't heard Herrmann's original since the film was first released, so this will be a treat for me. Thanks to Lukas and FSM!    Posted:   Mar 12, 2012 - 7:39 PM     By:   John McMasters   (Member) I've just finished with my first listen of this CD -- and I loved it. This has got to be one of Herrmann's creepiest scores -- if "Psycho" is his black and white score, then "It's Alive" is his arctic circle score -- just freezing, blood curdling, and bone chilling. It is like being purposefully and knowingly drawn down a garden path strewn with horrors one measured step at a time -- I've seldom heard instruments sound so painfully expressive. I think the sound of the CD, in large part, is due to the muted and pinched-in quality of Herrmann's orchestrations -- the viola d'amore wailing with melancholy screeches -- the moog wailing like a drowning baby -- the woodwinds resonating mournfully in the lower reaches of their scales. Just, in my opinion, masterfully done by Herrmann -- and a perfect match for the film. The muted brass in many sections seem so distant -- as if trying to raise some fire of life in vain in this fearful soundscape. Sorry to be so effusive -- and thanks to Lukas for bringing this score to "life" in all its minimal splendour. One of my favorite Herrmann CDs -- one that I will return to again and again. Splendid, in my opinion.    Posted:   Mar 15, 2012 - 10:55 PM     By:   MerM   (Member) Just gave this a listen or two, and I'm enjoying it. There are a few spots where the sound is challenging, but I'm sure Lukas and Neil did everything they could to make it listenable. For the most part, it's fine. The liners and packaging look great; the cover is a relief (look at the online version, you can see the edges of the poster against black space; no biggie, five minutes in MS Paint solved it for me) and everything is well-designed. And of course, the music is splendid - I might be a little biased coz I love the film, but it's an underrated work from Herrmann. I keep listening to 'Father Runs With Child / Father Keeps Running With Child' (some of these tracks are being renamed for my iPod), it's such a bizarre action track but I love it! Thanks for making it happen Lukas and Neil, one of my biggest holy grails has been crossed off the list.    Posted:   Mar 16, 2012 - 3:36 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) VERTLIEB must be going broke!    Posted:   Mar 16, 2012 - 10:07 PM     By:   joffa   (Member) Repeat listening value= 0. Who knows maybe after a few listens I will like it? 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Certainly one of Herrmann's weakest efforts. Repeat listening value= 0. Who knows maybe after a few listens I will like it? After a few months, I still think it stinks. Herrmann's worst effort and probaby the worst movie he scored. Can't believe he did it , so it must have been the $$, God bless him.    Posted:   Aug 23, 2012 - 11:01 PM     By:   Zoragoth   (Member) Just saw the movie after buying the score, and I love both. Cohen and Herrmann collaborate to achieve a surprising level of poignancy for what otherwise could have been just a cheapjack horror exploitation movie. The score bears repeated listening.    Posted:   Aug 24, 2012 - 11:22 AM     By:   Eugene Iemola   (Member) I'm ashamed to say that I haven't even opened my copy yet. I know the score from the old Starlog LP and know (sort of) what to expect- just can't seem to find the right moment, you know?     General Discussion: FSM CD: It's Alive    << < 3 4 5 6 7  > >>  Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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