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Ordered!!! Thanks Intrada!!!
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Ordered!!! Thanks Intrada!!!
Received my shipping notice for The Amazing Mr. Blunden today! I hope it doesn't take too long to cross the pond...to Ireland!
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Oh, the clips sound just wonderful, really takes me back to the 70's sound, when I started collecting contemporary scores. Movie is unknown to me, but intriguing, and on Amazon Prime, so not unknown for long.
Have to do a shout out to Intrada for adding this one to an existing order and thereby saving money on shipping - great customer service as usual. 
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I've owned a region 2 DVD on The Amazing Mr. Blunden for around 15 years, so I'm familiar enough with it. Based on Elmer B.'s score in situ with visuals, I've ranked this title in my Bernstein Top 10.
Now ... finally ... there is a soundtrack album. And it was recorded by Richard Lewzey @ CTS in '72!
Why were we lead to believe that all the CTS master tapes were relegated into dustbins and landfills?
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We weren't. We were told the tapes were thrown away, but composers were sent notes to come collect (which obviously didn't happen to a large degree). Some probably did, and them some were rescued by Tomilson.
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Wow just wow. This didn't get my attention yesterday -- but it is one of my holy grails. I haven't seen the film in years and I had it on an ancient VHS tape copied from a cable showing in the way-back days. For some reason, I've always linked this in my affection with Rosenman's "Birch Interval". In any event, this will be mine when planets and budget orbits align properly.
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Received this today, as John Johnson says above, good service form Intrada. Looking forward to this one...
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Oh happy day, Mr. Blunden arrived in Dublin this morning. Thank you Intrada! Amazing score absolutely by Mr. Bernstein!!! Well worth the 47 year wait. I have listened to it twice already, what a marvelous score by Elmer, he really was the best!
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Mark Kermode has just plugged this CD on his soundtrack show on Scala Radio here in the UK.
He's playing the first of two tracks right now.
Mentioning the album and artwork etc he said: "Clearly put together by people who love the music".
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Just got around to spinning my CD of this.
Utterly charming and lovely.
Typical Elmer Bernstein. No one sounded like him. A true unique voice in film music.
Delicate. Dreamy. Sad. Nostalgic. And a hint of spooky and unease.
It recalls To Kill A Mockingbird at times to me (and as noted in the fine liner notes by Frank DeWald).
Yes, the first track is a bit unwieldy and doesn't get things off to the finest of starts (although it still holds a certain charm).
But once this sadly magical story unfolds, the listener is whisked away on a journey of memory and loss.
I watched the film just around the time this CD was issued (the first time I'd seen it since the 70's) and although it was a bit clunky and dull (not so when I loved it as a kid), Bernstein's lovely and fitting music anchored the proceedings perfectly.
Thanks Intrada, on the release of another fine gem from our memories of old.
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