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Yes, it's one day before Halloween month here in the U.S., but I usually post on Monday's unless I can't for some reason, so here we go.
This week's suites:
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
These suites start off his work on season two. See my "Thriller" thread for what each suite covers:
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=145502&forumID=1&archive=0
These are all special salvage-job suites, where I used Lalal.ai and the Easeus vocal removers. I may have also used MVSep here and there, but I don't recall off hand. This is the first year I've really been able to do this, so these suites are a whole new beast compared to prior suites. Long dialogue scene I would have had to edit out, are preserved now with only music. Easeus even caught a dog barking constantly during an action track, and removed it!
Suite #7:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_SQUdT8JtS8
Suite #8:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=57VYSEq_YsE
"Suspense"
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdylla2Bi4
Suite #1.
Suite covering three or four episodes of the long-running radio series that he did. Lalal.ai was used, and Easeus a little as well. Results are a mixed bag.
Benny just didn't have the gift of radio scoring like many others did (Moraweck, Hatch, others), so don't expect to be blown away, it's more a point of interest.
"Murphy's Law"
Composer: Mike Post
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7DuFWA--5kU
Special salvage-job suite covering the one episode of the series he did -- the pilot. Lalal.ai and Easeus was used to remove dialogue, and I think I applied MVSep some.
There is, however, a catch. This was a failed TV series from 1988 that lasted about one season. The pilot aired out-of-order However, what not many people know is, is that the aired pilot was an edit job. The original pilot ran about seventy minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ENQDenNlF4
What makes this suite and even more special is that when the pilot was cut down, a lot of Post's score was remove as a result, and one or two cases, new cues made to patch up edit jobs. And on top of that, his theme music was rejected; in the aired series and edited down pilot, a song not by him, is used. So most of you -- if not all of you -- are hearing this theme music for the very first time -- a "Hill Street Blues blend with Irish flavoring over. I have also included some of the new cues from the edited down pilot.
The series starred George Segal as Murphy (the boss from "Just Shoot Me!") and his co-star was Maggie Han -- a super hot Asian woman with an oddball deep manly voice.
The original cut of the pilot had the characters more fleshes out, scenes showcasing their relationship (which was an odd fit to begin with -- an old man and a sexy younger Asian girl), and one beautifully choreographed scene (cut from air). The aired pilot leaves a lot to be desired. And it looks like they didn't know what to do with the series. It's not surprising it was canned.
Jeanette Acosta scored the rest of the series. No suites by her are planned.
Bardahl
Composer: ?????
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HtyOzRvMYAU
Music from a spooky old commercial when evil black monsters are trying to destroy the engine. Easeus and Lalal was used to remove the dialogue.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
Halloween month continues with season two work of Morton Stevens on "Thriller", a dark angel, a hell town, and a special salvage-job suite of a scary rejected score.
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This week's suites.
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
https://youtube.com/watch?v=x1_KkEhMFO4
Suite #9.
Picking up in season two where the prior suite left off. Again, see my "Thriller" thread for what each suite covers (linked to in the prior post).
As always for the show, Lalal A.I. and Easeus A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue. My suites are the best thing for his work on the series short of an official release.
"Dark Angel"
Composer: Joel McNeely:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgSD5Vd7Rxs
Suite from a CD-R of the score to the feature-length pilot, covering all of what I deem to be the "good" material from the pilot score, edited, arranged, and crossfaded by myself, with a smidge of layering.
"Hell Town"
Composer: George Romanis
https://youtube.com/watch?v=novXw6IR1sA
Suite #1.
Special salvage-job suite for the score to the feature-length pilot episode. This covers about the first half.
See you in Hell in November for more suites for the series.
"Moonlighting"
Composer: Richard Lewis Warren
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pcCROv06XYw
Suite #1.
This score was rejected from a season two episode of the series. It marked his final score for the show and he wasn't even told his score was tossed and didn't find out about it until decades later.
http://rejectedfilmscores.125mb.com/list.html
Years back a DVD set of the series accidentally included his rejected score, which is the only way we were able to hear and now have this.
This super special salvage-job suite utilizes Lalal A.I. and Easeus A.I., and MVSep A.I. (some) to remove as much dialogue and some FX as possible.
It took two suites to cover the score and both suites will cover not the entire score, but damn near every bit of it.
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Score Notes:
Special salvage-job "Magnum, pi" suites in the can (2025), three DeVorzon/Conlan suites in the can (2025), one TV movie score nearing completion, one Ron Grainer suite in the can, Unchained suites nearing completion early.
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What to expect from Tuesday's suites:
Season two of "Thriller" and Morton Stevens continues, dark justice and murder, a suite by a man who knows many things and walks by night, and spooky salvage-job for an old TV commercial for UPS. Oh, and an "October surprise".
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Incase I make it to next year, I am taking suggestions for TV series threads now.
I am just about burned out on hour-long long-running TV series. I got three more I intended to do, after that, no more planned, so its unlikely I'll ever handle shows like "Bonanza" and "Highway to Heaven".
TV series that are not possible currently (off the top of my head, so not a full listing):
"Kate McShane" "(Cacavas, maybe more)
"Amy Prentiss" (no episodes ever pop up; people take the two-parter back door pilot from "Ironside" and call it the series pilot)
"Dirty Sally" (no episodes have ever popped up)
"Riker" (1981) (Cacavas, maybe more) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"Khan!" (Morton Stevens, others) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"The Road West" (Rosenman, maybe others) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"The Manhunter" (QM Productions) (only like five episodes available, only two with original scores)
"Caribe" (QM Productions) (only like five episodes available, only one or two with original scores)
"Kodiak" (Morton Stevens, possibly more) (no episodes have ever popped up)
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This week's suites:
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kwyLRFPK7vs
Suite #10.
Continuing the journey through season two. Again, see my thread or the series that lists which episodes are covered in the suites (under each episode).
Special salvage-job suite where Easeus was used to remove dialogue.
"Dark Justice"
Composer: Mark Snow
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lUcD0fD2v-Q
Suite #1, covering the first three or four episode of the series he scored.
No further suites recorded, but it is my intention to do more.
Special salvage-job suite where Lalal A.I. and I think also Easeus A.I. were used to remove dialogue.
"The Whistler"
Composer: Wilbur Hatch
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cOJrUQNXRJE
Suite #1. No further suites recorded but another one or two intended for October, 2025.
This suite covers about a handful of episodes including an evil man in ancient times who goes to Debtor's prison, gets out and end up killing a woman, and an evil sea captain who has gone blind and is being blackmailed about his blindness.
As radio shows obviously have no video, I was forced to make a screen credit. I know, it had a short-lived live series and Hatch also contributed to that, but I didn't want to mix the two up. I used old newspaper promotional art and picked a font to write in his name.
1987 UPS Commercial
Composer: ?????
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9q_7Z71ImVY
Like last year, I point out that every year in the U.S. in regards to politics they always talk about an "October surprise", which often doesn't ever come to pass. Many times people speculate it could be war. So last year I did a war film and so I am again this year.
Lafayette Escadrille
Composer: Leonard Rosenman
https://archive.org/details/lafayette-escadrille-score-suite-leonard-rosenman
I've had this suite "in the can" for a while now. There was always some reason to keep putting it off. Sadly, this pre dates the FSM user who pointed me to Lalal A.I. (and then my discoveries of Easeus and MVSep).
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Easeus vocal remover page is offline. Says it's a host error. I hope it's not dead. :-(
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I didn't know. The website is blocked by Google administrator settings on the wifi where I am. I had to access the site and upload it months ago while I was cleaning a rental -- the only way I could.
Sadly, the file is in access of the limit non-verified accounts have, and I was worried about it tripping copyright and giving me a strike. I hope people can be patient and way for Archive.org to be fully back online. :-(
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Here's a special bonus suite to make up for it.
"Charlie's Angels"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lrN1R2_86TU
This was something I made for myself. It's a mini suite of two cues from the pilot (covered in suite #1). THIS TIME, however, now that I know about Lalal A.I. and Easeus A.I., I used both to remove dialogue and some FX, then crossfaded the cues together at what I thought was a good point.
The result: barely any intelligible dialogue, and the only FX you really notice is some moderate phone ringing.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
I close out Halloween month with Richard Lewis Warren, more "Suspense", Morton Stevens, and … Satan.
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This week's final special bath of suites, just in time for Halloween.
"Moonlighting"
Composer: Richard Lewis Warren
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ywRV2QuAXB4
Suite #2.
Final suite covering his rejected score as previously described. Again, special salvage job suite where and Easeus and Lalal A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and some FX. To be clear again -- since it's been a while since I've said it and there may be new readers here: both sites are not A.I. programs that simply edit out that stuff, doing what I used to do, they re-create the music underneath the FX and dialogue and recreate the dialogue, then split them into two (or more) stems, so then I copy and paste the clean music parts over the bad parts. Sometimes these programs catch parts of the score and remove them, or even take woodwinds out completely, so you can't just use it "as is", you go to do edit work.
"Suspense"
Composer: Lucien Moraweck
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bTIougw6Ifg
Suite #2.
On a quick note: it saddens me to see -- based on the hit counters -- that barely anybody is giving this good music a chance. :-(
Another special salvage job where Easeus and Lalal A.I. programs sere used to remove dialogue and some moderate FX.
This suite covers two episodes, but it primarily covers one episode where a woman is driven mad by yellow wallpaper and starts to think there is an old lady living behind it (literally titled "The Yellow Wallpaper"). But in al fairness, yellow wallpaper is an awful idea, you know, unless you are twelve years old or think life is sunny and awesome, instead of the never-ending suckhole that it really is.
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hp5NXAfctgo
Suite #12. Continuing threw season two.
Another special salvage-job suite.
And with this final suite for the year on his work for the show, I have covered over half his work for season two. If I make it to next year, October of next year will see me finish his season two work, possibly start season three. Maybe I should also do a Rugolo suite (or two) as well - we'll see.
"Kolchak: The Night Stalker"
Composer: Jerry fielding
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WpDzyDrfyFw
Suite #1.
Special salvage-job suite where Easeus, Lalal, and MVSep were used to remove dialogue and some FX.
This suite covers only the first episode he scored, where a werewolf is onboard a cruise ship. AS a special bonus, the suite opens up with one short bit of funny dialogue that was separated from the score.
And finally, the question is (for those who remember the old SNL skit): Is it … SATAN?????
Yes, yes it is.
"Alcoa Premiere"
Episode: "Mr. Lucifer" (1962)
Composer: John Williams
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WQa1uJwLcSo
Special salvage-job suite where Easeus was used to remove dialogue. I don't recall using either of the other two sites.
Then I had to also raise volumes levels with the envelope tool in Audacity, again and again and again, finally giving up and calling it a day at one point.
Sadly, the opens dramatic bit was cut off and not heard in-full on any load I could find.
This is the best you can have with the free technology there is, short of an official release.
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In a first and probably last, here is a list of nearly every single composer you will see for the month of November here. Like last year, it'll be the final month of suites for the year. Composers:
Nathan van Cleave
Danny Elfman
George Romanis
Velton Ray Bunch
Fred Karlin
Lalo Schifrin
Frank Comstock
Earle Hagen
And, of course, suites to scores already started, and ones mentioned before (like "The Waltons").
It'll be a busy month, expect four or five suites each week. The final week will be my special end of the year batch.
This may be the final year I can do suites. Work, finances, and life have been brutal. I was doing rental cleaning this year and it was supposed to be a really good year -- was potentially going to earn quite a bit of money. Not enough to get me out of my car, but enough to where I could make two major car repairs and have money to make it through the off season. Then in January of February, on a Monday, we had a really bad storm here. One of the places I was going t0 make some good money off of, well, the house next door -- the roof came off, smashed into the rental house and it was seriously damaged and unrentable for the season. That was an omen of things to come.
Then the economy has been suffering for almost four years now and finally this year it took its toll and the rentals season was slow. I barely worked this year, couldn't even afford to replace car tires that were literally falling apart!
Then, because of the slow season, the person I was working for decided to dump all properties and get a real job with areal estate company (which finalized this month). The person wanted to help me and send the properties my way, but my car has two major problems: one is multiple oil leaks which causes oil to leak on hot parts and smoke real bad, to the point sometimes I think it's going to catch fire, so I cant' drive long distances and three of the properties were too far. After explaining that on a handful of occasions, which appeared to have all been ignored over and over again, I finally said it one last time but added if any of the ones I can reach are interested, let them know they can contact me. The result: the person stopped replying to me and I wasn't even paid for the last two or three days I worked.
Got a part-time job with an out-of-state LLC. Worked for a month, they didn't pay me. No reporting system in my state or theirs for this.
All job applications have been ignored (Indeed even shows some not even clicked on; employers listing they are hiring "Urgently" but don't even read applications!) and two turns downs, one which could have changed my life. This things just build and build to the point it scars you permanently and you just don't get passed them anymore.
Now my travel is even further limited as my vehicle is a V6, but three spark plugs were misfiring (the ones hard to reach that would take about three hours to change and cost $500 or more to get done), and as of about two weeks ago, one or more of those have quit, which has resulted in struggling to get the vehicle going, often dying repeatedly, and popping inside the engine, and pushing oil out which is leaking onto the exhaust. I just don't see how I make it.
So, money is running out, I can pay my auto insurance one more time, taking me to December which is also when my tag is due. So, that's where things become a game of being caught without auto insurance. Which means I'll lose the license, tag, and they'll tow my home, at which point I will have nothing. I'm not sleeping outside an in portable bathrooms, so I'm already making my will. When the time does come, I'll dump all finished suites being held for next year and will the flash drive with stored suites and incompleted work (as well as personally edited and arranged compilations made for myself), toward the member who generously provided the storage device; maybe he'll finish my work (unless somebody here wants to volunteer). I am seeking somebody to take over Rejected Film Scores when I am gone, should it come to that. I would be a second-time offender for no auto insurance, which means something like $300 to $500 to be re-instated to drive again -- that's a hole I just don't see myself ever getting out of now.
I am not asking for money, I promised Lukas I would not either. This is just an explanation of my circumstances and why this is all potentially coming to an end.
I haven't decided how to handle my CD collection yet.
If anything changes, I'll let you know. And when I do, that'll come with my plans for what I intend to tackled suite wise for 2025. I think people enjoy the heads up and what is coming, after all.
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Kojak: "Who loves ya, baby?"
How about two extras? Yes? Well, okay then.
"Korg: 70,000 B.C."
Composer: Hoyt Curtin
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GxMKPALcqqQ
Cue I titled for myself "Action". This is a redo I did for myself, now running it threw Easeus to remove all dialogue, some animal growls, and some light FX was also caught.
Walking Tal (2004)
Composer: Graeme Revell
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wMBtHfDKwkk
This is a suite I made of what I deem the only good material from the score, which is largely bordering on horribly bland generic rhythm material, synth garbage, and just plain forgettable. The end result is no great shakes either, but maybe some of you will enjoy this. I don't recall the source; could be a bootleg, could be a composer promo, could be a FYC source, could be a DVD isolated score -- don't know.
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This week's suites.
"Matt Helm"
Composer: Morton Stevens
Suite #1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bs3bxNYFGRk
Suite #2: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ER3ibjE01y4
These super special redo suites cover the only episode he scored, the first hour-long episodes after the feature-length pilot, "Dead Men Talk".
Previously I had done a suite about eleven minutes long, in bad sound, and edited all to hell because of dialogue and special effects sounds. I have deleted that old crappy suite.
This time I found all tracked score, used the cleaner parts to paste over the bad ones.
But with such fantastic sites as Lalal, Easeus, and MVSep.com A.I. programs, I was able to remove all dialogue, some FX, and some ambient FX, so next to nothing got edited out this time.
It's not the entire episode score, but it is damn near every bit of it. I even included two or three cues I am sure are by Morton, but were not in this one episode he scored, but in others. I did not include the opening/closing themes just incase they might trip copyright.
This is a fantastic score by him, especially the action material, but especially the long climax cue. In fact, the series had good music (well, to a lesser degree the John Parker effort) and hopefully some label will release it one day.
As a bonus, I have included a short bit of dialogue that opens the first suite: two different sections where it sounds like his secretary is saying something dirty, and then his reply from another part of the episode. Why? Because.
Redo suites are not something I am going to do often, but this score deserved it!
This is my final Stevens suites for the year. If I somehow survive this year, Stevens will be back February.
"Hill Street Blues"
Composer: Mike Post
https://youtube.com/watch?v=A8GkQaF4dnQ
Suite #2.
Both these suites cover his work for season one. There are no immediate plans to do more, but that is subject to change if I am around next year and there enough is demand for it.
Also the final Post suite of the year. Again, if I survive to next year, Post will return February, with a special suite that covers work his work on a show.
"Just Shoot Me"
Composers: John Adair, Steve Hampton, & Korbin Kraus
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ur-NkDhKD_E
This is a special suite for two reasons: Not only this time was I able to use Lalal and Easeus to remove dialogue, but the season had a good deal of tracking of cues, so I was able to use the tracked cues for salvage job work to repair cues.
The result was that I was able to pair the suite down so much that with this single suite I was able to cover the scoring for all of season two.
This suite include, of course, the terrific long baseball montage cue.
No further suites planned at this time for the series, though at some point its possible I will made a general suite covering really good cues from episodes, and not entire season's work.
"J.J. Starbuck"
Composer: Velton Ray Bunch
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NG7XX9_-Ga8
Suite #2. One more remaining.
The Generation Children
Composer: Jerry Styner
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BzuRcN9RGhM
Suite #2. One more remaining.
Lalal and Easeus A.I. sites were used to remove dialogue.
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My laptop kept shutting off again and again, never could find out the problem. Can't get it open to clean the fans, did what I could. Plugged it into another power out, so far it is still back on, sooooo, if it is still working Tuesday... (man, it doesn't just rain or pour on me, it's a hail of shit balls)
What to expect from Tuesday's suites:
Nathan van Cleave, John Addison, Karlin, "The Adventurer", and the FBI is coming for you again (you innocent American you).
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