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What to expect from Monday's suites:
The British are coming! The British are coming! And they're bringing a short suite from a short mini series from decades ago.
And then I fulfil a request for some Arthur Morton.
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This week's suites:
"Scorpion Tales"
Composer: Cyril Ornadel
https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0uy0Psn_dc
This was a British mini series (loosely put) from 1978:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_Tales
There wasn't much score in the series and I don't think it was scored as in written to scenes, but rather I think the composer recorded some material and it was edited up and used as needed.
This suite has selections from the series. The A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and some light FX where possible.
"Medical Center"
Composer: Authur Morton
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pqu4uG3ic0M
This suite was a request (via GoogleTube comments).
Suite #1 for the composer. No further suites recorded or intended for this year.
This suite covers most of the highlights from the first episode of the series he scored. My thread for the show (most links are bad now):
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=147108&forumID=1&archive=0
MVSep has gotten better with FX lately and this suite showcases it. Still imperfect, but take a listen vs. what you hear in the episode. OF course EaseUS was used for dialogue.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
The British are coming -- and they've brought Alan Parker.
More Barry DeVorzon.
Georges Delerue.
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This week's suites:
"The Danedyke Mystery"
Composer: Alan Parker
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-rR1MthwMDQ
British mini series from 1979 that lasted only six episodes.
The plot was something like: A murder or s0mebody in a church is hurt when unknown men enter for unknown reasons. The Priest, an ex cop, investigates.
Selections from all six episodes, employing EaseUS and MVSep. The recap music - my favorite piece from the series -- I did an old fashioned salvage job on it to start, then ran out threw the A.I. programs.
"High Performance"
Composers: Barry DeVorzon and Joseph Conlan
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3GwWpDPKV4c
After the pilot, which is credited solely to DeVorzon, the small number of episodes this series had were scored by the two. This suite covers selections from about half of the very short-lived series.
"Les Marines"
Composer: Georges Delerue
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5FUq3hE47Qk
1957 short film where an overseas crew went and filmed what men training to be Marines, go threw.
The film was later re-cut and released again (I don't know if a new score was done or not).
There was tracking of Grosse Fugue by Beethoven throughout the short; I have removed it all. Yes, they did credit the use.
Some of the closing music might be pre-existing, but I don't know for a fact, so I included it.
The A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and some FX.
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Suite Notes:
John Williams suite in the can.
All Rosenman suites in the can.
Two Morton Stevens suites in the can.
Pushed back a Mike Post suite to August because I had an idea for a suite for May -- it'll fit the month AND I know one user for certain wants the scoring from the show, so this is fulfilling an unrequested request.
Wrapping up "Falcon's Crest" suites now.
In order to make it to where I can have two suites a week, I am spending pretty much all my free time. Not many people seems to care though.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
The British are coming and they brought Ron Grainer.
North vs. South in yet another book.
A suite from a short film.
And an A.I. salvage job on one of my favorite unreleased TV themes.
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This week's suites.
"Sliders"
Composer: Danny Lux
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XT8hV4IEnkg
We're sliding out of "April showers" into "May flowers", with "Sliders"!
This is one of my personal favorite unreleased TV themes (your mileage may vary). For what ever reason, about halfway into season three, they changed the theme. The first version is also by Lux. Both themes are essentially the same -- same opening and closing, nearly identical performance and presentation (small to minor changes) -- the main difference is the first theme has a kind of small-sounding power anthem in the middle, while the second version has a passage made up fort fast-paced frantic staccato string work for dramatic affect.
Both A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and FX. Still a little bleed threw of the words "Sliiidddeeerrrsss..." at the end -- couldn't be helped.
I have not covered this TV series -- not enough loads to make it possible.
I have not done any suites. Same reason.
"Rebecca"
Composer: Ron Grainer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aCVrTsnYZ_k
PLEASE NOTE: If you want to hear more score from this mini series, please speak up! I expect two people to chime in, but if I don't get more I'm just going to move on to other projects. I keep asking for input, advice, sometimes help, and I almost never get replies. Sad.
Suite #1. No further suites recorded, no further suites intended unless (see above note).
This suite covers selections from the first episode of the 1979 four-part mini series.
"The Conquest of Light"
Composer: Bernardo Segal
https://youtube.com/watch?v=u0Jq0NLqYWY
This is the complete score to the short film. I used the A.I. websites to remove dialogue and some FX.
See my thread for the short:
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=158214&forumID=1&archive=0
"North & South: Book III"
Composer: David Bell
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5rolpT4tovs
Suite #1. This suite was a request.
Please speak up if you want more!
This suite covers selections from the first fifty minutes of episode one. Some cues are complete, others I joined in progress for the good part.
People forget that back in the 1990's, they did a third mini series.
The A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and FX. For what ever reason, the FX removal was particularly good here.
Bell provides a lush, warm, and theme-driven orchestral score, which for what ever reason, has never been released.
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Suite Notes:
Wrapped up both "Matlock" suites.
Wrapped up a John Scott suite. Mixed results, alas.
Hope to wrap up "Miami Vice" suites today.
Hope to also finish two redo suites that I initially was just doing for myself, but after looking at the content, they are better served being put up for everyone.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
Come fly away with Morton Stevens.
Travel along with John Scott.
And a Mike Post suite that is for the byrds.
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This week's suites.
As well as a note about the suites for the month of May.
"Spencer's Pilots"
Composer: Morton Stevens
https://youtube.com/watch?v=hEgat-lSsZI
Suite #2.
Previously a suite I did long ago covered the pilot. Aside from that, he scored one more episode ("The Search").
This suite covers about the first half of the episode score.
For the two suites that cover this episode, I did an old fashioned salvage job, where I found all the tracked score, copied cleaner parts and pasted them over bad ones, so fix cues, which was very helpful here because the A.I. websites alone would not have cleaned up the FX sounds as well as this.
Then I ran it threw EaseUS and MVSep. I spent some extra time with MVSep, since this was his last effort for the show.
The second suites will be for August.
"The Byrds of Paradise"
Composer: Mike Post
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZyuK0juoudE
Suite #1. No further suites recorded, nothing else intended. Maybe, if I am still around next year, the laptop has not broken down, and I am not too busy working, next year for May I'll do a second suite.
This suite covers selections from the first four episodes. The A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue and some FX.
This was a short-lived show from 1995 about a troubled family that moves to Hawaii after the mother dies.
The father has two kids -- both people who were up-and-coming at the time, but only one took off: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Seth Green
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Byrds_of_Paradise
I left off the opening and closing themes to avoid GoogleTube banning the suite for the cornfield and ignoring Fair Use.
"Shellarama"
Composer: John Scott
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tnXxLrziZKs
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855342/reference
This was a 1965 short film by and promoting the Shell gas company. It's a wordless travel film with people driving to Scott's wonderful scoring. Only at one place was there some voices -- some kids laughing for a few seconds. Sadly, none of the A.I. programs were able to eliminate the laughing (I tried everything MVSep had to offer to dialogue/voice, nothing worked).
Scott's score was a replacement for another British composer named Steve Race. The late [n]Tubby Hayes played on Race's score. Not a lick of Race's score has seen the light of day. And Scott's wonderful score has not been released either. Crimes against filmscorehumanity.
I did the best I could with the A.I. websites.
I didn't realize, until after I had rendered the video and was editing the music down for a special suite presentation for myself, that a little over thirty seconds of the score was re-used in the short, even keeping the sound effects -- they just put new scenes to it to make the sound effects.
What's clear when listening to this is not all he recorded was used. I don't know if this was because the short was originally longer, or if he created music to be edited and tracked as needed. Only two or three scenes in the short make it evident he wrote it to screen, the rest seems to material made for tracking.
Some label needs to make the rejected score and everything Scott recorded for it, a reality.
SUITES FOR MAY:
May will be a busy month -- three to four suites each week. All month long: "Charlie's Angels". Falcon Crest", and more. Then in the final week, a special A.I. salvage job and edit work (explanation at that time) for an unreleased TV series theme, sugar.
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Suite Notes:
Angela Moley suites in the can.
Morton Stevens suites for June/July in the can.
First "Guns of Paradise" suite for this year in the can.
Working on some redo stuff for myself (some may get posted, it's possible); "World Without Sun" (Serge Baudo).
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This week's suites.
"Chase"
Composer: Oliver Nelson
https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_Lwv9NZMho
Suite #4.
Picking up where I left off in the series with available episodes that credit Nelson for the score.
As usual, EaseUS and MVSep were used to remove dialogue and FX. I went a little overboard with MVSep.
"Charlie's Angels"
Composer: Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson
https://youtube.com/watch?v=b31_DEPSBRc
Suite #5.
Continuing threw season one where I left off last year.
The suites this month for the show are a little more special, since last time I barely used MVSep (if at all), but this year I went overboard. EaseUS used as well.
One cue was re-used, so I was able to do some salvage work to make it sound better (that lovely cue that begins in the first minute).
If you just got to know what episodes are covered in what suites, see my thread for the series.
"High Performance"
Composer: Barry DeVorzon and Joseph Conlan
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lf1bhq63jEE
Suite #2.
With this third suite, I have covered selections from the entire very short-lived series.
A.I. websites were used as usual.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
More "Charlie's Angels", "Falcon Crest", Rosenman, and the second Earle Hagen suite I forgot to post last month.
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This week's suites:
"Charlie's Angels"
Composer: Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9eAVd1lM1jU
Suite #6.
Another suite where I went overboard with MVSep.
Continuing season one where last week's suite left off. As now usual, see my thread for the show on what episodes suites cover (under each episode); it's something I started last year and will be doing for now on.
"Falcon Crest"
Composer: Alexander Courage
https://youtube.com/watch?v=SKVBjofys0k
Suite #1.
Selections from the first episode of the series he scored (he did two episodes).
As usual, EaseUS and MVSep where used. As he only did two episodes, I decided to go a little overboard with MVSep for better results.
As now usual, see my thread for the show on what episodes suites contain selections from.
"The Runaways"
Composer: Earle Hagen
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xOkKb5AkbHA
Suite #2. Final suite.
Final suite covering the feature-length TV movie that spawned the series "The Runaways". I forgot to post this suite back in April, sorry.
"Convoy"
Composer: Leonard Rosenman
https://youtube.com/watch?v=irj06HaJ9mg
Suite #1.
And in honor of our men who served in the military, for Memorial Day, I present this special suite for a war-time series.
This extra special suite where I went overboard with MVSep, covers the first half of the score to the pilot episode of the series -- only one or two episodes that can be found currently. Previously I did a suite for the other one, a John Williams effort (pre A.I. websites, sadly).
This pilot score is notable because it does not use the Bernard Herrmann theme music, but instead features an uncredited theme by Rosenman.
At the end of the pilot, there was a special note to the men of the military, with a little fanfare piece over it -- much like the opening of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, so I made the personal decision to move it to the start of the suite before the theme music (especially since the end credits closes out suite #2 perfectly).
Minus music I had to remove because it was destroyed by FX and not able to be heard of salvaged, a few very short cues, these suites will essentially present the entire score.
The pilot -- for those who want to watch it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N62NqnD_IIk
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