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I am looking forward to it.
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Jun 14, 2020 - 4:25 PM
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leagolfer
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Well, I can has a computer now. And so I will, finally share my thoughts on Cleopatra and Spartacus.
I know you've all been waiting patiently. Well, wait no more!
How much longer?
Well, Mrs. Birri will be home with me this weekend, and I wouldn't dream of subjecting her to the music of Alex North.
Unless it is "Streetcar" or "North of Hollywood."
So, it looks like you will have to wait until Monday.
In the meantime, rest assured that I will be going through my notes and drafting a very incisive and compelling assessment of Mr. North's music.
Yes, you branch out with North until you go through his entire works your assuming that he lacks what fundamentals the skills that you listen too, North was a pioneer of jazz works he put it around before Elmer kinda took that mantel that lead Elmer both really too other pathways but they still knew where home was from time too time in film works.
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Thanks! We just ordered. I will let you know if it is any good or not, and if Alex breaks the mood with his trademark ridiculous antiquated Broadway segments.
I had gotten a used LP back in 1991 and The Bad Seed has always been 'good' according to me. 
Heindorf is credited as conductor, so this may be a plus for Onya.
The 'mood' is consistent and there are no vaudevillian parts. You might not care for the old French lullaby, but Alex North alters it (not unlike Charles Ives) with plenty of twisted variations.
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Are you going to join us on the Cheers Zoom call tomorrow?
No, I'm not into social media at present. Besides, I expect folks already heard Zardoz intone
"the gun is good" and watched 100s of rifles pour out my mouth.
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So I've listened to this a few times, and not only do I like it, but it may be my favorite North next to "Streetcar." The CD is organized a bit oddly, but that can be fixed.
Glad to hear the North Odyssey is not fruitless for OnyaBerry.
The Bad Seed is my 2nd favorite North. I'll cogitate on what next to explore because, whilst I love a lot of North's music, the actual soundtracks frequently possess the types of mood interruptions which interferes with Onya's album expectations.
I also wish one could blindfold Onya and play music for him with his not knowing what genre it hails from.
It's been my experience that some scores may eschew genre conventions and offer modernistic or idiosyncratic perspectives. One might 'miss out' on hearing the sort of music one likes simply because one overlooks or avoids specific areas (such as westerns or war films).
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Apr 9, 2021 - 4:56 PM
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OnyaBirri
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Well, its not quite rum cocktail season yet, but we're getting close.
And as I slowly transition into rum cocktail season, I reach for the classics - things like Stravinsky's "Le Sacre," Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite," and Ginastera's "Panambi," to name a few, and film scores such as North's "Cleopatra" and "Spartacus."
So I've spun Cleo a few times already, and I think I'm having a breakthrough:
I'm finally realizing that there is very little here for me to latch onto. Every time I spin it, it is as if I am playing it for the first time.
From a consumer standpoint, I guess there is some value in that - every time I put it on, it is a completely different album, albeit an album I paid for only once. I think North may be sneaking on additional tracks between September and April, while I'm not listening, just to toy with me.
So however much I spin it, I just don't remember anything except for the four-note phrase that North lifted from Lalo Schifrin's "Mission: Impossible" album.
I'm not finished with this album, though. I plan on spinning it more in the coming weeks, and forcing myself to like it.
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Apr 9, 2021 - 5:56 PM
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JohnnyG
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Well, its not quite rum cocktail season yet, but we're getting close.
And as I slowly transition into rum cocktail season, I reach for the classics - things like Stravinsky's "Le Sacre," Prokofiev's "Scythian Suite," and Ginastera's "Panambi," to name a few, and film scores such as North's "Cleopatra" and "Spartacus."
So I've spun Cleo a few times already, and I think I'm having a breakthrough:
I'm finally realizing that there is very little here for me to latch onto. Every time I spin it, it is as if I am playing it for the first time.
From a consumer standpoint, I guess there is some value in that - every time I put it on, it is a completely different album, albeit an album I paid for only once. I think North may be sneaking on additional tracks between September and April, while I'm not listening, just to toy with me.
So however much I spin it, I just don't remember anything except for the four-note phrase that North lifted from Lalo Schifrin's "Mission: Impossible" album.
I'm not finished with this album, though. I plan on spinning it more in the coming weeks, and forcing myself to like it.
"Cleopatra" (20th Century Fox film with Alex North score): Released in 1963
"Mission Impossible" (CBS TV series with Lalo Schifrin score): First aired in 1966
Who lifted what from whom?... 
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