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I concur timmer. Theres a monster double bill there of twofer eric n erns and a twofer pitkins!
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Jul 28, 2016 - 8:59 AM
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MusicMad
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Can't help but agree with everyone here...
Where Eagles Dare
Battle of Britain
633 Squadron
Force 10 From Navarone
Those Magnificent Men/Monte Carlo or Bust
I saw him in concert in the late-70s and he was self-effacing, warm, open, chatty and funny. Think Morricone in concert and then imagine the opposite!
Yeah, lovely and warm gentleman who was generous in answering some daft questions from a 15 year old me.
I wonder what chance, if any, of getting some of his work from the films of Norman Wisdom and Morcombe & Wise?
I, too, consider him one of my favourites and, yes, Where Eagles Dare (1968) is - for me - his masterpiece. I'm less inclined to rate Force 10 from Navarone (1978) as highly as others ... a fabulous main theme but not enough away from that theme to keep me keyed-in.
I, too, saw him live - 29 Jun 85 - conducting the CBSO Music from the Movies and can agree with TG's comment (other than I can't compare him with Maestro Morricone  )
A few years ago I went to a concert of his music performed by a local youth orchestra (of very high standard) with whom he had had a long-time association. I specifically avoided looking at the programme and, not having noticed the two drummers standing in the far corners of the auditorium, was totally blown away by the opening piece - the Main title from that favourite score - the only time I've heard it played live as Mr. Goodwin omitted to play it at his own concert back in 1985.
Having lauded praise I do think he had largely run his course and whilst he died far too young I do think his later works pale in comparison. Where he was outstanding and easily one of the best in the field was as an arranger and performer of standards from the silver screen or elsewhere. It's a shame that tastes changed because his concert orchestra albums are superb. At a time when there were dozens of British and overseas orchestras performing similar works throughout the 1950s - 1970s his recordings, time and again, easily surpass all others.
And as for his works with Morecambe & Wise, at least I do have recordings of the two songs from their film That Riviera Touch (1966) it's been so many years I can't recall whether there was much of an underscore.
Mitch
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Don't forget there is a rerecording of THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS on the MM disc that includes THIS ISLAND EARTH.
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I also saw him in concert during summer of 1993 in Belfast. Remember it well, scorching night and my dad was with me. First time I heard Jurassic Park and Schindler's List live. And his chats with the audience were funny. Seemed a lovely guy.
Yes he was. I saw him twice in concert, at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow (where he said the acoustics were so good) and at Eden Court in Inverness. On both occasions, I was the only person to navigate a way "backstage" to have a little chat and get my programme signed. He was approachable and easy-going. Happy Days!
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Sep 17, 2019 - 3:56 AM
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I much enjoyed the story in Andre Previn's autobiography of him receiving a transatlantic call from William Walton asking if he'd ever heard of 'a gent named Ron Goodwin'. Previn of course replied that yes, he was a film composer. 'Well,' said Walton, 'I've just had a score of mine replaced by this gent's music, and I wondered who he was.'
He was of course talking about Battle of Britain, and two aspects stand out. One, that Walton was entirely unaware of Goodwin's existence and had to ring Previn in America to find out about him; and two, that by most indications Goodwin's score would seem to have been more effective than Walton's. I judge that on the one Walton excerpt left in: 'Battle in the Air', which, though of a high enough quality, makes less of an impression than one of Goodwin's jaunty marches. I'm not sure that Battle of Britain even deserved a Walton score, but it was certainly well served by the Goodwin one.
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