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Where are the deluxe chronological and complete releases of these late-career works?
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I'd buy a Mercury Rising Deluxe Edition, especially if Varese produced it with the Burwell contributions as bonus tracks (they have a decent relationship with him, after all).
Yavar
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I'd be interested to hear from someone who's more familiar with these two films, as to how much music by JB is not featured on the existing CD releases.
The Specialist -- the film -- is a guilty pleasure of mine. The CD is pretty complete -- in fact I think it is a bit redundant in places.
That said, there is a terrific, moody cue Barry wrote for a scene in which Sharon Stone looks at an apartment she intends to rent. It's not a lengthy scene, but I'd buy an expanded reissue just to have that cue!
I agree about the sound on The Specialist, which is mastered at a very low level, and has dullness and lack of high end. In fact I listened to it the other night right after spinning Deadfall -- and I was struck by how much better Deadfall sounded.
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Maybe John Barry's score wasn't what the director/producers/money-men wanted but bringing Carter Burwell in to add (re-score?) did no good at all. The CD release of Mercury Rising is a wonderful listen - one of my favourites of the 1990s - and when you hear it matched with the visuals it works so well that Mr. Burwell's additions are just well ... superfluous.
That's what happened. I recall Fiedel telling me he was asked, too.
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I remember the one and only time I saw MR on VHS and really noticing the music during the climactic fight and thinking, "this score is great." When I realized it was a John Barry score, I was surprised. I didn't think he wrote action cues like that. Burwell? You guys could probably tell me, but I'd be happy with the additional cues at long last.
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I'll eat my shorts if Carter Burwell wrote the climactic fight scene music.
That's what made Mercury Rising so great. The old Barry was back...for a fleeting moment.
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THE SPECIALIST is one of Barry's best scores from the post-DANCES period. It's like he took what was great about BODY HEAT and what was great about Bond and blended them.
The original CD was fairly comprehensive but by no means complete. The biggest argument for re-doing it is the original CD doesn't sound so great and has been OOP for many years. And if you're gonna do it, you may as well make it complete.
Will we ever see it? Well, who knows. Given how long it takes to get scores onto CD (sometimes many years), for all we know it could be in the works and still years away.
Anyway, plus one for this.
Cheers
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Barry's THE SPECIALIST is a late-career masterpiece. The score is filled with tension, resolve, and that brilliant Barry mood that is so addictive.
For me, the film is a guilty pleasure. It's pulpy dialogue and scenery chewing performances are beautifully elevated to cult-film status via Barry's contributions. I find myself rewatching it every couple of years. And, oh, what might have been had Barry scored a Pierce Brosnan Bond film? Something like this, methinks.
And I am in complete agreement with all of the thread contributors here. This score desperately deserves a remastering AND a vinyl pressing.
Here is the score: https://www.discogs.com/release/7062759-John-Barry-The-Specialist-Original-Motion-Picture-Score
And here is the "music from" album: https://www.discogs.com/master/510448-Various-The-Specialist-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture
The "music from" album includes 2 cues not found on the score album. And unlike the score album, the "music from" album was released on vinyl in Europe.
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The "music from" album includes 2 cues not found on the score album.
Those two cues were arrangements Barry recorded for "Moviola II".
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Barry's THE SPECIALIST is a late-career masterpiece. The score is filled with tension, resolve, and that brilliant Barry mood that is so addictive.
For me, the film is a guilty pleasure. It's pulpy dialogue and scenery chewing performances are beautifully elevated to cult-film status via Barry's contributions. I find myself rewatching it every couple of years. And, oh, what might have been had Barry scored a Pierce Brosnan Bond film? Something like this, methinks.
And I am in complete agreement with all of the thread contributors here. This score desperately deserves a remastering AND a vinyl pressing.
Here is the score: https://www.discogs.com/release/7062759-John-Barry-The-Specialist-Original-Motion-Picture-Score
And here is the "music from" album: https://www.discogs.com/master/510448-Various-The-Specialist-Music-From-The-Motion-Picture
The "music from" album includes 2 cues not found on the score album. And unlike the score album, the "music from" album was released on vinyl in Europe.
I Could be off a bit…Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson ask John Barry to Compose Tomorrow Never Dies…But John Barry got road blocks from Wilson and Broccoli…The Money…Less Than other Bond Projects and Not able to work on the Theme Song, which already went to Sheryl Crow.
Not true. Barry deliberately stopped after TLD and even suggested David Arnold to EON later on.
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