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Really enjoy hearing the glass rods bowed in "Nuclear Alert, Part 2". Reminder of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Also in "Nuclear Alert, Part 2", those subtle synthesizer pings really add to the atmosphere. Can anyone identify just how that effect was generated, and if it's audible in the actual film?
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For “Nuclear Alert, Part 2”, Rubinstein recorded two takes together with a wild pick-up from bar 63, incorporating the last 45 seconds or so.
The pick-up ending uses muted horns and tacets the brass for the Joshua motif. It seems that Rubinstein made this change on the podium after a 10-minute break. This revised version ended up being used in the film, even though some of it was dialled out during dubbing.
I preferred the more ominous snarling and spiky Joshua motif and made a version for the main programme (editing around performance errors) on Disc 1 and relegated the film version to Disc 2. The film version also has a more prominent tam-tam towards the start but most of it comes from the same take.
Interestingly, this was one of several examples where the ‘selects’ (being the agreed takes marked for use in the film) as indicated on the tape boxes did not exactly match what we hear in the film itself.
Chris
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Chris Malone: I preferred the more ominous snarling and spiky Joshua motif (in "Nuclear Alert, Part 2") and made a version for the main programme (editing around performance errors) on Disc 1 and relegated the film version to Disc 2. The film version also has a more prominent tam-tam towards the start but most of it comes from the same take.
Yes, the aggressive woodwinds are better. Glad you gave us two versions.
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Is the soundtrack aficionado community aware that this release includes three different versions of "Confidence Is High", one of the greatest cues of '80s American Pop Cinema?
Are you aware?
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Is the soundtrack aficionado community aware that this release includes three different versions of "Confidence Is High", one of the greatest cues of '80s American Pop Cinema?
Are you aware?
Okay I'm guessing by the constant pushing of this release that it was DOA. I have to say we pressed 2000 of these and while it's one of my favorite scores of the '80s and as passionate about it as you are, it was a bit of a slog to get through the run. Of course 2000 in this time is an almost impossible dream. It remains such a great score from such an under appreciated composer. Seriously if you don't have it, check it out.
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Roger wrote:
It remains such a great score from such an under appreciated composer. Seriously if you don't have it, check it out.
Agreed! I think it’s a “there’s something for everyone” score and demonstrates how accomplished a composer Rubinstein was. Perhaps, in that future world where all Jerry Goldsmith’s scores have been surfaced, works like this will have a bit more light shone their way!
Chris
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Most people aren't aware of how good analogue recordings like this can sound when transferred, mixed and mastered properly.
Kudos to Quartet and Chris Malone for giving us a high-end product for which there seems to be little demand.
Won't stop me from continuing to preach the Gospel of Analogue, and putting this deluxe set toward the top of reasons to keep producing top-shelf products like this.
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Just a reminder, the sound on this is smashing and the entire production exhaustive.
Even if this is just a middling score for the average early '80s collector, it's more than worth your attention.
"Winner None [alternate]" is hands down one of the best action cues of all time, even though the action only consists of a lot of streaking images on huge tactical displays and oodles of flashing lights.
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Finest combination of action and music in the whole score: when David rejects the WOPR computer's suggestion, "How about a nice game of chess?" and then instructs it to play Global Thermonuclear War.
In the track on the new album "A Game of Chess?", when the trombones play "David's Adventure Theme" as the simulation is loading. Great combination of humor, dread and a little martial flavor. Superb.
...and sounds superb on this latest edition, in case you didn't know.
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If you've got a spare thirty bucks (a lot, I know, to ask of most people) you could do a lot worse than popping for this fantastic set.
It's one of those releases that keeps rewarding with recurrent listening.
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Would Chris Malone be willing to describe the elements used in this release?
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Just a reminder, the sound on this is smashing and the entire production exhaustive.
Even if this is just a middling score for the average early '80s collector, it's more than worth your attention.
"Winner None [alternate]" is hands down one of the best action cues of all time, even though the action only consists of a lot of streaking images on huge tactical displays and oodles of flashing lights.
Yes, yes, yes! It is such a marvelous score that somehow was overlooked. Quartet really made the score shine again.
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I missed out on this one. It sucks when so few copies are made available. Hopefully it’ll get another release one day.
It's still listed at Ark Square ("do they have it?" is another thing). Sorry I can't direct link since their entire site's URL seems to be nothing but the main page. Hit "Collectible CDs", then enter in the search bar.
http://www.arksquare.net/index_main.html
I saw it missing at Quartet, went into panic mode, and managed to get an at-price copy at Amazon, but now that seems to have dried up as well.
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