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If bargain box sets are the future of Golden Age releases, well... I'm on board. You get several things you are familiar with and know are fantastic, plus a bunch of bonuses to discover and also probably fall in love with. Personally I think Newman's Nevada Smith and Raksin's Will Penny could have been released as separate albums on their own at $20 each, and many of us Golden Age fans would have been grateful for them. But for only an extra $20 more, we get NINE more scores to explore! Yavar
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If bargain box sets are the future of Golden Age releases, well... I'm on board. You get several things you are familiar with and know are fantastic, plus a bunch of bonuses to discover and also probably fall in love with. Personally I think Newman's Nevada Smith and Raksin's Will Penny could have been released as separate albums on their own at $20 each, and many of us Golden Age fans would have been grateful for them. But for only an extra $20 more, we get NINE more scores to explore! Yavar I couldn't agree more! The Paramount Westerns release is truly amazing and at a very affordable price. I sure hope this trend continues!
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When I listened to the second sample for the Riddle score, I was surprised at how amazing it sounds for a score recorded in 1967! (well, I don't know the precise recording date, could have happened in 1966 for all I know)
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Oopsy -- I meant the second sample. Editing my above post now... Yeah, I heard a little "Batman", too, especially around the end.
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I stated for the year it was recorded, so obviously the sound quality.
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When I listened to the second sample for the Riddle score, I was surprised at how amazing it sounds for a score recorded in 1967! Isn't it specially an album recording? Plenty of 1960s (and even 1950s) recordings have great sound quality - though looking this was on Epic/Columbia which wasn't known for its pristine sound but still comparing a major label album recording to a film recording from the era is almost unfair/ To be clear, every track in this set comes from the original film recordings -- none come from re-recordings made for an album. There may be, among the extras, a track or two that was intended for commercial release as singles, but they were recorded at the studio and are among Paramount's, not any record label's, audio assets. Great credit must go to Chris Malone, who took Paramount's original recordings (some of which were heavily afflicted with wow) and turned them into something eminently listenable. He should have also received mastering credit, but we forgot it in the rush to get this ready for Black Friday. Glad y'all are finding this exciting. John and I sure enjoyed working on it!
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This thread inspired me to rent NEVADA. I may have seen it long ago but I don't remember. McQueen and Newman sounds promising!
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