Rummaging through my lps and found this forgotten oddity from 1978--an import lp of an Alex North score that I don't think has ever been released on cd. The film was described as comedy/mystery with Farrah Fawcett and Richard Chamberlain. Haven't played the album in a l-o-n-g time. Anybody know anything about this?
Rummaging through my lps and found this forgotten oddity from 1978--an import lp of an Alex North score that I don't think has ever been released on cd. The film was described as comedy/mystery with Farrah Fawcett and Richard Chamberlain. Haven't played the album in a l-o-n-g time. Anybody know anything about this?
I am not familiar score but the film is a remake of "Charade".
Yes, Bridges. My mistake. The poster who thought it was a remake of Charade might have seen the import lp that I referred to in the original post wherein the title of the movie was changed to Charade 79.
Looks like a letter got mixed up in the link (capital I turned into lowercase L). Correct link below. Music is from the movie, not the LP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TrI4gT_3LE
I've seen this film, which is available in 'scope on a Japanese blu-ray (if you watch the full screen bootleg, you'll be missing the work of two world-class cinematographers). The film was trashed by everybody at the time but I think it's delightfully frothy. It's not a remake of "Charade," but another spin on the same formula ala "Arabesque." North's score is mostly an adaptation of classical music, including "Danse Macabre," and I thought it fit the film just fine.
Speaking of "Sunburn," that film has played on the Sony Movies Channel in HD. The John Cameron score for that is brief but it features a really gorgeous love theme, so naturally I'd love a release of it.
I've seen this film, which is available in 'scope on a Japanese blu-ray (if you watch the full screen bootleg, you'll be missing the work of two world-class cinematographers). The film was trashed by everybody at the time but I think it's delightfully frothy. It's not a remake of "Charade," but another spin on the same formula ala "Arabesque." North's score is mostly an adaptation of classical music, including "Danse Macabre," and I thought it fit the film just fine.
I agree with "frothy" but not entirely with "delightfully". I saw it once, and it seemed a mildly pleasant showcase for Fawcett as a "new discovery."
The LP did have a bit of original North, which I liked too.
