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My favourite track from the old CD was always the Assassination cue.
That was really great.
I remember the rest being pleasant enough, but a bit bland, like JG on auto-pilot.
Syrupy, like some of his other themes from around that time.
I believe there's lots of stuff that was dropped, according to Yavar.
I'll dig the disc out and give it another listen.
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I agree; it is one of my favorite albums, not just by Goldsmith, but anybody. I listen to it often. I would love to see an expansion, or the complete score.
Give it to me! Now! Just do it! I wants it!
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Gave this another listen, thanks to this thread.
And yes, heard over 25 years later, it's way better than 85% of any scores written (programmed?) today.
Track 1 had those Hoosier synths going off right away.
Zimmer's Driving Miss Daisy was deffo in the temp in at least one cue, married to some Raggedy Man style bits (track 2?).
I think I love The Assassination so much cos it recalls Twilight's Last Gleaming to me.
Where it loses me is the tired sounding synthy chase/suspense tracks and the main theme is a bit schmaltzy and similar to a lot of his other stuff around the time, like Mom & Dad.., Forever Young, Sleeping/Enemy and such.
I never realised the CD was so short.
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In the huge scheme of Jerry’s output, LOVE FIELD does occupy a quieter side street, but many in this forum would agree it’s an understated gem that rewards repeated listening. As Yavar said, it also polls quite high of the narrowing list of his scores that could benefit from a refresh by the right label. I watched the film long ago and at the time I didn’t notice much that wasn’t already captured on the admittedly brief Varèse release (though it sounds like at least one key track is missing), and the existing sound captures that 90’s gloss that Jerry favored, but with all that said I’d support any effort to bring this back to listeners’ attention.
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Regarding the best cue being left off the original CD release.
What kind of cue is it?
What does it underscore in the film?
Is it like the Assassination track, recalling Twilight's Last Gleaming, or more of the romantic main theme, or a bigger stab of the synthy chase/suspense stuff?
I'm curious.
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This is now my most wanted Goldsmith expansion from Varese, thanks to this thread featuring posts from both Roger and Doug at Intrada: