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Yes, it's one day before Halloween month here in the U.S., but I usually post on Monday's unless I can't for some reason, so here we go.
This week's suites:
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
These suites start off his work on season two. See my "Thriller" thread for what each suite covers:
https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=145502&forumID=1&archive=0
These are all special salvage-job suites, where I used Lalal.ai and the Easeus vocal removers. I may have also used MVSep here and there, but I don't recall off hand. This is the first year I've really been able to do this, so these suites are a whole new beast compared to prior suites. Long dialogue scene I would have had to edit out, are preserved now with only music. Easeus even caught a dog barking constantly during an action track, and removed it!
Suite #7:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_SQUdT8JtS8
Suite #8:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=57VYSEq_YsE
"Suspense"
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kcdylla2Bi4
Suite #1.
Suite covering three or four episodes of the long-running radio series that he did. Lalal.ai was used, and Easeus a little as well. Results are a mixed bag.
Benny just didn't have the gift of radio scoring like many others did (Moraweck, Hatch, others), so don't expect to be blown away, it's more a point of interest.
"Murphy's Law"
Composer: Mike Post
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7DuFWA--5kU
Special salvage-job suite covering the one episode of the series he did -- the pilot. Lalal.ai and Easeus was used to remove dialogue, and I think I applied MVSep some.
There is, however, a catch. This was a failed TV series from 1988 that lasted about one season. The pilot aired out-of-order However, what not many people know is, is that the aired pilot was an edit job. The original pilot ran about seventy minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ENQDenNlF4
What makes this suite and even more special is that when the pilot was cut down, a lot of Post's score was remove as a result, and one or two cases, new cues made to patch up edit jobs. And on top of that, his theme music was rejected; in the aired series and edited down pilot, a song not by him, is used. So most of you -- if not all of you -- are hearing this theme music for the very first time -- a "Hill Street Blues blend with Irish flavoring over. I have also included some of the new cues from the edited down pilot.
The series starred George Segal as Murphy (the boss from "Just Shoot Me!") and his co-star was Maggie Han -- a super hot Asian woman with an oddball deep manly voice.
The original cut of the pilot had the characters more fleshes out, scenes showcasing their relationship (which was an odd fit to begin with -- an old man and a sexy younger Asian girl), and one beautifully choreographed scene (cut from air). The aired pilot leaves a lot to be desired. And it looks like they didn't know what to do with the series. It's not surprising it was canned.
Jeanette Acosta scored the rest of the series. No suites by her are planned.
Bardahl
Composer: ?????
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HtyOzRvMYAU
Music from a spooky old commercial when evil black monsters are trying to destroy the engine. Easeus and Lalal was used to remove the dialogue.
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What to expect from Monday's suites:
Halloween month continues with season two work of Morton Stevens on "Thriller", a dark angel, a hell town, and a special salvage-job suite of a scary rejected score.
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This week's suites.
"Thriller"
Composer: Morton Stevens
https://youtube.com/watch?v=x1_KkEhMFO4
Suite #9.
Picking up in season two where the prior suite left off. Again, see my "Thriller" thread for what each suite covers (linked to in the prior post).
As always for the show, Lalal A.I. and Easeus A.I. websites were used to remove dialogue. My suites are the best thing for his work on the series short of an official release.
"Dark Angel"
Composer: Joel McNeely:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zgSD5Vd7Rxs
Suite from a CD-R of the score to the feature-length pilot, covering all of what I deem to be the "good" material from the pilot score, edited, arranged, and crossfaded by myself, with a smidge of layering.
"Hell Town"
Composer: George Romanis
https://youtube.com/watch?v=novXw6IR1sA
Suite #1.
Special salvage-job suite for the score to the feature-length pilot episode. This covers about the first half.
See you in Hell in November for more suites for the series.
"Moonlighting"
Composer: Richard Lewis Warren
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pcCROv06XYw
Suite #1.
This score was rejected from a season two episode of the series. It marked his final score for the show and he wasn't even told his score was tossed and didn't find out about it until decades later.
http://rejectedfilmscores.125mb.com/list.html
Years back a DVD set of the series accidentally included his rejected score, which is the only way we were able to hear and now have this.
This super special salvage-job suite utilizes Lalal A.I. and Easeus A.I., and MVSep A.I. (some) to remove as much dialogue and some FX as possible.
It took two suites to cover the score and both suites will cover not the entire score, but damn near every bit of it.
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Score Notes:
Special salvage-job "Magnum, pi" suites in the can (2025), three DeVorzon/Conlan suites in the can (2025), one TV movie score nearing completion, one Ron Grainer suite in the can, Unchained suites nearing completion early.
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What to expect from Tuesday's suites:
Season two of "Thriller" and Morton Stevens continues, dark justice and murder, a suite by a man who knows many things and walks by night, and spooky salvage-job for an old TV commercial for UPS. Oh, and an "October surprise".
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Incase I make it to next year, I am taking suggestions for TV series threads now.
I am just about burned out on hour-long long-running TV series. I got three more I intended to do, after that, no more planned, so its unlikely I'll ever handle shows like "Bonanza" and "Highway to Heaven".
TV series that are not possible currently (off the top of my head, so not a full listing):
"Kate McShane" "(Cacavas, maybe more)
"Amy Prentiss" (no episodes ever pop up; people take the two-parter back door pilot from "Ironside" and call it the series pilot)
"Dirty Sally" (no episodes have ever popped up)
"Riker" (1981) (Cacavas, maybe more) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"Khan!" (Morton Stevens, others) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"The Road West" (Rosenman, maybe others) (no episodes have ever popped up)
"The Manhunter" (QM Productions) (only like five episodes available, only two with original scores)
"Caribe" (QM Productions) (only like five episodes available, only one or two with original scores)
"Kodiak" (Morton Stevens, possibly more) (no episodes have ever popped up)
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