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The production music company London Sync has an album by Randy Miller called "Impossible Journey," available to preview here:
https://www.londonsyncmusic.com/albums/lsync045
This appears to be an example of a film score being recycled/repackaged as production music. I have no idea what film this might have been written for, as it doesn't seem to line up with anything in Miller's IMDB listing. I guess it could also be a rejected score. In any case, it is a lovely Americana-tinged work for full orchestra, highly recommended to fans of the genre.
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I just updated the title of this thread to reflect the fact that I solved the mystery: the production music album that I discovered in my original post is, in fact, the score to DREAMRIDER (1993) which I believe was only previously released in the form of a handful of tracks on Miller's limited composer promo "Music for Films." It is a really wonderful '90s era Americana/inspirational/sports score. Too bad it never got a proper release.
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Realizing now that this label has quite a few Randy Miller releases, many of which appear to be recycled/unreleased film scores... if you are a fan of his work, do check out this website.
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Great, Jeff -- thanks so much for your response. I feel like most of my posts here garner very few, if any replies, and I often feel like I'm wasting my time posting about the relatively obscure and esoteric scores that I seek out. Maybe people have blocked me, who knows? But I thought someone on this board would be interested to know that this forgotten gem was available at last.
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May 30, 2023 - 1:40 AM
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RonBurbella
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Nigel, I have to express my deep appreciation to you for your pointing out "hidden gems" of film scoring every so often, when one of them pops up on your audio screen. I do trust your judgment and I do take notice when you recommend a score.
Some months ago, I believe it was you who similarly recommended HALVDAN VIKING by Norwegian composer Gaute Storaas. And right you were! Thanks for that also. It's a Norwegian kid's movie with a good score and is not available on video with English subtitles. I had to settle for a no-frills French-subtitled DVD and auto-translated the French subtitles. Rather awkward, to say the least. A number of years ago, I had written to Mr. Storaas in Norway about one of his scores and (I'll be damned) he mailed me a copy. What a nice fellow. A number of his more recent scores have been made available on the usual digital sellers (iTunes, etc.).
DREAMRIDER (also known by its two-word title as DREAM RIDER) is a very heartwarming, orchestral, melodic, nicely-orchestrated score that is a pleasure to listen to. I've already streamed it onto a CD-RW (including the extra 4 "alternate mix" cues that the casual listener might overlook, as I initially did). Didn't take long. Just click on "play all cues."
Basil - Lossless, Schmossless. The analog music sounds fine. But, if one wants to pay for the digital purity, go right ahead. I declined to register, just like you did. All of the cues total about 37:26. I'll pop the CD-RW into Sound Forge Audio Restoration and CD Architecht and make myself a very nice CDR version, so I can listen to it in the car. The "MUSIC BY RANDY MILLER" promo CD has 6 cues from the score.
London Sync lists 194 individual cues for Randy Alan Miller (including IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY /DREAM RIDER). The film is about a fellow who loses one of his legs by medically necessary amputation. As part of his rehabilitation, he gets into cycling and then into competitive cycling, hence the title(s): the "impossibility" of being a one-legged bicycle racer. Based on a true story.
Thanks again, Nigel! Now I have some unexpected (but pleasantly anticipated) listening to do!
Ron Burbella
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Do you know if this available as a lossless download?
I looked on the site but apparently I have to go through registration before I can get any buying info. And I don't like registering on sites just to get some basic info.
Don't know about lossless, but better quality mp3s may be found here:
https://milesofmusik.com/music_catalog/album-1554467/
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