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I have the three CD set which has the original LP recording and two CDs of soundtrack music but I wonder if there is any more of this score as yet unreleased. Also I would welcome a recording which combines the LP music chronologically with the soundtrack. It would be interesting to hear the 'Raising of Lazarus' as used in the film even though it is 'lifted' from 'The Robe' and Handel.
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If there's any more that could be added or improved over the earlier expansion, I would double dip on this great score in an instant. Same goes for How the West Was Won; I know the 2CD Rhino edition had some errors and omissions. Yavar
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I've just watched the film again and I think you are right about 'The Robe' music. Although essentially the crucifixion music it is not identical and it may be that Newman adapted the piece for this film. The music he originally wrote for this scene and for the resurrection scene were still, in my opinion, perfectly suitable and did not need replacing by Handel. In addition, as nice as Verdi's Requiem is for the Via Dolorosa sequence, I still feel that Newman's music would have been perfectly suitable.
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The thing that is wrong with the tracked music, for me, is they are too recognisable. And that goes for much of the needle drop choices/mentality. It pulls you out the film.
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I've just watched the film again and I think you are right about 'The Robe' music. Although essentially the crucifixion music it is not identical and it may be that Newman adapted the piece for this film. The music he originally wrote for this scene and for the resurrection scene were still, in my opinion, perfectly suitable and did not need replacing by Handel. In addition, as nice as Verdi's Requiem is for the Via Dolorosa sequence, I still feel that Newman's music would have been perfectly suitable. Agreed on both counts. While the Verdi Requiem has since become one of my all-time favorite pieces of music, I feel it’s a little too beautiful for the procession to Calvary and would have preferred Newman’s more downbeat cue for the scene.
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At one point, Stevens was said to have declared, "This film will immortalize Handel"! That's funny. I'm fairly certain the "Hallelujah" chorus was already an evergreen in 1965! I always thought he meant Irene. ( one for the British, there).
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