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I remember being traumatized by this film when I saw it on TV as a kid. That was long before I paid any attention to film music, and I have no memory of having any reaction to Jerry Goldsmith's score. Jump ahead 50 years -- I have generally avoided horror movie scores, and so I never bothered to listen to this one, even though I am a huge Goldsmith fan. But when I first heard the samples, I knew that I had really missed the boat. Now I have the CD and a new appreciation for this Goldsmith classic. I still don't think I could stomach the film.
The film was way more scary than a conventional horror flick, gut churning and deeply depressing in fact. I listened to the score earlier and it is a beaut, but one much like The Illustrated Man and Flowers in the Attic, won't be revisited very often. Just too darned depressing.
I'll go and cleanse my ears with some of Jerry's patented trombones now.
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First off, are club titles now not limited editions? I don't see a limited number anywhere on the Varese page. Did I somehow miss it?
It say limited to 2000 on the disc cover.
I see this release is selling well (good news, indeed). It's now SOLD OUT in the Varèse Sarabande International site. I've had to order it to US, so I will be prepared for an outrageous VAT in my European country.
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I ordered mine from Varèse Sarabande US store right away, and it's expected to be here in about a week. This is one release I'm very enthusiastic about.
I always enjoyed the suite for THE OTHER, simply because it was the only available release of this excellent score! It's all I ever heard of the music. I am very much looking forward to hear a fuller and acoustically restored presentation of the score.
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I find the theme/melody from this film a lot more memorable than many other Goldsmith 70s Americana/Folksy tunes that he wrote.
I couldn't recall or hum things of a similar ilk, like TRAVELLING EXECUTIONER, SHAMUS, A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, BABE, GIRL NAMED SOONER, but his theme for THE OTHER is a real earworm that never lets go.
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I like all of the scores in that list (Shamus in particular is so much fun!) but with the possible exception of the lovely A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I admit that they don't remotely compete with The Other in terms of masterpiece status.
Yavar
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Yeah, I'm not knocking those others (which I also enjoy, except for SHAMUS) and a catchy theme doesn't validate something more than lesser memorable melodies.
But there's something infectious about THE OTHER main theme that really sticks with me.
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I like the main theme of The Other a great deal (and I agree it’s quite memorable) but in terms of my own personal preference, the theme I outright ADORE in this score is the one for the twins’ mother.
Yavar
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I think SHAMUS is excellent, was pleasantly surprised. It's very catchy smooth jazzy type music. It's totally different from THE OTHER though.
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Yeah I certainly don't see how it fits with the others Kev listed as "Americana/Folksy", but then I figured he was mainly just talking about other Goldsmith scores from that general era he found to be less memorable.
Yavar
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Yeah, I have no idea why I included SHAMUS with the other Folk/Americana JG scores.
Brain Fart maybe?
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