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My Life is a very nice score. Never hear a thing about it.
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My Life is a very nice score. Never hear a thing about it.
I love this score, on its own terms and for personal reasons. My mom was in her final months of life when the movie and album came out, dying of cancer in her middle age, not too unlike the title character.
I remember listening to it while she was in the hospital getting a treatment. It seemed a little on the nose, but it was a real comfort.
To this day I have to steel myself to give it a listen, but I'm always glad when I do.
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Considering how little action the thread for the new release gets, it might be Out of Africa.
Maybe Roger Feigelson could disabuse me of that notion by hinting at the new Intrada release's sales.
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Considering how little action the thread for the new release gets, it might be Out of Africa.
Maybe Roger Feigelson could disabuse me of that notion by hinting at the new Intrada release's sales.
Well, I think Out of Africa is one of JB's most appreciated scores, but I get your point.
On these threads, there are certainly plenty of us that appreciate this score, but the film in an adult drama and there are a lot of fans here who are more drawn to sci-fi, horror, animated, action, thriller, superhero, and swashbuckling films. So, Barry's Bond scores get a lot more attention than stuff like Petulia, Out of Africa, and The Whisperers.
Plus, I think the relative lack of response on the OOA thread compared to the Bonds has a lot to do with the sizeable amount of previously unreleased material compared to Out of Africa's modest amount.
I think most Barry fans have a receptive ear to most of his music, regardless of style.
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Has anyone mentioned the Chase? A gripping, edgy score with violent brass and ominous harmonica plus several nice jazz, pop, even bluesy source cues. If this star-studded flop from 1966 had gotten better reviews and sold more tickets, I think Barry would have received more acclaim.
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Has anyone mentioned the Chase? A gripping, edgy score with violent brass and ominous harmonica plus several nice jazz, pop, even bluesy source cues. If this star-studded flop from 1966 had gotten better reviews and sold more tickets, I think Barry would have received more acclaim.
The Chase is a fitting candidate. I don't know if America was up for the self-criticism that movie aims at the American gut.
Also, the reaction to it might've been different had it been made and released after the Tet Offensive in early '68.
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Has anyone mentioned the Chase? A gripping, edgy score with violent brass and ominous harmonica plus several nice jazz, pop, even bluesy source cues. If this star-studded flop from 1966 had gotten better reviews and sold more tickets, I think Barry would have received more acclaim.
The Chase is a fitting candidate. I don't know if America was up for the self-criticism that movie aims at the American gut.
Also, the reaction to it might've been different had it been made and released after the Tet Offensive in early '68.
Maybe, since anti-Viet Nam War and movies critical of America certainly became more prolific and acceptable as the decade eclipsed into the seventies.
Plus, The Chase had too many oars in the water, even if they were individually great: Arthur Penn, Horton Foote, Lillian Hellman, Sam Spiegel, Marlon Brando.
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Has anyone mentioned the Chase? A gripping, edgy score with violent brass and ominous harmonica plus several nice jazz, pop, even bluesy source cues. If this star-studded flop from 1966 had gotten better reviews and sold more tickets, I think Barry would have received more acclaim.
I remember being really drawn into his main title ... deeply dramatic and evocative. Has there ever been a CD release?
First Varese released a CD of the original LP program; at 60 minutes, lengthy for an LP. Then Columbia re-released it with wo extra tracks: The Chase re-record from Great Movie Sounds of John Barry and an alternate arrangement of the theme.
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