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Years ago, there was a deluxe laser edition of KING&I, which included a gold CD of much of Newman's background score. Luckily, I was able to find 2 copies of this, at 2 different used-CD stores, apart from the laser boxed set. When the commercial expanded release came out a year or so ago, it did not include some of the cues from the gold CD, including my favorite, an orchestral reprise of "Something Wonderful," as the King thanks Anna after the dinner party.
Newman, and his orchestrators, certainly had a way to make music...
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It's been quite a while since I've seen THE KING AND I; but, if I'm reading these posts correctly, there is underscoring that is not based on Rodgers' music?! I find that hard to believe.
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It's been quite a while since I've seen THE KING AND I; but, if I'm reading these posts correctly, there is underscoring that is not based on Rodgers' music?! I find that hard to believe.
Of course Newman's incidental music was based on Richard Rodgers's melodies; that was Newman's genius, and the reason he won nine Oscars for adaptation of others' musicals. Richard Rodgers trusted Newman implicitly to preserve the integrity of his work and complement it.
There's a very good reason why every film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's shows (except Flower Drum Song) was made at Fox.
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The sound is quite crisp and if you listen very closely you can hear Maestro Newman counting off for the orchestra to start (right as the movie starts).
I've been listening with headphones, and I can't hear Newman speak. Could you possibly provide a timing (from the DVD) of when one can hear Newman speak.
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Actually, I've heard a voice on a few cues...just before the music starts up...don't know if it's Newman or not, but it's fun to believe it is. One of those places might be just before the main title.
Thanks. I will give a more attentive listen to the track today, and see if I can hear any voices (as if I don't hear enough already ).
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I appreciate your help. However, I am 100% certain that Newman's voice has been edited out of the isolated score track on the region 4 version. I've been through the particular section of the film in question several times, and there is nothing there except the music. However, there is one spot later in the film where Newman can be heard for a couple of seconds, counting the orchestra in at the beginning of a cue.
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He won 7 Oscars for musicals. Two of his Oscars were for original scoring -- "The Song of Bernadette" and "Love is A Many-Splendored Thing".
You're absolutely right.
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