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There's a very good reason why every film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's shows (except Flower Drum Song) was made at Fox.
Actually, that's because Fox had the right of first refusal, on every R&H musical. A deal established, prior to Newman doing any scoring; but, I agree about his work. To say his orchestrations are superb would be minimizing them. I also really appreciate what Irwin Kostel did with Rodgers' music in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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"Is someone there ?"
That's what he keeps asking....!
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Actually, that's because Fox had the right of first refusal, on every R&H musical. A deal established, prior to Newman doing any scoring; but, I agree about his work. To say his orchestrations are superb would be minimizing them. I also really appreciate what Irwin Kostel did with Rodgers' music in THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
Maybe so, but R&H would never have signed such a contract in the first place, had it not been for Newman's presence and ability to do the adaptations.
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Did K&I originally have an intermission?
It would have come right after the sequence where they're all praying in the temple, as it does in the stage version.
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Dec 1, 2006 - 9:25 PM
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manderley
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.....Maybe so, but R&H would never have signed such a contract in the first place, had it not been for Newman's presence and ability to do the adaptations.....
It should be pointed out that other than OKLAHOMA (produced at MGM and released by Magna), and FLOWER DRUM SONG (produced by UI), and SOUTH PACIFIC (produced at Fox by R&H)----the remaining five R&H/Fox musicals, STATE FAIR (1945), CAROUSEL (1956), THE KING AND I (1956), STATE FAIR (1962), and THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) are all based on properties originally owned and/or controlled/released in dramatic form by Twentieth Century-Fox. It's pretty logical that it's a two-way-street, with R&H owing to Fox for the original material, and Fox dealing with R&H for the musical adaptations.
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Does the expanded cd release of this have a lot of the underscore?
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Does the expanded cd release of this have a lot of the underscore?
As far as I can tell, compared to the Gold CD from the laserdisc, the expanded Angel CD from 2001 (I could be wrong on this date) only contains a few select tracks of underscore, but adds the Prayer to Buddha and Small House of Uncle Thomas ballet (both taken directly off the film) that were absent from the laserdisc CD.
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Thanks, guys.
Does the laser disc CD look appreciably different from the regular release?
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