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| This is a comments thread about FSM CD: The Time Machine |
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Feb 18, 2009 - 10:55 AM
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Mark Ford
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George Pal's SF classic, The Time Machine, needs no introduction. Russ Garcia, who is primarily known in the halls of jazz and for his space age exotica classic Fantastica, penned the lovely score to TTM. Mr. Garcia re-scored his classic score for an earlier GNP Crescendo re-recording. Although I was pleased to have this re-recording, I was always disappointed in the re-scoring as it left out the electronic, i.e. tape effects, that were integral to his original scoring. I'm sure this was done out of necessity from not having those tape elements available.
In any case, FSM's release of the original score, with all the electronic elements included, has restored this classic in all its glory. Hearing the orignal recording reminds me why I loved the score in the first place. The tape effects are so integral to the uniqueness of parts of the score and were major elements in creating the atmosphere of time travel and a future earth in the film. For me the score is whole again and is itself a time machine that takes me back to when I saw this film as a small boy. Thank you FSM for this precious gift of time!
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Ditto
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I have it and think is pretty good. However not among my favorites.
The movie however is one can endlessly watch.Superb work.
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Ditto
"Ditto?! You provincial putz!"
LMAO!
Great score and one of my personal FSM favorite releases. I played it last on New Years day, seemed rather appropos. In fact, I think I'll play it now.
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One of my favorite all-time favorite film scores!
Probably because I originally saw the film as a sneak preview, accompanying, of all things, LET'S MAKE LOVE, which I saw only that one time and have no intention of ever seeing again...
TIME MACHINE captured my 11-yr.-old spirit and sent it soaring, not only for its concepts, which were entirely novel to me, but for its handsome hero, Rod Taylor, for whom I have harbored, in varying degrees, a crush ever since.
Have since discovered a few other Garcia albums, most notably a vocal set he orchestrated, with a female vocalist doing the songs(!) from both TIME MACHINE and ATLANTIS THE LOST CONTINENT.
ATLANTIS is another of my favorite scores from that time, though the movie, in retrospect, has seemed progressively more execrable.
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ATLANTIS is another of my favorite scores from that time, though the movie, in retrospect, has seemed progressively more execrable.
A friend sent me the ATLANTIS DVD about the time I bought the soundtrack, so I was really excited to be able to pop that one into the DVD player for a first viewing. Yow! Almost (but not quite) destroyed my appreciation of Garcia's fine score! The film's a dog, but the soundtrack (FSM Vol. 8, No. 2) is a definite hit, with the interesting (if not exactly primo) Rozsa score for THE POWER as a bonus. I really like Garcia's music for both ATLANTIS and THE TIME MACHINE, and wish he had done more work in the film biz.
ATLANTIS fascinated me as a grade schooler, what with the men to beast thingy, and Death-ray Crystal THAT GOES NUTS at the conclusion, but it's one of Pal's weakest films. Better than DOC SAVAGE, though.
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Ditto
"Ditto?! You provincial putz!"
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I very much like its furious carrousel/gipsy music, not the best Rozsa but a very special one. Of course, Atlantis is not bad at all, too. 