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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:06 PM
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Wedge
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Holy cow! You can hear the original broadcast here:
http://www.archive.org/details/CBSRadioWorkshop
Download the episode "1489 Words" ... the bitrate is PAINFULLY low, but I expect it will be of interest to specialists nonetheless. Perhaps someone can find a better-sounding recording.
"Mr. Goldsmith, if you please..."
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EDIT: OK, something interesting ... there are FOUR pieces on here. "Overture for 'The Highway Man' ," "Sonnet 43, from The Portuguese," "Thunder of Imperial Names" and "Silence" -- all of which have music by Goldsmith!
EDIT #2: Episode 4 includes two Ray Bradbury adaptations, "Season of Disbelief" and "Hail And Farewell," also with Goldsmith scores. Episode 34, "A Pride of Carrots (Venus Well Served)" is also Goldsmith. Boy, I wish I had these in better sound!
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For anyone here interested in the full story of how Goldsmith's "1489 Words" score for CBS Radio Workshop in 1957 became "The Thunder of Imperial Names" for concert band... I managed to track down the original arranger of the latter, Retired USAF Chief Master Sergeant Michael Davis, over a year ago and asked him all about it. We had a wonderful conversation about this work as well as other important band transcriptions he did of Goldsmith works, including a popular suite from The Wind and the Lion which is still performed today. He also had a surprising amount to share about his interactions with Jerry Goldsmith himself, including helping out in a pinch on the album recording of MacArthur, when he was in town to discuss a band arrangement of it!
https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/10162979-odyssey-interviews-mike-davis
That's barely even scratching the surface of this delightful conversation to be honest, and we also feature in complete form the *first* commercial release of his Thunder of Imperial Names arrangement (sadly never released on CD, but in my opinion superior to the recording that has been put on commercial CD), from a 1979 LP featuring narration by none other than actor George Kennedy (Lonely Are the Brave, In Harm's Way, Bandolero!)
Hope folks enjoy, and share their thoughts after listening!
Yavar
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Is this the one Goldsmith authored? We the People by Tactical Air Command Band
https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-the-people/162603048
Strictly speaking, "the one Goldsmith authored" was the original "1489 Words" episode of CBS Radio Workshop in early 1957:
https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/drama/cbs-radio-workshop/cbs-radio-workshop-57-02-10-54-1489-words
The podcast I just shared was with Michael Davis, who turned a portion of that piece called "The Thunder of Imperial Names" into a standalone concert work for band, which you found one recording of. He had to reconstruct the score entirely by ear, just listening to 78s supplied by William Conrad (the original radio narrator, who essentially commissioned the band transcription when he was appearing with the USAF Band in the 70s). As such there are inevitably a few differences from the Goldsmith original -- Mike transposed everything down half a step, transcribed for a different instrumental ensemble, and wrote a new and more forceful ending to the work.
Yavar
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I really enjoyed that.
Thanks.
Just realized I'd missed this post last year -- you're quite welcome, robertmro! Glad you enjoyed listening. I'm really proud of this podcast episode.
Yavar
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