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Author	Topic: Agony and the Ecstasy

JEC Oscar® Winner	This Alex North score was discussed not too long ago. I thought I'd throw this in for those who like the old Capitol release. Cloud Nine records re-released it doubled-up with PRIDE AND THE PASSION in 1991. It is now OOP, but Intrada still has a few copies left. I got one yesterday and am listening to it now. Both scores are great and the music quality is superb. You won't regret buying it.
posted 03-10-2000 06:24 AM PT (US)

Jonathan unregistered	I just watched this movie two nights ago on TNT or Turner Classics or some channel like that. I had forgotten, not only how good the music is, but what a great movie it is, too!! Pope Julius II (Rex Harrison) -- "When will you make an end?!" Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) -- "When I am finished!!"
posted 03-10-2000 03:59 PM PT (US)

Davidh unregistered	I'm a huge North fan and only recently caught this movie, and yeah, the score is quite great. I'm interested in finding out about the overture, written by Goldsmith. Is it on any of the CD releases?
posted 03-10-2000 05:02 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Goldsmith's score for the documentary that precedes AGONY AND THE ECSTASY, entitled "The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint," was rerecorded with the London Symphony along with Goldsmith's earlier Western score RIO CONCHOS, for Intrada, in 1989. The LSO also performed it in concert right after that, one of the first of the eventual chain of such concerts Goldsmith would conduct. Part of the OST version of "The Artist," as heard in AGONY, may be downloaded at the DECONSTRUCTING GOLDSMITH website: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/9059/goldsmith.htm I mention the OST version because to my ears (I only listened to it once or twice) the fragment sounds rather different from the LSO version Goldsmith conducted much later. The same MUSIC obviously, but the TEXTURE seems much different -- as the rerecorded RIO CONCHOS score feels somewhat different from the later FSM release of the OST. NP: THE MUMMY (why, it's by that same person -- he gets around)
posted 03-10-2000 09:13 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	A great film, a magnificent score. Back in the 60's, this movie was scorned by critics, and shunned by audiences. I've always loved it, and with the passage of time I only love it more. It is a wonderful fantasy. Michelangelo, after all, never worked alone, and in fact had numerous other apprentice artists at work on the ceiling the entire time. This is not to diminish his achievement, he simply did the math and realized that if he painted the chapel ceiling alone, HE'D STILL BE THERE RIGHT NOW trying to get it finished!
posted 03-10-2000 09:21 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	Oh...I forgot: NP: "The Russia House" (by that guy who did the prologue music from "The Agony And The Ecstasy"...whatzizname?)
posted 03-10-2000 09:23 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Aw!,c'mon Chris don't keep me in suspence, tell me who's 'whatzizname'........ NP : PINK FLOYD - Dark Side Of The Moon I haven't heard this for years, it's still good stuff.
posted 03-11-2000 05:05 AM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	Aw, c'mon, Timmer...you know...the guy who...whatzizname...the guy who ...aw, man...didn't he do that Apes movie? Oh, yeah! The guy who did Star Trek. That guy. I think he did Patton, didn't he? Is it Jerry something? Gold? Goldfarb? Yeah. That's it. Jerry Goldfarb NP: "The Vanishing" by Jerry Goldfarb
posted 03-11-2000 09:24 AM PT (US)

Marcelo Ferreyra Oscar® Winner	I have the release of Varese/Goldsmith. A wonderful score with all this organ/religious moods. A very deep score.
posted 03-11-2000 12:27 PM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Oscar® Winner	Great film and score. My favorite two cues in this great score are "Main title" and "Blind"(different name on the LP). Some really great music in this. I saw it first time in 1965 at the 7th Street Theatre, one of the few remaining from those days in Ft. Worth. I loved the film and still think highly of it. Best, John.
posted 03-11-2000 04:18 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Just testing. But the prologue to The Agony And The Ecstacy is THE BEST THING THAT JG HAS EVER WRITTEN! Spine-tingling!
posted 03-12-2000 09:13 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Oscar® Winner	Hello, Graham. Good to see you over here. I thought you had dropped into a time warp. Yes, the Prologue is great stuff. Very nice. JW.
posted 03-12-2000 10:36 AM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	Am I the only one to notice this ... Goldsmith rerecorded "The Artist" and then promptly went on to score STAR TREK V, and while the themes aren't really similar, the orchestral colors ARE -- i.e. the main title, "The Mountain" is weirdly evocative of "The Artist." I'm just wondering if revisiting the older score made it stick in his mind when the time came to musically climb that "Mountain." (I REALLY wish the reprise of that theme was included on the album, but then I wish A LOT of that music was included on the album ... )
posted 03-12-2000 11:57 AM PT (US)

Thor Oscar® Winner	Well, Marcelo, the magic thing about AGONY is that it is NOT very heavy on the organ, but STILL very religious-sounding. And not "religious" in the way Williams conjures up the sound (you may have read my article on this subject), but more restrained and "hidden" within the the complex, orchestral layers.
posted 03-14-2000 10:11 AM PT (US)

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