Goldsmith reveals exciting LSO Projects

Jerry Goldsmith revealed during a pre concert interview in London that he has been working closely with the London Symphony Orchestra throughout January on an exciting program of his concert work. The recording was made in a new Digital 5.1 CD format (possibly SACD), with the CDs shipping with the new Phillips and Sony players later in the year. The project will culminate in a further CD release of the composer's work to be recorded later in the year. It is hoped both recordings will be available in the standard format, but the composer revealed the new sound is phenomenal. Commenting the recording at the Abbey Road studios had more technicians in the booth than
musicians on the studio floor! The recordings will include Fireworks, Music For Orchestra and Christus Apollo, with Ray Bradbury's text
spoken by Anthony Hopkins!

Theme Park Music

Goldsmith has been engaged by Disney to write music for a new Disney Land theme park ride. The project is at a very early stage but details should be forthcoming soon.

Possible Mystery Assignment

Goldsmith takes a first look at a new film for a July 21st release. The movie's title is unknown at this point but the composer revealed it is a romantic drama which the composer is looking at scoring.

London Concerts reveal all

Jerry Goldsmith joked about the possibilities of scoring both the Mummy sequel and the Planet Of The Apes remake. Goldsmith commented due to the frustrating time developing the original score to The Mummy, the composer has been put off from committing to the sequel at this stage. As for Planet Of The Apes, questioned on whether he would score the remake (if asked), he said he would decline saying there would be little more he could say musically on the subject.
During the Star Trek segments performed the composer revealed his discussions with Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry. The most intriguing comment being the composer was originally asked to score the original television series!
He also wetted the appetite for The Hollow Man, hinting at a great deal of action material, with the a possibility to return to the scoring stage to write additional music for the newly completed special effects sequences currently being added!

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...Sony now has a couple of 8 channel recorder/editors which allows for DSD editing. One is currently being used at the Skywalker ranch to edit a DSD recording from the UK of Jerry Goldsmith's Greatest Hits. This editor I also saw used at the mixing session for the DMP "Tango" and Gaudeamus Choir release (upcoming). It will also be used in the editing of a Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble recording...

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Hopefully the discs will be dual-layer (SACD and CD formats on the same disc) because I'm not ready to buy an SACD player yet.

I'll probably never hear what he comes up with for the Disney ride. We did get lucky, though, with Back to the Future: The Ride and got a re-recording on that Varese BTTF Trilogy.

I'd love to hear those concert recordings... but there is no way that I'd buy one of those CD players. (Just take a look at HDCD(tm)(r), it appears to have been surpassed by a better technology, SACD, already.)

Some other SACD links:

• Sony Music's SACD Page
  
• Sony Electronic's SACD Page
  
• A page from Philips
  

Thanks for the news, Hal 2000!

BTW, What is the URL to Jerry Goldsmith On-Line?

NP: Deep Rising

*shiver*

...terrifying!

As far as I can tell, this is the only movie coming out on July 21st which even remotely fits the genre:

LOSER
Cast: Jason Biggs, Greg Kinnear, Mena Suvari, Twink Caplan, Zak Orth, Tom Sadoski, Jimmi Simpson

Director/Screenwriter: Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who's Talking)

Premise: A group of dorm roommaters brand the odd guy out a loser (Biggs), and try to get him kicked out. Meanwhile, he's in love with a girl (Suvari) who is more interested in one of her professors (Kinnear).

Trailer:
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(hi-res 320x240)

I have my doubts, though...

Unless of course Jerry is scoring The Pokemon Movie 2000. Isn't that a romantic drama?

Maybe he is scoring Pokemon.