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meegle Oscar® Winner	So where are these scores? THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT and The PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT It's been years since I've seen LAND but I recently saw PEOPLE.....and WOW!! Great music!! The funny thing is that I remember this as being great music when i FIRST saw it when I was 8. Anybody know if these are available? Help!
posted 10-05-2000 03:45 PM PT (US)

Davidh unregistered	I don't know if the soundtracks are out, but I had to chime in. Yes, these are wonderful scores, and Land that Time Forgot, in particular, is one of my favorite fantasy films. Sure the plastic dinos are hilariously crude, but the acting ensemble is quite strong, as is the direction (in fact, the scene in Raiders where Indy thinks he's been shot in the tavern, then discovers that Karen Allen has in fact shot the guy who was going to shoot him, is in this film). I would really love to see the four-film cycle on DVD: Land that Time Forgot; People that Time Forgot; At the Earth's Core and Warlords of Atlantis.
posted 10-05-2000 04:15 PM PT (US)

Scorro Oscar® Winner	There is a recording of THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT on "John Scott Conducts His Own Favorite Film Scores" CD. (you may already know this... ) It's a great CD in general with 8 other Scott scores represented (Antony And CLeopatra, etc.) _Sc
posted 10-05-2000 04:31 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	meegle! Douglas Gamley! He did some of the later Amicus horrors like Tales From The Crypt and Vault Of Horror, those enjoyable anthology movies from the early 70s. Don't know what happened to him. Probably died. Anyway, he is/was a fine composer.
posted 10-06-2000 01:49 PM PT (US)

H Rocco Oscar® Winner	"John Scott Conducts His Own Favorite Themes" is a great album, well worth having -- even though PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT is, to my mind, underrepresented, and the first half of the cue that DOES appear, "March of the Nagas," is just a lot of buildup to the great booming statement of the main theme. I'd personally have preferred a Main/End Title mix (perhaps including the best part of "Nagas"), but hey, I didn't produce it. I've read that Scott performs "March of the Nagas" at concerts in the UK sometimes, and it's quite popular. THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT is the score that introduced me to John Scott, although because of the pan-and-scanning of the TV print, I COULDN'T READ HIS NAME! It drove me NUTS! I had to scour the reference books to track his name down (this was before the miracle that we call the Internet). By the time I saw GREYSTOKE in 1985, I was already a most devoted fan. His beautiful 1986 score for KING KONG LIVES confirmed to me his genius. Recorded in England, I presume -- or perhaps Munich, where Scott also has done a lot of work -- I am puzzled that the score has never been released, since the re-use rights wouldn't be too criminal. Since it has never appeared even as a bootleg (as far as I know), the tapes might well be lost. I think my favorite of these Amicus/John Dark/Kevin Connor/Doug McClure movies (I've never been able to see WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS) was the second one, AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1976). Really lovely orchestral main and end titles by someone named Michael Vickers -- but the bulk of the rest of the score seemed to be entirely synthesizer. To save money, perhaps, though it's been so long since I've seen any of these, I couldn't say for sure WHAT was done.
posted 10-07-2000 02:23 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	Mark Hatfield! Do you have some input??
posted 10-07-2000 03:15 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by H Rocco: His beautiful 1986 score for KING KONG LIVES confirmed to me his genius. Recorded in England, I presume -- or perhaps Munich, where Scott also has done a lot of work -- I am puzzled that the score has never been released, since the re-use rights wouldn't be too criminal. Since it has never appeared even as a bootleg (as far as I know), the tapes might well be lost. Hank, King Kong Lives was released on compact disc by Polydor in Japan MANY years ago. Someone made a bootleg using that source a few years ago. We carry this and the other mail-order houses should carry it also. What a great score... Kong's Last Stand is on my short list of favorite music moments of ALL time... John Scott Conducts is a terrific album... I hope that is goes back into print as it's been unavailable for the last 4 years, at least. While John Scott was the composer in residence at the church in La Canada, I had the opportunity to meet him and he is just the nicest man ever... When you meet a guy this swell, it makes you angrier that he isn't getting more work.
posted 10-07-2000 03:26 PM PT (US)

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