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John Morgan Goldmember	Craig Spaulding of Screen Archives has informed me that our new Marco Polo rerecording (8.225148) of Franz Waxman's Oscar-nominated score for the 1945 Warner Bros. wartime movie, Objective, Burma! is now available in America. As usual for our series, we went back to primary source materials and have included several sections of music that never made it to the final film. Conductor Bill Stromberg and myself had to orchestrate a few missing cues that we felt were important enough to include in this 70 minute-plus recording. The music is full of variety from big orchestral bombast, to intimate dashes of color and jungle-mood painting. If you like The Spirit of St. Louis, you will hear some of the trademark Waxman sounds also in this score. The booklet is filled with rare photos and essays written by Jack Smith, Rudy Behlmer and myself. In my rather biased opinion, I think this is one of our best releases, both in performance and recording. Bill did a great job in maneuvering the Moscow Symphony through some rather difficult music and I feel, along with Mr. Skeffington, we have brought another one of the great Waxman Golden Age scores back to life with this recording. Thanks, John
posted 10-25-2000 10:30 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	You feel it's one of your best releases? OH MAN, now my excitement is really riding high. I've always wanted to hear this score repectfully re-recorded - there is so much greatness to it. For what it's worth, the MovieMusic store will be selling this CD starting November 14th ("as of last report"). http://www.moviemusic.com/title.asp?id=objectiveburma
posted 10-25-2000 11:39 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Goldmember	John, this sounds really good. I want to thank you in advance for it. I have been waiting for years for a more complete recording with all those great cues. I have many of the Marco Polos you have done. I appreciate them all. I like the two Skinners/Salters a lot. Thanks. JW.
posted 10-25-2000 03:09 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Goldmember	Great work, John! I only know the short cue from Gerhardt's Captain Blood album, but soon I'll know more! NP: Bless the Child (Christopher Young) - Thanks Mark!
posted 10-25-2000 04:08 PM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Goldmember	Yes! More Waxman for me! Keep it up, guys, you're making me very happy!!! NP - Yankees/Mets The World Series
posted 10-25-2000 07:31 PM PT (US)

Marcelo Ferreyra Goldmember	We want more Waxman!,We want more Waxman!,We want more Waxman!,We want more Waxman!,We want more Waxman!,We want more Waxman!,
posted 10-25-2000 08:32 PM PT (US)

jonathan_little Goldmember	Happy Happy.
posted 10-25-2000 09:27 PM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Goldmember	Joy Joy.
posted 10-26-2000 07:43 PM PT (US)

Brad Wills Goldmember	I picked this beauty up at Footlight this afternoon. I'm only on track three so far but I can quite honestly say that this is indeed of the best recordings in the Marco Polo Stromberg/Morgan series. The performance is beautiful, and high marks also go the art director for a gorgeous booklet filled with copious notes. BRAVO!!! Now about The Spirit of St. Louis, and Sunset Boulevard, and The Thing, and somebody pleeeeeease re-record The Golden Voyage of Sinbad!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted 11-03-2000 02:22 PM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Goldmember	Unfortunately, I won't be able to pick this release up until next week. Why? Because I just found out that Bill and John had recorded They Died With Their Boots On and didn't tell me! I had to buy that disc. I've listened to it through, and it is first-rate! Which means that I'm now even more excited about Objective: Burma! John, Bill, you guys seem to take a perverse pleasure in emptying my wallet. ...if only I didn't take so much pleasure in supporting such a marvelous series and label...
posted 11-03-2000 11:21 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Goldmember	Swash--With these guys I don't mind that they empty my wallet. Silva on the other hand......
posted 11-04-2000 03:10 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Goldmember	Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but a copy of the Marco Polo release of Waxman's "Objective, Burma!" is already sitting there on my little CD display.
posted 11-04-2000 06:10 AM PT (US)

Nicolai P. Zwar Goldmember	Of course, my wallet is also empty.
posted 11-04-2000 06:11 AM PT (US)

John Morgan Goldmember	Needless to say I am delighted in the interest shown in Objective, Burma! I am sorry for all the empty wallets, however. Of course, I believe that all the music we do for Marco Polo is first-rate. I am just happy we are able to do what we want without interfernce. Marco Polo has been very supportive. Never have they questioned any of our choices. I was up front with them and told them that some scores will possibly not sell as well as others, but all of them are important and worth doing. If our series continues long enough, I hope to record many of the titles mentioned here. Bill Stromberg and I often speculate that if we did a score a month for the rest of our lives, we would still not cover all the wonderful music from the Golden Age of films. Although I am a composer, I am sure these recordings will be the legacy I will be leaving. I can only hope their importance will be around for a long time. John
posted 11-04-2000 06:36 AM PT (US)

JEC Goldmember	John -- You mentioned sometime back that you were going to look into seeing what remained of THE CAINE MUTINY. According to links I found at the Max Steiner Music Society website, the fully orchestrated score and conductor's score for THE CAINE MUTINY and THE VIOLENT MEN still exist at Sony/TriStar.
posted 11-05-2000 08:07 AM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Goldmember	John, everything you and Bill do is first-rate. Marco Polo has shown itself to be a label that seems to value the film score collector, with your releases, as well as the Auric and Honnegger series. I fully support this label with my fundature because it is my belief that every CD I buy allows another to be released. ...I just don't neccesarily buy them in order, that's all...
posted 11-05-2000 06:21 PM PT (US)

Valere Goldmember	Many thanks to ALL of you for this tremendous score! I can't hardly wait for the next! I remember this movie,with Flynn,Hull,and others,as I was growing up. Pleases keep working, these Golden Ager's as we will have so little to let our children listen to if you don't. Thank you ALL so very much, once again! [Message edited by Valere on 11-05-2000]
posted 11-05-2000 07:34 PM PT (US)

MWRuger Goldmember	JEC, you beat me to the Caine Mutiny question! John, now that I am gainfully employed again, I will be buying not only Objective Burma, but also all the other titles that you guys have done. Never think that we are ungrateful. The work you do is appreciated and whatever you record will be awesome. Keep the faith!
posted 11-06-2000 07:32 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Goldmember	Haven't heard much discussion of this score lately, so I thought I'd see if there were any new thoughts....I love it, sounds like "Predator 1945" to me. In fact, I often compare this and Silvestri's Predator to each other, since they're along the same lines(well, action heroes stalking about in the jungle, I guess that's a close correlation), although both composers handled things quite different(obviously). Gotta love those divisi celli here also! That is the sort of inventive orchestration that is either discouraged or non-existant in present day Hollywood. Please, more Waxman!!! Sean
posted 06-04-2002 11:15 AM PT (US)

TV's Frank Goldmember	Sean, dude, I'm right there with you on this one! Great work by Waxman and great re-recording by Stromburg. PREDATOR 1945 is a hilarious to describe the score, spot on! I gotta invest in more Waxman, come to think of it. His SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is also a classic.
posted 06-04-2002 02:01 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Goldmember	Brian! Good to see ya! I just think the subtlety and sudden bursts of action, nicely align these two scores....not to mention, it wouldn't kill any of our younger friends here to check out some Waxman! I've really been on a binge, trying to nab as much of this composer's work as possible lately.....got Vol. 4 of the great Legends of Hollywood series in the mail last week, and was happy to find a 7min. suite from UNTAMED on there. Glad I got to sample it a bit, since I have been planning to buy the FSM disc ever since it came out. Anyway, it's good to know that the composer's son, John Waxman, is such an advocate of his father's music, and appears to be happy to get more of it out there, as well as educating those of us who missed out when the Maestro was still us. Spirit Of St. Louis is a great one, although I need to upgrade from my Varese tape to the cd. I hear a lot of influence in Goldsmith's work from this score, in everything from EXPLORERS to FIREWORKS. His brass writing is clearly inspired by Waxman, although I don't mean this in a bad way. Best, Sean
posted 06-04-2002 02:15 PM PT (US)

TV's Frank Goldmember	There is a clear path from Waxman to Goldsmith, probably why I got into his scores so easily. SPIRIT/ST LOUIS I feel is a great precursor to BLUE MAX, what with that soaring, ever-rising and inspiring main theme. Waxman's music has aged very well, never sounding cloying or cliched, due to his progressive orchestrational techniques. I only have one of the Legends of Hollywood albums, I think Vol. 3, but maybe I will track #4 as well! Or, blast it, I could just order UNTAMED from FSM!
posted 06-04-2002 04:19 PM PT (US)

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