As for Glass, Secret Agent is good,very subdued stuff there, gorgeous solo cello and eng.horn writing.

I prefer his epic,minimalistic writing like Koyannisqatsi,the opera trilogy,etc.
For a nice place to start, get the orchestral/choral Itapu-The Canyon, you won't be let down. This work is still used in trailers sometimes.

And for film scores, one of my ALL time faves is MISHIMA. Its just incredible, you'll love it!

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As for Glass, Secret Agent is good,very subdued stuff there, gorgeous solo cello and eng.horn writing.

I prefer his epic,minimalistic writing like Koyannisqatsi,the opera trilogy,etc.
For a nice place to start, get the orchestral/choral Itapu-The Canyon, you won't be let down. This work is still used in trailers sometimes.

And for film scores, one of my ALL time faves is MISHIMA. Its just incredible, you'll love it!

NP:The Message(Jarre)

Stagefright(called Aquarius on the cd) is pretty good, nothing to write home about. I got talked into buying it, and don't regret it since it's a ltd.ed of 1200(!?!)copies. It has some cues that were not in the film,or not heard properly, along with the opening and closing music by Stefano Mainetti(Zombi 3). Much of the tracks are variations on the droning theme "Locked In", the most prominent score cue in the film. Good notes and pkg though

Hope that helps! I wouldn't pay TOO much for it, but $20 wouldn't be a bad deal...now off to see what else is on that Salvation site

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Anyway, I've just heard that Sleepless is apparently heading to UK video shops in September. No word yet from the BBFC on certification, although it might (hopefully) benefit from their recent pledge to leave "18" titles uncut except in extreme circumstances (like base-moi for example). Just hope that it gets a festival screening that I can get to...

Probably not....

I'm not sure if the e-mailing thing worked, but I have now put these two (Suspiria & Tenebre) online here. I'll be adding more as/when I do them. Scream & Predator are done, & will go up soon.

Pete

Ooops. Can't spell URL (!)

Yup, Nonhosonno is showing at Frightfest on Sat 25th August at 15:35. Dario won't be there, but it will almost certainly be the only theatrical showing of the film in the UK.
Better news for those US fans, is that it could well be getting a limited theatrical distribution over there.

The reason for Argento's non-attendance at Frightfest, is that he's starting production on his next film, OCCHIALI NERI (Black Sunglasses), which will NOT (contrary to rumours) star his daughter Asia. It is to be the second of his planned giallo trilogy (starting with Nonhosonno) for Medusa pictures. Apparently the plot-line concerns a film actress haunted by her dark past. No news yet on casting, or who will do scoring duties.

More news as & when I get it...

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Your covers are awesome
You should be doing these professionally!

Great news about Argento....I finally got the DVD of PHENOMENA last week, and the film has never looked better. I was hoping the add'l 28mins. would amount to more, but oh well. It's a great film.

Black Sunglasses...that is a perfect title for the next giallo. I still hope Nonhosonno shows up here someday. And I still have to take a break and hear the damned score!!!

I've booked for FrightFest, and nothing short of something damn serious is going to stop me being there (the whole line-up's pretty interesting, really).

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Oh, now I'm jealous. Still, must try not to think about it too much, & think about all these wicked films I'm going to see in Edinburgh instead...

You just made my day Pete...I didn't know about the Opera DVD, and was just telling my wife the other day
"I wish Opera was on DVD"
"What the hell's Opera?"
"Why it's the last great film by Argento!"
"Oh...why's it so great?"
"Can you say 'flying steadicam photography? Eyeball violence? Scissors to throat? Insanely addictive Simmonetti theme for soprano and piano?"
".....ok, I'm in!"

Something like that....

In the Opera review, it adds:

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Original Claudio Simonetti Soundtrack CD
Simonetti's complete score for the film.

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Niiiiice. If those stills on the Suspiria page are from the DVD, then I'm definately going to have to get me one. The VHS copy I've got just can't get close to that. Wow.

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ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT RESPONDS TO DIFFICULTIES WITH OPERA DVD RELEASE

Company Recalls All Discs As Precautionary Measure

TROY, MI -- Anchor Bay Entertainment, a leading distributor of classic films within the home entertainment market, has become aware of an apparent manufacturing problem which is occurring intermittently on a select number of DVD's of the Italian horror film, Opera. In order to effectively correct this problem, the company is announcing a nationwide recall of the discs. Anchor Bay Entertainment is working with its replicator to insure the defect does not happen to future discs.

"We were made aware of the problem last Friday," commented Dan Whitt, president of Anchor Bay Entertainment. "After careful research, we have decided to recall all the Opera DVDs currently within the marketplace. All the discs will be replaced with discs from a new run."

Consumers who have purchased the film and are experiencing problems can access information about the recall by visiting www.anchorbayentertainment.com/opera Consumers should be prepared to give their name, address, telephone number, retail outlet where purchased, date of purchase and limited edition number, if applicable.

PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCT. ABE WILL FORWARD A NEW COPY OF THE MOVIE DISC ONLY!

Only one replacement disc per household will be issued. All duplicate requests will be denied. Retailers should contact their Anchor Bay Entertainment sales representative.

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About the album....I didn't want to post without being able to give a better analysis, but for now here goes. It's a big letdown. In the first place, Simonetti only did a little of the score in the film, as I recall. His main contribution was the admittedly gorgeous 'Opera Theme' which I have wanted on disc for many years. Now that it's here, he sadly 'retooled' it, adding unnecessary piano flourishes, and later an orchestral/rock version! The rest of the album contains more of his souped up 00' rock tunes, all of which I don't recall in the film. Two of the heavy metal songs from the film break things up, and none of the opera excerpts are on there. The disc runs about 45mins. and yes there is NO tracklisting

So there ya go....I'll write more when I have more time to get 'into' this, but initially Simonetti's OPERA is akin to current Tangerine Dream albums....they used to be great and unique, and have now dumbed down their sound(although I still listen to their new stuff too).

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D'oh indeed! You mean the original version isn't on there at all! Aaargh! Not sure now if it would really be worth getting the LE over the standard version. At least Suspiria has a long documentary as well. Incidentally, I don't know if you've got it, but the soundtrack on the Suspiria LE is apparently NOT the same as the cinevox. There's the standard eight tracks, plus the narration track, and the alternate take of Markos, but also the Daemonia version of the main theme, as on the music video. I'm not particularly bothered about having the Daemonia version, but it does mean that if I buy the LE, I still need the cinevox CD for the other two tracks. Bah!
Incidentally, apparently the sound on the ew CD is slightly different to on the Cinevox, sounding better, & punchier with deep bass. But that could be just the ears of "my informer" playing tricks on him...

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You don't have the Cinevox SUSPERIA!?!? Or you don't have the version with the DVD? I'm looking forward to that...the old WS LD of SUSPERIA had THE loudest music mix I've ever heard in my life....even at minimum volume it was booming! If only the new DVD(don't have it yet) can retain that mix!!

As for Verdi...well, ANYtime is a good time for Giuseppe! I need to get Macbeth...Abbado eh? I'll have to remember that! Also need to get NABUCCO, since that is the orgin of one of my favorite meldings of music and image....the scene in Argento's INFERNO where he uses Va Pensiero. The shots of the full moon imposed on top of that music,right before yet another brutal murder...it's chilling and beautiful at once. If you've seen the film it makes sense, but I just realized if others are reading this it must look like Greek!lol

I know what you mean about spending though...I'm in dire need of catching up with the FSM discs, but haven't been able to. We need about six months of NO score albums please!!!

Sean....still playing the ost of Sinbad(Herrmann) Wishy washy sound, but still incredible

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As for Verdi...well, ANYtime is a good time for Giuseppe! I need to get Macbeth...Abbado eh? I'll have to remember that! Also need to get NABUCCO, since that is the orgin of one of my favorite meldings of music and image....the scene in Argento's INFERNO where he uses Va Pensiero. The shots of the full moon imposed on top of that music,right before yet another brutal murder...it's chilling and beautiful at once. If you've seen the film it makes sense, but I just realized if others are reading this it must look like Greek!lol

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MAJORLY kick-ass, is that. There's a pub here in Edinburgh that opened recently (I may have already mentioned this somewhere, so forgive me if I have) in what used to be a church. It's called Frankenstein's, & has that's the theme of the place - loads of pictures, and apropriate "set-dressing". Best of all, at midnight, a big stretcher-like thing is lowered down from the ceiling, & an animatronic monster on it sits up and looks around. And the music whilst this happens? THE CREATION! I figure any place that plays that peice at maximum volume as part of it's nightly (at least I assume it happens every night, but I've only been there at midnight twice, since I can't persuade my friends to go more regularly due to the price of drinks. Plus they reckon it's boring after the first time) entertainment has got to be worth my time!

Do you have the Cinevox INFERNO cd? I've put off getting it, since I have the original CD, and the new only adds 12mins. I believe. Are those mins. worth having? Or is it like other Italian reissues, where 'new tracks' are lazy alternates, or the same cues reorganized into suites(ex. The Damned-Jarre...good score, but the new cues totalling 20mins. are just a reorganization of what came before!).

That is the coolest damn pub I have ever heard of! Can't wait to tell my wife, she'll love this!!!!! Hell, it makes me want to hop on a plane and come overseas just to check it out!

Yup, I have the Cinevox Inferno CD. The extra track seems to be extra stuff. I don't think I've seen the film since I got it though. And yup, there's only around 10-12 minutes extra, which doesn't really add all that much. I don't think there's any alternates on it (although I'd have to have a pretty good look & watch the film again - something I was desperately feeling the need to do anyway - before I could say definately what exactly is on the extra track), but I think it's a collection of the various smaller sections that didn't make it on to the original album. I'm kinda ashamed to say that I haven't listened that closely to what exactly is on that track, but I do know that it concludes with the groovy bit accompanying the initial cut from the picture to outside the building (right after the main titles), & also as Rose starts to go down into the cellar (pooooinggy!!). I'll check a bit more closely what exactly is on that track (you've got me kinda intrigued as to it's precise contents now), possibly in conjuction with a viewing of the film, & let you know. I think I'd probably be happy enough with the first set of tracks, but it is cool to have that doobywooby bit (gosh, I'm not so good at making up words to sound like music, am I?). Even if it is stuck right at the end. Incidentally, do you know where the track Cigarettes, Ices, etc. goes? Was it supposed to be the end title or something?

Boing ei weeee ahhhhh - Boing ei weeee ahhhhh

There's my take on it!lol

Cigs,Ices....who knows! I think it's just a free for all orch/piano jam, since Emerson did lots of that sort of thing when he was in EL&P. I love that cue, it reminds me of TRON for some reason.

Also love how Rose Gets It stops from that screaming brass so abruptly into the next cue. You have trumpets screaming bloody murder, abrubtly usurped by electric piano playing the main theme. There are sooooo many highlights in that score!

Damn, damn, double damn!

Watching the "Va, Pensiero" section, I really liked the shot before the moon, & cutting closer, where we hold on Sarah for a surprisingly long time, as the music builds, then she looks up to the left of the screen (presumably where the window is), & it cuts at exactly the right moment with the music. The timing of that is fantastic. And also the other use of the peice, with those cuts closer (& away from) Anna Pieroni with the cat are really great too. The moon cuts are in a way a kind of weird visual echo of that bit, which I loved.

Occhiali Neri isn't happening. I don't know why, but the plug has been pulled. Argento is now writing a new script, hopefully to start filming March next year.

I also have the single DRG of the Argento/Morricone early scores....don't see any dire need for longer versions of these yet. You have to get a DVD player! If just for Susperia(which I really should hop to getting right now ), which is 3 discs for some reason! Thats too bad about Black Sunglasses....hope someone uses that title.

And Stendhal is a great score, but that theme is so addicitive...it haunts me everytime I hear it for days! And if you've seen the film, it will REALLY stick with you.

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Pete, thanks for the rundown on the new Inferno cues, and congrats on 2 yrs here!

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Well, I'll have to get a player now, since my copy of the 3 disc Suspiria just shipped. The reason for the three discs is that there's one with the film, a soundtrack CD, plus one with a new 52 min documentary, that wouldn't quite fit on the movie disc. If you've not ordered it yet, it would be prudent to do so soon if you want the LE, since Anchor Bay are now sold out of it already. I was lucky enough to find somewhere that still had it in stock, after trying somewhere else who had to order it...and found they couldn't.

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It certainly does that.

Another reason for needing to get a DVD player really is just so that I can actually get to see the movies! So far, Suspiria is the only one of his films I've seen (I've only not seen Le Cinque Giornate & Nonhosonno) in widescreen & uncut. I hardly dare imagine what they'd be like seen as they're meant to be. I mean, Stendhal doesn't even have the through the cheek or the reflective bullet!

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"Looks like Dario Argento's SLEEPLESS will be making it to U.S. release sooner than we thought. While it appears to be bypassing theatrical play, Artisan has announced that they will unleash the movie on video December 18. The film will be available on VHS and a digitally mastered widescreen DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround audio, plus Argento commentary, a photo and trailer gallery, cast and crew biographies and other features. The listed running time is 117 minutes, which means it's the uncut version."

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Thanks very much for the tip on Susperia....just saw this in the mall last week, for $44, so I guess I have to get one now no matter what. I think that putting it on 3 discs is a bit of a cheat but oh well...this sounds definitive. Argento doesn't usually shoot films in Technoscope(the Italian version of Cinemascope), so things like Phenomena(1.66:1)Tenebrae(1.85:1) and Inferno(1.66:1)aren't missing that much visual, at least they weren't until the new DVD's took care of that.

Deep Red is the one I was dying for, and the picture on that is gorgeous. He really takes full advantage of the 2.35:1 ratio here, and you have to get this asap! It's his most accomplished film, next to Susperia. It never has, or will again, look better also.
I think Stendhal was shot in a standard ratio, to keep that claustrophobia, but I'm not sure...I've looked at the Troma DVD for this, and the thought of that gang paired with THIS Argento film is more bizarre than even I can imagine! As long as Lloyd Kaufman doesn't 'pop up' during the movie, and offer some comedy during one of the film's many horrific scenes, we're ok!lol

In other news, finally got the Phantom CD(Morricone), and of course it's great, although some of the atonal material is familiar from other scores. And last month, while I was able to play the Opera DVD, I put it in last night, hoping to watch the film, and the damned thing doesn't work! So, I guess it's going back to AB after all!

Now, I hope I have enough to get Susperia and the 2 Omen Cd's! D'oh!

NP:Honolulu Baby(Silotto)