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Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Just finished watching this very freaky Vincent Price film, and I now find myself yearning for that creeeeeeeeeepy organ arrangement of Mendelssohn (WAS it?). Michael Javorka would be damned proud of me for watching this (finally), and he'd be the guy to ask, but he's currently unavailable (good luck, buddy!)...........so I ask all of you. Does anyone have this soundtrack album on CD? Any info at all would be much appreciated! Thanks, Shaun
posted 05-15-2001 07:10 PM PT (US)

JJH Oscar® Winner	I have NO information for you, bastard. NP -- Canone Inverso, Morricone
posted 05-15-2001 08:17 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Thanks! Shaun
posted 05-15-2001 10:09 PM PT (US)

Greg Bryant Oscar® Winner	Shaun, There was an LP released many years ago, but it's obviously out of print and probably pretty rare. I saw Vincent Price speak many years ago at college. When asked what favorite character he portrayed, guess which one it was?
posted 05-16-2001 06:24 AM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Thanks Greg! Figures! Shaun
posted 05-16-2001 10:58 AM PT (US)

Pete M Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by Greg Bryant: I saw Vincent Price speak many years ago at college Oh, now how jealous am I?
posted 05-16-2001 11:06 AM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	Shaun, which Phibes film was that? The Abominable or Rises Again? I can't place the piece of music you mention, but Basil Kirchin did a splendid score for the first one. Kirchin, born in Blackpool, England, son of jazz drummer Ivor Kirchin (and mother Ivor Bedroom) had one of the most distinctive voices of 60s and early 70s British low-budgeters, all throbbing bass lines and brass clusters, just on the edge of jazz. Anyone remember his geat scores for The Mutations and The Shutttered Room? The latter was more than vaguely inappropriate, with all those bass and drum solos from Chris Karan and Pete McGurk, but I loved it. There was indeed a release on LP of Abominable. I'll think back to a post I saw here ages ago and say that I THINK TIMMER'S GOT IT!
posted 05-16-2001 01:43 PM PT (US)

majestyx Oscar® Winner	Hey, Shaun, it's about time you started watching the films that I've been praising for years now, more so for their scores than necessarily the films themselves! As you can see, I'm not gone yet. As Graham has stated, Basil Kirchin wrote the score music for the film, most of which didn't appear on the released LP. The LP contained mainly impersonations by Paul Frees (Boris Badenov of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame, not to mention a plethora of other cartoon voices) of popular standards, the only one making the film being his Jolson-ish Darktown Strutters Ball. The organ music didn't make the LP. However, the intro music (if that's the organ music you are referring to) did make it to my Vincent Price compilation disc which I've seen people auctioning on ebay from time to time, fetching a pretty penny for it too. Shall I add this disc to your want list of titles to get from me? It's a great listen, especially if you're a fan of Vince or Edgar Allan Poe. Of course you could just record it to CD yourself, but where else could you get the music from all of those Vincent Price films in one place? Ah, Vulnavia...
posted 05-16-2001 03:31 PM PT (US)

majestyx Oscar® Winner	And just to remind you, here are all the films represented on the disc I mentioned above (pretty heavy on Les Baxter) so you can check out these films for more great music: Diary Of A Madman - Richarde LaSalle Tower Of London - Michael Anderson The Fall Of The House Of Usher - Les Baxter The Haunted Palace - Ronald Stein Conqueror Worm - Kendall Schmidt The Pit And The Pendulum - Les Baxter The Mad Magician - Emil Newman/Arthur Lange The Oblong Box - Harry Robinson The Comedy Of Terrors - Les Baxter The Fly - Paul Sawtell The Return Of The Fly - Paul Sawtell/Burt Sheffer The Tingler The Raven - Les Baxter Madhouse - Douglas Gamley Theatre Of Blood - Michael J. Lewis The Masque Of The Red Death - David Lee The Tomb Of Ligea - Kenneth V. Jones War Gods Of The Deep - Stanley Black Dr. Phibes - Basil Kirchin Dr. Phibes Rises Again - John Gale The Offspring - Jim Manzie Tales Of Terror - Les Baxter Bloodbath At The House Of Death - Mike Moran/Mark London House Of Wax - David Buttolph House Of Long Shadows - Richard Harvey
posted 05-16-2001 03:36 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Hey! Javorka's still here! Rock on! Graham, I was talking about the first film (Abominable), which featured that arrangment of Mendelssohn (I still don't know if that's correct). Thanks for the input, guys! Hey Michael, I actually noticed an auction on eBay with this Vincent Price comp you speak of. It went for $41! Of COURSE I want this, and I'm ashamed of myself for not wanting it before. I'm still learning the ropes with horror films, figured I'd start with the "A"s. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1427071679 Thanks, Shaun [Message edited by Shaun Rutherford on 05-16-2001]
posted 05-16-2001 03:40 PM PT (US)

Graham Watt Oscar® Winner	majestyx, what's that "Conqerer Worm" with "Kendall Schmidt" music? Wasn't that the American title for Witchfinder General? Didn't Paul Ferris do the score for that?
posted 05-17-2001 01:16 PM PT (US)

majestyx Oscar® Winner	Hmmm...I could swear that was the credit given on my LaserDisc of this film. I don't see how I could have made that big of a mistake. Looks like I'll have to check it out...now where did I put it...?
posted 05-17-2001 06:54 PM PT (US)

Chris Kinsinger Oscar® Winner	AIP's Dr. Phibes movies are two of the most stylish and entertaining confections (dark chocolate, of course) that they ever produced. I love them both. You magnificent bastard.
posted 05-17-2001 07:30 PM PT (US)

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