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Dinko Oscar® Winner	Jan Kaczmarek's score for Quo Vadis is apparently available in Poland now. The film came out last September. Some crazy website was listing it as 2 CD, but since I don't read polish 100% and can only understand fragments, I can't be sure I understood it all correctly. But here are the more interesting pages: There's this: http://quovadis.sonymusic.pl and there are two clips here: http://www.sonymusic.pl/katalog/id/3816/more_k/1
posted 11-30-2001 03:08 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	I saw something about this movie on TV months ago. I wondered if perhaps Kilar would score it. I got so many CDs today that I don't want to pause the current one to listen to the clips. How are they? NP: Edvard Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi)
posted 11-30-2001 04:20 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	Well, by this time, you've probably paused your CD, but the clips sound like songs. They're nice, but they're songs.
posted 11-30-2001 07:10 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	One more link: http://www.kaczmarek.org/pages/centercells/cen_re10.html This one has the track listing and the musical credits.
posted 11-30-2001 07:37 PM PT (US)

perfpitch Oscar® Winner	If you just cross out all the "c"'s and "z"'s, Polish makes perfect sense...
posted 11-30-2001 08:16 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	Got it a few weeks ago. Some quick comments: Great Stuff! Although it could have been better. Much of the music is slow and subdued. Low strings. Some guy wailing at the top of his lungs (in what sounds like an alsmot islamic chant). Duduks and other bizarre instruments. A chorus for some parts. Some of the highlights are some fast tracks for strings, woodwings and percussion. The tracks are more festive than tragic. One track "Orgy" stands out as a perfect musical accompaniement for the subject of the track's title. Not too much brass in this score. Kaczmarek doesn't seem to like it much. No Marta Boberska either. Overall the sound is good. The performance is fine. Interesting to note: double disc album. First CD is 60 minutes of score. Second CD is 13 minutes of songs and an interactive CD ROM part with pictures and info from and about the movie. Biographies. And a video clip of the main song "Dove Vai". Of all the Enhanced CDs, Quo Vadis' interactive presentation is the best I've seen. It's very detailed (compared to others). Very well designed and presented. Overall: 3 stars for the score. 4 stars for the songs. 5 stars for presentation. Hopefully, the film will play in the "west" and Sony Classical will release the same set here, as they did in Poland. It would be a shame if they cut down the music to a single CD, or dropped the interactive content.
posted 01-24-2002 07:21 PM PT (US)

perfpitch Oscar® Winner	Sounds like this thing makes Peter Ustinov's singing in the 1951 film sound like Placido Domingo arias by contrast.
posted 01-25-2002 02:23 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Here I was all excited about what I found at Intrada: JAN A.P. KACZMAREK Quo Vadis (2001) Sony 504370 (2 CD Set - Poland) $24.99 only to read the above post Oh well, still sounds kinda cool, and Lost Souls was good....so...oh, and my friend Mike recommended Washington Square(right?)...... Best, Sean
posted 04-02-2002 11:30 AM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	Well it ain't worth 24.99 that's for sure.
posted 04-02-2002 12:20 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	I haven't heard a bad score from Jan Kaczmarek. From the beautiful scores like Washington Square and Bliss to the more experimental ones like The Third Miracle, he's a terrific composer. Where the heck are they selling Quo Vadis??
posted 04-02-2002 01:00 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by BMikeJ: Where the heck are they selling Quo Vadis?? I found this announcement at Intrada 2day Sean
posted 04-02-2002 01:04 PM PT (US)

Dinko Oscar® Winner	quote: Originally posted by BMikeJ: Where the heck are they selling Quo Vadis?? In Canada: Quo Vadis @ Skok $18. In Poland: Quo Vadis @ Merlin For 15zlotys which is $4!!! With sound clips In California: Quo Vadis @ Intrada 24.99$
posted 04-02-2002 01:10 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Thanks, fellas. I ordered Quo Vadis today, along with Donnie Darko and the new Pino Donaggio score from Italy. I find myself all tingly with anticipation.
posted 04-02-2002 06:17 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Mike, I'm gonna hold you to spilling some info on that new Pino! Haven't been keeping up with his new work as I should be.....damned import prices NP:Mars Attacks!(Donuts) Sean
posted 04-02-2002 07:34 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Oscar® Winner	Doug Fake mentioned that this new Pino score had overtones of the kind of writing Pino was doing for DePalma on pictures like Dressed to Kill, which really piqued my interest. I'll let you know about it after I get through it.
posted 04-03-2002 12:17 AM PT (US)

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