If you can find it, I'd suggest you get it..... but that's just my personal, biased opinion.

(Granted, I never liked the cover they used instead of the one Ottman and I came up with, so maybe this is a blessing in disguise.....?)

Dan

Guess I'll have to pick this up, just saw it in stores last week.
The cover is a bit sucky.....well, I don't like it 'cos she's smoking

Dan, maybe you could post the original cover somewhere, on Ottman's site?

Btw, Incognito is a really fun score, more hectic than I had imagined, but I really came around to liking the album after hearing it a couple months ago.
Does ANYONE know what the notes of the album mean, referring to changing your bass and treble settings to 0 when playing Incognito for the 'ultimate' listening experience?
Aside from the obvious answer, did they mix it differently? Any fun info on this!?!?

Specifically on the CRUEL INTENTIONS CD, I wish that whoever designed the rear inlay hadn't used blue print on a blue background for the track details...

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
Dan, maybe you could post the original cover somewhere, on Ottman's site?

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Sean,

It's been there for about 1.5 years.....
http://www.johnottman.com/projects/features/cruelintentions/
(just under the ugly cover scan)

I also got an answer to my question about INCOGNITO, it was a defective tape used for the RCA album. The Varese has two tracks from a corrected master.

Get it! Be amazed!

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Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford:
And the Varese version of Incognito sounds WAY better.

Get it! Be amazed!

Shaun

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Originally posted by TimT:
I assumed they were going for the Concert Hall type of sound.

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I bought Incognito when it was originally released, and thought it was terrible (especially hard to listen to because of the aforementioned shrill sound). A few months later, the film was released on video, and my girlfriend starting asking me for the CD. Long story short, she's smart and I'm not.

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Originally posted by Shaun Rutherford:
Shrill is the word, man.

I bought Incognito when it was originally released, and thought it was terrible (especially hard to listen to because of the aforementioned shrill sound). A few months later, the film was released on video, and my girlfriend starting asking me for the CD. Long story short, she's smart and I'm not.

Shaun

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And yes, I don't think it found it's way to local stores, why I don't know. I always take the time to look but have never seen it.

Cruel is a really nice score, T.Newman meets ummmm Vivaldi! Really, it's a shame it was tossed, since once again, a rejected score beats the used one! The 25mins. here are quite easy to listen to, recommended to fans of newer scores ala' Craig Armstrong.

I'm really starting to like Ottman's playful style. The Incognito cues sound a HELL of a lot better, and that note about the sound and the bad Dolby card make sense now.
Lake Placid gets a nice little suite of 'travelling' music, keeping a brisk tempo for 5mins. This was a standout for me, anyone want to further a recommendation for getting the whole enchilada?
Snow White....as much as I try, and want to like this score(and I know that Ottman is proud of it), I just can't get into it.
Fantasy Island is fun, in that it transfers his playful style onto a Carribean setting, and makes for a good little suite.
Halloween...not bad, another one I may buy. It works, and it doesn't. The theme played by full orchestra was a nice experiment, but made me want to listen to the original again.

Hope I didn't leave anything out, and while I think it may have been a bit early for an Ottman retrospective, it's a good disc

Best,
Sean

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Originally posted by OHMSS76:
PS...Eight Legged Freaks looks great! Check out his site for info, but I was thinking it was Bubble Boy 2, or something like that....didn't know it's a monster movie! Huzzzzzzah!!!!!

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The score to ELF rocks as well! We'll see what happens re: a score release.....

But it's actually still readily available, and very much in print. (Whew!!)

So, go get it - now you really have NO excuse!!

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Originally posted by dgoldwas:
Hey! Just heard from Varese Sarabande that the CD is NOT OUT OF PRINT!!

So, go get it

Dan

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Bravo on that subtle publicity stunt, Dan.

How much did John pay you?

:D

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Originally posted by Kosh:
Bravo on that subtle publicity stunt, Dan.
How much did John pay you?

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I can't say - that would be a breach of contract...

Seriously, though - I provided the link to the Varese page in the first post; so there's no question that they had it listed as being "out of print" on their website (at the time).