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Topic: Two For The Road
Greenhill Peter
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One of my favourite films and scores is Stanley
Donen's 'Two For the Road' with Audrey Hepburn and
Albert Finney. I saw it again last week at the
National Film Theatre here in London and as always
really enjoyed it. Fantastic performances by Finney
and Hepburn, a great script by Frederic Raphael and a
score by Henry Mancini which is just stunning. The
music is not done justice by the RCA CD which is the
LA rerecorded album tracks (the soundtrack was
recorded in London).It is mainly source music and
'music inspired by' rather than the real thing.I read a while ago that Intrada have the option on the
original score. I e-mailed them this week to see if
there is any possibility of a release in the near
future and was told that the master tapes are lost but
that 20th Century Fox are currently searching for
them.In film music terms, it would be a real tragedy if
this beautiful music has ended up on some garbage
heap.If you like Mancini's 'Two For The Road' as much as I
do you might like to join me in a mass finger crossing
exercise!.Pete
posted 03-25-2004 07:48 AM PT (US) Bond1965
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Peter,In addition to being a John Barry fan, you and I also have the strong admiration for "Two For The Road" in common.
I would LOVE it if the tapes were found as I feel Mancini's dramatic scores are terribly under-represented. While the commericalization of his music for films that made him so popular, it also made him less well known for the great dramatic scoring that he was good at.
My fingers are crossed too.
James
P.S. I'd love it if Fox would put that beautiful print from the laser disc on DVD along with the commentary that Donen did. It's a shame that hasn't been done yet.
posted 03-25-2004 08:32 AM PT (US) Greenhill Peter
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Another Mancini score deserving a proper release is 'Charade' which I also saw last week. Some wonderful stuff by Mancini in that, much of which he felt was not worthy of an album releasePete
posted 03-27-2004 04:55 PM PT (US) joan hue
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You probably already know that The Thorn Birds will soon be released. Lovely score.
Two for the Road was also quite lovely, and the movie was insightful about relationships.
(Hepburn just glowed in Charade, Two For The Road, and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Wonder if she inspired Mancini?)
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