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PeterK FishChip	I haven't heard it yet, but I'm pleased to hear of Varese's new "High and the Mighty" compilation. 10 years ago I enjoyed the Romeo and Juliet comp, as well as the Blood and Thunder CD. For this new one, we get LSO performances of some really great themes... should be great! Anyone else like these CDs? http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/ost.asp?soundtrack=3566 http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/ost.asp?soundtrack=2319 http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/ost.asp?soundtrack=5341
posted 11-07-2005 02:05 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	I haven't listened to any of these, but the "High and the Mighty" CD intrigues me as I have always wanted to do a "flying" compilation. However, the CD needs the opening title to "The Rocketeer" as well as the cut from "The Blue Max" that has the "wind in the wires" sound in it. Is the "Those Magnificent Men . . ." cut the same one used in "The Film Music of Ron Godwin" released earlier this year?
posted 11-07-2005 02:35 PM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	Looking forward to this: 11. Airplane!: Suite The "other" rerecording is, uhm..., lame. (Though I like the trumpet playing). Wonder if there's a chorus/screamus on this one?
posted 11-07-2005 07:56 PM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	I enjoy the Blood & Thunder compilation. Cliff Eidelman does a much better job with the Seattle Symphony than he did on the Ultimate Star Trek CD. Can't wait for the LSO/Kaufman CD, but apparently it wasn't originally supposed to be a Varese release, so it may not be as good as we're hoping. =/
posted 11-08-2005 12:42 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	Or it may be better.
posted 11-08-2005 07:31 AM PT (US)

sakman Standard Userer	This was scheduled to be released by Koch International earlier this year or last year. At least that was the information I had last year. If it is the same one, the sound should be excellent.
posted 11-12-2005 08:58 AM PT (US)

Dinko Standard Userer	Indeed it should. But it depends what your preference for sound is. Close-mic'ed and dry, or classically-mic'ed and airy. I absolutely adore ( ) the sound on those Rozsa recordings in the old Koch catalogue. I suspect though that they may be too "concerty" for most film score fans. If this is anything close, I'll drool all over it, but I suspect forthcoming criticism from the Stick-the-Mics-in-the-Tuba's-Bell crowd.
posted 11-12-2005 09:03 AM PT (US)

sakman Standard Userer	Yes, there are those who like the multi-miked sound. It will depend perhaps in this case if they did this in a recording hall or at Abbey Road as well. Those Rosza discs were great and the Herrmann recordings made in Arizona were not bad either.
posted 11-12-2005 02:09 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Bringing this back up to the top to repeat my question about the "Magnificent Men" track. Is this the same recording that is on the Ron Goodwin compilation released earlier this year. Does it have the jazzy ending with the trap set drummer whacking away? i.e., aripida, arripida, BOOM!
posted 11-14-2005 03:49 PM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	it doesnt come out for a couple more weeks so unless soembody got an advance promo, no idea.
posted 11-14-2005 04:02 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	(Sound of foot tapping . . . impatiently) MARC: "I'm waiting. . ."
posted 11-23-2005 08:27 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	...and waiting ...
posted 11-30-2005 08:18 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	Dinko. I believe in close-micing. I didn't mind the concert-air Rozsa discs, especially when they were recording concert music. I can even forgive some concert-air film music recordings if they get all the notes & everything else right, but I'm much harder to please than the rest of you on these (and I believe with good reason). The closer you get the more power you get. they close-miced in Hollywood, it's the sound you hear when you watch movies, why settle for less than that. The Kaufman/Waxman albums had a number of well-done suites in them so when I saw that RK was doing this, I had hopes. I still haven't picked it up yet but I'm sure I will and I hope he/they do a good job with the scores I want to listen to.
posted 12-01-2005 08:51 PM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	quote: The Kaufman/Waxman albums had a number of well-done suites in them so when I saw that RK was doing this, I had hopes. I still haven't picked it up yet but I'm sure I will and I hope he/they do a good job with the scores I want to listen to. Not sure what Waxman discs your referring to but the 4 Waxman CDs for Varese were conducted by Richard MILLS
posted 12-01-2005 09:00 PM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Asked for and received "The High and the Mighty" compilation for Christmas and was able to open my present early. I like the suite of the title song, but wish it had included a little more music from the movie -- specifically the sequence where they are throwing baggage out of the airplane. The "Magnificent Men" suite is indeed the same suite featured in the Ron Goodwin Film Music compilation offered earlier this year -- but with diffrent orchestration. At least the ending doesn't feature the irritating drum rif that's on the Goodwin CD. For the most part, the other offerings provide a nice "flying" experience, although my lack of familiarity with "The Boy Who Could Fly," "Spitfire," "Tuskegee Airmen" hinder my appreciation of those tunes. The CD closes out with a piece of music composed especially for the album -- "A Century of Flight," which is fair.
posted 12-12-2005 04:05 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	Eeeck! You're right. The 4 Varese Waxmans are conducted by Richard Mills. So where did I see Richard Kaufman's name before? Maybe nowhere. We'll just have to see how this turns out then......
posted 12-13-2005 07:49 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	Not too bad, the tempos could have been crisper and the choir at the end of Airplane! doesn't pack the comedic punch it did in the movie but it was nice to hear the High And the Mighty.
posted 12-13-2005 11:24 AM PT (US)

John C Winfrey Standard Userer	The Koch El Cid has some cues on there I really like, eg. the one where he has to fight his Father in Law, Love and Honor or soemthing like that. But, the reverberation on some of the them really bother me. The Thirteen Knights cue is one of those. Also the Valencia cue is performed far less better than by the old Graunke Orch. I also like the march on this one. J.
posted 12-21-2005 11:08 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Dinko is satisfied
posted 02-22-2006 04:11 PM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Standard Userer	So am I. Something must be happening to me. I must be going senile or I have cancer or something but I loved The Sea Wolf and I loved this History of Flight disc as well. And I hate re-records. This one felt like going to a good Pops concert of a lot of good film music that was rendered more or less accurately, recorded up close, and played with a fair amount of spirit. I realized that Kaufman conducted the Marco Polo Swashbucker's Cd which I also thought was better done for a re-record.
posted 02-22-2006 08:15 PM PT (US)

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