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TimT Standard Userer	LOL.
posted 11-19-2007 01:10 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Tim, can you elaborate? All of them 1500 copies or less, but one. Must be a reflection of something. Will all of these sell out within a week? Nah.... there's simply too much stuff out there. Pre-orders, for those interested: http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/northbynorthwest-vcl http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/tallmen http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/neighbors http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/magicfire http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/bylovepossessed This VCL club is actually "the Bernstein and Conti Club"
posted 11-19-2007 01:15 AM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	I can't wait until my copies of Harry and the Hendersons and Alien arrive.
posted 11-19-2007 01:49 AM PT (US)

Frank V Standard Userer	No interesting titles for me. Peter, I just placed my order for the new Alien CD.
posted 11-19-2007 02:11 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Standard Userer	The idea of a fresh Herrmann re-record of a great score and new Victor Young are even more exciting to me than Alien. Magic Fire piques my curiosity as well. With the order fulfillment fiasco from the last VCL batch still fresh on my mind, I decided to pay the slight premium and avoid ordering them directly from Varese.
posted 11-19-2007 07:30 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	Sometimes I think people forget that there are those who are now in their 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's who grew up as film music fans and never had these scores released at the time. Why should everything cater to the 40 and under crowd?
posted 11-19-2007 08:08 AM PT (US)

Stargate Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Mark Olivarez: Why should everything cater to the 40 and under crowd? But that's what Varese Club and FSM releases are for! No one forgets the older film scores... I mean, Alien was just re-released and no one thought that would happen. I don't see any re-releases/expansions of the stuff the 40 and under crowd would enjoy... come on, where's the complete version of Black Rain!
posted 11-19-2007 09:25 AM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	Although I love the cover on North by Northwest, I'm satisfied with the Rhino release. Who's conducting who for this re-recording?
posted 11-19-2007 09:48 AM PT (US)

Mark Olivarez Standard Userer	Joe McNeely, forgot to see what orchestra is used. I'm keeping my Rhino CD as well but most of the major cues suffer from damage so this is welcomed. Remember Varese issued the near complete score to Vertigo as both a re-recording and original tracks. I think it will make a nice companion set, much like Mysterious Island, 3 Worlds Of Gulliver, The Egyptian and Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad, which have all had the original tracks released as well as re-recording.
posted 11-19-2007 10:12 AM PT (US)

jonathan_little Standard Userer	It's the Slovak National Symphony orchestra, perhaps related somehow to the "radio symphony" that recorded Spellbound for Intrada. quote: Originally posted by Mark Olivarez: Why should everything cater to the 40 and under crowd? I don't know why film score fans my age (I'm mid 20s) generally seem to ignore the Golden age of film music. After my Goldsmith fanboyism hit its peak (e.g. purchased numerous "bottlecap" turds like Warlock), I started exploring other composers and discovered gems like Adventures of Robin Hood and Price Valiant. It's been my preferred 'age' ever since. [Message edited by jonathan_little on 11-19-2007]
posted 11-19-2007 10:21 AM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	I'm all over the Korngold/Wagner. What's funny is I was posting at another forum how if they do an LP reissue, it should be that one. And its at a reasonable price too, I'm stoked. quote: I started exploring other composers and discovered gems like Adventures of Robin Hood and Price Valiant. It's been my preferred 'age' ever since. I absolutely agree, though I do enjoy some new stuff, but I on the whole enjoy much more 'golden' than 'silver'. [Message edited by tjguitar on 11-19-2007]
posted 11-19-2007 10:24 AM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	quote: I don't know why film score fans my age (I'm mid 20s) generally seem to ignore the Golden age of film music. After my Goldsmith fanboyism hit its peak (e.g. purchased numerous "bottlecap" turds like Warlock), I started exploring other composers and discovered gems like Adventures of Robin Hood and Price Valiant. It's been my preferred 'age' ever since. Its not that I don't respect the classics. Times are just too tight to be making blind purchases. [Message edited by TimT on 11-19-2007]
posted 11-19-2007 10:41 AM PT (US)

BigT1981 Standard Userer	Well I won't be getting anything from this batch. Anyways I still got 3 CD's I still need to pay for.
posted 11-19-2007 10:42 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Tim, you respect the classics by LOLing at them? I don't get that part... And where's Sean? He's supposed to be saying this batch of film scores is for losers. North by Northwest is one of the most dramatic film scores ever written, but someone else thinks it's not so great... so in fact, it's not so great. Right, Sean? Yes, I am poking this fire to get it going. There are some neat releases here. If you don't know anything about them, it doesn't cost a penny to find out more and pique your interest a bit!!
posted 11-19-2007 11:15 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Frank and JL: thanks for your orders!
posted 11-19-2007 11:19 AM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	Its really annoying how Varese places such small limits though. Out of all the Waxman titles, the one that sounds most interesting to me is Anne of the Indies....1000 copies, sold out. Same thing with the Friedhofer. (Apparently BSX still has some of the Freidhofer...) Hopefully these titles will last longer because the title's aren't as "major", but they probably won't because certain ebayers treat these like bottlecaps or sports memorabilia and just stock up for resale value.
posted 11-19-2007 11:30 AM PT (US)

MarkA Standard Userer	Well, at least for this quarter, it appears that Intrada has passed Varese in terms of exciting releases. I'll still be ordering some of the new Varese CDs from Peter later today.
posted 11-19-2007 11:34 AM PT (US)

Al Standard Userer	North By Northwest is an exciting surprise. At first I was reluctant, thinking the conducting might be a little too slow, or that it would sound too much like a concert hall (like Torn Curtain), but then I listened to the sample for The Wild Ride. The tempo was right-on, and I heard some detail in orchestration I hadn't noticed before. Now I'm looking forward to hearing this on something other than my computer speakers. Also - another classic Bernstein romantic drama! Hadn't even heard of it until today, but that main theme sounds like another stunner. Those french horns coming in at the end sold me right away. That said: I didn't even peek at Neighbors. Are there really that many die-hard Conti fans? I'm all about Rookie of the Year, but come on...
posted 11-19-2007 11:41 AM PT (US)

TimT Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by PeterK: *Tim, you respect the classics by LOLing at them? I don't get that part...* I laugh at them because they're not what anyone expected for the holiday seasons. With the shock and ahh of Intrada's lastest releases, there are no suprises or priorities here. Plus LOL is such fun way to start a topic! [Message edited by TimT on 11-19-2007]
posted 11-19-2007 11:43 AM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	Just placed an order!...first in quite a few months (aside from The Sea Hawk)
posted 11-19-2007 01:02 PM PT (US)

nuts_score Standard Userer	McNeely is a solid conductor; and the Slovaks sure know their music. I think I'll put this on my Christmas list and hope that someone is able to order it in time (like right now! Along with Alien! Get it done!).
posted 11-19-2007 05:54 PM PT (US)

Alexborn007 Standard Userer	May have to get the NBNW re-record. The sound quality seems great, along with the interpretations. Could be a good time to get back into Herrmann...
posted 11-19-2007 06:19 PM PT (US)

tjguitar Standard Userer	Down to the last 100 on the Korngold and the last 500 on the Young and the Bernstein.
posted 11-19-2007 08:14 PM PT (US)

Dylan Standard Userer	Tom Scott's rejected score for "Neighbors" sounds brilliant, and the contrast between that and Bill Conti's (rather lame) deliberately "wacky" replacement music is fascinating. A shame that Scott's score was rejected to begin with, but it's terrific that Varese has finally lifted it out of complete obscurity.
posted 11-25-2007 04:46 PM PT (US)

SBD Standard Userer	quote: Originally posted by Dylan: Tom Scott's rejected score for "Neighbors" sounds brilliant, and the contrast between that and Bill Conti's (rather lame) deliberately "wacky" replacement music is fascinating. A shame that Scott's score was rejected to begin with, but it's terrific that Varese has finally lifted it out of complete obscurity. I don't care how unpopular this opinion may be: I wouldn't mind seeing a similar release of SPY*S, with John Scott's music sitting alongside the utterly goofy (and impossible to dislike) Goldsmith score.
posted 11-25-2007 05:28 PM PT (US)

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