MSM 126 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Are there more people except me who do like some of the tracks on the Harry Potter music collection 2CD by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra better than the original recordings?I think the overall JW tracks are more lackluster, out of tempo than the original ones. However some tracks e.g. the Double Trouble and Knight Bus versions are crisp and even more dramatic than the more 'sterile' OST ones. And the Doyle and Hooper tracks even are slightly more effective on this cd.Please post your opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 "The Knight Bus" is horrifying, as is "Mischief Managed" I like their take on "A Bridge to the Past," though. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I like quite a bit of it as well. They did quite good on the important tracks, A Bridge to the Past and Double Trouble. I don't think Knight Bus is bad either. You can easily spot a difference between the earliest recorded Potter pieces and the later ones though. That's good, it definitely shows that they're evolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,624 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Bridge to the Past is the best one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 out of tempo than the original ones.Isn't this the case with most re-recordings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I like quite a bit of it as well. They did quite good on the important tracks, A Bridge to the Past and Double Trouble. I don't think Knight Bus is bad either. You can easily spot a difference between the earliest recorded Potter pieces and the later ones though. That's good, it definitely shows that they're evolving."The Knight Bus" really is awful. The orchestra is barely keeping the beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Yeah but what I was trying to say it could be worse - at least, I was expecting worse. I have a concert recording by the one of the best classical orchestras here in Belgium and they already have much trouble playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 I like quite a bit of it as well. They did quite good on the important tracks, A Bridge to the Past and Double Trouble. I don't think Knight Bus is bad either. You can easily spot a difference between the earliest recorded Potter pieces and the later ones though. That's good, it definitely shows that they're evolving."The Knight Bus" really is awful. The orchestra is barely keeping the beat.But I like the must more 'real' orchestral sound, there are witty orchestrationals things that have been mixed down in the OST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Like that ridiculous screaming effect? I'm not hearing it. This is just a sloppy, sloppy performance of a difficult piece best left to top-tier musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Like that ridiculous screaming effect? I'm not hearing it. This is just a sloppy, sloppy performance of a difficult piece best left to top-tier musicians.No I mean the conventional instruments. It sounds more like a jazz combo than the OST, which sounds more like a MIDI file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry B 50 Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I... er... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 I... er...You disagree that's fine with me... good to see you like Dvorak though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 As part of my JW concert arrangement album project, I just forced myself to listen to and include the POA suite by this accident of an orchestra. I'm just wondering, does the Signature Eidition really require the choir to repeat the lyrics from the first stanza twice? It seems weird that 'in the cauldron boil and bake' was discarded. Can I also add that I'd like to boil and bake this CD now? Once and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 12 hours ago, bollemanneke said: As part of my JW concert arrangement album project, I just forced myself to listen to and include the POA suite by this accident of an orchestra. I'm just wondering, does the Signature Eidition really require the choir to repeat the lyrics from the first stanza twice? It seems weird that 'in the cauldron boil and bake' was discarded. Can I also add that I'd like to boil and bake this CD now? Oh don't lambast the orchestra entirely for some of their compilation work since they have shown how great they actually are on dozens of wonderful complete score reconstructions and re-recordings. Their compilation work is such a bundle of hit-or-miss though, sadly often on the miss side. Perhaps it is because of short rehearsal periods, bad arrangements or some other extenuating circumstances. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I keep hearing people who claim their re-constructions are good, but all the compilations I've heard from them are consistently, as you say, hit and miss. Say what you want, you do NOT release Mischief Managed the way they did it. No excuse. You either play Williams the way he wrote it or you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,491 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 What they do with Tadlow and Prometheus is reference quality. Matt C and Incanus 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Holko said: What they do with Tadlow and Prometheus is reference quality. Agreed. 20 minutes ago, bollemanneke said: I keep hearing people who claim their re-constructions are good, but all the compilations I've heard from them are consistently, as you say, hit and miss. Say what you want, you do NOT release Mischief Managed the way they did it. No excuse. You either play Williams the way he wrote it or you don't. Yes in all honesty some of their re-recordings of these individual pieces are atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, Incanus said: Oh don't lambast the orchestra entirely for some of their compilation work since they have shown how great they actually are on dozens of wonderful complete score reconstructions and re-recordings. Their compilation work is such a bundle of hit-or-miss though, sadly often on the miss side. Perhaps it is because of short rehearsal periods, bad arrangements or some other extenuating circumstances. The problem is not the orchestra, but the cheapo label Silva Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: The problem is not the orchestra, but the cheapo label Silva Screen. Although they have the same producer, James Fitzpatrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Incanus said: Although they have the same producer, James Fitzpatrick. It's all about the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,664 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Incanus said: Although they have the same producer, James Fitzpatrick. Give a producer different amounts of time and they will produce different results. Some of their re-recordings are excellent and some... aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 4/24/2008 at 5:20 PM, fommes said: Yeah but what I was trying to say it could be worse - at least, I was expecting worse. I have a concert recording by the one of the best classical orchestras here in Belgium and they already have double trouble playing it. Fixed! fommes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Now just a damn minute! You trawled a post from 2008?! JS, please, please get out more! Bilbo and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Someone had to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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