thx99 1,740 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Quoting James Fitzpatrick from the Moonraker/Kickstarter thread at FSM:I was going to record DRACULA last year...but was told by a "good" source that the tapes were all found and that Varese would be doing it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Quoting James Fitzpatrick from the Moonraker/Kickstarter thread at FSM:I was going to record DRACULA last year...but was told by a "good" source that the tapes were all found and that Varese would be doing it ???WOW!!! Totally unexpected!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Good that something interesting could come from that trainwreck of a thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,823 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 The statement of James Fitzpatrick has a question mark at the end. That means that he isn't sure it's Varese?Maybe this is the new upcoming Lalaland we were wondering about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Well if the tapes have truly been found it would be a brilliant piece of news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 We could use both the original and a re-recording. Does he know that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 That's even better than Tadlow re-recording it though i would have gladly put up 100€ for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Hallelujah!!!Or is it too early for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 First time I'm seeing pub being ecstatic about something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Fuck you. I have given more than my share of positive reviews and approvals. it just seldom happens in your gazillions of Bond/STAR TREK/Hobbit threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Fuck you. I have given more than my share of positive reviews and approvals.Don't get me wrong, I know that! But I've never seen you being really excited about something (with emoticons, talking about giving 100€ and all!). That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 That's true...if that doesn't make me a dyed-in-the-wool Williams fan, i don't know what would... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Good news, if true. Condition of the tapes at this point may be iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm guessing since a new recording won't be done, the tapes are in decent enough shape. I wonder where they were discovered??Was the post removed in the link? I couldn't find the quote... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 This is actually a case of a Williams album from his golden age that could have been done better. The complete score has more to offer than just the main theme over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm guessing since a new recording won't be done, the tapes are in decent enough shape. I wonder where they were discovered??Was the post removed in the link? I couldn't find the quote...No, it's still there on page 4 about halfway down if you're logged into the message board. Or halfway down page 9 if you're NOT logged into the message board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm guessing since a new recording won't be done, the tapes are in decent enough shape. I wonder where they were discovered??Was the post removed in the link? I couldn't find the quote...No, it's still there on page 4 about halfway down if you're logged into the message board. Or halfway down page 9 if you're NOT logged into the message board.Ah, I wasn't signed in. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Ware 526 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I would advise not reading anything into anything until an album is announced.Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Tell that to Fitzpatrick. If he cancelled his recording due to misinformation, we're relly fucked...; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Fitzpatrick obviously didnt get his info from some internet forum.It makes perfect sense for him to cancel a recording is the tapes have been found and a release might be impending. No way a re-recording would sell as well as a complete or expanded re;lease of the original tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx99 1,740 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Fitzpatrick obviously didnt get his info from some internet forum.It makes perfect sense for him to cancel a recording is the tapes have been found and a release might be impending. No way a re-recording would sell as well as a complete or expanded re;lease of the original tracks.Except that he didn't cancel his recording of Obsession with the alleged release of the original tracks coming from Music Box Records... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Fitzpatrick obviously didnt get his info from some internet forum.It makes perfect sense for him to cancel a recording is the tapes have been found and a release might be impending. No way a re-recording would sell as well as a complete or expanded re;lease of the original tracks.Of course it would, provided it's out there long enough before the OST is released, CONAN being a prime example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 True. But the Conan rerecording came out in a time when the masters of the original recording were deemed lost by many. So there was never any possibility of competition. For the Conan The Destroyer re-recording there was already news that a complete score release would also be forthcoming. And I recall many people saying that they would rather spend their money on that. (though that release never happened for some reason)It's perfectly understandable that if Tadlow got word that there might be an impending Dracula release they would make the decision to not go forward with a rerecording. It makes good business sense, but also possible artistic sense. They can focus their attention on another project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 If they would just have gone ahead a year before....i am completely selfish here, of course. Now let's see if Varése indeed delivers. It's the last missing Williams complete score* from his golden years.*meaning in dire need, i am completely satisfied with Jaws 2 and others from this period as they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,285 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I'm sure Conan The Destroyer is still in the works at Intrada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 If they would just have gone ahead a year before....i am completely selfish here, of course. Now let's see if Varése indeed delivers. It's the last missing Williams complete score* from his golden years.*meaning in dire need, i am completely satisfied with Jaws 2 and others from this period as they arePersonally, I'm also pleased with DRACULA the way it is (no surprise). However, it's getting hard to find these days, and a reissue would be nice for new fans. Also, one could use the opportunity to clean up the sound a bit. I'm guessing that a straight reissue is not what Varese has planned, though. If there is indeed any truth to this, it will be a C&C release, maybe with the album program on a second disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 it one of the worst sound OST's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 it one of the worst sound OST'sNot THAT bad. The sound is pretty OK for a late 70s recording. But I'm sure it would benefit from a remastering too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 You obviously never listen on headphones. The strings sound fucked up. As the whole score runs under 60 minutes and features some yet-unreleased thematic strains it will actually be more balanced than Williams' old album that overuses the main theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,285 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 This is very exciting! It's one of the few Williams OSTs I don't own at all, because by the time I was into collecting every single score JW ever wrote, it was long OOP and fetching way too much on the secondary market.I welcome a new release, expanded or not!I have a vinyl rip of the OST that sounds way better than the official CD. I dunno what happened when they made that CD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I downloaded a vinyl rip once but couldn't make out any difference to the CD - maybe it was a tiny bit more spacious. The old japanese MCA compilation also had the tinny sound on the strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 yeah to me the vinyl rip doesn't sound much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 So if a potential new reissue still has audio issues, I say re-record it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm cautiously optimistic Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,081 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 My Holy Grail. #1 on my list.I was shuffling my songs today, and after hearing a bunch of other cues from different scores, To Scarborough came on, and I was shocked at how bad the sound quality was, especially sandwiched between better sounding recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Well, at this point it's in the top list of wanted expanded Williams scoresI want that cool travel motif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 it one of the worst sound OST's Not THAT bad. The sound is pretty OK for a late 70s recording. But I'm sure it would benefit from a remastering too.The CD is really bad.The LP sounds better so they really did something wrong. For that reason alone a rerelease is warrented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 We have decent modern recordings of the Main Title/Storm Sequence and Night Journeys.This is perhaps Williams' most obscure score from his golden age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,285 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nah, Heartbeeps is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Yet, Heartbeeps has actually been released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,625 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 That's almost a miracle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,285 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 So has Dracula... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Dracula is very high on my list of JW holy grails. Publicist said there is a good amount of unreleased and unheard development of thematic material left of the OST album in favour of the main theme. A combo of complete score plus OST with improved sound would be optimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 A publicist or THE Publicist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 That is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,465 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 So has Dracula...Ha, ha...indeed. For some people, a soundtrack simply doesn't exist unless it's in C&C format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 A publicist or THE Publicist?Without an article of course. He is just Publicist. My mistake. I would never assume him to be a mere generic publicist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricard 2,242 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 For some people, a soundtrack simply doesn't exist unless it's in C&C format.It only exists partially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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