STANLEY & IRIS (1990) - 2017 Varese Deluxe Edition paired with PETE 'N' TILLIE (World Premiere release)

[Jay 37,287]

1 minute ago, Stefancos said:

Stanley & Iris doesnt really appear on anyone's top 10 list when it comes to what they need to see expanded. But it's a really lovely score. And sometimes that's enough.

 

It's not a score I'll listen to as often as my favorites from him (which are generally his big blockbuster action adventure scores), but when I'm in the right mood, it will be absolutely PERFECT!  And I'm sure I'll be glad to have a 40something minute complete and chronological presentation in crisp sound over the 28 minute wildly out of order old version with 90s technology sound transfer.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Exactly! I do enjoy the current album though. It's not really one of those scores where you think too much about unreleased music.

[Jay 37,287]

It will be nice to have the actual climax of the score (when Stanley proposes to Iris in the car) on CD.

 

EDIT: Turns out that cue is entirely tracked, as it was for the reshot ending filmed after Williams scored the film.

[igger6 894]

I never heard (or even heard of) this score, which came out when I was way too young to care, until I impulse-bought the "Great Composers" disc several years ago and heard the title track.  For those of you pleading ignorance, enlighten yourselves here:

It's a lovely little theme, better than The Accidental Tourist in my book, but if you haven't heard that one, here it is.  Try to stay awake until you get to "A Second Chance":

And here's The River, from a City of Prague re-recording that you should probably just listen to all the way through and fill in lots of gaps in your rarities repertoire!

 

[rough cut 1,714]

That Prague record is amazing. It has a lot of good stuff on it!

[Amer 2,080]

Heads up. Looks like this will be out next monday in the Varese Club batch.

 

https://www.facebook.com/robert.townson.16

 

Posted:   Mar 7, 2017 - 5:10 AM             By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) Varese will announce the next Club batch on Monday: 3 Titles. Robert Townson just announced via face book: Spring Is Coming. We'll get a jump on Spring with a fresh batch of CD Club titles announced on March 13. Three special new releases coming next Monday.

[filmmusic 1,823]

How do you know? it doesn't give any clue..

 

By the way, i don't own any Varese expansion.

I hope they're as good as Lalaland's and Intrada's.

[Amer 2,080]

@filmmusic Earlier this year, In the Blu ray release from Twilight Time; the featured Commentary section by Nic Redman revealed that Varese was issuing a Deluxe Edition and supervised by Mike Matessino. So It should MOST LIKELY to be in this very batch.

 

Varese has been a leader in Deluxe Edition and expansions for many decades. 

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[filmmusic 1,823]

27 minutes ago, azahid said:

@filmmusic Earlier this year, In the Blu ray release from Twilight Time; the featured Commentary section by Nic Redman revealed that Varese was issuing a Deluxe Edition and supervised by Mike Matessino. So It should MOST LIKELY to be in this very batch.

 

Yes, I knew that.

I just meant how did you know that it would be in THIS batch!

[Amer 2,080]

1 minute ago, filmmusic said:

Yes, I knew that.

I just asked how did you know that it would be in THIS batch!

 

Just a feeling...!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

100% Confirmed! JFK to be released by Varese Sarabande soon!

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Thanks for breaking the news Amer!

[Jay 37,287]

Seems certain Stanley and Iris will be a part of this batch, for sure!

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Any chance that one of them will be a Goldsmith title?

[Jay 37,287]

There's no way to know what any of the titles are

[Jay 37,287]

Varese announced it!!!!

 

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Stanley & Iris is one of John Williams’ most delicate and beautiful film scores. Piano, flute and strings show the maestro at his very best here, with gentle and loving melodies for the film’s characters played by Robert DeNiro and Jane Fonda. The film was directed by Martin Ritt (Norma Rae, The Long Hot Summer).

John Williams turned 85 in February and he has now been scoring films and television for 60 years. We couldn’t be happier about celebrating such a milestone birthday with a new Deluxe Edition of this very special score.

Adding to the celebration, we took things even further. In 1972 John composed another beautiful score for Martin’s Ritt’s Pete ‘N’ Tillie, which starred Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett in another poignant relationship drama. In this case, however, there was never a soundtrack album released, so this new CD marks the world premiere release of John Williams’ score. This comes from the year of The Poseidon Adventure, The Cowboys and Images. Pete ‘N’ Tillie is not a long score, but at nearly 20:00 of never-before-released John Williams, this is a major discovery and release.  The Deluxe Edition was produced by Robert Townson and Michael Matessino.

Stanley & Iris. In this socially conscious drama with romantic overtones, Iris (Jane Fonda) is a working mother with a job at a large commercial bakery who is still getting over the death of her husband, though her circumstances don't give her much time to grieve. She's sharing her house with her two children, Kelly (Martha Plimpton) and Richard (Harley Cross), her unemployed sister Sharon (Swoosie Kurtz), and her thuggish brother-in-law. The tensions at home become even greater when teenage Kelly announces that she's pregnant. One of the few bright spots in her life is her blossoming friendship with Stanley (Robert DeNiro), a nice guy who works in the bakery's cafeteria. However, Iris starts noticing a few odd things about Stanley and it slowly dawns on her that he can't read. When the boss figures this out, Stanley loses his job -- an especially troubling development, as Stanley has just had to put his father in a retirement home. Homeless and out of work, Stanley turns to Iris with a special request -- he'd like her to teach him how to read.
 

STANLEY & IRIS (1990):
1. Stanley And Iris (3:26) 
2. The Bicycle (3:09) 
3. The Pink Sweater (1:07) 
4. Iris After Work (:40)
5. Stanley At Work (1:33) 
6. Looking After Papa (3:05)
7. Entering The Library (1:07) 
8. Night Visit (2:00) 
9. Factory Work (1:26) 
10. Naming The Trees (3:37)
11. Finding A Family (1:42) 
12. Lost In The Streets (2:56)
13. Stanley’s Invention (1:18) 
14. The Kitchen Table (1:06)
15. Seeing The Baby (1:15) 
16. Reading Lessons (2:28)
17. Growing Together (2:09) 
18. Putting It All Together (1:47)
19. Letters (3:28) 
20. End Title (3:04)

FILM VERSIONS: 
21. Stanley And Iris (3:24) 
22. Stanley At Work (1:29) 
23. Looking After Papa (3:11) 
24. Stanley’s Invention (1:18)
25. Putting It All Together (1:49) 
26. Letters (4:00)

PETE ’N’ TILLIE (1972):
27. Pete ’n’ Tillie — Main Title (1:57) 
28. Afterglow (1:46)
29. Marriage Book (1:48) 
30. Bedroom Scene (:57) 
31. Vacation (2:45) 
32. For Robbie (1:33) 
33. Funeral (:52) 
34. Hospital (:42) 
35. End Title and End Cast (3:49) 
36. Love Theme (2:27)

 

https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/stanley-iris-the-deluxe-edition

[Incanus 5,713]

Coupled with Pete N Tillie!!!

 

Ordered!

[Thor 7,466]

PETE'N'TILLIE!

 

Damn, now I have to buy this after all....

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Another combined release? Bespin will not be happy.

[Jay 37,287]

[Incanus 5,713]

Oh no! Varese Sarabande beware! You're going on Bespin's black list.

 

Happy to see that there are quite a few film versions as bonus tracks for Stanley & Iris.  

[Muad'Dib 1,801]

[Jay 37,287]

I didn't notice that the album versions were different than what's in the film for those!

[mstrox 6,647]

I'm glad they are premiering Pete N Tillie here - I would have had a real crisis justifying $20 just for a slightly expanded S&I, but this is totally worth it.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Incanus 5,713]

1 minute ago, BloodBoal said:

 

Doesn't he have many? A black list for compilation releases featuring John Williams music but also music from other composers, a black list for John Williams music performed by John Williams The Guitarist, a black lists for isolated scores of films released in a box set featuring the whole filmography of a director...

A man of exacting tastes, order and method.

[Muad'Dib 1,801]

 

[Thor 7,466]

13 minutes ago, mstrox said:

I'm glad they are premiering Pete N Tillie here - I would have had a real crisis justifying $20 just for a slightly expanded S&I, but this is totally worth it.

 

My total is a whopping $33.50, and although I KNOW I must have this in some way (due to P&T), I'm not quite sure how I'll be able to justify that cost in my situation. Hmmmm.....do I have an alternative to Varese in Europe? I checked Collosseum Schallplatten, which used to distribute Varese in Europe, but I can't find it there.

[Jay 37,287]

It will be available from European retailers, IE

 

http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-soundtracks/4639-stanley-iris-deluxe-edition.html

[Thor 7,466]

Thanks. Alas, they've jacked up the price (as an import), so the total is actually MORE expensive there (34 Euro).

 

I'll have to dig around a bit, I guess.

[Bespin 8,480]

A combined release.... f***.

 

 

[King Mark 3,625]

why do you have to have an account to buy it at Varese...isn't there a guest check out?

 

I did have an account actually from many years ago. Why isn't my password working anymore?

[Incanus 5,713]

You have to take that up with Varese KM.

[Jay 37,287]

Just use the Forgot Password feature

[Brundlefly 2,385]

Dammit! No Goldsmith title! Hurry up Varese, there's still so much to do concerning that guy!

 

At least there are only 3 Williams titles left for Varese: The River, Dracula and Presumed Innocent.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Bespin 8,480]

9 minutes ago, Bespin said:

A combined release.... f***.

 

Sorry I fainted, now I'm coming back.

 

Ok, because of the previously unreleased presence of the Pete and whoever Score, I'm afraid this CD will be JW's 142th solo album.

[King Mark 3,625]

is that the complete score to Pete and Tilly?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

[Bespin 8,480]

4 minutes ago, BloodBoal said:

 

That's a terrifying thought.

 

ARGHH!!! THAT WAS UNEXPECTED!!!!

 

Oh, I'm not feeling well...

[Jay 37,287]

30 minutes ago, Brundlefly said:

Dammit! No Goldsmith title! Hurry up Varese, there's still so much to do concerning that guy!

 

At least there are only 3 Williams titles left for Varese: The River, Dracula and Presumed Innocent.

 

Out of those, only Presumed Innocent is held by Varese in perpetuity.  Other labels could tackle the others.

[Sandor 796]

Ordered..! Awesome release..!

[Jay 37,287]

27 minutes ago, king mark said:

is that the complete score to Pete and Tilly?

 

Yes, it is complete.  And in fact, is twice as long as what was used in the film.

[Bespin 8,480]

So "Pete N Tillie" is now JW's 142th solo album.

 

It's coming few years late... but we can say that now, it's here!

 

Wiki discography updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams_discography#Studio_albums

[King Mark 3,625]

ordered it from SAE instead

36 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

Out of those, only Presumed Innocent is held by Varese in perpetuity.  Other labels could tackle the others.

 

Eh it's in my  bottom 5 post 1975 JW scores

Is there even unreleased music in Presumed Innocent

[Miguel Andrade 1,260]

Ordered. Such a wonderful and welcome surprise, the Pete'n'Tillie release.

Can't wait for the CD to arrive!

[filmmusic 1,823]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

PETE'N'TILLIE!

 

Damn, now I have to buy this after all....

Hehe.. is this the first expansion you're buying?

 

Great news though about Pete N Tillie! Didn't expect that!

At last, an unreleased Williams score!!

[Thor 7,466]

8 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Hehe.. is this the first expansion you're buying?

 

No, far from it. But I had not planned on buying this. Now I have find some alternative way to get it cheaper.