haljax

Don't laugh, but there is literally one note missing from the Rhino 2-CD. It is the cue which in the written score is called "The Burglar Sequence", it immediately follows the Helicopter Rescue. The cue beings with a two-bar "D" in the cellos and is follows by low woodwind. For some reason the Rhino CD doesn't feature that "D" in the celli, but can be heard in the film. The Rhino CD track begins with just the woodwind part (one can faintly hear the celli "D" from the previous bars but it has decrescendoed at this point). In my previous post I referred to underscore. There were some unreleased bits of source music, but all the underscore is on the Rhino set (except for the one note I mentioned above).

Michael Matessino, who transferred the numerous bits of the score into an edited, coherent presentation on the Rhino CD, mentions the out of tune part of the Main Title. I've always noticed it from back in 1978. I recall something about the beginning credits changing considerably during preproduction. I seem to recall the F major version of the march was used to underscore the originally conceived opening titles. That being said, I've also noticed some bits on the Rhino CD are flat (1/4 tone) - "Introducing Otis" and "The Helicopter Sequence". Playing along on a digital piano with the CD confirms this. This would be painful in PAL. I guess we'd hear the march in Db with the "sharp" passage hovering between Db/D major!