Chris Malone

Yes, Diamonds was the last James Bond score recorded at CTS Bayswater. Theatre of Blood, by Michael J Lewis, was one of the very last done there before their lease expired in 1972. Golden Gun was the first Bond at CTS Wembley, which was branded as The Music Centre before later reverting to the original CTS name. John Barry continued there with his remaining Bond scores, except Moonraker (recorded in Paris). Bill Conti and Michael Kamen also scored their Bonds at CTS Wembley. You can also read a brief history on this page, if you’re willing to scroll down! https://www.malonedigital.com/articles.html Chris

Loving reading Tim’s blog! Makes the upcoming book feel all the more special, exciting, and something that will be worth waiting for. Regarding The Magnificent Seven, I made a long and boring YouTube video about the score for the Quartet box set. Rather than bore you to tears with that, the answer to the pianist question is Raymond Turner. Chris

Hi Everyone! Having just checked the DDP—which is the package of data sent for CD manufacturing and is unalterable from the point it is packaged—there are no clicks present in this cue. There were clicks, however these were removed prior to this step. The Intrada website samples may not necessarily reflect the final data. Chris

I’m really pleased this one has seen the light of day! As an early Michael Kamen score, its instructive to hear how he gave this film a musical voice whilst further developing his own film music voice. It’s also one of the early film scores recorded at Abbey Road after the Anvil team moved there in late 1980. So, we’re hearing that lovely EMI TG12345 mixing console before everything was completely modernised a few years later. Chris

Thanks Yavar. I pinned a comment to this video that goes into a bit more detail. One of James Horner's Best? Battle Beyond the Stars! https://youtu.be/kR7qig-YamI Chris

I helped with a recording anomaly on Willow and wasn’t privy to all the data/music. Regarding conductors and dialogue, Franz Waxman’s Paramount scores often had dialogue heard during the quieter musical passages. When I investigated this further, I discovered he sometimes did listen to the dialogue through a headset when conducting. I painted it out. Another example I can think of is Leith Stevens who, in at least one instance, did this too for a Paramount score so he could see how his music sit in and around the dialogue. Yes, it’s probably highly unusual now to do this. But there was a time when everything ended up through a horn-loaded speaker coming from a monophonic optical track full of crackle and pop. Knowing how dialogue intelligibility was going to be maintained in concert with dramatic underscore was as important as ever. Chris

Not sure. A goal of the Quartet LP edition was to match the performance edits made for the film as reasonably as practical. No problem—enthusiasm for the stuff we love is good! Chris

“It’s You!” includes the percussion performance heard in the film on the Quartet set.

Thank you for your support! There have been a few projects where we have a sort of “standing order” that says—if stereo/multi-track elements ever show up, we’ll certainly do it over. The 1967 Casino Royale is an example where that’s the case. For that we’ve periodically looked, asked, poked, and prodded—and we will continue to do so! Chris

I haven't gotten any further with enquiries along this avenue yet, I'm sorry. It would also be a very, very long shot as we did turn every stone we could find at the time and carefully examine what was under each of them. Chris

Ah, Jim Wynorski, yes OK, that makes sense. Yes, I've read your FSM article, Bruce. In fact, it's still on my desk. Chris

Please do tell how this person can be contacted regarding this. These sorts of stories do seem to come out of the woodwork after a project is done and dusted. However, I’m sure it could be redone if true stereo elements surfaced for the complete score. The theatrical reissue and 5.1 remix just stereoized the mono and didn’t seem to drop in the few true stereo OST tracks that matched the film versions. So, that suggests they weren’t available at the time and certainly haven’t showed up since. Chris

Wonderful. Thank you!

Does anyone have a link to the full video where this came from? I can't seem to find it anymore. Thanks!

This was mentioned on page 26 and B1 of this: http://www.malonedigital.com/starwars.pdf