robthehand

Fantastic! I've always hoped this would be re-issued at some point, it's a magnificent score. And I completely disagree with KM's comment - quite a lot of my absolute favourite scores took many listens for me to fully "get". I like Nemesis' score very much (it's my favourite TNG score), and I quite enjoyed the film. Not a great film, but I can't quite see why it got quite as much criticism as it did. I certainly thought it was better than that snooze-fest Insurrection.

Who's scoring?

Try Henry V.

Indeed.

Directors he worked with more than once?

I disagree, in the film I find the score at worst dull and uninteresting, nothing really sticks out as bad scoring to me.

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I can't be 100% certain, but I seem to remember the Main Title sounds very similar to The Bravados (also A. Newman). EDIT: Just listened to them, they're not that similar.

Having seen the film again, I'll say this: I think it's a competent, functional score, never less than competent, but rarely more than that. They could have picked far worse than Hooper, but needless to say they could have picked better, too.

You only have one (or no) Herrmann albums? Shame on you!

I watched The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes the other night. It suffers from the studio-imposed cuts (over an hour!!), yet it's still very entertaining and well-made. Robert Stephens as Holmes was very good. And the score... And I just got my Lonesome Dove DVD in the mail, will start watching it tonight.

Hercules - Pino Donaggio The Seven-Ups & The Verdict - Ellis, Mandel The Monster Squad - Broughton Godzilla - Arnold The 'Burbs - Goldsmith And that Herrmann DVD from SAE.

It would be better to see the original cut first, though the extended version is still a very good movie.

Just heard the gunshot sound... Hopefully that won't be the final version?

R.I.P. There's a new print of The Seventh Seal playing the UK at the moment, I may go and see it (I've never seen the film).

It's unclear: LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steven Spielberg's landmark "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is coming to DVD ($40) and Blu-ray Disc ($50) on November 13, four days shy of the 30th anniversary of its 1977 theatrical opening. The release marks the first time a Spielberg movie has been issued on high-definition disc, and it also is the first home video release of all three versions of the film: the 1977 original theatrical cut, the re-edited 1980 theatrical special edition and Spielberg's director's cut, released in 1998. That part suggests that it will be on DVD and Blu-Ray, but this part suggests otherwise: Through a process known as "seamless branching," the Blu-ray version contains all three films on a single disc. Though I'm guessing it will be on both.

Lots and lots of details here: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=65403

I've heard it's going to have the Channel 4 documentary On the Edge of Blade Runner, which is apparently very good.

My Varese package also arrived today. Along with the Exorcist VHS box set, with CD. I might try and sync up some of the rejected score to the film...

Hmm, I'm still on the fence about it. Maybe I'll get it next time I place an order, if it's still available.

When I was reading it, it did occur to me how many of his themes he could re-visit if he did score it. It would be wonderful if he could score it.

Sounds like it could be good, Doyle's written some great stuff (though I wasn't keen on his Potter score, Henry V and Frankenstein are wonderful). And it's a good cause, so I may well go.

I love the Legend score. It was my #1 favourite Goldsmith score for a while, though TMP has over-taken it.

Agreed.

Three years today, I just read at FSM. Today I'll listen to Star Trek - The Motion Picture, the Omen trilogy, The Last Run and The Sand Pebbles. Maybe some others too, if I have the time.