Disco Stu

Eventually I'll make my avatar a Voyage Home image and pepper this thread with defenses of Rosenman's wonderful score. Step off, haters!

We don't speak of it

It's just a little histrionic, Richard.

There's another one:

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I have to say I'm not a huge fan of the Sedares recording either, it's ok. To be honest, my favorite re-recording of Magnificent Seven is the short suite recorded by Kunzel for the Round-Up album. No other recording has quite the same exuberance and joy.

Not as far as I'm aware and I'm really not sure why the video was hosted by Varese. There were other videos of the same concert uploaded to Robert Townson's personal Youtube account, I'm guessing he was involved in organizing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPdagUSQT1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN9uOzE4GXU

I disagree

💩 (that’s an official release on the Watertower account)

MANT!

Just in case anyone hasn't heard it, this arrangement of "To Kill a Mockingbird" for flute and orchestra is by Austin Wintory and it's lovely.

I didn't really have you in mind with my comment.

The show can't be talked about at all here without having to mount a defense or wanting to engage in a debate. It sucks.

I really find it hard to believe how you guys' brains work.

It's probably partially because it's the only version I knew for so long so it's kind of ingrained. For me, the 70s recording is the clear last (it just will never sound right to me, but I respect it). I think the Ava is probably the best performance but the early 60s stereo balancing I just find a little bit off-putting compared to the more natural 90s mix (more natural just in terms of representing the sound of the orchestra). What I've never heard and would love to hear one day is the mono mix released in 1963, in the day when so many albums got both a stereo and a mono release. AFAIK that mix has never been re-released after the initial vinyl record.

I very very much want the film recordings released, and not just because of Williams' presence! There are passages that I don't think are ever quite captured in the same way in the re-recordings as heard in-film. Like this magical moment. The specific orchestration mix of instruments (harp, cello or viola?, flute, piano, celeste) never sounds quite the same in the re-recordings. In the '97 release the piano/celeste are almost inaudible. In the '63, the piano is much more prominent (and sounds like a different part to me) and the celeste is almost inaudible. And in the '76 it's a very different sound with much more prominent celeste and the harp is almost inaudible!

Would that be Alan J. Pakula's estate do you think? Although of course we literally just got an expansion of a film directed by Pakula (Presumed Innocent).

I meant not composed by Williams of course.

I liked Saving Mr. Banks a lot, seen it three times.

Cast Away, Part 2

A very unique and special movie. The use of Appalachian Spring in this scene is really something.

Yeah but I’m pretty sure only as part of a big 12 disc FSM box collecting all of his 70s re-recordings. All of these albums have digital/streaming releases. https://filmscoremonthly.com/cds/detail.cfm/CDID/366/Elmer-Bernsteins-Film-Music-Collection/

Like croc, I’m partial to the Elfman version

Yes three. 1963, 1976, 1997. The ‘97 is my preferred.

As I’ve probably said many times before Mockingbird is my #1 non-Williams film score of all time