robthehand 3 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 If you have iTunes, search 'Music from the Films of Sean Connery', click the album, and then listen to the sample of the Hunt for Red October track. It sounds like a joke. Even by City of Prague standards.Does it have any competition? I have honestly never heard a worse butchery of a piece of music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Are these even the same lyrics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Difficult to tell, but it might be at least partly in English. Here is a comparison between English and Russian lyrics.Whatever it is, it's done excruciatingly badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I'm not sure what the recording is, but some orchestra re-recorded Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!, and it was terrible. Unfortunately, it's the only recording of Patton that I have.The City of Prague's Spiderman suite is pretty awful too. Elfman's piece is about three and a half minutes long, and this conductor (whoever it is) somehow made it about six minutes -- with the same notes! Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTallJodie 55 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Nothing will ever top this Star Trek album for sheer badness. It sounds like someone just put their MIDI files onto a CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I'm not sure what the recording is, but some orchestra re-recorded Patton and Tora! Tora! Tora!, and it was terrible. Unfortunately, it's the only recording of Patton that I have.TedThat's probably the Varese re-recording with the RSNO, conducted by Goldsmith himself.While not as good as the originals, it's not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It's actually pretty good, proving empirically that Ted has the same musical taste as a front loading washing machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,083 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 There's a Western related compilation with a re-recording of the Main Titles from JNH's Wyatt Earp.It's the worst re-recording I've heard yet - the percussion is far too prominent and it completely loses the beauty of the original.On the other hand, I consider some re-recordings of Empire of the Sun to be superior to the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Why is this topic labeled "Off Topic"?It isn't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,083 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I find your contributions to this thread somewhat suspect Steef :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Do I know you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 2,083 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It's actually pretty good, proving empirically that Ted has the same musical taste as a front loading washing machine.Ouch. I wonder if I'm thinking of the same recording. Ted, reeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 73 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Prague's version of The Ultimate War = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 3 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Prague's version of anything is crap. I doubt they could rerecord Tenacious D's "One Note Song" without any errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 2 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Nothing will ever top this Star Trek album for sheer badness. Â It sounds like someone just put their MIDI files onto a CD.The London Pops "Orchestra" (and I use the word loosely) are renowned for cheap knock-off albums that are ideal for buying as Xmas pressies for someone you don't know i.e. Daughter's new b/f etc etcI remember a re-recording they did of Flash's Theme from Flash Gordon, which was hysterically bad....It does not compare however to the oft-mentioned awfullness of the City of Prague's recording of the Finale from Temple of Doom - absolutely terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 3 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 The London Pops Orchestra. That is ringing serious bells. I remember I got a CD from the library that was entitled "Action Movie Themes". I must have done so out of sheer boredom. Anyway, an orchestra was listed on the front of the album, but the recordings were entirely electronic. Anyone know if that was the London Pops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 73 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Prague's version of anything is crap. I doubt they could rerecord Tenacious D's "One Note Song" without any errors. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg1138 2 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 The London Pops Orchestra. That is ringing serious bells. I remember I got a CD from the library that was entitled "Action Movie Themes". I must have done so out of sheer boredom. Anyway, an orchestra was listed on the front of the album, but the recordings were entirely electronic. Anyone know if that was the London Pops?It's possible - I have a CD of theirs of War Movie themes that I bought (for 99p) just to hear them have a go at "Hymn to the Fallen".....which did indeed turn out to be entirely (and very badly) synthesised..........I have now mislaid the CD, otherwise I would put a clip on-line so that you could marvel at the whole horrid affair.....though I did e-mail an mp3 to one or two bods - Miguel - you still got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 3 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Prague's version of anything is crap. I doubt they could rerecord Tenacious D's "One Note Song" without any errors. LOLI'm glad someone liked that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 317 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Nothing will ever top this Star Trek album for sheer badness. Â It sounds like someone just put their MIDI files onto a CD.ACK! Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop!!!! My ears are bleeding by listening to that...Don't even get me started on re-recording CD's... by far the worst is the Back To The Future one that Debney did... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I swear if they want to re-record something to be better then the original OST recording then...why don't they use a proper advance level orchestra like the LSO or whatever that they use for recording for the film?Or Perhaps re-recording something has no intention of trying to make it better then the OST recording. They just doing it just to get money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 There are some great re-recordings out there.The Intrada recordings of Jason & The Argonaughts, Ivanhoe and Julius Ceasar, the MMM recordings, John Morgan and William Stromberg's recordings and the McNeely / Varese recordings of Herrmann's music are all fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I like re-recording of the complete Robin Hood score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 480 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 And the Gerhardt Star Wars albums of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I also like the Silva / Nic Raine re-recordings of John Barry's scores to Raise The Titanic, The Lion In Winter, Robin And Marian, and The Last Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 There are hundreds of great re-recordings.by far the worst is the Back To The Future one that Debney did... In what way is that the worst? It sounds like a real orchestra, which automatically puts it above a few of the examples posted in this thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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