pixie_twinkle 44 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Screen Archives Entertainment is releasing these two classic (and excellent!) Herrmann scores in November. They are re-recordings by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra under William Stromberg. I'm sorely tempted!http://www.screenarchives.com/email.cfm?eid=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 You beat me to it. I've pre-ordered mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,064 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 WOOOOOOOOOO! Fahrenheit 451!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I just got the Joel McNeely recording. GARHHH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,064 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 McNeely conducted a complete Fahrenheit 451? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Oh this one is complete, okey dokey then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 McNeely conducted a complete Fahrenheit 451?Not a complete version. But he did do a re-recording for Varese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Which is excellent, by the way. But I'd still like the complete score, so I ordered both of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 44 Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 I will be ordering them both, but I just paid for Monsignor and the Lala Land Lost In Space set so I'll have to wait a few weeks! Mysterious Island is an excellent score, it really makes the opening act of the film so much more magical and exciting. Fahrenheit 451 I have suite of on the excellent Esa Pekka Salonen CD of Bernard Herrmann music. I recommend that disk to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I've had the original Cloud Nine release of Mysterious Island for many years (ahh the days when you could go to Circuit City and Tower Records and actually buy these discs in stores) but it's missing alot of music so it's nice to finally have a complete version.I never picked up McNeely's re-recording of 451 so this is another welcome treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omen II 1,088 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 I've been looking forward to these two for some time now - two of the best scores ever written. If anyone is wavering (I'm looking in your direction, Pixie Twinkle! ), just listen to the sound clips at Tribute Film Classics' Myspace page:Buy! Buy! Buy! You know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodMusician 53 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 What a strange way to have the glock out from the rest of the instruments in the prelude track to Fahrenheit 451... and be not quite in tune... I guess that's the idea though lol... fighting the flow lolI always thought the McNeely re-recording was too short... This sounds nice...I think they should remake that movie.. it's so well written and I think, if given a modern edge, could really be rather relevant to today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 1,931 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 . Fahrenheit 451 I have suite of on the excellent Esa Pekka Salonen CD of Bernard Herrmann music. I recommend that disk to everyone.Agreed. Fantastic cd. The very first Herrmann cd I ever owned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,565 Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 The McNeely 451 recording sounds exceptionally marvelous. I have no need for a Moscow version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 55 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have the Herrmann conducted Fahrenheit and Mysterious Island so I won't bother either. Although McNeely's Fahrenheit re-recording is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,064 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have to admit, in the last month Herrmann has been steadily and quickly climbing my favorite composer "lists." He's always been in the top ten...but now he's joining the top 5. I've been exploring a lot more of his works, and listening to one's I rarely listened to. The man was brilliant by every measure of the word. It's breathtaking how he managed to juggle the romantic sensibilities and touches of his time period with his ultra modern sound. The final product is something that you can identify with that time period, but something you can completely grasp and even expect or desire to hear in more modern films. So it did not sound completely alien to people of the 40s 50s and 60s nor does it sound outdated and archaic to generations after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,095 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I think they should remake that movie.. it's so well written and I think, if given a modern edge, could really be rather relevant to today...They are actually. Frank Darabont is writing and directing, although it's been announced for a couple years. I think his Indy 4 script being rejected made him feel a little down, so he did The Mist. Comment on IMDb says he's on the verge of a breakthrough. Tom Hanks is rumored for Guy Montag. It's my favorite book, so I hope this turns out well if it ever gets made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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