Label Threads The Official Quartet Records Thread

[Bespin Copilot 9,202]

Today, from my Discogs database, I listed all the CDs I purchased from Specialized labels over the years.

 

Quartet Records is an essential specialized label.

 

I recommend all these titles (for those who are still in print):

 

2021	Jerry Goldsmith - Basic Instinct
2021	John Williams - Images
2021	Howard Shore - The Silence of the lambs
2020	Ennio Morricone - The Thing
2020	Jerry Goldsmith - Total Recall
2019	Nino Rota - Romeo & Juliet
2019	Jerry Goldsmith - The Great Train Robbery
2017	Jerry Goldsmith - The Russia House
2015	John Williams - The Long Goodbye
2015	John Williams - Tom Sawyer

[Jay 41,172]

Basic Instinct and Total Recall from Quartet are two of my favorite albums I own

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,547]

There's also the beautiful The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone

[Holko 11,029]

A fantastic release that sounds better than ever in any previous edition, with a couple real new gems!

[Bespin Copilot 9,202]

It is worth mentioning that I actually think I sound better than any previous edition of myself!

 

Have a nice day JWfan!

[mstrox 7,063]

The Bespin OST is all you need

[Bespin Copilot 9,202]

But you get 30 pounds more with the Expanded version!

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,547]

Quartet is releasing a LP version of Casper

https://quartetrecords.com/product/casper-2xlp/

[crocodile 8,857]

This is the OST version, right?

 

Karol

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,547]

Yes. They just put the song at the end and move forward the End Credits

[crocodile 8,857]

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=543027127837643

 

 

Interesting batch. Tempted by Barry.

 

Karol

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

What a batch!

 

Finally, a Magnificent Seven collection.

[Brundlefly 2,399]

It has to be said, Quartet always has magnificent artwork!

[Koray Savas 2,254]

The Magnificent Seven and The Sicilian Clan for me. 

[Naïve Old Fart 11,012]

On 09/12/2022 at 11:42 AM, crocodile said:

https://m.facebook.com/photo.php/?fbid=543027127837643

 

 

Interesting batch. Tempted by Barry.

 

Karol

Be more than tempted, dude; it's a good score.

[filip 60]

https://quartetrecords.com/product/thief-of-hearts-2-cd/

 

Didn't see anyone talking about it but in my opinion it's worth a mention. Great release after first listen.

Only thing I maybe wish it had was all the song instrumentals, not just the Faltermeyer produced ones.

[Thor 9,064]

9 hours ago, filip said:

https://quartetrecords.com/product/thief-of-hearts-2-cd/

 

Didn't see anyone talking about it but in my opinion it's worth a mention. Great release after first listen.

Only thing I maybe wish it had was all the song instrumentals, not just the Faltermeyer produced ones.

 

Jon talks about the nuts and bolts of this release over on Celluloid Tunes.

 

http://celluloidtunes.no/thief-of-hearts-harold-faltermeyer/

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,547]

Two new Morricone release today, samples already available:

 

 

Quartet Records presents a remastered CD reissue of the long-out-of-print killer soundtrack by Ennio Morricone for the 1975 police thriller IL GIUSTIZIERE (aka THE HUMAN FACTOR).

Directed by Hollywood veteran by Edward Dmytryk, the film stars George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone and Rita Tushingham. The plot is about John Kinsdale (Kennedy), a computer engineer whose family gets brutally murdered while he is working in Naples on a top secret project. Aided by fellow engineer Janice (Tushingham), Kinsdale uses a combination of his expertise as well as brute force to take revenge on the left-wing terrorists—Charles Bronson style!

Morricone’ score comes from the composer’s fertile period of poliziotteschi thrillers and “Years of Lead” dramas that he approached in a similar manner. The music features several variations on the beautiful family theme which eventually gains new meaning as Kinsdale must carry the burden on his own. The music for the terrorists features the psychedelic, percussion-heavy and often ostinato-based cues that Morricone typically reserved for the steamy chaos of his poliziottecshi titles.

The score was previously released by GDM in 2010. This new edition contains the same program produced by Claudio Fuiano and Dániel Winkler, and it has been rebuilt and remastered by Chris Malone from the first-generation stereo master tapes. The package includes a richly illustrated 8-page booklet with Gergely Hubai discussing the film and the score.

https://quartetrecords.com/product/il-giustiziere/

 

 

Quartet Records presents a remastered CD reissue of Ennio Morricone’s bizarre giallo score for the 1974 thriller L’ULTIMO UOMO DI SARA (aka SARAH’S LAST MAN).

Directed by actress Maria Virginia Onorato (in her only foray into feature film directing), the movie stars Oddo Bracci as Paolo Castellano, an artist who wants to investigate the death of his ex-wife Sara long after the police declare the case closed. Aided by Sara’s friend Anna (played by Rosemary Dexter), Paolo goes through the hours of footage shot by Sara on her camera, slowly realizing that the identity of the killer is captured on film and his identity might be one of the reasons why the police wants the case closed as soon as possible.

The CD opens with the title song, performed by singer Carmen Villani, a passionate plea for peace and the memory of a doomed romance. The score features a propulsive action theme that Morricone varies and adorns with experimental percussion noises that mimic the sound of big-city traffic. Other tracks in the varied score include a heartbreaking love theme, a nice cue featuring Edda dell’Orso practicing musical scales, and a funny silent film pastiche.

The score was previously released by GDM in 2005. This new edition contains the same program produced by Claudio Fuiano and Dániel Winkler, and it has been rebuilt and remastered by Chris Malone from the first-generation stereo master tapes. The package includes a richly illustrated 8-page booklet with Gergely Hubai discussing the film and the score, and beautiful new artwork by Luca Barcellona.

https://quartetrecords.com/product/lultimo-uomo-di-sara/

[Jay 41,172]

The amount of Ennio Morricone scores released by this one label alone is very impressive

[Koray Savas 2,254]

I think GDM probably has the most Morricone releases.

 

Whatever happened to them anyway?

[Jay 41,172]

I have no idea what that stands for

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

It's pretty clear Koray is talking about a label.

[Jay 41,172]

Obviously, but I don't have a clue which one, personally >shrug<

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

It's just called GDM.

[Jay 41,172]

Ah OK.  I'd never heard of them before

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

They released expansions for Morricone’s dollars trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West.

[Tom Guernsey 2,978]

I'm excited for all these Ennio release but after the crushing disappointment of Arabian Nights and the challenging nature of some of his more dissonant/out there scores, I'm being a lot more selective these days. Definitely going to be going through samples rather than just blind buying everything that comes out! He was a great composer, but there's an awful lot and some is considerably less enjoyable than the rest. However, kudos to Quartet for their diligent Ennio releases as I'm sure they will sell well with his considerable fanbase.

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

To put it bluntly, he wrote a lot of shit.

[Tom Guernsey 2,978]

18 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

To put it bluntly, he wrote a lot of shit.

That's too blunt, I think there's a lot which is great if you enjoy atonal/dissonant/avant garde/experimental music but if you like his more mainstream orchestral/choral/romantic/epic/western stuff, the other stuff can be quite challenging. There's always quite a number of his scores which are like extensions of other scores - i.e. the music and style mine a similar vein, even if the material is a bit different (The Mission/City of Joy, for example, the choral writing is really quite similar). However, unless you really do get something out of all of his styles, you do need to be more discerning in your picks!

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

1 minute ago, Tom Guernsey said:

However, unless you really do get something out of all of his styles, you do need to be more discerning in your picks!

 

I am; I only purchase those scores that aren't shitty!

[Thor 9,064]

I wouldn't use the word 'shitty', but when a composer does 20-30 scores a year (which Morricone did some years there, in the 60s), there's bound to be a lot of repetition, reuse and less inspired fare.

[Tom Guernsey 2,978]

1 minute ago, Thor said:

I wouldn't use the word 'shitty', but when a composer does 20-30 scores a year (which Morricone did some years there, in the 60s), there's bound to be a lot of repetition, reuse and less inspired fare.

He certainly could have done with being a bit more selective at times. He was an incredible composer, but sometimes inspiration runs dry and a lot of those films were much shittier than the scores!

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

At least the scores matched the films then!

[1977 1,747]

I tend to only collect Ennio scores to American films, I have about 15 in my collection and another 10 or so to get then I'm out.

[filmmusic 2,446]

6 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

I tend to only collect Ennio scores to American films

Well, you're missing then some masterpieces.

[Thor 9,064]

 

10 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

I tend to only collect Ennio scores to American films, I have about 15 in my collection and another 10 or so to get then I'm out.

 

He's well worth exploring in detail if you have the time and stamina, because many true gems are hidden among the more obscure titles. I currently have 116 Morricone soundtracks in my collection, but I first sampled about 300, I think, before I cut it down to that number. While 116 is "only" about a quarter of his whole body of work, it's still a representative selection of the aspects of his music that I like the most (lush, loungey and melancholic). In fact, if I hadn't had that "project", I would never have found my alltime favourite Morricone score, FATELESS.

[Jurassic Shark 14,168]

9 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Well, you're missing then some masterpieces.

 

Yeah, he did lots of scores for Italian films on the verge of soft porn.

 

7 minutes ago, Thor said:

I currently have 116 Morricone soundtracks in my collection

 

How many have you found worthy of acquiring on CD?

[Andy 5,570]

Post Deleted. Poor taste, sorry. 

[Thor 9,064]

13 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

How many have you found worthy of acquiring on CD?

 

All of those (that I didn't already own on CD) would be worthy of that. It's already a curated selection. But I have to win the lottery first.

[1977 1,747]

34 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Well, you're missing then some masterpieces.

 

Some examples would be helpful.

 

I do have Fateless, I think that is a European film, as well as The Legend of 1900. So I suppose I should have said American and prominent European films.

 

I'm guessing Cinema Paradiso is a no-brainer so I'll pick that up sometime.

[filmmusic 2,446]

18 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

Some examples would be helpful.

I had Cinema Paradiso in mind mostly.

I love the soundtrack to Metello also.

 

I'm sure others could chime in with more suggestions in a Morricone thread.

 

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,547]

La Ragion Pura is also a magnificient score. Plus technically the dollar trilogy are italian movies

[Koray Savas 2,254]

15 hours ago, Jay said:

Ah OK.  I'd never heard of them before

Extremely prominent Italian label that just disappeared one day and all their releases vanished from Screen Archives.  They did a branded series of Morricone double albums several years ago. Released most of his high profile work. Their website no longer exists either, as far as I can remember. But their YouTube channel still exists.

 

EDIT: I found their website, though it seems all their releases now only exist on either Spotify or Apple Music. Guess they got out of the CD business. 

[crocodile 8,857]

The latest release (which I am very happy about) is 3-disc release of Panu Aaltio's Tale documentary trilogy (Tale of a Forest, Tale of a Lake and Tale of the Sleeping Giants). The first two came out on CD but are impossible to find and the new set features some bonus tracks as well. Wonderful, wonderful scores that come highly recommended. I expect 350 unites will disappear quickly.

 

 

Karol

 

 

[Thor 9,064]

I love FOREST and LAKES, but SLEEPING GIANTS didn't do anything for me, for some reason. Nice to see them repackaged like that, though.

[Incanus 5,848]

30 minutes ago, crocodile said:

The latest release (which I am very happy about) is 3-disc release of Panu Aaltio's Tale documentary trilogy (Tale of a Forest, Tale of a Lake and Tale of the Sleeping Giants). The first two came out on CD but are impossible to find and the new set features some bonus tracks as well. Wonderful, wonderful scores that come highly recommended. I expect 350 unites will disappear quickly.

 

 

Karol

 

 

I missed the previous CD releases so ordering this was a no-brainer. A nice surprise!  

[1977 1,747]

350 units, wow. At what point does it become cost prohibitive to press less units.

[crocodile 8,857]

This arrived quick!

 

 

Karol

[Thor 9,064]

Nice!

[crocodile 8,857]

Listening to the set now. Truly, this is some of the most gorgeous writing you'll find in modern film scoring. I'm not even exaggerating here. Disappointed with latest tentpole? You'll find your magic here, and the fact Aaltio achieves this with really tiny ensembles (at least for first two) puts so many big scores to shame. It definitely proves you don't need 100 players to achieve awe-inspiring results if you're a good composer. Classy stuff, so happy to be able to finally own those on disc.

 

Karol