Bespin 8,482 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 @bruce marshallKèpfos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Streaming on HOOPLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 10 hours ago, Bespin said: It's a good option for those who didn't have those CD yet, but don't expect any remastering. Decca, that means "El cheapo" in plain english. In plain Spanish, you mean. Except for the disc with Obsession, the Decca box doesn't seem to include anything that's not currently available on Australian Eloquence. https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93202/Bernard_Herrmann_-_Film_Classics.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93203/Cinema_Spectacular.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93204/Miklos_Rozsa_-_Film_Scores.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 It turns out the new box will be remastered! To celebrate the composer's 110th birthday, Bernard Herrmann's complete film score recordings made for Phase 4 Stereo will be released. All albums have been remastered at 24bit 96kHz from the original analogue master tapes. 7 original albums presented in original sleeves and programming. Features his classic scores for the Hitchcock films Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest and Marnie and other thrillers. 7 CD Box Set. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09242ZMBT/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Herrmann is not well regarded as a conductor. Ironic, considering he really wanted a conducting career, more than composing- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, bruce marshall said: Herrmann is not well regarded as a conductor. According to who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 minute ago, Bespin said: According to who? I gave you a link. Read his bio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I like the price on this. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 These are some of the best film music recordings EVER! If you don't have them , this is a great offer😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Might just be my perfect starting point for Herrmann! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 On 5/18/2021 at 6:28 PM, Jurassic Shark said: It turns out the new box will be remastered! To celebrate the composer's 110th birthday, Bernard Herrmann's complete film score recordings made for Phase 4 Stereo will be released. All albums have been remastered at 24bit 96kHz from the original analogue master tapes. 7 original albums presented in original sleeves and programming. Features his classic scores for the Hitchcock films Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest and Marnie and other thrillers. 7 CD Box Set. https://www.amazon.com/Film-Scores-Bernard-Herrmann-Box/dp/B09242ZMBT/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Bernard+herrmann&qid=1621203351&sr=8-3&pldnSite=1 Just to steer this back to topic, thanks @Jurassic Shark for posting this, I think I'll get this as it's a nice collection for the casual Herrmann fan like me who doesn't want to hunt for all these scores individually. Amer and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 No hunt needed, as most of the albums are included in the Australian Eloquence releases, although these don't seem to be remastered: On 4/30/2021 at 8:40 AM, Jurassic Shark said: In plain Spanish, you mean. Except for the disc with Obsession, the Decca box doesn't seem to include anything that's not currently available on Australian Eloquence. https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93202/Bernard_Herrmann_-_Film_Classics.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93203/Cinema_Spectacular.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93204/Miklos_Rozsa_-_Film_Scores.htm Btw, one of the Australian Eloquence releases are on Spotify: Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 It'll be interesting to see if the remasters are able to fix/compensate for the excessive overdrive of the versions I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,109 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 48 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: No hunt needed, as most of the albums are included in the Australian Eloquence releases, although these don't seem to be remastered: Btw, one of the Australian Eloquence releases are on Spotify: I have one of these and was disappointed that it wasnt much different from the regular edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 They don't sound bad though. 17 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: It'll be interesting to see if the remasters are able to fix/compensate for the excessive overdrive of the versions I have. Remember these are Phase 4 recordings, intended to sound like the orchestra is performing in your ear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 28 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Remember these are Phase 4 recordings, intended to sound like the orchestra is performing in your ear. I'm not complaining about the "style" of the sound (in that regard, they sound awesome). But every bass hit sounds like the whole thing has been normalised to 150% and like my speakers are about to blow out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I feel like there's too little talk about these two albums: THE KENTUCKIAN/WILLIAMSBURG: THE STORY OF A PATRIOT THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY Both of these are top 5 Herrmann to me. bruce marshall, MikeH and Amer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: excessive overdrive What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Wow, I love the new cleaning maid you hired recently! She did a great job here! Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,109 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Thor said: I feel like there's too little talk about these two albums: THE KENTUCKIAN/WILLIAMSBURG: THE STORY OF A PATRIOT THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY Both of these are top 5 Herrmann to me. Both of these are great but The Kentuckian has become one of top Five Herrmann’s. I just love the Charles Ives inspired Americana music here. My Top 5 1.Vertigo 2.Psycho 3.The Ghost and Mrs Muir 4. Fahrenheit 451 5. The Kentuckian Score 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I think I'll begin my Hermann collection with this box set as well! (Well, I have Elfman/Bartek's Psycho) Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Thor said: I feel like there's too little talk about these two albums: THE KENTUCKIAN/WILLIAMSBURG: THE STORY OF A PATRIOT THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY Both of these are top 5 Herrmann to me. The Trouble with Harry is enjoyably playful although I never find much else of note in the full score beyond what is in the charming Portrait of Hitch concert suite. Still, the Joel McNeely recording is a fine entry in their series from the 90s. I’ll have to give the Kentuckian another listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 The trouble with The Trouble with Harry is that it's boring. Madmartigan JC and bruce marshall 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Jay said: What does that mean? Bits that have lots of loud low end (excuse the… accidental alliteration) often sound clipped, or more probably like they were a bit too much for the microphones. It's unfortunate, because otherwise the sound is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 57 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: Bits that have lots of loud low end (excuse the… accidental alliteration) often sound clipped, or more probably like they were a bit too much for the microphones. It's unfortunate, because otherwise the sound is excellent. Perhaps you just need better speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 I'm starting to have a nice Herrmann collection, but it's still just a beginning! The next step would be North by Northwest... the re-recording, but it is not so easy to find, at an affordable price... Amer and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 27 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Perhaps you just need better speakers. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Marian Schedenig said: I've got a slightly different model of those and they are excellent. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 The earpads are all dried up, and apparently new ones cost half as much as new headphones, so I'm waiting for a good deal on the K702. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 35 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said: That's some small speakers. I've got these closed leather-bound ones, among others. Can be used both with Bluetooth and with cable. Good compromise between sound, price, and comfort. I've also got an old pair of Creative Aurvana Live! that I'm quite fond of. Amer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Score 770 Posted May 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Amer said: Both of these are great but The Kentuckian has become one of top Five Herrmann’s. I just love the Charles Ives inspired Americana music here. My Top 5 1.Vertigo 2.Psycho 3.The Ghost and Mrs Muir 4. Fahrenheit 451 5. The Kentuckian I have a similar top 5, but with Mysterious Island in the place of The Kentuckian (although I don't know the latter yet; just received the Stromberg CD and planning to listen to it in the weekend). Fahrenheit 451 is truly gorgeous, comparable to Psycho under many aspects. Some cues got a bit butchered in the final cut of the movie, but fortunately we have an almost perfect re-recording. Bespin, Amer and Yavar Moradi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmartigan JC 85 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Thanks for the heads up! Seems a very interesting opportunity. Unfortunately, at US$62 for shipping an taxes, it's a no go for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I'm sure you'll find it for a good price eventually. Madmartigan JC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amer 2,109 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 13 hours ago, Bespin said: I'm starting to have a nice Herrmann collection, but it's still just a beginning! The next step would be North by Northwest... the re-recording, but it is not so easy to find, at an affordable price... You are getting there... Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 23 hours ago, Bespin said: I'm starting to have a nice Herrmann collection, but it's still just a beginning! The next step would be North by Northwest... the re-recording, but it is not so easy to find, at an affordable price... Here's hoping Varese put it on for lossless download (at the least). It really is a superb recording and deserves to be widely available. Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,076 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 I suspect @BryonDavis is looking into whether it would be feasible to rerelease on CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,482 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said: Here's hoping Varese put it on for lossless download (at the least). It really is a superb recording and deserves to be widely available. Oh it's also on Spotify, I'm just complaining not to be able to put in my CD collection! Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 2:31 PM, Score said: I have a similar top 5, but with Mysterious Island in the place of The Kentuckian (although I don't know the latter yet; just received the Stromberg CD and planning to listen to it in the weekend). Fahrenheit 451 is truly gorgeous, comparable to Psycho under many aspects. Some cues got a bit butchered in the final cut of the movie, but fortunately we have an almost perfect re-recording. I've always regretted that Herrmann didn't include the exquisite " first snows of winter" music with " The Road and Finale" as part of his 451 suite. Fortunately the Tribute recording has it. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 12 hours ago, bruce marshall said: I've always regretted that Herrmann didn't include the exquisite " first snows of winter" music with " The Road and Finale" as part of his 451 suite. Fortunately the Tribute recording has it. That cue was not intended to be in the movie, in the initial stage. Herrmann's manuscript score does not include it: after "The Road", there is "Finale", and there is a clear indication on how to connect the two pieces into a single one (probably this was added later as an instruction to assemble the suite). "First Snows of Winter" is tracked from the second part of the cue "The Monorail", also included in the Tribute recording, so it was probably a request by Truffaut which took place after Herrmann had finished the composition of the score, and not planned to be there initially. Moreover, the cue "The Monorail" was originally orchestrated in a slightly different way: the glockenspiel line (which gives the piece its "snowy" feeling when attached to the final scene) was supposed to be played by violins and violas - I'm not aware of any recording of this version. So, the existence of that piece must have been a happy consequence of post-production changes. From a strictly musical point of view, I like "The Road" to continue into "Finale", although I am also happy to have the piece in the Tribute recording. bruce marshall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Interesting. The changes show why why Truffaut was a great director! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Not as great as Godard, but yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, Thor said: Not as great as Godard, but yes. Get outta here! No comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I re-published an old article today, about Herrmann's TAXI DRIVER and other "urban-poetic" scores. It's in Norwegian, but I've already run it through Google Translate for you here, so it should at least make some sense, should you be interested: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://celluloidtunes.no/fra-montages-arkivet-arven-fra-taxi-driver-og-urban-musikkpoesi/ Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/20/2021 at 8:25 PM, Marian Schedenig said: The earpads are all dried up, and apparently new ones cost half as much as new headphones, so I'm waiting for a good deal on the K702. Like this? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Wow £119.00 on Amazon UK is nice, those are $219 on Amazon US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 hours ago, crocodile said: Like this? Something like this - though not from the UK, thanks to post-Brexit taxes. It's been at a similar price at the German Amazon for months (imagine my surprise when I first noticed, having paid about twice as much for my K701). But since it's hardly urgent, I've been waiting for either a special deal or the moment when I decide I'm bored of waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aenae 41 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Björk apparently named Bernard Herrmann's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir her favourite soundtrack of all time: Björk: "My favourite soundtrack is a Mankiewicz film The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, done by Bernard Herrmann." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Good pick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 4/30/2021 at 8:40 AM, Jurassic Shark said: In plain Spanish, you mean. Except for the disc with Obsession, the Decca box doesn't seem to include anything that's not currently available on Australian Eloquence. https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93202/Bernard_Herrmann_-_Film_Classics.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93203/Cinema_Spectacular.htm https://www.europadisc.co.uk/classical/93204/Miklos_Rozsa_-_Film_Scores.htm Isn't The Devil and Daniel Webster missing from the Eloquence though? Edit: Oh I see not all the titles are listed on the front cover. https://www.eloquenceclassics.com/files/2016/04/00028948037841-cover.jpg Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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