Neumation Music Publishing Updates

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Neumation Music publishing has sent out an e-mail listing it's upcoming titles:

 

Beetlejuice

The Goonies

For Your Eyes Only

Spider-Man 2

 

No target dates for releases and includes a caveat that other releases might pop up. 

 

Cover art provided appeared to be movie poster art and should be considered placeholders.  (My editorializing.)

 

 

[filmmusic 2,575]

Wow! Impressive!

I wonder though why Spiderman 2 and not 1.

[neumation 29]

Steve Bartek suggested Spider-Man 2, so that narrowed down the choice between the two. Both Spider-Man scores are exceptional examples of early 2000's Elfman. Either would have been solid choices. 

 

Yes, the images in the newsletter are only placeholders. Our illustrator is hard at work on bespoke art. We have no plans to use theatrical poster art or stills for our publications, though there may be an exception or two in the future. We made the choice early on to commission new art that is more in line with our branding. 

 

These are all in the proofreading phase. A few smaller publications may be interspersed, such as Les Baxter's "The Passions." After engraving 2000 pages the past few months, the proofreading and layout phases are taking a more leisurely pace than originally intended. Slow and steady...

[DangerMotif 1,266]

12 minutes ago, neumation said:

Steve Bartek suggested Spider-Man 2, so that narrowed down the choice between the two. Both Spider-Man scores are exceptional examples of early 2000's Elfman. Either would have been solid choices. 

 

Yes, the images in the newsletter are only placeholders. Our illustrator is hard at work on bespoke art. We have no plans to use theatrical poster art or stills for our publications, though there may be an exception or two in the future. We made the choice early on to commission new art that is more in line with our branding. 

 

These are all in the proofreading phase. A few smaller publications may be interspersed, such as Les Baxter's "The Passions." After engraving 2000 pages the past few months, the proofreading and layout phases are taking a more leisurely pace than originally intended. Slow and steady...

Will the Christopher Young cues be included?

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1 minute ago, Gibster said:

Will the Christopher Young cues be included?

There is some red tape involved with putting multiple composers work in a single book. Those cues may be available separately, at a later date. We are pondering digital releases or supplemental print publications for odds and ends that don’t make it into the books. 

[filmmusic 2,575]

https://neumation-music.com/products/danny-elfman-beetlejuice-in-full-score

 

 

Pity there is no complete score release to follow with the sheet music...

[Jay 42,106]

Is the Elfman/Burton box expansion not complete? 

 

[filmmusic 2,575]

4 hours ago, Jay said:

Isn't the Elfman/Burton box expansion complete? 

 

Oh, I didn't know.. Perhaps someone who knows the score best, can tell us?

 

edit: I counted 52 cues in the Neumation publication contents.

Here we have 36 tracks. Maybe some tracks combine cues, but I'm not sure, reading the titles. (Most of the times they correspond with the titles in the sheet music contents)

[Jay 42,106]

Even if it was, I'd love a standalone expansion very very much! It's sort of surprising that that one hasn't been tackled by a specialty label yet

[Cameron007 80]

Wonder what ever happened with Spider-Man 2?

[dillon 2]

1 hour ago, Cameron007 said:

Wonder what ever happened with Spider-Man 2?

It’s coming! The team is hard at work on it!

[Cameron007 80]

Awesome, thank you for confirming.

[DangerMotif 1,266]

How are the quality of these compared to Omni or Chris Sidall? Looking into getting Krull.

[karelm 3,190]

8 hours ago, DangerMotif said:

How are the quality of these compared to Omni or Chris Sidall? Looking into getting Krull.

 

They are comparable.  I have Krull and it's great.  

[bruckhorn 123]

They have posted another “coming soon” title: John Barry’s The Last Valley.

 

https://neumation-music.com/products/john-barry-the-last-valley-in-full-score

[filmmusic 2,575]

3 hours ago, bruckhorn said:

They have posted another “coming soon” title: John Barry’s The Last Valley.

 

https://neumation-music.com/products/john-barry-the-last-valley-in-full-score

I'm not familiar with this score.

I would love Barry's DANCES WITH WOLVES though..

[Yavar Moradi 3,503]

You should be. It’s one of Barry’s best and my personal favorite!

 

Yavar

[dillon 2]

13 hours ago, Yavar Moradi said:

You should be. It’s one of Barry’s best and my personal favorite!

 

Yavar

Agreed

[filmmusic 2,575]

On 02/03/2024 at 11:06 AM, Yavar Moradi said:

You should be. It’s one of Barry’s best and my personal favorite!

 

Yavar

I listened to the complete re-recording.

I'm afraid it didn't do much for me.

 

[Yavar Moradi 3,503]

1 hour ago, filmmusic said:

I listened to the complete re-recording.

I'm afraid it didn't do much for me.

Fair enough. I’m glad to have it, but most fans of the score feel it’s not a particularly faithful rerecording as it was reconstructed by ear from the film (they didn’t access written scores for it). We strongly prefer the original album even though it’s shorter. The rerecording is also not even close to complete, as this new book dramatically reveals. It’s only “complete” in terms of what made it into the film but Barry wrote a ton more music than that and a NEW, actually complete recording needs to happen some day.

 

Yavar

[filmmusic 2,575]

Just now, Yavar Moradi said:

as it was reconstructed by ear from the film (they didn’t access written scores for it)

Hmmmm. I wonder then what this new Neumation book will be. Will it be the ear reconstruction or the original manuscripts engraved?

[Yavar Moradi 3,503]

16 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Hmmmm. I wonder then what this new Neumation book will be. Will it be the ear reconstruction or the original manuscripts engraved?

17 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said:

The rerecording is also not even close to complete, as this new book dramatically reveals.

Shared at the John Barry group on Facebook:

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Coming this spring from Neumation Music, the first John Barry study score publication: THE LAST VALLEY. Engraved from the recently recovered orchestrations by Bobby Richards.

Includes:

An introduction essay by Jon Burlingame.

A breakdown of all 48 cues explaining the various postproduction edits and unused/alternates.

The unused song lyrics.

This book has been in the works for quite awhile. We consulted all the production companies attached to the film and contacted the estates of the producers—no one could find a single scrap of paper from the production. What’s here is all that is known to exist. I was very happy to have had input from the late Gergeli Hubai shortly before his passing.

Coming much later will be an article about Bobby Richards with comments by his family and discussion of his work with Barry in his own words, excerpted from an archival recording!

And from @bruckhorn’s link which you quoted:

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Thought for many years to be lost, the manuscripts were recently discovered. This edition is engraved from the original orchestrations by Bobby Richards.

 

Yavar

[neumation 29]

34 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Hmmmm. I wonder then what this new Neumation book will be. Will it be the ear reconstruction or the original manuscripts engraved?

We will never publish transcriptions, an original manuscript is a requirement for all of our publications. 
 

The Nic Raine transcription is more of a reimagining of the score than it is an accurate representation of what Barry actually wrote. 

[Tom Guernsey 3,184]

Maybe this’ll inspire someone to do a new recording then… I always thought it was a pretty great score. 

[neumation 29]

40 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Maybe this’ll inspire someone to do a new recording then… I always thought it was a pretty great score. 

That’s in the works 

[DangerMotif 1,266]

On 3/3/2024 at 6:26 PM, neumation said:

That’s in the works 

Any idea when the Spider-Man 2 book is coming out?

[filmmusic 2,575]

I just got my first Neumation book (Krull).

I wanted to ask, aren't these sealed like Omni and Chris Siddall's publications?

 

[neumation 29]

34 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

I just got my first Neumation book (Krull).

I wanted to ask, aren't these sealed like Omni and Chris Siddall's publications?

 

No, we don’t seal the books with shrink wrap. It was a deliberate choice to avoid contributing to plastic waste. Which is also why we use recyclable shipping packaging. 

On 4/3/2024 at 9:49 PM, DangerMotif said:

Any idea when the Spider-Man 2 book is coming out?

It will be ready when it’s ready. It is a 900 page manuscript and has very dense orchestrations, very laborious to engrave.

[bruckhorn 123]

Beetlejuice is now available for ordering:

 

https://neumation-music.com/products/danny-elfman-beetlejuice-in-full-score

 

[filmmusic 2,575]

Goldsmith's THE MUMMY coming!  

https://fb.watch/rX90pLBiSA/

[Monsmord 0]

I'm still nearly slavering while looking forward to The Passions. Any updates on that project?

[neumation 29]

18 hours ago, Monsmord said:

I'm still nearly slavering while looking forward to The Passions. Any updates on that project?

It’s printing. June release. Finally.
 

Jewels of the Sea is in the works as the next Baxter release. House of Usher might follow. 

[Monsmord 0]

2 minutes ago, neumation said:

It’s printing. June release. Finally.
 

Jewels of the Sea is in the works as the next Baxter release. House of Usher might follow. 

 

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

 

[DangerMotif 1,266]

@neumationVery happy to see the new Spider-Man artwork on your site, any idea when the book will be available for purchase?

 

Also as a side note, is there any chance the books can be printed on higher quality paper (similar to Omni&CSM) It helps with legibility and helps the books last longer.

 

 

[neumation 29]

2 hours ago, DangerMotif said:

@neumationVery happy to see the new Spider-Man artwork on your site, any idea when the book will be available for purchase?

 

Also as a side note, is there any chance the books can be printed on higher quality paper (similar to Omni&CSM) It helps with legibility and helps the books last longer.

 

 

Spider-Man 2 is being proofread which is quite a chore for it being 900 pages. Looks like spring, following Goldsmith’s The Mummy and Bronislaw Kaper’s THEM!

 

We are using a far nicer, 70lb matte paper. There were supplier issues with Beetlejuice, and to a lesser extent For Your Eyes Only, that were out of our control and quite disappointing. Goonies, Twilight Zone, Last Valley, The Passions, and everything forthcoming is on new 70lb.

[DangerMotif 1,266]

8 minutes ago, neumation said:

Spider-Man 2 is being proofread which is quite a chore for it being 900 pages. Looks like spring, following Goldsmith’s The Mummy and Bronislaw Kaper’s THEM!

 

We are using a far nicer, 70lb matte paper. There were supplier issues with Beetlejuice, and to a lesser extent For Your Eyes Only, that were out of our control and quite disappointing. Goonies, Twilight Zone, Last Valley, The Passions, and everything forthcoming is on new 70lb.

Sounds great, really looking forward.

[Maglorfin 213]

Received my copy of For Your Eyes Only (one of my top 3 favorite 007 scores) a few days ago  Due to a slight manufacturing defect (which doesn't bother me at all, I'm happy to say), I was able to get it with a good discount, AND it was the last copy before the reprint next year - so I got double lucky! 

 

I can't even put in words how very happy I am that someone actually went through the laborious process of publishing this one, plus at the moment, it's actually the only Bond score that is available in full score edition (at least to the best of my knowledge). @neumation, thank you so much for making FYEO a reality, and I remember reading somewhere that it's certainly not the last 007 score you put out, so PLEASE don't let us down in the future!