Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 3, 2024 Share Posted September 3, 2024 Over 70% funded in the first 24 hours, the latest Leigh Phillips Kickstarter campaign to newly record two lost Jerry Goldsmith film scores has already gotten more backers than any of his three successful General Electric Theater campaigns got in their entire 30 day runs: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/ It seems guaranteed to succeed, so don't miss your chance to essentially pre-order a copy. A lossless digital download with PDF liner notes is only 12 GBP while the CD edition is only 15 GBP + shipping. (There's also an option to get both for only 22 GBP, plus a bunch of other exciting perks at higher tiers.) These are two wonderful scores and major holes in the Goldsmith discography and I can't wait for them to become a reality on album. Thanks to everyone here who participated in this board poll because you helped select this project for Leigh to tackle next, before he gets around to his holy grail of a new Lionheart recording. Yavar Marcus Stöhr and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 7, 2024 Author Share Posted September 7, 2024 This is now only a few hundred pounds from funding! Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 8, 2024 Author Share Posted September 8, 2024 Goal met this morning, less than six days into the campaign! So now it’s basically just a preorder with a $3 discount on the CD. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doo_liss 6,985 Posted September 8, 2024 Share Posted September 8, 2024 42 minutes ago, Yavar Moradi said: Goat met this morning, less than six days into the campaign! So now it’s basically just a preorder with a $3 discount on the CD. Yavar Marian Schedenig and Yavar Moradi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 9,399 Posted September 8, 2024 Share Posted September 8, 2024 Goldsmith is indeed the GOAT johnmillions and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 9, 2024 Author Share Posted September 9, 2024 Typo fixed, thanks. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 9, 2024 Author Share Posted September 9, 2024 Surprised there isn't more discussion here. I guess folks just don't know the scores? So I'll introduce them, and even link to both full films available for viewing/listening on YouTube... First up we have Pursuit (1972), a taut thriller with some excellent action cues from Goldsmith written in his "mod" 70s style. This was famed author Michael Crichton's first foray as a director, which he made a condition of his licensing out the adaptation rights to his book (he did something similar the following year on Westworld, which Goldsmith was unfortunately unavailable to score). And this was the beginning of a strong friendship between the two men. Afterwards, Goldsmith scored every Crichton film he could fit into his schedule, with the most important pair the one-two punch of Coma and The Great Train Robbery in 1978. (Then there was Runaway in 1984 and The 13th Warrior in 1999, not to mention adaptations of his books which he didn't direct such as Congo.) The other film is more obscure but I like it better, and I like the score better two... kind of a melancholy, sometimes disturbing slow suspense build rather than the outright horror picture the DVD cover art makes it look like, it's an adaptation of a bestselling book with a really sensitive and occasionally creepy score... and yes there are a couple of excellent action cues as well! Pursuit has been confirmed lost for ages by Lukas Kendall, and Crawlspace was an independent production with the elements long since vanished. These are two very significant holes to plug in the Goldsmith discography, and the most substantial remaining unreleased feature film scores in his output (barring rejected scores, anyway). Yavar Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 11, 2024 Author Share Posted September 11, 2024 STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! Third unreleased TV movie score (Jerry Goldsmith's first ever, not counting his contributions to the live-to-tape 90 minute anthology series Playhouse 90 during his CBS years) announced for possible addition if goal is met: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4195434 Says Leigh, Quote Don't let this stunning, proto-Chinatown, end credits music mislead you; the score for this hard-hitting TV drama holds many surprises for the listener. Sometimes tender, sometimes jazzy, sometimes cool, sometimes avant-garde and completely uncompromising; Goldsmith packs a heck of a lot into the 16-min runtime! I won't go into background details re plot and production, as our good friend Joe Sikoryak will be covering it when he posts his next blog. What I can tell you is that, for an additional €4776/ £4028/ $5265, we can capture this score by scheduling an extra session following the Pursuit & Crawlspace recordings (it would be recorded on the same day as one of these). That means the campaign stretch-goal figure will be €18,951 (convert as appropriate). I hope you all enjoy this little excerpt of pure vintage Goldsmith. By pushing onward we have the distinct possibility of adding yet another lost gem to our collections. Please do keep spreading the word! Thanks, everyone! Just to clarify: as with the bonus score "Autumn Love" last time around on the third General Electric Theater campaign, as long as the goal is met this will automatically be added at no additional cost for every backer at the base tier or above. You aren't required to add onto your pledge in order to receive it. But please do spread the word to more film music friends of yours! Yavar Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestat 450 Posted September 11, 2024 Share Posted September 11, 2024 A happy backer here - can't wait to see what you guys end up with. Like the People Next Door credits. Very Chinatowny, totally. Also, is Lionheart going to be a thing down the line? I think that could be a revelation if JG orchestrated the synth parts or if he composed them for synthesiser? In any case, love the work you do here Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 12, 2024 Author Share Posted September 12, 2024 16 hours ago, thestat said: A happy backer here - can't wait to see what you guys end up with. Like the People Next Door credits. Very Chinatowny, totally. The opening and closing cues are the most like Chinatown, but there's a surprising amount of variety in between. Leigh just shared another short sample of the score which demonstrates some of that: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4195868 16 hours ago, thestat said: Also, is Lionheart going to be a thing down the line? I think that could be a revelation if JG orchestrated the synth parts or if he composed them for synthesiser? In any case, love the work you do here Thanks! The short answer to your question is that we are waiting for final confirmation on Lionheart, because the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library has apparently been a bit swamped with requests. So we are in their cue to get copies of Jerry's original written sketches (which might also possible reveal a bit more previously unreleased music). Leigh very much suspects that they will reveal Jerry's original intentions did not include synth brass overlays on top of real brass. He is almost certain that was improvised later to smooth some flubs in the performance of some of the brass players in Hungary. The rest of the synths -- such as the lovely dreamy ones in "The Lake", or the distinctive synth serpent sound used primarily for the villainous Black Prince -- were clearly intended as part of the unique fabric of the score from the very beginning, and Leigh plans to faithfully recreate them. Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 580 Posted September 12, 2024 Share Posted September 12, 2024 This may be a silly question but what extra will shipping for the current kickstarter cost in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 12, 2024 Author Share Posted September 12, 2024 29 minutes ago, Stark said: This may be a silly question but what extra will shipping for the current kickstarter cost in the USA? Well if you're getting the lossless download w/ PDF tier at £12, there's obviously no shipping charge so you're paying about $15.70 with current exchange rate. For the CD tier, it's £5 (or approximately $6.50 at the moment) to cover shipping, plus £15 for the CD itself, for a total of £20 (just over $26 at the moment), shipped. Leigh started his Kickstarter account while living in the UK, so even though he lives in Prague now (and he himself therefore sees currency amounts in euros) apparently Kickstarter doesn't let you change your home currency.... so it will fluctuate a bit based on the exchange rate. I double checked Intrada and they currently charge $4.50 for shipping a single disc. If you hold out for them to release the CD from their website though, you'll not only get it a month later but their single CD price will be $23, for a total of $27.50 (not including California sales tax if you live there). So as it works out, you can basically save about $1.35 and get the CD edition a month earlier if you back through the Kickstarter. (Plus, you also make the stretch goal more likely to happen, which adds value for you and everyone else.) Yavar Stark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 9,355 Posted September 13, 2024 Share Posted September 13, 2024 It might be helpful to put some info about the People Next Door stretch goal on the Kickstarter campaign page. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 13, 2024 Author Share Posted September 13, 2024 @Marian Schedenig, of course that info has started to be shared in the updates but I just nudged Leigh about updating the main campaign page — thanks for the suggestion! Yavar Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmillions 21 Posted September 28, 2024 Share Posted September 28, 2024 Doesn't the main theme of The People Next Door sound like The Chairman? Compare 0:30-0:50... ...to 0:38-0:58. I guess that's one of many reasons I like both! Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 9,355 Posted September 28, 2024 Share Posted September 28, 2024 Just checked: Only €48 missing for the stretch goal! Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,519 Posted September 29, 2024 Share Posted September 29, 2024 And it's reached Yavar Moradi and johnmillions 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 29, 2024 Author Share Posted September 29, 2024 Attention everyone who hasn’t pledged yet: This means that NOW when you pledge at ANY tier level, you get those benefits for all THREE complete Goldsmith scores at the same price — not just the original two! I just updated the thread title to reflect this. Yavar Steffromuk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted September 30, 2024 Author Share Posted September 30, 2024 On 28/09/2024 at 2:51 PM, johnmillions said: Doesn't the main theme of The People Next Door sound like The Chairman? This is a GREAT catch, and expertly spotted! Thanks for pointing it out. I think the rest of us were so distracted by the similarities of the theme to Chinatown that we missed the even more blatant melodic lift (albeit for a shorter B section) Jerry did from The People Next Door in his love theme for The Chairman! Yavar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted October 2, 2024 Author Share Posted October 2, 2024 Final 24 hours of the campaign! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace It presently stands at 343 backers having pledged £17,795/$23,642/€21,365. I wonder how many more will come in during these last 24 hours. Yavar Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted October 3, 2024 Author Share Posted October 3, 2024 "358 backers pledged £18,531 to help bring this project to life." Quite a step forward from Leigh's previous three campaigns, which is perhaps understandable since the scores are better known. Sadly I don't see a late pledge option like Intrada had on A&C Meet Frankenstein, but great news that three new Goldsmith premieres are coming soon! Yavar Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted October 15, 2024 Author Share Posted October 15, 2024 Came back to bump this thread for Leigh's latest Kickstarter update, which features a fairly substantial and exciting excerpt of one of the score's main action cues, "Break-Out"! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4222764 Yavar pete and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 1,017 Posted October 15, 2024 Share Posted October 15, 2024 Groovy! Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted October 24, 2024 Author Share Posted October 24, 2024 Another exciting action cue excerpt from Pursuit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4227959 And the first fantastic cue excerpt from Crawlspace, my personal favorite score of these three: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4232174 Yavar Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yavar Moradi 3,105 Posted December 3, 2024 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2024 Today’s Kickstarter update from Leigh includes session video of one very cool and eerie cue! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lpfilmmusic/record-jerry-goldsmiths-scores-for-pursuit-and-crawlspace/posts/4266202 “Day #1 of recording is done and dusted, with all music from The People Next Door and Crawlspace captured with time to spare (in fact, we may have had time to record a promo cue for the next project...). The orchestra really enjoyed performing both scores and, from a producer's perspective, two things became very clear; with excellent sonics TPND's score is unexpectedly more weird and avant garde when divorced from its visuals, and Crawlspace is far more colourful and expansive than the original audio and/or any Sibelius demos could possibly hint toward. Recording these scores, today, has been quite a revelation. Here's a small sample from the Crawlspace session (this is raw studio audio - basically what we hear coming through the mixing desk): Yavar Steffromuk, Tom Guernsey and Dunge_Onmaster 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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