Scores rerecorded for their albums

[robthehand 3]

I'm just interested to know: a) why it happens and B) which ones it happened to

I mean releases like the original Jaws release and The Spy Who Loved Me.

[Incanus 5,519]

Well a) the main reason was money. In the olden days the the American union recordings were subject to new use fees amounting to repayment 100% of the musicians fees earned during the initial recording, if the same performance was issued as a soundtrack album.

B) It was actually cheaper to rerecord the score album even over seas at London or some where else than to use the existing original music. So many socres like Dracula, Jaws, The Fury and Patton , Masada, Under Fire, Omen II:Damien etc. were just recorded again and the composers made modifications to the music and combined cues and made a whole new interpretation of the music for the commercial album.

[fommes 126]

E.T.

Weren't there rumours about Catch me if you can too?

[Incanus 5,519]

Wasn't CEO3K original album rerecording?

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

B) which ones it happened to

Ones from the 70s, mostly.

Marian -

Take a Hard Ride (Jerry Goldsmith)

[Jim Ware 428]

No, CE3K is not a re-recording.

Re-recording of film scores for albums tends not to happen too often nowadays. The most recent example I can think of is Philip Glass' The Hours.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,765]

A more prominant case is Damien: Omen II, which was recorded for the film in LA, but re-recorded in London for the album. Thankfully, we have both versions on the new Varese album.

[nightscape94 965]

The original The Fury album was also a rerecording specifically for the score release. I don't believe any of those original tracks (which is also represented on the 2nd disc of the recent Sarabande release) were featured in the actual movie. They were all recorded separately as concert tracks for the LP.

Tim

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

No, CE3K is not a re-recording.

Re-recording of film scores for albums tends not to happen too often nowadays.  The most recent example I can think of is Philip Glass' The Hours.

Was't part of the CE3K a re-recording?

I'm pretty sure Nocturnal Pursuit is different.

[Morn 7]

The unions are ruining everything in amerca, actually making the costs prohibitive for many classical music recordings also. They'll stick to the popular stuff.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Unions are not an bad thing Morn.

If you ever worked a day in your life you would realize this.

[Morn 7]

The musicians unions are doing a disservice to everyone though....

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Well the new policy on re-use fees is a step in the right direction.

[Dean1700 4]

Bernstein's The Great Escape was re-recorded for the album release

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

According to Rober Townsends linernotes for Damien: The Omen II, John Williams Dracula was re-recorded for album release.

[Incanus 5,519]

That was already in my first post (and the info was from the same liner notes ). Perhaps score titles in italics would help to to get that noticed.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

The original The Fury album was also a rerecording specifically for the score release.  I don't believe any of those original tracks (which is also represented on the 2nd disc of the recent Sarabande release) were featured in the actual movie.  They were all recorded separately as concert tracks for the LP.

Correct, only disc #1 was used in the film. The original album was recorded during the Superman scoring sessions, or so I've heard.

Marian - *ahem* Jaws *ahem*.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251]

Then why do the cues from The Fury sound a lot better then Superman?

[Jim Ware 428]

Superman was recorded during September, October and November 1978. The Fury (the album re-recording) was recorded much earlier, in February 1978.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

Hmm, interesting. So the wide-spread rumour is false.

Marian - who stands corrected.