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Hey friends,

There has been a discussion of this over at FSM but I want to spread the word here. My good friend Jim Cirronella, through his company Zero Day Releasing, spent the last two and a half years tracking down, licensing (at great cost due to the many owners of the music), and remastering the library cues from George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead.



This will be the most definitive and legitimate collection of cues ever assembled from the classic film. There only omissions are a short ten second piece from just before the first Zombie attack on Barbara which no one could identify it and it was not listed on the cue sheet and the synth tracks recorded by Hardman Associates because the tapes have long vanished. Jim actually checked with the Hardman estate I believe and they didn't even have copies. Rather than just rip the audio from the movie, it was decided to simply not to include them.

This is a genuinely pressed CD in digipak format that comes with a booklet with full liner notes. It can be ordered directly from Zero Day releasing here:

http://www.autopsyofthedead.com/ZD021.html

And from Amazon here:

http://www.amazon.com/THEY-Music-soundt ... 763&sr=1-1

For Romero fans, Jim also produced a great documentary on Night of the Living Dead called Autopsy of the Dead which gets deeper and more detailed on the making of the film than any of the recent DVD documentaries have. It is also available on that website. Cheers!

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I've been waiting for a long time to have this on cd...never expected it to be treated with such care. Can't wait!

Cool project! We're checking now on the status of dealer inquiries.
--Doug

Awesome! The release date was pushed back several times because they wanted to get everything right with the manufacturing. I think this should be something that will satisfy everyone.

I do want to correct myself on one thing. Sadly, I was told that the synth tracks which were recorded by Hardman Associates aren't on the album because the tapes have long vanished. Jim actually checked with the Hardman estate I believe and they didn't even have copies. Rather than just rip the audio from the movie, it was decided to simply not to include them.

One cool piece of trivia, Kyra Schon (the daughter of Karl Hardman and Marilyn Eastman who played the young girl) still owns the music box which played when Barbara entered the house. They took the music box and recorded the tune for inclusion.

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I was notified that mine shipped on Monday (21Jun10) and is 'out for delivery' right now (Wednesday 23Jun10). I have the Varese LP so it will interesting to see if all the tracks that I have listened to over the years are on this release.

Update

The CD arrived yesterday and I promptly listened to it. If you have the old Varese LP, hang on to it! There are some missing bits and pieces that are not on the new CD. The LP had some dialogue which understandably is missing from this new CD. I know that there is something in the announcement that there were some missing synth parts from "Hardman Associates". There are some differences in the tracks. Some cues have more music - other cues from the LP are combined cues from this CD. The announcement also states that there was an unidentifiable cue missing which was on the LP.

I am currently comparing the two releases and matching the CD to the LP the original cue titles to the LP titles. Because of the differences this is taking longer than I expected.

Update

Here are the tracks I have identified (so far)

CD Number & Title = LP Number & Title
#01 Eerie Heavy Echo (L-1204) = #01 Driveway To The Cemetery (Main Title)
#02 Night Suspense (JB-33) = #02 At The Gravesite (At The Gravesite/Flight/Refuge)
#03 Heavy Agitato (TC-416) = #02 Flight (At The Gravesite/Flight/Refuge)
#04 Light Suspense (JB-37) = #02 Refuge (At The Gravesite/Flight/Refuge)
#07 Weird Eerie (ZR-87c) = #03 Farmhouse / First Approach
#10 Space Drama = #04 Ghoulash (JR's Demise)
#29 Mysterioso (ZR-9) = #05 Boarding Up
#31 Tension (TC-402) = #05 Boarding Up
#13 Dream = #05 Boarding Up
#17 Dramatic Eerie (PG-190) = #06 First Radio Report (First Radio Report/Torch On The Porch)
#18 Mysterioso (ZR-8) = #06 Torch On The Porch (First Radio Report / Torch On The Porch)
#20 Mysterioso (ZR-68) = #07 Boarding Up 2 / Discovery: Gun 'N Ammo
#22 Somber Emotional (L-33) = #08 Cleaning House
#25 Shock/Stormy = #09 First Advance
#28 Mysterioso (ZR-65) = #10 Discovery Of TV (Discovery Of TV / Preparing To Escape / Tom And Judy)
#?? ?? = #10 Preparing To Escape / Tom And Judy (Discovery Of TV / Preparing To Escape / Tom And Judy)
#34 Chase (ZR-62) = #11 Attemped Escape
#?? ?? = #12 Truck On Fire / Ben Attacks Harry / Leg Of Leg
#?? ?? = #13 Beat 'Em Or Burn 'Em / Final Advance
#?? ?? = #14 Helen's Death / Dawn / Posse In The Fields / Ben Awakes
#40 Eerie Heavy Echo (L-1214) #15 Funeral Pyre (End Title) (OK Vince/Funeral Pyre (End Title))


LP Track List:
01. Driveway To The Cemetery (Main Title)
Spencer Moore
02. At The Gravesite / Flight / Refuge
William Loose / Loose-Seeley / William Loose
03. Farmhouse / First Approach
George Hormel
04. Ghoulash (JR's Demise)
Ib Glindemann
05. Boarding Up
George Hormel / Loose-Seeley / Ib Glindemann
06. First Radio Report / Torch On The Porch
Phil Green / George Hormel
07.Boarding Up 2 / Discovery: Gun 'N Ammo
George Hormel
08. Cleaning House
Spencer Moore
09. First Advance
Ib Glindemann
10. Discovery Of TV / Preparing To Escape / Tom And Judy
George Hormel / Jack Meakin
11. Attempted Escape
George Hormel
12. Truck On Fire / Ben Attacks Harry / Leg Of Leg*
George Hormel / *Electronic sound effects by Karl Hardman
13. Beat 'Em Or Burn 'Em / Final Advance
George Hormel
14. Helen's Death* / Dawn / Posse In The Fields / Ben Awakes
Spencer Moore / *Electronic sound effects by Karl Hardman
15. OK Vince / Funeral pyre (End Title)
Spencer Moore


CD Track List:
01. Eerie Heavy Echo (L-1204)
Spencer Moore
02. Night Suspense (JB-33)
William Loose/Jack Cookerly
03. Heavy Agitato (TC 416)
William Loose/John Seely
04. Light Suspense (JB-37)
William Loose/Jack Cookerly
05. Fateful Fire (TC 151)
William Loose/John Seely
06. Dreary Danger (TC 157)
William Loose/John Seely
07. Weird Eerie (ZR-87C)
George Hormel
08. Small Disaster (TC 130)
William Loose/John Seely
09. Reserved Disaster (TC 127)
William Loose/John Seely
10. Space Drama
Ib Glindemann
11. Black Night (TC 155)
William Loose/John Seely
12. Shock Suspense
Ib Glindemann
13. Dream
Ib Glindemann
14. The Music Box
Uncredited
15. Mystery Hour
Ib Glindemann
16. Curious Danger (TC 158)
Ib Glindemann
17. Dramatic Eerie (PG 190)
Phil Green
18. Mysterioso (8-ZR-8)
George Hormel
19. Danger In The Night (Take 9)
Stan Livingston
20. Mysterioso (ZR-68)
George Hormel
21. Emotional Bridge
Ib Glindemann
22. Somber Emotional (L-33)
Spencer Moore
23. Punch Disaster (TC 132)
William Loose/John Seely
24. Attack At The Window (Medley - Acoustic Space Station Take 11, Shock/Stormy, Dramatic Swirl To Sting [PG-261])
Stan Livingston/Ib Glindemann/Phil Green
25. Shock/Stormy
Ib Glindemann
26. Acoustic Space Station (Take 8)
Stan Livingston
27. Weird Suspense
Ib Glindemann
28. Mysterioso (ZR-65)
George Hormel
29. Mysterioso (ZR-9)
George Hormel
30. Serene Heart (TC-306)
William Loose/John Seely
31. Tension (TC 402)
William Loose/John Seely
32. Sting 44 (TC 344)/Sting 27 (TC 329)
William Loose/John Seely
33. Fire (JB-28)
William Loose/John Seely
34. Chase (ZR-62)
George Hormel
35. Heavy Dramatic (CB 16B)
Harry Bluestone/Emil Cadkin
36. Heavy Dramatic (CB 54)
Harry Bluestone/Emil Cadkin
37. Heavy Dramatic (CB 15A)
Harry Bluestone/Emil Cadkin
38. Heavy Dramatic (CB 15B)
Harry Bluestone/Emil Cadkin
39. Eerie Heavy Echo (L-1216)
Spencer Moore
40. Eerie Heavy Echo (L-1214)
Spencer Moore
41. Trailer (Bonus)
Dialogue

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I received my copy and it's just wonderful. Yes there is no dialogue which is understandable as this is the SCORE only. The Hardman synths aren't there for obvious reasons, there no where to be found.

This is an excellent CD and the sound quality on it sounds incredible. Hard to believe these sources are what 40, 50 years old or so and they sound just great. I'm not a fan of mono soundtracks at all, but for some strange reason, this one doesn't bother me the slightest.

I was able to meet the fellow behind this release, Jim, super nice guy and he gave me the long story on the score of the film and what it took to bring this to us. Just listening to him explain all the hurdles and copyright issues and trying to figure out who wrote what, it exhausted me. He poured his heart and soul on it and I think Jim is THE person who knows, probably the most, when it comes to the score of this film.

Wonderful release, pick it up if you can!!

Just wanted to chime in and say I had this cd on a loop all day yesterday. You really did a great job producing it. Very happy to retire my old LP transfer. Many thanks-