Intrada Soundtrack Forum

Maybe he meant Randy Spendlove at Paramount?

Yep... I guess we can thank Randy Spendlove who helped to open the gates of Paramount, can't we?
For years, we have regretted that Paramount and Disney were non collaborative studios with licensing to a third party the rights to produce expanded score. Happily, thanks to the constant efforts of our beloved labels, the situation has changed so I always have a thought for Mr Spendlove when I see his name credited!

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Rame Tep! Rame Tep! Rame Tep!

It would have been fantastic to hear the chorus from Waxing Elizabeth separated from the orchestral version as well. Despite what others have said, the two chants are actually quite different. The biggest difference is probably the central "procession" piece (I call it that because it's the scene in which Elizabeth is being carried over to the sacrificial casket) of Waxing Elizabeth and its repeat at the end of the track. It's the only time in either chant when the chorus sings the "Rame Tep, Etare Homentep, Etare Syristep" verse in a loud and dynamic way as opposed to the hushed verses of Rame Tep.

However, my favorite part of either chant is the lengthy overlap between male and female voices in Rame Tep (the part in which the men begin to sing "El Maltemal tey han de brahn mobbit" while the women continue with the "Rame Tep, Etare Homentep, Etare Syristep" verse. This overlap is 4 times longer in "Rame Tep" than "Waxing Elizabeth" so, in the long run, I'm glad that's the chorus we got because it's my preferred of the two.

I don't think Randy Thornton had a decisional responsibility in Intrada and Disney agreement, but he's definitely my hero for having produced so many beautiful restorations for the last 25 years or so... But that's not the point here. ^^

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Jason Needs
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I received and listened to my copy. The new mix is extraordinarily detailed and definitely brings this score under a different light. Unlike some on other areas of the Internet, I don't obsessively cling to old mixes like a child to a teddy bear and love it when album producers present the music in a new, carefully constructed way.

As for the notes, it's an interesting selection of scores that Broughton would like to see released. Some I never even heard of, such as The Last Halloween and The Locket. He shouldn't sell himself short by omission with regard to those excellent Hawaii Five-O scores he did.

got mine yesterday. outstanding. I particularly like how the discs are broken up.

i hunted for the lp or cassette of this as a kid, never found it, then moved away from scores for years, and as i never revisited the movie I kind of forgot a lot about the music, the Rame Tep theme in particular. Is that the best kind of gift? Something you used to love and then forgot all about? It is for nostalgia fiends like me.

this has jumped right up there with Rosenman's Lord of the Rings, Conan, Krull - my favorite heroic scores.