Hey, all. I've lurked, and I actually registered a few months ago, but now I'm finally posting. I'm relatively new to Intrada, but I highly appreciate all the great stuff you guys do. So far my only Intrada item I own is the Eloise set, but that right there is fantastic. I remember watching Eloise at Christmastime and thinking "Man, this music is great! It's a shame it'll probably never get released." And then not too long after, I saw the announcement and jumped on it. My parents are even glad I got it! I'm watching my finances, since I'm a senior in high school preparing for college, and I want to be wise with my purchases. I do definitely plan to grab "The Wind and the Lion" (haven't seen the movie, but I'm liking the samples) and "Harry and the Hendersons" (saw the movie several times as a kid--the idea of all that unused music is a revelation!). I'm also contemplating "One Night With the King." My wallet was wincing when I listened to those samples.
Now, the Alien score is extremely popular, but alas, I have never seen the film, and so I'm unfamiliar with the score. I definitely appreciate what an important release this is and all the work that went into it, however, judging by the samples, I'm not sure if it would be high on my priority list. Just about everyone says it's awesome (I'm from JWFan, by the way--Delorean90), but I'm wondering, is the vast majority of it the more disturbing/avant garde material a la the samples of "Sleepy Alien" and the alternate "The Cupboard," more action sounding/intense material a la "It's a Droid," or is it a bit of a medium between the two? If it's more of a medium, I could definitely see myself going for it--I mean, it's Jerry Goldsmith! But if it's more of the avant garde stuff...I may save my money, at least for now (thank God it's a regular release!). I mean, even the samples, which initially kinda rubbed me the wrong way given the score's popularity, are growing more interesting as I listen to them again, but I'm not sure if I want $30 of dissonance, even if it's Jerry Goldsmith dissonance, if you see what I'm saying.
Thanks for any help and advice.
And now I just had a couple of dream releases I thought I'd check on how realistic it would be to see happen:
The most out-there one would be "It's a Wonderful Life." I've gotten a hold of the David Newman re-recording, and it's definitely better than nothing, but it is still definitely incomplete, missing some music that actually was in the film that I liked, and it seems to take some orchestrational and timing liberties that make it difficult to see how the music was meant to fit. I would love to see a complete re-recording that adheres to the original recording--that is, as close to the original score as possible (I don't know what remains of the original sheet music and masters) in orchestration and tempo.
I'm wondering what the situation is with Danny Elfman's Batman scores, along with Shirley Walker's score for Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, and the scores for Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series are. It would be awesome to see anthology sets of the last two a la "Amazing Stories" or something like that.
Finally, complete releases for Poledouris's "The Hunt for Red October" (Paramount...) and "The Jungle Book" would be awesome.
Thanks for any info regarding whatever issues there are with those scores, as well as help on making a decision concerning Alien.
