Intrada Soundtrack Forum

I just listened to Goldmsith's score to "Baby" for the first time. Though I'm a card-carrying Goldsmith addict since being a teenager in the late '80s, I have never heard this score nor seen the film. Wow. What a wonderful, unique, well-crafted piece of work. And "The Rescue" (track 15) in particular...wow wow wow wow wow wow. That's exactly the kind of Goldsmith that I love best, and that piece really delivers bucketfuls of film music heaven.

Dear Intrada:
Many, many thanks for delivering this bouncing baby gem. It is amazing to be able to discover or re-discover scores decades later, in their best representation ever (and often their first)...and to experience that youthful adrenaline film music geek rush from hearing an incredible piece, that rush that some of us often got when we were budding film score enthusiasts and played the latest Jerry or Ennio or Jamie or Johnny album and got all fired up like it was a rock concert.

It is companies like Intrada that keep the glory of pure film music alive, and keep film score enthusiasts ever enchanted. In a time when modern film music seems to suffer a number of ailments (my own opinion, of course), and the quality and volume of output doesn't seem to be what it once was...it is because of Intrada, FSM, Varese and other companies that we can still experience the thrill of discovering great film music that reinforces your passion for it.

Thank you, Intrada, for all of your Goldsmith releases and all of your efforts to provide us with music we never thought we'd have. You are pivotal in the crusade for keeping film music alive and thriving.

Intrada Rules.

I would have loved to write about the latest batches, and to have read more on them since their release.
I also thought of starting a "Thanks for the new annoucements! Long live the previous releases!" thread, but Allardyce started this one right before me-- so I'll use this one.


Baby-- Secret of the Lost Legend
As so often, I've never seen the movie; of the music, I only knew the bit presented on the Deconstructing Goldsmith site.
I love the Legend-y atmosphere at the beginning, and the action does pelasantly foreshadow that in Rambo-- First Blood, Part II: The Mission.
Knockout!

Broken Trail
I loved it! I like the mix of West and East.
One of the problems of ethnic music usually is that we're just not used to it, and it may sound grating, even unpleasant. In this case, probably thanks to a certain does of adaptation, the whole score is a very pleasant experience, even though there's much atmosphere and tension.

Comes a Horseman
Very good, with plenty of nice passages. The only "downfall" is that one motif happens to be rather close to Poledouris' Big Wednesday fanfare, so those cues always inevitably recall the others.

The Stunt Man / An Unmarried Woman
Received today-- for once, the Post Office worked as it always should, and I received my package within four days.
I like the circus/carnival theme and cue for the "Film Caravan", but it does walk the line of "too much", both in the cue and through its various incarnations. I love the song.
After making my backup wav copy onto my external hard drive, I programmed the tracks in the recommended chronological order, and found it good too; I'll make a CD-R in this order (akbeit, with the song at the end), so that I will have both options.
What a pity "The Chase" is so short! I love this one and this kind of music!
An Unmarried Woman is great.
I did the same as above, and programmed the wav files in chronological order; as above, I liked it, and will complete the CD-R with this one in film order as well.
The only thing I don't like is the chaotic beginning of track 15-- fine in terms of composition and effect in the movie I suppose, but quite unpleasant on its own.

Chato's Land
Fielding is tricky; he can get so experimental or abstract as to be hard to enjoy on his own.
I did not get Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia! because the samples never could tempt me, however much I tried.
I liked The Mechanic, but need to play it again to write more about it. Same thing for The Getaway, and I really should play The Wild Bunch again; I have not had the opportunity for too long.
I love Lawman.
Then came Chato's Land; I hesitated and waited till this time to order it; the samples sounded good, but would the rest be the same, or more abstract?
Well, I loved it! It's a splendid score-- with superb sound, indeed, as noted in the booklet. It is most certainly not a traditional melodic western score, not an entiely Planet of the Apes experiment either. Whatever it is, I love it-- but will I like the next Fielding release? I guess I'll hesitate some more.

The Explorers: A Century of Discovery
The wav backup is playing right now, to check everything is okay, and for my own pleasure: it's my second listen, and it's a very nice score.


Back in time in more ways than one...

Swashbuckler
Splendid main title, great score. My only regret is that there is so much cartoony music. Superb, nonetheless.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
I was not entirely sure, due to the material limits of TV scoring, but did not regret it-- the only stuff I skip is the dance club music.
I love the song, and the link someone on FSM's board provided to a Youtube video of the main titles probably helped appreciate it even more.

This Girl for Hire
Even though it's Broughton, which usually means safe ground, I was not too sure about the oir aspect; frankly, I don't care much for saxophone bits, because, like Middle-Eastern female vocals nowadays, it has been done to the bone to signify "sexy" or "noir".
I trusted Broughton anyway, and I was right; I loved the score a lot!
(Conti's use of the saxophone in an An Unmarried Woman also is to my taste, by the way).


Thanks for all of these, Intrada!
Though Baby-- Secret of the Lost Legend obviously is the most important release, in itself and for what it means, these were all great releases, with the same Intrada quality.