Intrada Soundtrack Forum

Quincy Jones fans. That's awesome to see. Intrada take heart in this!

Quincy has always been a great person to work with from what i've heard. He fought Fox for his musicians like the great Gerry Mulligan and the Don Elliott Voices for example to be given on screen credit during the credits on Hot Rock. How cool is that!

He was also willing to have Jerry Fielding's original score put back on the DVD Special Edition of The Getaway back in 2005. He personally felt that it was the right thing to do and rarely do you ever hear another composer do that. The other instance was when Hans Zimmer who had replaced the late Georges Delerue on Regarding Henry wanted to put both of their scores together on the soundtrack album. The idea was shot down but it shows respect for the other. That's class! True craftsman through and through.

Here's the real question? WHY AREN'T THESE SCORES RELEASED IN SOME FORM OTHER THAN LP.

Although I've never been much of a jazz fan, Jones's THE HOT ROCK has been my favorite jazz score ever since the picture's 1972 release. That's partly because it contains what musically and dramatically is one of the most brilliant End Title cues ever. (Which the LP unfortunately breaks into two separate bands -- out of order. See the movie!) For forum member lawandorder, I'd be surprised if the HOT ROCK album was a rerecording, since the players were so few and some of the musicians such "names" in jazz.

But here's a barely relevant story I'll share with everyone.

In the summer of 1973 Quincy J. made an advertised personal appearance at a major Chicago record store, promoting his latest LP. I was home on break from college, so most of my albums were still back at school. But I headed for that store with the only records of Jones I had lugged home for the summer: MacKENNA'S GOLD and IN COLD BLOOD.

After waiting in a long line of mostly women and girls (you've got to realize Jones was quite a sex symbol at the time), I got to meet him and presented my LPs for autographs. He did a double take and said, "Hey, a movie man!" -- which I figure surprised him in a young black collector. The only question I recall asking was why there hadn't been an album released for THE GETAWAY. He replied, "Yeah, that never came out, did it?" before mumbling something about how you can't tell what record labels will decide to do.

Then glancing at the number of people still behind me, he asked "Who do I make (the autographs) out to?" I told him it wasn't as if he knew me personally, so he could just sign his name. He did; but I had the feeling he was mildly offended!

So if you happen to read this post, Quincy Jones, be assured that I didn't put those autographed albums aside for 25 years, waiting for eBay to exist -- I wanted them for myself, in tribute to your work. In fact, my wife laughed when I recently showed her those covers and told her the story!