FSM veröffentlicht UNDER FIRE & THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE / TWILIGHT OF HONOR

[Marcus Stöhr]

Schenkt man der Seite von SAE Glauben, dann werden die heutigen FSM-Titel die folgenden sein:

UNDER FIRE von Jerry Goldsmith

THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE / TWILIGHT OF HONOR von George Dunning / Johnny Green

[Darkdream]

Hmm gibt es nicht schon eine "Under Fire" zu kaufen?

[Marcus Stöhr]

Hmm gibt es nicht schon eine "Under Fire" zu kaufen?

Die neue FSM-Veröffentlichung soll von den Originalbändern sein.

Ich nehme mal an, dass wir das später alles erfahren. Zumindest dann, wenn die Veröffentlichungen offiziell bei SAE zu lesen sind.

[Darkdream]

Hmm dann warte ich schonmal gespannt - die "Under Fire" stand bisher auf meiner Einkaufsliste von daher ein reizvoller Gedanke

[ronin1975]

das wär ja doll... hab gehört im Film soll auch sehr viel tolles mehr sein... wollt grad sagen, dass bei FSM für mich ja wieder nix dabei ist, aber das wär was!

[Marcus Stöhr]

Hier die Releasenotes für UNDER FIRE:

ONE OF GOLDSMITHS BEST IS NOW NEWLY MASTERED AND AFFORDABLE

No need to worry about those import prices anymore! Film Score Monthly releases Jerry Goldsmiths masterful Under Fire

Linden, VA May 5, 2008 Not only will Film Score Monthlys latest release please the frugal, it will also introduce one of Jerry Goldsmiths most original scores to many others.

Under Fire (1983) was one of the best films Goldsmith ever scored in his illustrious career, and it earned him some of his best notices from the mainstream press. The film stars Nick Nolte, Joanna Cassidy and Gene Hackman as American journalists covering the 1979 Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. A love triangle forms between the characters, coinciding with Nolte and Cassidys deepening involvement in the conflict in favor of aiding the leftist rebels.

Goldsmiths masterful score combines several seemingly disparate elements: full orchestra, cutting-edge synthesizers, guitar solos by the esteemed Pat Metheny, and pan pipes (actually commercial PVC piping cut to Goldsmiths specifications). The pan pipes for the indigenous peasant uprising were a bit of artistic license in that the instrument is actually native to the South American Andes, not Nicaragua. (When someone pointed this out to Goldsmith years later, he kidded, Yes, I know that, and where have you been all these years?)

The Under Fire score is a minor masterpiece, led by the husky Sandinista march blending pan pipes and the eerie tones of Goldsmiths electronics. The composers background in science fiction scores perhaps came in handy for giving an eerie, otherworldly feel to the films landscapes of countryside villages turned into bloody warzones. Other themes evoke the love story between Nolte and Cassidy (this melody doubles as the romantic theme for the martyred Sandinista leader a narrative linking open to interpretation) and the lonely, odd-man-out Hackman character.

Under Fire was, in a way, the gateway score from Goldsmiths primarily acoustic experimentation of the 1970s to the electronic rhythm sections he explored in the 1980s; never before had he used keyboards as such a driving force for the musical constructions, and the synthesized tones do wonders in presenting the central characters emotions in a way both intimate and fresh.

Adding to Under Fires prestige is the fact that the album, produced by Goldsmith with longtime recording engineer Bruce Botnick, was specially devised to showcase the score as a musical work unto itself. Goldsmith wrote two standalone selections for the record (tracks 1 and 7) and after completing the recording sessions in London decided to record additional overlays and linking material in Los Angeles. The record came out so well that many of the album mixes were retroactively dubbed into the film itself.

Although the record does leave off some notable cues such as the brief, low-key main title and the equivalent film version of Bajo Fuego no masters could be located anywhere, not even in archival sound, to expand the album. This release features the U.S. CD debut of Goldsmiths outstanding Under Fire soundtrack album so as to put this superlative work back into circulation at an affordable price. (Existing CDs from Warner Bros. Records in Japan and Germany fetch import prices at best.) The two-track 1/2 album masters have been newly mastered for this edition, and definitive liner notes are provided by Jeff Bond and Al Kaplan featuring archival interview comments by Goldsmith, new remarks by engineer Botnick, and a breakdown of all the film cues combined for the album tracks.

[ronin1975]

ah schade... naja, geld gespart... wer den superscore aber noch nicht hat soll zuschlagen!

[Marcus Stöhr]

Und die Releasenotes zu THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE / TWILIGHT OF HONOR:

ALL RISE! THE HONORABLE FSM PRESIDES OVER TWO GREAT SCORES

Film Score Monthly presents two classic courtroom drama soundtracks on one CD:

George Dunings The Wreck of the Mary Deare and Johnny Greens Twilight of Honor

Linden, VA May 5, 2008 Film Score Monthly pleads NOT GUILTY!... of ignoring two classic scores for films involving courtroom drama by renowned composers George Duning and Johnny Green, respectively.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) combined courtroom drama with contemporary maritime adventure as it untangled the mystery of the freighter Mary Deare found drifting in the English Channel. Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston team up as the freighters former first officer and a would-be salvage man, with Richard Harris a villainous saboteur.

Longtime Columbia Pictures composer George Duning ventured to M-G-M to score The Wreck of the Mary Deare likely due to the films producer, Julian Blaustein. Duning provided an excellent score seemingly inspired by the mysterious hulk of the ship itself, with a churning, nautical bass figure giving way to a lovely main theme that achieves a surprising degree of warmth and hopefulness. Adding a modern color is a Novachord synthesizer, suggesting a sonar ping for the seafaring scenes, and foreshadowing the moods of 1960s television adventures such as Star Trek and the shows of Irwin Allen (some of which Duning scored).

Twilight of Honor (1963) was M-G-Ms attempt to make a feature film star out of Richard Chamberlain, TVs Dr. Kildare. Chamberlain plays a young attorney given the hopeless task of defending the murderer of a popular businessman in contemporary New Mexico; he diligently uncovers a seedy underbelly of sex and infidelity to the case in order to exonerate his client. Claude Rains, Joey Heatherton, Joan Blackman and James Gregory play supporting roles.

Twilight of Honor was the rare straight dramatic score by Johnny Green (billed here as John) in the latter stage of his career, which otherwise comprised musical direction and conducting. Green was M-G-Ms former head of music (1949-1958) who wrote one of the greatest scores of the Golden Age in Raintree Country (FSMCD Vol. 9, No. 19) and penned many standards as a songwriter. Green wrote an unusual, propulsive main title for Twilight of Honor that sounds like the wheels of justice rolling over everything in sight; the entire score is written for brass, woodwinds and percussion (no strings) and also features a tender love theme, delightful Southern gothic moods and jazzy source cues. The complete score is presented here; an LP featured only four cuts along with miscellaneous selections from the MGM Records catalog.

Both The Wreck of the Mary Deare and Twilight of Honor are presented in complete form, newly mixed in stereo from the original 35mm three-track scoring sessions. Liner notes are by Lukas Kendall.

[BigMacGyver]

Jajajajajaja!!!!

edit: mist, ich habe gerade jetzt erst den nachsatz gelesen: no album masters could be located to expand the album! Aargh! Von wolke sieben auf den hammerharten boden der tatsachen gestürzt.

Bearbeitet 5. Mai 2008 von BigMacGyver

[Sebastian Schwittay]

Hm, für uns Europäer ein ziemlich überflüssiges Release - naja, wenigstens haben die Amis ihn jetzt auch auf CD.

Intrada hat dieses Mal aber deutlichst (!) die Nase vorn.

[Darkdream]

Jajajajajaja!!!!

edit: mist, ich habe gerade jetzt erst den nachsatz gelesen: no album masters could be located to expand the album! Aargh! Von wolke sieben auf den hammerharten boden der tatsachen gestürzt.

Hmm den Satz habe ich auch überlesen. Naja habe es trotzdem bestellt und dabei bleibt das jetzt auch - ich hatte den Score noch nicht und wenn er neu gemastert ist find ich das jetzt nicht so schlimm - trotzdem schaaaade:(

[Gast iluimu]

Hmm

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

FSM und Intrada sorgen langsam dafür, das die Geldreserven schmelzen.

Aber auf diesen Score warte ich schon seit meiner Kindheit

Bestelllllllllllt.