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Overlooked and underrated prog rock album from 1978 (with a special connection to Norwegians, since the opening song contains a fragment that was used as the theme of an 80s comedy adventure show called BRØDRENE DAL [THE DAL BROTHERS] over here).
I was always impressed by how skilled those people were, who tracked obscure music into TV shows at the time. No internet or digital archives to search through, it was all manual.
When this came out in 2017, it felt like a refreshing throwback to the kind of consonant orchestral writing I loved in the 90s, with bold, sweeping, perhaps slightly dark Americana. It’s good to know that there is still room for the Shaimans of this world, even though he isn’t as active as he used to, and that he gets to do more serious stuff, not only comedies and musicals.
Sorry for the small photo, it’s the only one I could find. A Beltrami promo from 2000, which I once had on CD-R, but then gave away (but kept the files). I miss the Beltrami of yesteryear. In the last 10 years or so, I haven’t found anything to latch on to (the last one in my collection is THE HOMESMAN from 2014). He was so good at merging melody with darker textures.
Scores from a TV movie (DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER) and a miniseries (CONDOMINIUM) from the tail end of the 70s disaster movie era.
This was more or less a blind buy, but I have a soft spot for that lean 70s orchestral TV scoring sound, so I took a chance on it after listening to a couple of samples.
I’ve listened to only DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER so far, and indeed, this shouts “70s TV scoring”, but that’s fine. Quite listenable, usually melodic, with a great mix of energetic action cues (often with jazz leanings), loungy romantic music and some more gritty tension stuff.
Had a thorough listen to Goldsmith’s Rudy, from start to finish. A true masterpiece. Several times I found myself thinking of Joel McNeely’s comment about orchestrating for him in the 90’s, how his sketches had “so few notes; so much music”. Also, from a sound engineering aspect, his scores possess a distinct, “airy” sound I find to be quite unique. Would be interesting to learn if there are any sources one could learn more about how they accomplished this sound.
Currently listening to Schifrin, currently playing COOL HAND LUKE.
This was more or less a blind buy, but I have a soft spot for that lean 70s orchestral TV scoring sound, so I took a chance on it after listening to a couple of samples.
Me too. Have that Fried album is on my list, too.
Mysterious cover, I know — this is Sinoia Caves’ score for the 2010 film BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW. An obscurity, but something I wanted to play after the mention of SOLARIS in the other thread. It very much subscribes to similar ideas — artsy, textural electronic excursions.
The OST is indeed good. Haven’t heard the expansion, though.
I have both the original soundtrack release of RUDY and the expanded version, and would say the expansion here is not an essential upgrade. The OST presented the music very well.
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