Malte Müller
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Good selections!
I’ve always considered TOUCH OF EVIL more blues than jazz, but the boundaries are sometimes fleeting.
The main title even is Latin jazz.
Jazz is really a fluid genre and didn’t it have its origin in blues/gospel as basically any US pop music has? As mentioned some jazz scores may not “really” be jazz because too much composed. Maybe excpet the Miles Davis one which as far as I know was improvise to picture.
I could list lots of 70s groove crime scores that also are or have jazz parts…
Also not really a specific composer but originally – decades ago I mean – I always needed a good tune (I still like good themes) and I had to work hard on appreciating more experimental and dissonant scores. Some Alex North scores I really needed to get into but now I like for example DRAGONSLAYER a lot and Goldsmiths PLANET OF THE APES is one of my favorite scores.
Interstingly BLACK ROBE is also a favorite of mine. I like a lot of him but often its a bit too much theme and minor variations. Truffaut scores, SALVADOR in a more unusal action mode at times oder DAY OF THE DOLPHIN come to mind. Would love to get some release of his miniseries score to SWORD OF GIDEON.
TOo bad, our French-German broadcaster was supposed to show the two Paris concerts even as a live stream these days. But due to a strike on Radio France that was canceled. Currently does not look as if it is recorded at all and maybe ends up on their site’s mediathek later.
I will probably will contribute for the digital only tier. Would love the actual CD but 50+% because of insane shipping and custom taxes I cannot justify…
His scores for the Costeau documentaries are also nice. And his score to LIONHEART (that Van Damme action movie) is far better than the movie 😉
Here in Germany their shorts ran in the early evening time for kids being named “Thick and dumb” (“Dick und doof”) and with new music. Same with of Charlie Chaplin shorts.
Somehow I have no memory of seeing any Abbott and Costello. I have only sampled that new release – it’s on the streaming service of my public library – and it is quite micky mousy.
Who knows, perhaps I will sign in to Spotify some time in the future, too. When I ran out of music on other channels maybe 😉
Btw, Thor, I figured two composers of your list are not really German: THe Baldenwegs are actually Swiss-Australians and Paul Haslinger is Austrian 😉
I think this is a US vs Europe thing, Abbott & Costello are probably don’t have the fan base over here. Actually I barely know them by name but grew up with Laurel & Hardy.
Good sound quality always trumps original fidelity.
I agree! I actually know both KING OF THE KINGS recordings and like both. Actually find all Tadlow Rozsa new recording great. I think it is realy a matter that you love what you heard first and are used, both performance and sound wise. I tend to agree a bit on CONAN therefore and more often listen to the older Varese albums. I don’t have the Intrada expansions.
ABYSS is a favorite of mine, too. Also BACK TO THE FUTURE, DELTA FORCE (friends and I were into these action movies in the 80s a lot ;-), ROGER RABBIT or the CHiPS tv stuff. So mostly older ones but tere are lots of others I like. His AVENGERS theme is also good later one. He never reached nowhere near a favorite level like GOldsmith or Williams did.
