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Varese Club titles
Hanover Street (John Barry) 3000 - I remember people waiting for this release when the film showed
in 1979. It took 40 years! It's one of those scores people mentioned time and again wishing for a
release. Even at 3000 I think it will sell fast. Or maybe it's just my generation that regards this as an
almost mythical illusive score.
Nightwing (Henry Mancini) 1500 - I know this from the 'Mancini in Surround - Mostly Monsters,
Murders and Mysteries'-compilation. Gorgeous lyrical atmospheric score, the samples sound great.
Another fast seller.
Lure of the Wilderness (Franz Waxman) 1000 - I would buy almost any Waxman release, but this one
sounds better than average. This will sell out as well as Waxman has a faithful group of followers. The
clips 'Cry Of The Swamp' and 'The Return' sounded stereo, but 'The Great Adventure' certainly sounded
mono. Overall soundquality is great as with many old original Waxman scores.
Russkies (James Newton Howard) 1000 - I know not that many Howard scores but I like his score for
'Alive' very much. This one sounded a bit mediocre and it's the only one I didn't order. To save money
and because I think I can have a life without it.
What sounds promising is the last sentence on the Varese website Hanover Street-listing; This very
special release, which launches a very special year for the Varèse Sarabande CD Club, is for them and
for all fans of lush, unabashedly romantic, film music!
chris, March 23, 2009; 6:03 AM
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Although it took only thirty years, I'm very glad that Hanover Street is finally released. ;))
coma, March 23, 2009; 10:14 AM
It feels like 40!
chris, March 23, 2009; 10:22 AM
Yes indeed couvee my friend, Varese have (just about) pulled something out of the bag with the Barry CD, but then again they kinda REALLY needed to here!
With Intrada doing such a good job at the moment (and over the last 6-12 months really) AND on a fortnightly basis, I've felt Varese had lost their way and been overshadowed somewhat with some of their more recent Club releases.
I would however advise you to take care though and do not be fooled by the always-euphoric blurb Varese put out when describing their releases. This can make even the most mundane score sound miraculous.
Personally, Barry's Hanover Square was one that I was after, and I've been a big fan of Mancini's more serious work for sometime so those two alone have gone in the shopping basket. As for the others, early Howard sounds far too Synthy a la 5 Corners for my liking, the sort of thing where you kinda wonder what it would have sounded like if he'd been given the cash for the full orchestra but hey, that's probably an experience most composers share in their early Hollywood careers.
As for the Waxman, though I am a fan of his more melodic work and textures, this sounded too scratchy, sorry "archive", for my tastes for me to listen to repeatedly. I'm sure I'm missing a huge thing and that they'll all be sold out and ebayed before the end of next week, but hey ho, as you said, I think I can live without it.
All in all, these releases have certainly provided Varese with a stay of execution, but with so little memorable / hum-able / whistle-able music being used to score movies these days (which then makes these 'nostalgia' releases all the more important), when it comes to where my internet homepage is set, it's still on Intrada's site.
guvnor_watts, March 23, 2009; 10:25 AM
I can only duplicate the joy expressed here. After quite a while, I can finally say again that Varèse has scored a full bullseye. And then the running time - the CD's almost bursting from music!
Urs
handstand, March 23, 2009; 2:54 PM
All the new titles are sold out except for the Barry.
tharpdevenport, March 23, 2009; 11:18 PM
3000 copies is quite a lot - even for an unreleased Barry score. But they had to press that
quantity in order to redeem the 30 Grand they had to pay for the licensing rights.
coma, March 24, 2009; 7:35 AM
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