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Towering Inferno

I came across a 2xC.D of the full score of The Towering Inferno from a car boot.The sound is great apart from track 19 " The helicopter crashes" Is this a genuine copy? It has TOWER RECORDS printed on it!!!!!!

phil_milsom, April 16, 2007; 5:28 PM

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Although the discs are pressed (not CD-Rs), it's a bootleg, produced by the same mystery label that changes it's name with each release. For example:

Elmer Bernstein - Stars and Bars / Spies Like Us (Little Idiot Music SPY-CD19881985)

Peter Bernstein - The Ewoks: Caravan of Courage / The Battle for Endor (Force Records)

Danny Elfman - Good Will Hunting / Black Beauty (Good Will Records GW-CD 62973)

Jerry Goldsmith - S*P*Y*S / Gremlins / Gremlins 2 (Gremlin Music)

Trevor Jones - Excalibur (Excalibur Enterprises EX-CD 2001)

Ennio Morricone - The Island / Orca (Island Music Inc. ORCA-19801977)

John Williams - The Witches of Eastwick complete (Eastwick Records)


...and so on, and so on. They have released HUNDREDS of bootleg scores over the past several years, each time under a different pseudonymous label. The CDs seem to come from somewhere within the EU, and are often sold through certain internet soundtrack e-tailers that shall remain nameless, as well as on eBay. As far as boots go, they are usually quite handsome apart from the skimpy (non-existent) liner notes, but they are definitely pirate/bootleg releases.

P.S. This is another case where I often wonder "Where do they get the music to produce this release?!?!?" because their releases often feature bonus tracks or alternate takes that seemingly could only have been lifted from the original recording sessions. Go figure...




American.Nightmare, April 16, 2007; 9:27 PM

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