Valentine's Day, Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 10:20 am

do buy one soon after I get my Visa bill paid off in a month, I'll first buy Tribute's Princeand the Pauper, an exciting classic score composed by Korngold._______________________________________________talkingherrmann mailing list*********************Talking Herrmann: chandosReply by: Bill Wrobel ()______________________________________________________________________Guenther:Do not doubt any further. I have a copy of the full score and it's in excellent condition.If anything, the problem is that the complete score as written was never recorded(certainly not used in the film) except by McNeely. Here's a quote from my rundown onthe score:quote: One of the problems with the Kane score (unlike Vertigo and Psycho) is that agreat deal of the music originally written was deleted, edited or dialed out. When youstudy the full score and then compare it to the final edit of the movie, it is unmistakablyclear that the movie Herrmann composed was heavily altered over the course oftime. Some of these changes are probably due to Herrmann himself (for instance, thedeletion of music in the “Bernstein’s Narration” scene), but many music-cued scenes inthe final print simply did not have enough footage to accommodate the music as wasoriginally written (for instance, “Valse Presentation”). It would’ve been fascinating tosee the full version (an unedited albeit work-in-progress) of the film that Herrmann sawand composed for. It would not necessarily be a better movie, but it would beilluminating to see the deleted scenes that ultimately ended up on the editing roomfloor. That is why it is refreshing to at least hear the complete cues in the McNeelyrecording. As I discuss each cue, I will elaborate precisely on the bars of music not usedin the final edit of the film.Considering that Chandos has included the Hangover Square tracks, there's no way itwill include everything that McNeely has done. I'm satisfied enough with his rendition.So I'm still wondering what Hogger "arranged"....Doesn't sound like a faithful recordingof the actual score as written...Maybe if he is reading this post he can fill in the detailsand dispel fears from fans like myself...I think I'll pass too (despite the Hangover Square tracks.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________talkingherrmann mailing list194