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Count Gamula	Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein score CD coming	Lead	[-]
Nov 25 07 11:08 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This post by John Bissonette on October 4 did not receive a lot of response, probably because it was made in a thread about the new MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and FAHRENHEIT 451 CD. The report that a new Morgan and Stromberg recording of Frank Skinner's score for ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN will be coming in the future is truly great news for us fans of Universal horror music. We're looking forward to further updates, John. Here is an update on our upcoming projects. Both MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and FAHRENHEIT CDs are at the manufacturing plant. Screen Archives hopes to have them for preorder by mid-October. In about a month, we head back to Moscow to record Steiner's SHE and Herrmann's THE KENTUCKIAN and WILLIAMSBURG. Then next year, probably late February, we head again to Russia to record Steiner's CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE and ARESENIC AND OLD LACE, both complete thus it will be a double CD release. Also on that trip we will finally do ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN and to fill up the disc with music from other ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET films. So there!
ryanbrennan		#1	[-]
Nov 27 07 10:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, my post back in August about this received only one, I think, response. Very curious considering the constant pestering John Morgan has received over this title. Well, now it's going to be a reality at last. Can't wait.
Friend of Daniel		#2	[-]
Nov 30 07 12:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, I've also noticed when ever and where ever the Morgan/Stromberg recordings are discussed it almost always leads to a plea for a ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN recording before anything else. Now that's it's finally announced - the sound of crickets. Maybe everybody busted a gut or something when they read the news. Now, if Morgan/Stromberg want to bust my gut, they'll anounce their recording of THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER... If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
Professor Von X		#3	[-]
Nov 30 07 12:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, there IS a suite at least on the Welles Raises Kane CD... http://www.amazon.com/Herrmann-Welles-Raises-Webster-Obsession/dp/B000001PBU I have it and love it, especially the Obsession tracks. Professor Von X
Friend of Daniel		#4	[-]
Nov 30 07 3:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Professor Von X wrote: Well, there IS a suite at least on the Welles Raises Kane CD... http://www.amazon.com/Herrmann-Welles-Raises-Webster-Obsession/dp/B000001PBU I have it and love it, especially the Obsession tracks. Professor Von X That's a great disc. By the way, OBSESSION in another score which could stand a good complete rerecording. I'm a bit of a Herrmann nut (Herrmannite or Herrmannophile I believe are the accepted terms) so while recordings the suite are nice, I won't be happy until there is a complete recording of the score. It's Herrmann's only Oscar-winning score, fer chrissake! I am looking forward to THE KENTUCKIAN, though. There's a good suite from that score recorded by Fred Steiner, but, like the full score recordings of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, GARDEN OF EVIL, etc., a recording of the full, unedited score is bound to be a revelation. Mr. Morgan broke my heart several years ago with his news about the sorry state of the NIGHT/CURSE OF THE DEMON score. Apparently the original manuscript for TDADW are also a bit of a mess (Herrmann himself supposedly cannibalized it when arranging the suite) but it sounds like from folks who have seen the thing that it is restorable. Unlike the origianl DEMON score, which seems to have been buried in a British landfill somewhere... If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
ryanbrennan		#5	[-]
Dec 1 07 2:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There is an illegal release of the full score to OBSESSION floating around. I have the original Lp release but not this bootleg.
Jethro Keane		#6	[-]
Dec 1 07 8:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: Yes, I've also noticed when ever and where ever the Morgan/Stromberg recordings are discussed it almost always leads to a plea for a ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN recording before anything else. Now that's it's finally announced - the sound of crickets. Maybe everybody busted a gut or something when they read the news. On the message board in the Bernard Herrmann website, there was one poster actually requesting John Morgan that he not produce the A&C MEET F score, saying that nobody would be interested, nobody would buy it (!?!), although he praised John and Bill's other Universal Monster film music releases (??). It probably has more to do with a dislike for the comedy team rather than the music itself which was fantastic! I for one, am certainly champing at the bit for this score to come out, hopefully by Halloween 2008! Or is that an unrealistic expectation?
BixB		#7	[-]
Dec 3 07 1:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Count me among the one's who missed the original post. This is really exciting news and a cause for celebration. Joe Busam
Rakshasa		#8	[-]
Dec 3 07 2:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	WOW!!!! I missed the original post as well. I've been waiting for this for years! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
ROKY STRIPES		#9	[-]
Dec 5 07 3:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CaLL SUPER KOOL...........love those too kooks!!
dangiedr		#10	[-]
Dec 6 07 4:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Fantastic news!!!!! - Dan - Dan http://www.reverbnation.com/thegilligans
ArmandV101		#11	[-]
Dec 8 07 10:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd definitely buy it!
Ray Faiola		#12	[-]
Dec 17 07 6:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If there's one thing I hate it's a film score snob!! Yeah, Herrmann's great. But if anyone has been shamefully neglected over the years it's Frank Skinner. I'm sure A&C is going to do great biz for Tribute. Classic Film Scores Restored on CD http://www.chelsearialtostudios.com
clayking		#13	[-]
Dec 26 07 4:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	quote: On the message board in the Bernard Herrmann website, there was one poster actually requesting John Morgan that he not produce the A&C MEET F score, saying that nobody would be interested, nobody would buy it (!?!), although he praised John and Bill's other Universal Monster film music releases (??). It probably has more to do with a dislike for the comedy team rather than the music itself which was fantastic! I for one, am certainly champing at the bit for this score to come out, hopefully by Halloween 2008! Or is that an unrealistic expectation? Count me as one of those people who wouldn't buy the CD. The music is very effective in the movie, but holds zero musical interest for me as a stand-alone listening experience. The early 'thirties Universal music is far more interesting and worthy of new recordings.
Paul Scrabo		#14	[-]
Dec 26 07 7:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I would love a suite featuring some of the main title music from several A&C movies. Paul
ryanbrennan		#15	[-]
Dec 26 07 11:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The early 'thirties Universal music is far more interesting and worthy of new recordings. There are several recordings of early Universal music already out there. Movies with whole CDs, suites, or cues represented include BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE WOLFMAN, GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS and, I believe, THE INVISIBLE RAY. Since much of this music was tracked into other Universal films this is a pretty good sampling. However, until now we've had nothing from the last great team up of the Universal horror monsters.
David Schecter		#16	[-]
Jan 6 08 7:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A & C Meet F is probably the greatest comedy-horror score of all-time, in my books (WAY better than GHOSTBUSTERS), and it would make for a marvelous listening experience in my mind. Such wonderfully memorable motifs throughout the score. I'm surprised how passionate naysayers are about this score. I can't figure out why it elicits such negative reactions from some people when, to the many lovers of this score, this is a no-brainer. It's easily one of the "missing links" of essential classic horror scores yet to be released.
Ray Faiola		#17	[-]
Jan 8 08 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The score is also, musically, one of the best of all the Universal scores texture-wise. The House of Horrors sequence, with Skinner's tremelo strings and chimes is genuinely chilling. And the score is "composed-through" with one cue leading logically to the next. Alternately dark and playful (though never "comic"), I think this rates with the composer's HARVEY, ARABIAN NIGHTS, MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES as one of his finest works. It is also an accessible score with memorable melody motifs. A score can be effectively brooding or thrilling but may not necessarily be able to touch non-musical minds due to complicated construction or oblique motifs. Skinner, or Max Junior as some of us affectionately call him, was able to make his music effective dramatically as well as pleasing to the ear. Classic Film Scores Restored on CD http://www.chelsearialtostudios.com
Wolfman Joe	Re: Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein score CD coming	#18	[-]
Jan 9 08 11:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is terrific - I've been hoping for this CD for years! I hope we'll be kept updated on the progress!
gjpatry		#19	[-]
Jan 17 08 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I missed this news as well. Been waiting for it for years. I'll definitely buy it. if I could pre-order it now I would!
David Schecter		#20	[-]
Jan 17 08 11:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	May I make a suggestion? Until there is a formal announcement guaranteeing that there will be a release of this score by a label, perhaps everyone should take a deep breath, take a step or two back, and instead think about all the scores that have been recently released, will be released soon, or have already been recorded and will almost certainly see the light of day, like the incredible re-recordings of Max Steiner's SHE, Herrmann's KENTUCKIAN, and others? There is just so much presently being worked on to occupy one's fancy, but when people start speculating about when a certain release is going to come out when not a single second of work has been done on such a project (I know that first hand), well, that just seems a bit strange. I KNOW it would be exciting to have such a recording, but there is so much out there right now and coming out that should probably be talked about so that these releases will succeed, thereby perhaps guaranteeing that future projects will be completed? For instance, does everybody on this board have MYSTERIOUS ISLAND and FAHRENHEIT 451? Because if they don't, or if they do and they're not raving about them to others they talk to, then perhaps there won't BE future re-recordings of your favorite scores? Anyone talking about the incredible Tiomkin releases of DOA and HIGH NOON by Screen Archives? Sure they're not horror scores, but Tiomkin is fabulous. What about the wonderful sword and sandal/fantasy/monster releases by Digitmovies? CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER/I VAMPIRI is essential! I haven't heard anyone talk about MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, which is a loving and fun release. WITHOUT A CLUE is a wonderful fantasy-based score by Mancini. It just goes on and on. While I know it's fun to speculate, as somebody who owns a soundtrack label, I sometimes wish people would live more in the present than in the distant future. If you knew how many people phoned and wrote me wanting to know what our label will be releasing next, and they haven't even ordered THE BLOB! If we don't sell a ton of BLOBs (and I'm pleased to say they're going fast), there won't be an IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, or even (gasp!) a MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL! And whatever you do, please do NOT start speculating on when we'll release MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL. My rough guess is seventeen weeks after Hell freezes over.

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