Recent Purchases: Scores - Part I

Michal Lorenc - Blood & Wine
Nicola Piovani - Il Sole Anche Di Notte
Yoko Kanno, Jun Miyake & Hiroyuki Nagashima - Memorizu

Stefan Nilsson - Pelle the Conqueror / Björn Isfält - My Life as a Dog

Got it for $15 and thought it was a great deal. Today I came across it in Amazon for under $5.

News at SoundtrackCollector
Sounds Of The Times
24-Mar-2009 - Dutton Vocalion has released a very special compilation album, Sounds Of The Times. The twenty-five tracks on this CD are from a cross-section of albums issued during the heyday of the KPM recorded music library, along with a few choice cuts from the Conroy library's archives. They were - and in KPM's case still are - among the world's leading suppliers of pre-recorded ('library') music to the radio, film and TV industries. During the 1960s and '70s many of Britain's foremost arranger-composers, like Alan Hawkshaw, Christopher Gunning, David Lindup, John Cameron, John Scott, Keith Mansfield, and Johnny Pearson, to name a few, wrote for both companies, and some fine examples of their work from that period are featured here. The KPM material presented here is from the '1000' series, possibly the most successful and probably the most famous series of recordings in the history of library music. The styles range from orchestral and big band to rock and small group, but uniting them all are the funk rythms of the 70s.
The CD is available from Dutton Vocalion.



Looks at least for me to be an interesting release.
Thomas

quite diverse collection, but interesting and beautiful releases all the same
enjoy bud

I also saw this, Tom, and headed over to their site to have a look at the details for this release. Although I recognise several names in the list, there's nothing else to grab me as a potential buyer. I see that a lot of the music is from libraries - so I may have come across some of this music...I may even like some of it. But, unless there's some additional information (for example, where these pieces may have been heard before) it's just another obscure album.

I suppose I equate this release with something I recently bought that seems to be along similar lines. "Kung Fu Super Sounds" is a collection of library music used in some Shaw Brothers kung fu movies. On the surface, of no interest to me. But some of De Wolfe's library music has been used in something I knew - Edward Michael's "Rite De la Terre-Earth" was used in a movie called Avenging Angel but I recognise it from a TV show from my childhood, "Timeslip". Therefore, a worthwhile purchase!!

Maybe their marketing department need to think a bit more about their potential audience?

Nightwing - Henry Mancini
Hanover Street - John Barry

Anyone know when these ship?

I think they're release date is 6th April - so, any day now!!

I'm thinking about Dr. Kildare

Indeed! It's a beauty. I picked up another Cusson score- Seraphin: Un Homme et Son Peche

- Blizzard (Mark McKenzie)
- Princess and the Pea (Alan Williams) the samples sound stunning

Secret WEapons Over Normandy (Michael Giacchino)


Long time since I wanted this one. Finally!
Very nice booklet btw.

(Erik, do you happen to be in one of the crew photos or am I wrong?)

WANT!

How is it like?

What D said.

How about a short review on the 'Off Topic' NP thread?

Ebay. There are still some available.