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Film Score Blogs [Blog # 50] [Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 5:20 pm PDT] OK. I just finished by 155 (or so) Word paper document--the rundown analysis of Herrmann's OBSESSION. I had received the Tadlow Music cd set of OBSESSION, so I spent the last two days on concentrated work related to the set (listening repeatedly, writing out 8 pages of timing graphics, writing a 12-page review, etc). I will now also quickly go over this new Blog # 50 and then send it off to Sarah for the new Film Score Rundowns update. ****************** [Saturday, June 13, 2015 at 11:41 am]: I actually officially started this Blog #50 on Tuesday, April 21,2015 at 9:23 am when I started to copy & paste many of my Facebook posts. I created the Bill Wrobel "Farcebook" (as I like to call it! : ) page in early June 2014: https://www.facebook.com/filmscorerundowns I created the "Film Score Rundowns" Group Facebook site on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 11:14 am: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1653818974852071/ A minute earlier I created the "Zip Dobyns Astrology Society" : https://www.facebook.com/groups/827949040626050/ I figured it would be best not to mix my astrological and metaphysical posts with the general "Bill Wrobel" Facebook account--to simply do that area of my life in the Zip Dobyns Facebook account. ...[break].... 1 Now: I plan to update my original long-standing (since January 1999) Film Score Rundowns site in a week with my newest rundown/chord analysis of Bernard Herrmann's OBSESSION. I am pretty much done with it already. Presently I typed (Microsoft Word) 126 pages. What I am waiting for now is the arrival of the Tadlow cd set so that I can insert their track timings into the cues I delineated, and to give my review. Four tracks are available on the Screen Archives Entertainment site that is selling the cd set, plus several at the James Fitzpatrick Facebook site. So far, so good from what I have heard. The set was apparently mailed off earlier this week so I should be getting my shipment in the mail any day now. Once I listened to the set at least a few times, and finished my OBSESSION paper addition of the timings and review, I'll send the Word document to Sarah to newly update the site. The last update was eight months in October 14, 2014 with my Tender Is the Night rundown along with my two astrology papers. The new update in about a week (or less) will be solely Obsession on the front page cover, plus the notice of new Blog #50. ....[1:25 pm] M. just wrote earlier today on Talking Herrmann from Germany that his Tadlow set arrived today. So I should be expecting mine maybe Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest since I live here in California. Maybe Monday! I just asked him on Talking Herrmann what is his initial impression. Just looked at the Film Score Monthly site: several people have received their copy in the post today as well. I believe all of them were in Europe. One stated the Blu-ray disc version sounded wonderful. 2 [Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 9:23 am]: Here are a bunch of my Farcebook posts that I will copy & paste here: June 8, 2014 links: https://twitter.com/filmscorerundow https://www.youtube.com/user/FilmScoreRundowns http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/ https://soundcloud.com/filmscorerundowns June 11, 2014: Here is "The Body" cue for this Poor Dan scene from THE BIRDS. Kevin Dvorak did a really fine job with this synth rendition, and given the limitations of synth effects (I intended brass flutter tonguing, etc. that couldn't be replicated) he did a terrific job. Don't synch it up to the video since it is probably too slow. Or if you want to line it up to the dvd, go to the point when the brass alarmingly enters in at 1:01 in this still image video when we first see Poor ole Dan! It'll be aligned better then in terms of timing. Thanks! June 12, 2014: [comment to Guenther] : Who is this imposter named "Bernard" Herrmann! I specifically joined the "Berhard" Herrmann Society. Very few people knew about him but I enjoyed his work (all two and a half pieces) that I discovered in an archive. His work was never recorded but at least the written music was scribbled down. Anyway, I guess I'll try this group and see what his music is like! : ) OK. Here is "The Body" synched up with the video scene. Now: If you can only hear the audio & the visual is black (for whatever reason), then try any of these two links: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1n6grmp6c0lbx3a/AADasgmBgwfLC73A1NN9CPy3a#lh: null-THE%20BIRDS%20X%20The%20Body.wmv http://www.mediafire.com/watch/op7fslz5hbri3p0/THE_BIRDS_X_The_Body.wmv All right. Here is "The Body" synched up with the video. Now: If you can only hear the music --the visual is black (for whatever reason)--then click on one of these two links: http://www.mediafire.com/watch/op7fslz5hbri3p0/THE_BIRDS_X_The_Body.wmv 3 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1n6grmp6c0lbx3a/AADasgmBgwfLC73A1NN9CPy3a#lh: null-THE%20BIRDS%20X%20The%20Body.wmv June 14, 2014: Thanks, Michael. On my Facebook site and the new Bernard Herrmann Society discussion site, I included yesterday the synched-up version of "The Boat Ride" to the video. I may do that here, but I'm busy with a few things right now. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005540296772&fref=ts https://www.facebook.com/groups/HerrmannSociety/ Thanks to Kevin Dvorak's facile synth performance, here is "The Car Ride" Herrmannesque cue for Hitchcock's THE BIRDS. If for some reason the screen is black (but the audio still works), then simply click on one of the two links below (a larger viewing image, anyway, in those links). Thanks! http://www.mediafire.com/watch/awhox8221a5negs/THE_BIRDS_Car_Ride.wmv https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1n6grmp6c0lbx3a/AADasgmBgwfLC73A1NN9CPy3a#lh: null-THE%20BIRDS%20Car%20Ride.wmv June 15, 2014: The RICHARD BOONE SHOW won several critics awards, including this one (image below). Unfortunately, the public viewer ratings were low, and the show was canceled after the first year despite the popularity of Boone in the HGWT series for several years. But, according to a columnist who knew Boone personally, Boone bitterly told him that the night the series premiered he was told by NBC that it planned another show to take its place the following year--that they wrote it off already, that it was just a stopgap show. Have Anthology Show-Will Not Travel! Here is the "Statement of Fact" season opener--original music by Bernard Herrmann. Here is another Herrmann-scored episode: "Wall To Wall War" that was fundamentally an improvised (ad lib) episode about a vet with post traumatic stress syndrome! I especially liked the final cue at 48:30. Being a 20th Century Fox production, the ADVENTURES IN PARADISE series several times prominently used Herrmann's music from Fox feature films including JTTCOTE. You can heard the music editor stock music insertions in this episode titled "Treasure Hunt" especially in the beginning and around the 44 to 45 minute point. [NOTE: these YouTube links were since deleted due to third party notifications] ************** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVyLwROhFPU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JHDHJTulok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVyLwROhFPU 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JHDHJTulok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRUZLNyDNY Now that I checked out the videos that set of three videos was the EDITED version. If you want the ones that are supposed to be the set of FOUR videos (complete segments with commercials) then the links above are the ones you want. However, so far I cannot find Part Three of Four. Probably it is not available but I'll get checking ************** June 16, 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDlmkoMvBY&feature=youtu.be I just uploaded my newest YouTube entry: "Queen Mystery Theme" by Bernard Herrmann (1939) for CBS radio. This is THE ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN. Herrmann wrote the theme plus the first five episodes starting with "The Gum-Chewing Millionaire." The shows are apparently lost forever, no copies circulating among collectors. So here is Kevin Dvorak performing the world premiere synth rendition. Enjoy! *************** June 17, 2014: http://www.mediafire.com/watch/i3mxot3v7bdk3fo/THE_BIRDS_XV_Migrating.wmv https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1n6grmp6c0lbx3a/AAAp6Lb2PnSB3bqc8fDdkA6Qa#lh:nu ll-THE%20BIRDS%20XV%20Migrating.wmv Thanks to Kevin this morning, here is another Herrmannesque cue, the soft "Migrating" cue for Hitchcock's THE BIRDS. Once again, simply click on one of the two links above. Enjoy! http://www.archive.org/stream/broadcastingtele65unse_0#page/n149/mode/2up Forecast analysis of upcoming 1963 tv series. Regarding THE GREAT ADVENTURE (Herrmann wrote the "Nathan Hale" episode), it states: "...nobody expressed excitement; most likened it to public service or FCC programming." THE VIRGINIAN, however, was strongly liked & favored for success. Regarding THE RICHARD BOONE SHOW: ..."most expressed disappointment over it" ('average' at best). *************************** June 18, 2014: I agree with you, Jim, for the most part. At the same time, however, after watching episodes lately with my wife, we were a bit under whelmed by several of the episodes. "Captain Al Sanchez" was lower-drawer material, and the Richard Boone character was especially unappealing and quite loud for too long towards the end of the show. "A Tough Man To Kill" was one of the light/humorous episodes. Herrmann's fantastic music saved it, made it special, a must see.