Talking with someone over the weekend, and WOTW came up (he was the cool one at the party, can you tell), and we both brought up a title (originally tipped to me by Forrey Ackermonster, kid you not), called "Edison's Conquest of Mars"...
Excellent! I'll know who to call in future if I find my IP getting ripped off...
BTW, as a WOTW fan, are you by any chance as interested in the '53 George Pal film? I'm mad about Al Nozaki's Martian War Machine designs. Also, have you ever seen the excellent "Classics Illustrated" version? Truer to Well's description, and eerily "sentient"-looking...
I'll have to search for the Koch book, didn't know about it. Your recent book sounds like the one to have, though. Lucky cousin!
Very nice, Cad! Fright Night sounds like a splendid collection! (nearly all favorites here), and Boris Karloff could read the phonebook and I'd be spellbound. I'll seek out the Colonial Radio Theatre / Bradbury Dandelion Wine (oh, fellow Bradbury junkie), and as someone who likes to mix his own "home-haunt ambiance" sound beds (heavy on the crickets, pinch of bat wings...), I'm intrigued by 3D Thunderstorm Environment. Nothing like a low peal of thunder, anytime, heh-heh...
Please allow me to recommend:
"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" - Bernard Herrmann (not music from the television series, it's from the original feature film , and it's a must have. From Herrmann's first ominous, ascending woodwinds, rising to the mournfully romantic strings, it's nothing short of a masterpiece, and one of Herrmann's best scores. Turn the lights off.)
Also by Herrmann that you may like: Vertigo, Fahrenheit 451, The Day the Earth Stood Still (original, of course), and the ever-spine-chilling Psycho (which, like Williams' Jaws, has a lot more to offer, once you get past the cliche motifs). I will be glad to suggest more BH titles, if these are to your liking.
Lots of Goldsmith I can recommend, if you wish, but, as in the "SWTWC" thread in Halloween Music here, I've lately given a shout-out for his very haunting score to Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man". Also a must for the soundtrack collection, imho.
Danny Elfman: "Sleepy Hollow" (exquisite, and, in spots terrifying), and his original "Batman" is a masterpiece.
Happy to recommend other scores / composers.
(ps: As you're into radio theatre, do you have the original Orson Wells / MTOTA "War of the Worlds" ? One for the collection for sure.)
Greetings C,
Just replied to your reply to the "SWTWC" thread. If you're a Goldsmith fan, I highly recommend getting his score to "The Illustrated Man". Been delving into it a lot lately (as the "working track" for a current project), as I find it very "Bradburyesque" indeed. As to Herrmann's "Fahrenheit 451", well, the Main Titles and The Road always strike the right mood...
Perhaps we may compare collection notes sometime, yes?
Did you, perchance, see the thread I posted in Halloween Music about the recent release of Horner's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"...? As you are a Film/Media buff, I was wondering if you've perused the SAE site for their excellent soundtracks...
Hey Cad,
Thanks for standing up, I'm proud to call you Friend.
I'm still having a bit of trouble with the procedures here (thought I may have added you twice, but, guess it's okay), but I expect I'll figure things out before too long... I'm also honored to be among your Friends -- it appears this is automatic if one party "befriends" the other -- ?
Damn Newbies -- somebody should put a stake through 'em, eh? lol... I'll look forward to following your threads, and thanks again.
Hi, Duchess, good to hear from you. I had the outside of my home decorated for Halloween, including a family of painted pumpkins, and a groaning, flying ghost that was sound activated. No trick-or-treaters, though! Only one child lives in the neighborhood. I haven't been following the boards lately, due to schoolwork. Did you decorate? Any TOTers?
