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Patton (1970 Film): Also Featuring Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970 Film) (1997 Studio Recording)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Don't buy this if you want a CD version of the original vinyl soundtrack. This is a new and somewhat different rendition of the score and it's missing George C. Scott's classic opening address to the troops and his closing statement. Also, in my opinion, some of the music isn't as good as the original.

In 1976 I bought this LP version of the original soundtrack. It was warped! But I managed to get it taped. The triplets that chills you at the start of a cue was done through an echo device. This LP version was a re-recording and not the actual film soundtrack which was released in 1999 through Film Score Monthly magazine. The LP version is the one to go for because it is fuller and conducted with great verve by Goldsmith himself.The actual soundtrack version has very sparse orchestration and does not do so well on first hearing. My first choice is the Tsunami label LP version which includes the opening fanfare before George C. Scott`s inspirational speech.It also includes the closing speech spoken so philosophically by Scott. Second choice would be the actual soundtrack and last the re-recording coupled with Tora Tora. Anyone know where I could get an intermediate piano version of the score or Patton March ? The sheet music I have is too simple ! The March is not only martial it is very fun to conduct.

I love the score from "Patton," however I was somewhat dissapointed that this CD didn't contain the original records. However, the music is excellent and as it is the only CD that contains the theme from "Patton," I don't have a choice! :)

Altho the attempt was grand,the result was a poorly miked version of both soundtracks. There ARE 2 COMPLETE versions of both soundtracks out on the market. You will have to look for them, they are at a well known film score website that also has a print magazine. Nice attempt,well done,but lacking in sound quality and impact. Find the original scores, and then decide!

Whoever rates this CD as a 3 or 4 star is either deaf or inept. Not one bad note is present on this masterpiece. I hope everybody thinks as I do. Unlike others, I rate the CD not compared to the original, but to the other materpieces, which it exceeds tremendously. Patton cannot be emulated!

This isn't the original soundtrack; if I had to give it a label, I'd call it "variations on a theme of Patton." Not that the disk is bad per se. It's just that, well, I grew up with the original soundtrack, and that's the version that I know and love -- especally the "All glory is fleeting" monologue. Which is missing from this release -- as is the opening monologue.

I was really pleased to find "Patton" and "Tora, Tora, Tora" on one CD plus more tracks from "Patton" than the original record had. What's tremendously disappointing is to not have the opening speech and concluding narration that the original record did, hence the three star rating.

I was glad to see that someone finally re-released "Patton". Jerry Goldsmith did an excellent job of duplicating (for want of a better term) "World War II-type marching music" The listener's emotions run from the glorious "Patton March" to the more somber cuts which accompanied defeats and low moments in Patton's life. My only complaint (and the reason for the 4 stars) was the absence of George C. Scott's dialogue, which was such an effective part of the original release.

However, Why Jerry did not attempt to arrange this music to sound as close to the original soundtrack as possible, is a mystery to me. The Scottish Nt'l Orchestra is great, but has a distinctly different sound. Part of the difficulty may be in the types of synthesizing Jerry used in the original recording, it's hard to say. Regardless, Patton is his best score, I believe.

I have been looking for the original score on CD for several years, particularly for the GC Scott speeches. I thought I had finally found it, but was disappointed to read the reviews which said that they had been excised. I thank the reviewers that mentioned this omission. I will not be buying this album. However, from the number of disappointed purchasers, I suspect the original soundtrack would have a modest following. Not unlike a rerelease of Evergreen by the Stone Ponys and Linda Ronstadt.