Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 2

Wendy Carlos (Composer), Wendy / Elkind, Rachel Carlos (Composer), Richard Wagner (Composer), Wendy Carlos (Performer), Clare Cooper (Performer), Manya Zuba (Performer), Matthew Davidson (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Wendy Carlos, Clare Cooper, Manya Zuba, Matthew Davidson
• Composer: Wendy Carlos, Wendy / Elkind, Rachel Carlos, Richard Wagner
• Audio CD (August 16, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: East Side Digital
• ASIN: B000AA4IIU
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,762 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally and Fulfilling!, October 28, 2005

By	PEZ (CO, USA) - See all my reviews

Believe the hype, _Shining_ fans. These bits and pieces of music - volume 1 focuses more on "studio music and textures" of the themes devised for the film while volume 2 spends its allotted tracks on the more fully developed orchestra tracks - hold just about everything. I'll encourage you to follow that impulse/interest and add this work to your collection.

What do you get? Well, for me, the treat was volume 2's first track - the film's title track - Ms Carlos explains why Kubrick nixed it - but it is as haunting as the final draft that follows Jack Torrance's lil yellow bug to The Overlook climbing the Rockies. The other tracks are renderings and attempts to put the novel into music forms. The liner notes are great - like a listening session over coffee with the composer.

Both volumes are must haves for those of us all agog over the film's score (and scoring possibilities) but if you just want to hold a haunting, get volume 2 and put track one on repeat until you, that hag hottie in the tub, or your six year old's index finger hollers, "redrum!"

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5.0 out of 5 stars Settling Old Scores, October 9, 2005

By	Robert Carlberg (Seattle) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This second volume of Wendy's lost film soundtracks concentrates more on her full orchestral scores. Although she achieved fame as a synthesist, one reason she succeeded so well is her knowledge of and attention to timbral colors and the placement of different voices -- in short, orchestration. It should come as little surprise therefore that when writing for a full orchestra she's fully accomplished and impressively skilled.

Synthesizer cues are also included, from early (1981) novelty demonstrations for Dolby Labs to later (1998) soundtrack work utilizing her state-of-the-art digital synthesizers.

As usual for her, voluminous liner notes detail not only the working methods behind each of the pieces, but also glimpses into the politics and disappointments that delayed the release of these tracks. How many composers could survive having a significant portion of their career locked away in a vault for 25 years?

5.0 out of 5 stars Music for the Donner Party, June 22, 2009

By	N. P. Stathoulopoulos "nick9155" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

You've probably already lost your mind trying to hunt down that Shining soundtrack for years on LP, bootleg disc, or MP3. Then these volumes came along, and while not a Holy Grail by any means, they're very, very welcome.

There is still madness, don't worry. First of all, if you want all of the Shining tracks that Carlos produced, you need to buy Volume 1, too. Also, this is not all of the music in the film...but there is new music composed for the film that was never used...scrapped by Kubrick and left to collect dust in the archives.

Highly recommended for the obsessed Shining fan, you also get tracks from Tron. Simple as that...both discs are well worth it.