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Score Silver Age Classics
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Film Score Monthly was a superbly
produced magazine exploring film music and soundtracks in all its myriad forms,
it recently moved online and is now a paid digital magazine released on a
monthly basis. It is available via subscription at a very reasonable rate and
has a lot to offer.
At the same time what is most
impressive is the range of CDs which are released by Screen Archives. These are
of astounding quality and are quite unique. Many of them have never been
released in any other CD format and those which are re-released have been
remastered to the highest quality. Each of their releases has been produced
with an eye for detail and a focus on getting each release perfect.
Logan’s Run, for example, is a classic
science fiction soundtrack which has been released in a limited edition of
3,000. The first thing you notice is the presentation, it is impeccable. The
cover includes the classic Logan’s Run image and the CD is a picture disc of
the “Carousel” through which everyone who reaches 30 is supposed to be reborn.
The booklet is a comprehensive full colour 20 page booklet with not only a good
overview of the film but a spread of rare photos. Logan’s Run has been released by Special
Arrangement with Turner Classic Movies Music and is a real gem for any Science
Fiction fan.
Logan’s Run was the epitome of late
Seventies Science fiction, released by MGM just before Star Wars it was a
strange mixture of end of the era disco style with warnings about the dangers
of state controlled government. It was musically adventurous mixing two very
different musical themes, one for the city, which while based on pleasure is
somewhat barren since life ends at 30 and the world outside the city with all
its potential for freedom but danger of being hunted and killed as you try to
make it to sanctuary.
Logan's Run was originally released on
LP at the time of the film, a forty two
minute program which has twice been available on CD. This new seventy four
minute CD features the complete score resequenced into film order and remixed
and remastered from the original multitrack elements. Having heard one of the original CD releases
this new edition is quite a startling experience, it shows far more depth and
really places the music into context with the film.
There are all sorts of interesting
musical motifs and unusual sound explorations and this remastered edition at
last allows the listener to experience the music of Logan’s Run as it was meant
to be heard !
FSM
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