If it was still necessary to prove to skeptics the immense value of this wonderful invention called the Internet, it would help them discover some of the most useful sites on the net: wikipedia, facebook, google and others .. . Yet the tree that hides the forest and it would not do justice to the extraordinary wealth available online. Because the Internet does not always easily revealed: it is a rugged terrain, complex, dense like a jungle where every nook opens to other miniature jungles. There are nuggets in general when we do not seek and when you least expect it. This is how I am fell one day on an intriguing site called Rare Soundtracks Vault . Music fans know that film music cinema has many faces, has many lives and often goes much of his time forgotten in boxes or chests in the form of strips or foils 35 mm rather poorly maintained. One can easily identify three different versions of a movie soundtrack: one that is heard in the film, one that the composer wrote it, and the edited version on CD (and / or now MP3s). There are often great differences between these versions: indeed, the transition to CD often gives the musician the chance to know the full of his work, while the film did only part or kept in the case of a rejection, nothing. The most striking recent example is the score by Gabriel Yared rejected for the film Troy (2004), whose registration had been completed but discarded and replaced by another concocted in a hurry. Impossible before the advent of the Internet to get these tapes, unless you pay for high prices of bootlegs on the dubious quality. It is now within reach of all, felt good in a few clicks.
It remained to deal with all these film music forgotten, that posterity was responsible for erasing the collective memory, and whose marketing has only a modest interest. The author of this blog has taken up the challenge and with a great technical mastery (he shares generously on a page of his site) brings to life scores of unreleased, rare, and sometimes improbable! Extracting music from the DVD or VHS tape of the program in question, by performing a scholarly work of cleaning, clearing of voice / sound effects and editing, he manages to give life to these orchestrations that were thought to definitively lost. And there's something for everyone: the magnificent (John Barry, John Williams), kitsch ( TV series Man from Atlantis , Sankuokai ), the bizarre (the never edited Zardoz ) and sights (the Condorman Henry Mancini ). A labor of love is very serious and has the merit of giving a second life to these ephemeral works that are music to the movies. John Barry fans will be particularly well served by a selection of rare soundtrack ( The Black Hole (pictured), Hanover Street , Svengali, The Deep, Touched By Love ). The author goes so far as to give two versions of his work, one containing the installation and one without, to enjoy the film in all its glory.
is a subtle pleasure of enjoying a movie without images: memories assail when they can, if not the imagination takes over. We smile often alone, headphones on his ears, and say that a good film can listen as much as seeing each other. So a big thank you to the mysterious author of this blog and long life to this exciting adventure ... Made possible by the net.
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