--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Schlegel"
<stefanfilm@y...> wrote:
> Hello Nicholas,
>
> I received your CDRs a long time ago.
> I am sure that I mailed you when I got them months ago. Perhaps
> something went wrong and you didn't receive my mail???
> Anyway, thanks a lot!
>
> By the way, there seems to be a problem with your E-mail-addresss.
> All of my mails to your normal E-mail address today I always get
> returned with the message "can't be delivered". So I thought it
will
> be best to post it here in this group.
>
>
>
>
> Stefan

Yes I changed ISP's, and hence email too.
I'm just recently received The Shoes of the Fisherman FSM CD, and
it's a masterpiece. :)

Hello Nicholas,

I received your CDRs a long time ago.
I am sure that I mailed you when I got them months ago. Perhaps
something went wrong and you didn't receive my mail???
Anyway, thanks a lot!

By the way, there seems to be a problem with your E-mail-addresss.
All of my mails to your normal E-mail address today I always get
returned with the message "can't be delivered". So I thought it will
be best to post it here in this group.




Stefan

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "steve78e
<selias78@m...>" <selias78@m...> wrote:
> In the movie soundtrack there was a song called I BELONG TO YOU
> composed by ALEX NORTH.
> I am trying to find the sheet music for that song.
I too am trying to find sheet music.  It looks like that oscar
library seems to be the place.  Did you have any luck?

The song is haunting and I would like to arrange it for a group I
sing with.  TIA, Will

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.asp?
> threadID=22043&forumID=1
> Which score could this be?

"I'll Cry Tomorrow" it would seem.

More mysteriously, what's up with this North score:

http://www.copperscroll.com/about_comp.htm

MG

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.asp?
threadID=22043&forumID=1
Which score could this be?

I received my copy from amazon today and hAve been reading all
afternoon.  It is very informative and well-written.  I know much
more about his personal life now.  Haven't reached the score analyses
yet.

Dale Hix
Jackson,MS

Does no one care to chat?  I have been to the chatroom several times
and was always alone.
Dale Hix,
Jackson, MS

Once, several years ago, after visiting the North Rim of the Grand
Canyon, I drove through Monument Valley while listening to North's
Cheyenne Autumn score.  The experience was transcendent and one I
will remember my entire life.
Dale Hix,
Jackson, MS

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, alxnrth25@h... wrote:
> --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
> wrote:
> > --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gates"
> > <mgates@p...> wrote:
> > > One fantasy I have is constructing a completed North score
> > for '2001'
> > > using selected cues from 'Fisherman', 'Africa'
and 'Dragonslayer'
> > for
> > > the second half of the film. Maybe it couldn't be done, but it
> > would
> > > be fun to try.
> >
> > I'm not sure what the point would be unless you're mixing it
into
> > the film. :) But doing that would be very interesting.
>
> I had a friend, a teacher, in Sao Paulo, Brazil who had his film
> students insert the North score ( I gave him the Goldsmith CD)
into
> the film extant.  The result was interesting, but not without
> problems.  the Fanfare was especially good over the opening
visuals
> and North's music "humanized" the Dawn of Man sequences lending
> poignancy to the story.  The space station music worked against
the
> typical Kubrick coldness.  I understand Kubrick's dissatisfaction
> with the music but can never excuse his treatment of Alex North.
> Dale hix

What problems do you speak of, and which did you think worked better?

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, alxnrth25@h... wrote:
> was the score for Willard ever recorded?  The original, I mean,
not
> the subsequent hatchet job.
> Thanks,
>
> Dale Hix

I don't know, but I envy that you've heard it at all.

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, alxnrth25@h... wrote:
> Are there other yahoo.groups devoted to film composers:  perhaps
> Elmer Bernstein, Jerome Moross or Laurence Rosenthal?  Even though
> Alex North is supreme, there are others of interest.
> Any info is appreciated.
> Cheers,
> Dale Hix
> Jackson, MS

Try.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/miklosrozsa/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thebernardherrmannfanclub/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theelmerbernsteinclub/

was the score for Willard ever recorded?  The original, I mean, not
the subsequent hatchet job.
Thanks,

Dale Hix

Are there other yahoo.groups devoted to film composers:  perhaps
Elmer Bernstein, Jerome Moross or Laurence Rosenthal?  Even though
Alex North is supreme, there are others of interest.
Any info is appreciated.
Cheers,
Dale Hix
Jackson, MS

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gates"
> <mgates@p...> wrote:
> > One fantasy I have is constructing a completed North score
> for '2001'
> > using selected cues from 'Fisherman', 'Africa' and 'Dragonslayer'
> for
> > the second half of the film. Maybe it couldn't be done, but it
> would
> > be fun to try.
>
> I'm not sure what the point would be unless you're mixing it into
> the film. :) But doing that would be very interesting.

I had a friend, a teacher, in Sao Paulo, Brazil who had his film
students insert the North score ( I gave him the Goldsmith CD) into
the film extant.  The result was interesting, but not without
problems.  the Fanfare was especially good over the opening visuals
and North's music "humanized" the Dawn of Man sequences lending
poignancy to the story.  The space station music worked against the
typical Kubrick coldness.  I understand Kubrick's dissatisfaction
with the music but can never excuse his treatment of Alex North.
Dale hix

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gates"
<mgates@p...> wrote:
> One fantasy I have is constructing a completed North score
for '2001'
> using selected cues from 'Fisherman', 'Africa' and 'Dragonslayer'
for
> the second half of the film. Maybe it couldn't be done, but it
would
> be fun to try.

I'm not sure what the point would be unless you're mixing it into
the film. :) But doing that would be very interesting.

One fantasy I have is constructing a completed North score for '2001'
using selected cues from 'Fisherman', 'Africa' and 'Dragonslayer' for
the second half of the film. Maybe it couldn't be done, but it would
be fun to try.

I concur with Michael Gates' remarks concerning FSM's
newest release: Alex North: SHOES OF A FISHERMAN.
This is a brilliant extended release from the original
and contains far more material than previously heard
on either the German release, or, for that matter, the
origianl LP release.  The sound is brilliant and
solid.  More importantely, it shows the sheer
brilliance of North and his unique style in composing
film scores.  He was one of the best of his generation
and this newest release only enhances that fact.  A
must for any North fan.
Ron Pittman

--- Michael Gates <mgates@...> wrote:
> I've been listening to this and it is wonderful.
> It's interesting
> to here some of North's ideas for '2001' in a
> different context,
> and perhaps we get some hints in parts of this score
> of what
> the rest of '2001' would have been like if North had
> been allowed to complete it.
>
> This music is both majestic and intimate, in the
> epic
> North style. There is much more music on this CD
> than
> on the German (?) 'Fisherman' import, which always
> sounded
> disjointed to me. I haven't listened to disc two yet
> (source
> music and music from "MGM 1968 Widescreen
> Spectaculars")
> but I'm looking forward to it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mornnb
> To: thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:10 AM
> Subject: [The Alex North Fan Club] Re: Alex North:
> Shoes of the Fisherman --
> new FSM CD
>
>
> --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael
> Gates"
> <mgates@p...> wrote:
> > --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb
> <no_reply@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > Ahh yes thanks for this, this is a brilliant
> score and the track
> > > gathering is perhaps the finest I've heard. It
> is a must!
> >
> > I agree, but I wonder how much it differs from the
> German "Gadfly"
> > CD release -- other than in improved sound
> quality, which I'm sure
> > is fantastic.
>
> Perhaps more music? It certainly has more music than
> the release I
> have.
>
>
>
>
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I've been listening to this and it is wonderful. It's interesting
to here some of North's ideas for '2001' in a different context,
and perhaps we get some hints in parts of this score of what
the rest of '2001' would have been like if North had
been allowed to complete it.

This music is both majestic and intimate, in the epic
North style. There is much more music on this CD than
on the German (?) 'Fisherman' import, which always sounded
disjointed to me. I haven't listened to disc two yet (source
music and music from "MGM 1968 Widescreen Spectaculars")
but I'm looking forward to it.


----- Original Message -----
From: mornnb
To: thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 2:10 AM
Subject: [The Alex North Fan Club] Re: Alex North: Shoes of the Fisherman --
new FSM CD


--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gates"
<mgates@p...> wrote:
> --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
> wrote:
> > Ahh yes thanks for this, this is a brilliant score and the track
> > gathering is perhaps the finest I've heard. It is a must!
>
> I agree, but I wonder how much it differs from the German "Gadfly"
> CD release -- other than in improved sound quality, which I'm sure
> is fantastic.

Perhaps more music? It certainly has more music than the release I
have.




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I have grown up humming the melody from the Shoes of the Fisherman
which is both haunting and Russian in character.  I was wondering if
anyone knows if it is an original score of Alex North or a Russian
song which North used?
Stephen

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Gates"
<mgates@p...> wrote:
> --- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
> wrote:
> > Ahh yes thanks for this, this is a brilliant score and the track
> > gathering is perhaps the finest I've heard. It is a must!
>
> I agree, but I wonder how much it differs from the German "Gadfly"
> CD release -- other than in improved sound quality, which I'm sure
> is fantastic.

Perhaps more music? It certainly has more music than the release I
have.

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, mornnb <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> Ahh yes thanks for this, this is a brilliant score and the track
> gathering is perhaps the finest I've heard. It is a must!

I agree, but I wonder how much it differs from the German "Gadfly"
CD release -- other than in improved sound quality, which I'm sure
is fantastic.

Ahh yes thanks for this, this is a brilliant score and the track
gathering is perhaps the finest I've heard. It is a must!

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Could this perhaps be Spartacus!

Do you mean "Main Title, Rich Man, Poor Man"? It's
on the CD.

----- Original Message -----
   From: manuel_roger
   To: thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:47 PM
   Subject: [The Alex North Fan Club] Theme from the series "Rich Man, Poor Man"


   Does anyone have the open theme in mp3 of the series "Rich Man, Poor
   Man", with Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte?
   I liked very much this series and i can not find the intro theme.



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Does anyone have the open theme in mp3 of the series "Rich Man, Poor
Man", with Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte?
I liked very much this series and i can not find the intro theme.

I actually just discovered that this ww2 documentry made during the
warin 1944. It was judged as culturally significant by the United
States Library of Congress.
It's one of the films North scored during ww2 while he was drafted
to compose music for documentries (heh). A fictionalised remake was
made a few years back. Has anyone seen the documentry and heard the
score? I'd be interested in hearing something from North's pre-film
career of which seems to be totally hidden in obscurity.

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Ogletree"
<entertainmentresearcher@y...> wrote:
>        For a book on the history and films of National General
> Pictures, I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information
on
> the Alex North-scored film, "A Dream of Kings." Any assistance is
> greatly appreciated and will be credited in the book's
> acknowledgments.

Sorry I don't know anything about that movie, however I do infact
happen to have that score. Which features a rock song that is
incorporated in the score. It is a pretty small drama score, and is
of course very good.

For a book on the history and films of National General
Pictures, I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information on
the Alex North-scored film, "A Dream of Kings." Any assistance is
greatly appreciated and will be credited in the book's
acknowledgments.

--- In thealexnorthfanclub@yahoogroups.com, Master Rip
<rip72001@y...> wrote:
> I just find it hard to believe no one has tried to restore the
original soundtrack from this movie.  They did restore the video just
a few years ago.  You would think they could have done the same with
the music.<

I don't think it's for lack of desire or trying. From what I've
heard, there are legal (copyright) problems. I think MCA still holds
the rights, and they couldn't care less about releasing an expanded
CD from an "old" film that wouldn't generate mega-bucks.

When the film was restored for the special edition DVD, I assume the
entire soundtrack, including all the music, was transferred to
digital tape for remix. (Anyone know differently?) That would mean a
full release with high-quality sound remains a possibility -- someday.