BLACK SUNDAY (Mondo) DISCUSSION - spintheblackestcircles.org

I've never seen the movie or heard the score, but...

- John Williams scored three movies in 1977: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind - and Black Sunday.

- The film has a 100% fresh Rotten Tomatoe rating and scores 6,8 on IMDb, which isn't bad.

- It is directed by the great John Frankenheimer and has Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern amongst the cast.

- It may be a generic score, but I'm still fairly excited by this. I'm expecting something maybe akin to Williams' "Earthquake".

- It's a first on vinyl.

- It has some pretty cool Jay Shaw art.

And I just ordered the dvd - apparently it's not out on Blu-ray.

#49585

By Re-animated Cat - Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:38 pm

- Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:38 pm #49585

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#49588

By tim28212 - Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:51 pm

- Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:51 pm #49588

I posted this in the Mondo discussion but will repost here

Black Sunday score was never released on vinyl. Film Score Monthly released it on CD for the first time. It's a pretty good score and I'm glad it's finally seeing a vinyl release. Of course opinions may very so.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK1bgdcm_5w[/video]

#49589

By toosoonjunior - Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:03 am

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:03 am #49589

I mean, it's a decent score and a great vinyl presentation, but with all the OST reissues these days I'm at the point (and I think a lot of us are) where I need to be pretty selective about what I pick up. I'm not sure I'll be going after this on Sunday.

#49613

By Garmonbozia - Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:45 am

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:45 am #49613

Ghostfires, kinda funny you using this one score to discredit Mondo and not mentioning or taking into consideration that they just released Scanners and The Brood and are readying a badass looking (so far) Cannibal Holocaust.

#49614

By phantomnoir - Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:21 am

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:21 am #49614

I don't know why you guys are complaining. This is a very good score. I'm glad it's being issued on vinyl.

#49624

By DISCOSUCKS... - Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:22 am

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:22 am #49624

...and:

- The movie is based on Thomas Harris' first novel, with a script by Ernest Lehman ("N. by N.West" etc)

#49625

By ghostfires - Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:26 am

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:26 am #49625

Please remove.

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#49666

By deathwaltz - Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:55 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:55 pm #49666

My Nan used to tell me me if you don't have anything positive to say it's better to say nothing at all.

I often think of that when reading some posts on the forum.

#49675

By ghostfires - Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:01 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:01 pm #49675

Please remove.

ryanharrismusic.bandcamp.com

#49680

By freshoj - Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:48 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:48 pm #49680

oy vey, that isn't what he said ghosty.

personally, I like to hear negative opinions to counter our typical crawly bumlicking, but not sure they need to involve such vitriol. I like how most of the responses didn't feed the vitriol, they just offered differing opinions on the quality of the release.

back to the topic at hand: I know I probably won't be buying this one, but wow, that Jaw Shaw artwork almost sold me by itself. So much more fun when it seems like he doesn't have any design restrictions in place.

#49694

By ghostfires - Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:12 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:12 pm #49694

Please remove.

ryanharrismusic.bandcamp.com

#49695

By Garmonbozia - Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:29 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:29 pm #49695

But you're doing the opposite of what you're perceiving Mondo enthusiasts are doing. You clearly have a bias against them and this specific score seems to be a weird one to try and make your point.

And what you're doing isn't just offering your opinion on this one score (which would be something like: not my thing, I'll pass), but using this one score as some kind of example of how you're right about how much Mondo sucks.

And claiming there has been nothing but extreme excitement about this merger is downright delusional. Are you serious?

#49700

By Garmonbozia - Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:48 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:48 pm #49700

For example, I had zero interest in the Donnie Darko Score Death Waltz released but I certainly didn't use that as an example of why DW sucks, ya know? I didn't care about Trick R Treat or Phantom of the Opera, but I didn't think those labels were the worst because they put out a couple scores I didn't want to buy.

#49703

By ghostfires - Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:53 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:53 pm #49703

Please remove.

ryanharrismusic.bandcamp.com

#49705

By ironjaiden - Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:03 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:03 pm #49705

I think it's a great score. Stoked to see it finally out on vinyl.

#49706

By Garmonbozia - Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:03 pm

- Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:03 pm #49706

Actually, people with different taste than you can easily argue your point. Your lack of interest in a good number of the releases speaks specifically to your interest and you seem to think your taste in music is the be all end all. I'll agree the pricing is getting out of control, but then again the Christmas Evil 10 inch DW put out was WAY more than I would like to have paid for 12 minutes worth of music. The price tag for Silent Night Deadly seemed a little on the steep side, too. So picking on Mondo about prices specifically isn't especially fair.

And again, where are you seeing this worldwide praise of Mondo? MOST of the people on this board bitch about Mondo just as much as you do. And the FB posts about this merger are even uglier.