tim28212 wrote:Finally getting around to giving this a spin. My thoughts, vinyl is nice and quiet and sounds terrific at 45RPM but I think I prefer the Varese Sarabande original. I'm only on side B but I'm missing the spattering of dialog VS has in theirs, especially "They're coming to get your Barbara...". It's classic and really sets up the whole play on Sarabands's release. If one doesn't have an original this one comes highly recommended. I'll be keeping this to fill out my Waxwork dead trilogy but most likely will grab the VS release to spin.
Hard to argue on this - having grown up spinning the OG record it feels part of my DNA... I get goosebumps when I think about what that film/soundtrack mean to me, it's a mainline injection of feels right down to the bone.
But I'm hugely impressed by this WW expansion, on every level- the sound quality, the 'sympathetic/respectful' artwork, and the sheer amount of work that must have gone into putting this complete release together. (legend has always had it that the music rights were complicated).
Having said that, the one thing that really puzzles me which nobody has commented upon is the complete absence of composer credits on this release?
Whereas the original Varese pressing credits each individual library cue to Spencer Moore, George Homel, Ib Glindemann etc, these names are nowhere to be found either attached to the tracks themselves, more generally, or even in the sleevenotes. The Discogs listing for the LP completely omits them too.
Is this part of how the licensing has finally been resolved/worked around? With radio silence from WW, I'd love to know what anyone else thinks.
Lastly, I'll say how wildly thrilled I am to have more of the 'scored' music (ie electronic sounds through Echoplex) from the film on this release. There will for sure be times when I want to hear more of these 'cat-bothering' sounds and will reach for the WW edition to spin!
