UNOFFICIAL (But quite good) COMPOSER SITE:
JERRY GOLDSMITH This
is a hybrid SACD, playable on all regular CD players but offers
additional features and fidelity to those with SACD players.
Jerry
Goldsmith’s Timeline is an exceptional
work. It’s grand in concept, detailed in execution, melodically
and rhythmically inspired, exquisitely beautiful and exhilarating.
Poised to be another epic merging of the virtuoso words of Michael
Crichton and the music of Jerry Goldsmith, the film Timeline
was also to bring about a rather historic reunion … that
between Goldsmith and director Richard Donner. The two hadn’t
worked together since The Omen, in 1976, the score which earned
its composer an Academy Award. Goldsmith began work on Timeline
shortly after completing Star Trek Nemesis for director Stuart
Baird (Donner’s frequent editor and
another veteran of The Omen), in August of 2002. All told, Goldsmith
invested some seven months in the project, with recording sessions
separated into two main blocks. Three days of recording took place
on
December 16 – 18, 2002, with more sessions from March 5
– 8, 2003. From
these recording sessions emerged an invigorating symphonic work
that was
embraced by the filmmakers, as cue after cue met with ovations
and praise.
When, a short time after the score had been completed, news broke
that the film was going to be rescored, it was one of the most
unexpected and perplexing developments in recent times.
Despite the film’s pedigree, however, what had resulted
was, in industry lingo, a troubled picture. Faring poorly in test
screenings, the film’s April release date was aborted and
the entire postproduction process, including editing and scoring,
was reopened. The film was to receive a
rather extreme makeover, even going so far as to excise the opening
sequence (the scene which originally accompanied the cue The Dig).
Having already devoted many months to the producers and delivering
a score of might and brawn, Goldsmith viewed any further investitures
as futile.
Composer Brian Tyler’s score for Paramount Pictures’
The Hunted (directed
by William Friedkin) proved to be the key résumé
entry that landed him the daunting task of composing a replacement
score. But despite all the rethinking and second-guessing, the
production’s efforts were for naught as the film still failed
to either draw the public or satiate the critics. Goldsmith’s
score, under these circumstances, seemed destined to be lost to
the dark purgatory of unused and rejected film scores. Despite
Donner’s
acknowledgment that Goldsmith’s score was “phenomenal,”
“magnificent” and
“extraordinary,” it was, nevertheless, a score without
a film. But Jerry Goldsmith has always done far more than simply
score films (not that there is anything simple about that!), Jerry
Goldsmith is an artist. He always has been. And the music he writes
is lasting, memorable, moving
and important. So, ensuring that this particular score, despite
the fate it
met in the film, can find its way into the hands and collections
of his most devoted fans, Varèse Sarabande is proud to
offer this special SACD presentation of Jerry Goldsmith’s
medieval symphonic adventure.
1. The Dig
2. Cornflakes
3. No Pain
4. To Castlegard
5. Find Marek
6. The Rooftop
7. A Hole In
The Wall
8. Move On
9. Be Careful
10. Ambushed
11. Setting Up
12. Greek Fire / Light the Arrows
13. Prepare for Battle / Victory For Us
14. To My Friends
sound
samples in MP3 format
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