Yesterday I posted a note about a young musician, based in France, who rocked a great version of the Papillon theme music and then posted it to Youtube. While on Youtube I came across a clip on a 'restored' segment for the 1966 film, The Blue Max. Jerry Goldsmith scored both these films.This particular sequence was scored for from beginning to end but what happened in post production -- and this is not unusual -- was the producers decided to mix the music out in the middle and bring it back again at the end. (This could be because they felt there was already too much going on in the audio since it was a battle scene with cannons firing, troops charging, and aircraft flying over the battlefield as charges burst about.) It might have been the right decision in a filmmaking perspective but, as this clip shows, the whole shebang together definitely rates an A +.
What else is interesting is how violent this battle scene is. When The Blue Max is shown on television, this entire scene is often cut out. I remember critics going on about how violent Saving Private Ryan was when it was released (as though they had never seen anything like it before). It was clear most of these critics had not seen The Blue Max and especially this clip.
If I am correct, this cue (or cues) was performed by the full 12o piece orchestra employed for the scoring; and it was recorded at Shepperton Studios -- the same Shepperton stage where the Beatles initially attempted to record what ended up being the album Let It Be.
Watching this clip reminds some that "they don't make 'em like this anymore"...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zrkpvL8NoU4
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