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Date Posted: 05:33:32 10/14/10 Thu
Author: Rick
Subject: Favorite music in Flash Gordon

The 1936 original and the music set the tone.






Rick

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[> Re: Favorite music in Flash Gordon -- Officer Torch, 08:42:59 10/15/10 Fri [1]

Yes, the first serial indeed set the tone, and who can forget that haunting wandering theme which opened each chapter. In Mars, we were treated to much of Waxman's score from Bride of Frankenstein. But for me, the best music, robust, melodic, action based, especially during aerial battles or Flash Gordon fight music if you will, came from the last serial, Universe..1940, with its Les Preludes plus dramatic pieces from Waxman and others, and that hauntingly beautiful section from the later, shorter release of the White Hell of Pitz Palu in the USA. Overall, I'll cast my vote for FGCTU as my favorite in the music department.


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[> [> Re: Favorite music in Flash Gordon -- Fizban48, 11:33:26 07/08/11 Fri [1]

Rick or anyone out there .... I have been searching for copies of the old Flash Gordon Music... The Franz Liszt les preludes was a great help but is there any copies of the waxman sections.... what was the name of the piece?

fav music was the Clay Men when they would apear in the caves... but I don't know who wrote it or the name of the music....


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[> Re: Favorite music in Flash Gordon -- Rick, 06:10:09 08/19/11 Fri [1]

I scrolled down here and just saw your post now. All the music tapes Universal kept at the studio back then were shipped to the warehouse and put in dead storage since 1956. They will never pull them out for any commercial use. The only modern-day recording that was done was in 1993 by Silva for "Bride of Frankenstein." "Dance Macabre" is the cue you recall so well. It is on CD, but it has some differences from the original Waxman score, mainly no organ was used and replaced with synth.




Rick


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