I Want More
moondogie66 | Ashland KY | 09/09/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I remember this remarkable Movie back in the 50's at the Cinerima Dome in New York.The presentation was astounding. The huge Cinerama screen and the great soundtrack gave me Goosebumps then, and even with the now dated recording ,you can still experience the grandure of this incredable documentry.I would like to beleive that a more modern Surround sound would be recorded.After listening to this recording the only things lacking is again the slightly restricted frequency of the soundtrack and the very short recording."
A Nice Reminder
Good Stuff | 04/25/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"A nice reminder of when, as it was said, movie going was an event.
Obviously, Cinerama spared no expense making their oh-so expensive travelogues. They hired the best film score composers for their projects. The original Cinerama film, "This is Cinerama" was scored by no less than the legendary Max Steiner. Here, we have Dimitri Tiomkin. Perhaps a step down, but if so, a very small step indeed. The signature Tiomkin melodies, piling up one upon the other, are in full display here, as are the dense orchestrations that cry out for an ever bigger orchestra. Some of it is actually quite good. The "Indus River Fugue", as an example, is first class composing. And, of course, the incredible "Epilogue" into which Dimitri throws in everything including the proverbial kitchen sink. And singing the several solos, none other than Robert Merrill, the then pre-eminent operatic baritone in the U.S., if not the world. Heady stuff, indeed.
Somewhere, one would hope, the original seven channel stereo masters for this score may exist. I certainly hope so. In the meantime, we have this RCA representation of the score, in rather good sounding mono, just as it was on the original LP soundtrack."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
