This is one of my all-time top-ten films. And it is in no small part due to Addison's composing, scoring and conducting of the orchestra. He used a Wagnerian 'leitmotif' approach with recurrent themes for the tentacles of cocaine, the waltzing beauty of Vienna, the amorous Turkish pasha, the Lady of the Lilies, the tennis game, and, of course, the great train chase at the end. The music complements the present action and foreshadows future developments. A great treatment for a great film. Every time I revisit, the music, ironically, becomes addictive and haunts me for days. I shall never stop listening! Excellent acting, sumptuous period costumes, location filming in Vienna and marvelous, almost unbelievable studio-constructed sets for the great train chase. Bravo to all involved including author and screenplay writer Nicholas Meyer. Sherlock will live forever!
Haven't watched the movie, which featured an impressive crew and a stellar cast but met with middling reviews. This suite of Addison's score, so much I can say, is superb!
Hi, Fred!! In 1966, Hitchcock & Herrmann ended their partnership shouting over the phone over the score of " Torn Curtain ", and John Addison took his place. Although his music was inferior to Herrmann's work, Addison was " Tom Jones " and had received a gold medal for songwriting while studying at " Royal College of Music ", in London! Ten years later, 1976, Broadway dancer Herbert Ross directs a film that mixes mystery with British humor, Dr. Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes using cocaine and other typical madness of the 70s ( who doesn't find anything funny is Anna, Freud's daughter who, knowing that her father was addicted to the drug, threatens to sue everyone ). The movie is " Seven - Per - Cent Solution " and again we have Herrmann cast to compose the score. Herrmann, after cursing a lot Scorsese ( for " Taxi Driver " ) and De Palma ( for " Obsession " ) has a heart attack and dies. Bad luck: Addison takes his place again!! Thanks, Fred , and nice weekend!!!
In 1976s "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", the world's best known detective, Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is facing a new adventure, this time, a rather personal one, that involves his addiction to cocaine and the help of Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) as told from the memoirs of his lifelong friend John Watson (Robert Duvall). Accompanying the splendid cast are Vanessa Redgrave as Lola Devereaux and Laurence Olivier as Holmes archenemy Prof. James Moriarty. Musically the movie shines with a delightful score by one of Britain's best men at the time, John Addison. Coincidentally he replaces once more the great Bernard Herrmann (the first time on Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" (1966)), as Herrmann was set to score the picture but ultimately and unfortunately passed away before he could write it. Nevertheless Addison's score is a beauty and I am sure you will confirm after listening. Enjoy!
Golly, I get to be Mr. Fact Check! 😸 Herrmann died a full decade after "Torn Curtain," after recording his score to Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." Herrmann's score was scrapped because Hitchcock didn't like it. Period. Hitchcock, who needed a successful film, was caving into studio pressure to have a "commercial" score, one with a song which might be a popular hit. You know - the sort of thing Henry Mancini was having a lot of success with. The two of them had a falling out, with Herrmann asking why Hitchcock was letting the studio tell him how to make movies - and with Hitchcock saying, in so many words, "Either do as you're told or I'll get someone else to do the job." It was a sad end to a legendary collaboration.
@@TheStockwell I’m sure that he was referring to the score of this film, not ‘Torn Curtain’ as Hermann died shortly after recording his scores for ‘Obsession’ and ‘Taxi Driver’ which both released in 1976 as did this film.
@@bumdyboi6458 Right you are, Bumdy. :-) But we gotta credit @TheStockwell for doing a lovely job explaining the end of the Hitchcock / Herrmann relationship for everybody, who didn't know about it (in detail). So thanks for both of your comments and a great weekend to you! :-) Fred
Nicholas Meyer has always been very underrated, being not only an extremely gifted director, but also a fantastic novelist. I have always loved this movie, so much so that at one point I even bought the novel, which is just as fab. Addison's brilliant score certainly does the film justice -- by offering a lot of atmosphere, mixed with Hungarian and Vinese sounds and classic, elegant tunes.
Grazie Fred.👍🏻 Bravo e umoristico John Addison.👏🏻 Il soggetto è tratto dal romanzo best seller di Nicholas Meyer del 1974. In Italia, il film si chiama in modo simile "Sherlock Holmes: Soluzione settepercento". Una specie di ironico crossover tra Sherlock Holmes e Sigmund Freud.🔍😁
It would be great to have Rozsa’s Double life here. There are only two or three versions on RUclips. Furthermore, Rozsa received his second Oscar for that!
Hello Ondrej! Right you are. Unfortunately Rózsa's Oscar winning score hasn't been released on various formats "adequately". There was a LP to feature 12 minutes of the score, released by Premiere Records (available in two parts here on RUclips). However, apart from that release we have nothing else to work with. I am afraid that you, me and a lot of other Rózsa enthusiasts have to wait some more time until the original recordings might get a proper release (if they hadn't been lost or destroyed, already) or a more or less satisfying re-recording... Best to you and fingers crossed! Fred
This film (with its plot of putting Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes was based on a doctor/police forensics expert Dr. James Bell) with Sigmund Freud, inspired Karl Alexander to do his Time Machine reboot putting H.G. Wells with Jack The Ripper.
Hello Kevin! Well, sometimes you don't notice things until somebody tells you... So, this wasn't made intentionally! But we have a question to answer: what is a (more) modern score in your opinion? Something from the 80s or the 2000s? Tell me and I will see what we can do about it. But I can tell you, there are some goodies from the 80s already on their way, if that would please you. :-) Best! Fred
This is one of my all-time top-ten films. And it is in no small part due to Addison's composing, scoring and conducting of the orchestra. He used a Wagnerian 'leitmotif' approach with recurrent themes for the tentacles of cocaine, the waltzing beauty of Vienna, the amorous Turkish pasha, the Lady of the Lilies, the tennis game, and, of course, the great train chase at the end. The music complements the present action and foreshadows future developments. A great treatment for a great film. Every time I revisit, the music, ironically, becomes addictive and haunts me for days. I shall never stop listening! Excellent acting, sumptuous period costumes, location filming in Vienna and marvelous, almost unbelievable studio-constructed sets for the great train chase. Bravo to all involved including author and screenplay writer Nicholas Meyer. Sherlock will live forever!
I discovered this amazing movie because of you. Thanks dear Fred...
Haven't watched the movie, which featured an impressive crew and a stellar cast but met with middling reviews. This suite of Addison's score, so much I can say, is superb!
Lovely.
Hi, Fred!! In 1966, Hitchcock & Herrmann ended their partnership shouting over the phone over the score of " Torn Curtain ", and John Addison took his place. Although his music was inferior to Herrmann's work, Addison was " Tom Jones " and had received a gold medal for songwriting while studying at " Royal College of Music ", in London! Ten years later, 1976, Broadway dancer Herbert Ross directs a film that mixes mystery with British humor, Dr. Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes using cocaine and other typical madness of the 70s ( who doesn't find anything funny is Anna, Freud's daughter who, knowing that her father was addicted to the drug, threatens to sue everyone ). The movie is " Seven - Per - Cent Solution " and again we have Herrmann cast to compose the score. Herrmann, after cursing a lot Scorsese ( for " Taxi Driver " ) and De Palma ( for " Obsession " ) has a heart attack and dies. Bad luck: Addison takes his place again!! Thanks, Fred , and nice weekend!!!
In 1976s "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", the world's best known detective, Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is facing a new adventure, this time, a rather personal one, that involves his addiction to cocaine and the help of Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) as told from the memoirs of his lifelong friend John Watson (Robert Duvall). Accompanying the splendid cast are Vanessa Redgrave as Lola Devereaux and Laurence Olivier as Holmes archenemy Prof. James Moriarty.
Musically the movie shines with a delightful score by one of Britain's best men at the time, John Addison. Coincidentally he replaces once more the great Bernard Herrmann (the first time on Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" (1966)), as Herrmann was set to score the picture but ultimately and unfortunately passed away before he could write it. Nevertheless Addison's score is a beauty and I am sure you will confirm after listening. Enjoy!
Golly, I get to be Mr. Fact Check! 😸
Herrmann died a full decade after "Torn Curtain," after recording his score to Scorsese's "Taxi Driver."
Herrmann's score was scrapped because Hitchcock didn't like it. Period. Hitchcock, who needed a successful film, was caving into studio pressure to have a "commercial" score, one with a song which might be a popular hit. You know - the sort of thing Henry Mancini was having a lot of success with.
The two of them had a falling out, with Herrmann asking why Hitchcock was letting the studio tell him how to make movies - and with Hitchcock saying, in so many words, "Either do as you're told or I'll get someone else to do the job."
It was a sad end to a legendary collaboration.
@@TheStockwell I’m sure that he was referring to the score of this film, not ‘Torn Curtain’ as Hermann died shortly after recording his scores for ‘Obsession’ and ‘Taxi Driver’ which both released in 1976 as did this film.
@@bumdyboi6458
Right you are, Bumdy. :-)
But we gotta credit @TheStockwell for doing a lovely job explaining the end of the Hitchcock / Herrmann relationship for everybody, who didn't know about it (in detail).
So thanks for both of your comments and a great weekend to you! :-)
Fred
@@SoundtrackFred Credit where credit’s due😄. Good weekend to you too and keep these great uploads coming.
Nicholas Meyer has always been very underrated, being not only an extremely gifted director, but also a fantastic novelist. I have always loved this movie, so much so that at one point I even bought the novel, which is just as fab. Addison's brilliant score certainly does the film justice -- by offering a lot of atmosphere, mixed with Hungarian and Vinese sounds and classic, elegant tunes.
Oh, this is a fun one. Never seen the flick, but the music is marvelous.
Grazie Fred.👍🏻
Bravo e umoristico John Addison.👏🏻
Il soggetto è tratto dal romanzo best seller di Nicholas Meyer del 1974.
In Italia, il film si chiama in modo simile "Sherlock Holmes: Soluzione settepercento".
Una specie di ironico crossover tra Sherlock Holmes e Sigmund Freud.🔍😁
It would be great to have Rozsa’s Double life here. There are only two or three versions on RUclips. Furthermore, Rozsa received his second Oscar for that!
Hello Ondrej!
Right you are. Unfortunately Rózsa's Oscar winning score hasn't been released on various formats "adequately". There was a LP to feature 12 minutes of the score, released by Premiere Records (available in two parts here on RUclips). However, apart from that release we have nothing else to work with. I am afraid that you, me and a lot of other Rózsa enthusiasts have to wait some more time until the original recordings might get a proper release (if they hadn't been lost or destroyed, already) or a more or less satisfying re-recording...
Best to you and fingers crossed!
Fred
This film (with its plot of putting Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes was based on a doctor/police forensics expert Dr. James Bell) with Sigmund Freud, inspired Karl Alexander to do his Time Machine reboot putting H.G. Wells with Jack The Ripper.
How come you've stopped doing more modern score suites recently?
Hello Kevin!
Well, sometimes you don't notice things until somebody tells you... So, this wasn't made intentionally!
But we have a question to answer: what is a (more) modern score in your opinion? Something from the 80s or the 2000s?
Tell me and I will see what we can do about it.
But I can tell you, there are some goodies from the 80s already on their way, if that would please you. :-)
Best!
Fred
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