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The Music Of Laurie Johnson Vol 3: The New Avengers

~ Laurie Johnson
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  • Audio CD (2 Feb 2009)
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Label: Edsel
  • ASIN: B001NOMOQK
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 48,966 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Disc: 1
1. THE MIDAS TOUCH - complete episode score - 14 cues
2. TO CATCH A RAT - complete episode score - 23 cues
3. HOUSE OF CARDS - complete episode score - 19 cues
4. THE LAST OF THE CYBERNAUTS...? - 1 cue
5. Tale Of The Big Why
6. Obsession
See all 9 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. All's Well
2. A Proper Man
3. It Must Be True
4. Red Wine
5. On The Side
6. When Does The Ravishing Begin
See all 32 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. The Moonraker - Theme
2. Hot Millions - Love Theme (There Is Another Song)
3. Captain Kronos - Main Titles
4. Captain Kronos - Duel and Death
5. Gainsborough Pictures: A Hazard Of Hearts - Theme
6. The Lady And The Highwayman - Main Titles
See all 24 tracks on this disc

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*Laurie Johnson is responsible for some of the best-loved TV themes ever: "The Professionals", "The Avengers", "Top Secret", "Echo Four Two", "Animal Magic" and "This Is Your Life", to name but a few. But in his long career he has also written many film scores, classical works and suites for military bands.
*Following on from the great success of Edsel's "The Avengers" and "The Professionals" 3 CD sets, this is the third volume in a series collecting together Laurie's extraordinarily varied output. As with Volumes 1 and 2, this set is compiled, fully annotated and mastered by Laurie Johnson himself, and packaged with photos and memorabilia from his own extensive collection.
*Disc 1 contains the entire music scores from three episodes of "The New Avengers", along with other incidental pieces (including some dialogue) which (aside from the theme tune) make their debut on CD. BBC 4 is currently showing all 26 episodes of the TV series, which will continue until June 2009.
*Disc 2 features Laurie's two West End stage shows: the original cast recording of "Lock Up Your Daughters", with lyrics by Lionel Bart ("Oliver"), and "The Four Musketeers" with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer ("Les Miserables"). Disc 3 features more of Laurie's TV and film themes, including those written for Gainsborough Pictures' Barbara Cartland films, two pieces written for the RAF, and performances by his famed London Big Band.

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3.0 out of 5 stars It looks like most of the tapes have been lost :(, 11 May 2009
By S. Morris (UK) - See all my reviews
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I was expecting so much from this. Johnson wrote lots of memorable little themes for many of The New Avengers episodes - and apart from a few, this album misses them all.

The episode suites included are not - at least in my opinion - the most memorable music from the series. Sound quality is disappointingly variable - I know this was probably a low budget project, but could NOTHING have been done to enhance the tapes? I don't know whether this series was originally recorded in multitrack, but I presume it was; why not spend a bit of money and remix the scores into stereo?

The use of music actually taken from episode soundtracks (including that fantastic theme music!!) smacks of desperation, as is the reuse (yet again) of Johnson's own re-recordings of some of the series music which has shown up before in countless compilations. While sound quality is markedly better, the arrangements here always did lack the punch of the originals.

It looks like most of the music tapes for this series are missing. What a huge shame - I almost think sometimes that if the source material is lacking, a project might be better off not started.

But I guess having ANY of the surviving music is better than none - I am perhaps being generous giving this three stars, but I hope if any more volumes are forthcoming that better care is taken. The inclusion on the other two discs of other Johnson material is welcome although it doesn't have the impact for me I'm sorry that the first disc SHOULD have had.

A crushing disappointment. And a great shame.
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