Lili
(1953/MGM/Warner/Film Score Monthly Limited Edition CD Soundtrack)
Sound:
B- Music: B
PLEASE
NOTE:
This Limited Edition CD (only 3,000 copies were made) is now sadly
out of print, but you can possibly still find it used and Warner
Archive issued the film on Blu-ray, which you can read more about at
the link below...
People
just love Lili,
the 1953 MGM production that is enough of a Musical to qualify as
one, though it is also a film that takes place in the ''real''
world and plays like a fantasy world. The Charles Walters-directed
classic stars Leslie Caron as the title character, an orphan who does
the romantic thing of tying herself up with a carnival. That makes
for a nicer alternative to the circus, saving Miss Caron from doing
the high wire.
I
have always had mixed feelings about the film, something we will look
at another time, but the one thing about it that is inarguable is the
Bronislau Kaper score and how beloved the song Hi-Lili,
Hi-Lo
remains. You can find seven variations of that and much more in the
new CD version of the soundtrack, much of which contains material
never released before from Film Score Monthly.com's FSM soundtrack
music label. On its own, the music more than holds up, showing off
once again Kaper's underappreciated talents. Only a vinyl EP of the
music had ever been issued before, but outside of the various home
video releases of the film itself, the music has never been issued in
total as it has here. That makes this a highly desired collector's
item.
The
PCM 2.0 16Bit/44.1kHz sound is either stereo or stereo-like
throughout. The majority of the tracks were stereophonic, but once
again, MGM threw out the stereo masters and kept monophonic backups.
FSM has tried to make those tracks as close to stereo as possible,
while the actual stereo tracks that survived (like from the vinyl
issue of some of the music) shows how nice the stereo actually was
for the time, even with any clean up the team did here. This also
includes another very thorough and informative booklet with fine
illustrations and text. You can read about the 2025 Blu-ray release
at this link:
https://fulvuedrive-in.com/review/16619/Ben+10:+The+Complete+Collection+(2006+-+2014/Ca
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Nicholas Sheffo
