Soundtrack – How to Find It?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Vera Cruz
cyn_mcintosh — 18 years ago(March 15, 2008 01:36 AM)
Does anyone know where to find the score? Or a good rendition of the score? I see that Hugo Friedhofer is the composer, and Amazon doesn't seem to have much. Let me know if you know. Thanks!
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szath — 18 years ago(March 17, 2008 08:02 PM)
For anyone interested in any soundtrack, it may well be worth your while to write the folks at www.filmscoremonthly. Through its sister web site screenarchives.com, fsm issues or anyway cooperates in issuing all sorts of movie soundtracks (several of them are via Brigham Young U, which has a film preservation unit, others are in cooperation with TCM), from every period from the 40's on up. There seem to be thousands available, most of which you'll never see in a Best Buy or Target store.
You may have to be patient if your request sparks their interest. And if a soundtrack is ever issued for "Vera Cruz," jump on it quickly, because many of FSM's most interesting releases are only issued in a one-time run of 1000. But just by checking their website, they already have something like 15 cd's of soundtracks by Hugo Friedhofer. So the interest among movie music fans already exists for the type of thing you're seeking. Good luck, too. -
Chris Clazie — 17 years ago(November 20, 2008 06:26 AM)
The music for this movie is great.Apparently,a song 'Vera Cruz' was composed and recorded for the film.An Uncle of mine had the old single,and it was very atmospheric.Unfortunately,a studio decision at the time deleted the song from the film,so the single was the only time I've ever heard it.I was only 7 at the time,so can't remember the original recording artist.
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gds555 — 12 years ago(March 25, 2014 10:33 PM)
I agree with all those posters who think that
Vera Cruz
has a remarkably good score, and I'll take the liberty of making a serious suggestion here for anyone who'd like to see a CD of the score released: Go to Amazon (or some other CD-selling website or websites) and buy yourself a copy of every available recording of Hugo Friedhofer's film music. That'll accomplish two things. First, it'll give you several hours of at least somewhat similar music by the same composer to enjoy while you're waiting for the
Vera Cruz
soundtrack album to come out (a wait that, realistically, might last years). Second, it'll help send the message to whichever companies might be in a position to produce a
Vera Cruz
soundtrack album that there are Hugo Friedhofer appreciators out there who are willing to plunk down their consumer dollars for recordings of his film music, and who'd presumably buy releases of additional works by him as well.