Elmer Bernstein - Scarlet Letter (Rejected Score)

[vroota42]

Well, if a film goes through three different composers, it must be crap.

[bearsdenoboe]

I have been searching for this score for years. I was actually the English Horn / Cor Anglais player on the London sessions, and we had a wonderful week in the studios with Elmer Bernstein in his (more) genial maturity! Haunting work, with ravishing duets for the uniquely imaginative combination of Uilleann pipes and E.H..

Desolated it was not acceptable to the producer! Please, where did you find this, and how do we get to hear / save the rest of the score? Can you post a link – or some more?

[smokeddirky]

Sounds like a 60's western. Dated and inappropriate for the style and time this movie was set.

[KriBlackRoson]

totally agree with him =D

[Russell230870]

I can't believe the poster called Barrys work boring! Barry had more talent in his little finger than Bernstein ever did

[UFOSPACE1999]

@Russell230870 Bernstein was let go....and when he fired and John Barry was hired....Bernstein sent Barry a letter thanking him!!! lol. THEY...meaning Dinty Moore and others didn't want Bernstein...also Enno Marconine was attached also...THEY always wanted Barry to compose the score...IT IS a dreary film...Dinty Moore is miscast...When the score is better than the film...run and hide.

[thebackgroundartiste]

So was it ever used for another film ? I don't recognize it.

[roseijaz]

This is astonishing!.Though I prefer the John Berry score for that particular movie, that doesn't diminish the beauty of this piece.

[matbso]

excelente

[Tripp393]

pretty