Blu-ray Review Some Came Running Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[RolandL]

I don't believe this was ever released in stereo. ...

From Film Score Monthly:

Some Came Running is an Elmer Bernstein masterpiece that would have been released on CD by Rhino or FSM years ago but for an odd defect in the stereo master tapes (still not fully understood) that resulted in missing instrumentation in some cues. Fortunately, between the surviving stereo masters in the Warner Bros. vaults, a monaural tape kept by the composer, and acetates stored at the University of Southern California, the complete score has been reconstructed, almost entirely in stereo, with exemplary sound quality. This is cause for celebration, as this is one of Bernstein's—and the era's—very best. Liner notes are by Lukas Kendall.

 

[haineshisway]

From Film Score Monthly:

Some Came Running is an Elmer Bernstein masterpiece that would have been released on CD by Rhino or FSM years ago but for an odd defect in the stereo master tapes (still not fully understood) that resulted in missing instrumentation in some cues. Fortunately, between the surviving stereo masters in the Warner Bros. vaults, a monaural tape kept by the composer, and acetates stored at the University of Southern California, the complete score has been reconstructed, almost entirely in stereo, with exemplary sound quality. This is cause for celebration, as this is one of Bernstein's—and the era's—very best. Liner notes are by Lukas Kendall.

He's talking about the MUSIC not the film. The music was recorded in stereo and released in stereo by Capital Records at the time the film came out. I don't believe the FILM was ever shown in stereo anywhere.

 

[RolandL]

Someone updated the IMDB with 4-track stereo. Maybe they knew.

It's Capitol not Capital.

 

[Conrad_SSS]

It is my belief that this film never got a Stereo release and the imdb tech info is (as so often is the case) wrong. I also believe the Capitol Records album was not a true “soundtrack” album, but a re-record done at Capitol and not the M-G-M orchestra. Musicians union re-use fees were so high that many a “soundtrack” album from the 50s and 60s was not the real deal. FWIW, this should not dissuade anyone from picking up the disc. This excellent film is given a gorgeous new transfer here, and is yet another impressive presentation from Warner Archive who really have been knocking ‘em out of the park, to my great delight.