[Fmpro] Nelson Riddle

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Mark, it warms the heart to read your refined appreciation of Riddle. I 
would also add two more Sinatra albums for the bomb shelter, the two he 
recorded with Jobim. The first one is a masterwork of American adult popular 
recordings. / I recently got my hands on some great stuff by Riddle: work he 
did in Germany, and instrumentals he recorded with the 101 Strings 
Orchestra - some really beautiful tracks! - JohnB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McKee" <mark at unm.edu>
To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 3:15 PM
Subject: [Fmpro] Nelson Riddle


> My favorite arranger without a doubt.  An inconsistent composer, but 
> having said that, "Open Highway" (the Rt. 66 theme), is one of my top ten 
> favorite compositions.  I have a copy of his original score (man that dude 
> was always flying across the page, you can see it from the "notes", which 
> are these little lines with faint dots at the top, very hard to read. I've 
> copied the whole score and am covering it with electric guitar taking over 
> the main melody.
>
> His arrangements were and still are unreal.  He pretty much single 
> handedly saved the legendary flat-butt ingrate Sinatra's career with his 
> work on "Only the Lonely", which I believe is the Sinatra album you would 
> take to the bomb shelter, one of those rare moments where Franky had 
> nothing to lose, no entourage, just an artist interpreting songs for art's 
> sake.  Then he came back and he was an asshole again and the world was 
> right.
>
> The other thing about Nelson Riddle as a composer and arranger was that he 
> took such great care with his endings, which can sometimes be an 
> afterthought for others.  He had some of the nicest song endings.
>
> Mark McKee
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