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Company London#275
Posted: 1/31/19 at 8:09am
I've heard the 'Overture' & title track. Initial thoughts: The orchestra sounds a little thin especially in the 'overture' track. It's not something I noticed as much in the theatre. Kind of like (but not as bad as) hearing the revival of "A Little Night Music" on record vs in the theatre for the first time...for some reason to me it always sounds worse on record (especially when you are used to listening to the OBC). Of course much better than the Doyle orchestrations.
Rosalie Craig sounds similar to how I heard her in the theatre (when in full voice, not sick). If anything, she sounds better on the recording especially with the high notes towards the end of the song.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
Company London#276
Posted: 1/31/19 at 10:45am
qolbinau said: "I've heard the 'Overture' & title track. Initial thoughts: The orchestra sounds a little thin especially in the 'overture' track. It's not something I noticed as much in the theatre. Kind of like (but not as bad as)hearing the revival of "A Little Night Music" on record vs in the theatre for the first time...for some reason to me it always sounds worse on record (especially when you are used to listening to the OBC). Of course much better than the Doyle orchestrations.
Rosalie Craig sounds similar to how I heard her in the theatre (when in full voice, not sick). If anything, she sounds better on the recording especially with the high notes towards the end of the song."
Where did you get a first listen?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
Company London#277
Posted: 1/31/19 at 11:17am
Logged out of my US iTunes and temporarily switched the store to Australia and can hear the preview clips. Sounds great, but the tempo in the title track was just a little slower than I'm used to, but besides that, it makes me more excited to see the show in March. Gonna take a listen to the rest of the songs.
Company London#278
Posted: 1/31/19 at 11:19am
It’s always released at 12am local time, so if you are in a different timezone on Apple Music you effectively get it early.
I can’t wait till people who haven’t seen the show notice the myriad of changes and post their thoughts!
Company London#279
Posted: 1/31/19 at 11:42am
Oh I'm excited! I love Company, and while I am a bit hesitant about all the changes, I think they might work. I'm optimistic, but we'll see.
Company London#280
Posted: 1/31/19 at 2:50pm
I'm excited to hear Patti's tracks. I still have mixed feelings about the rest of it. Ultimately, I think I would have preferred an original musical with this concept rather than a rewrite of Company.
Company London#281
Posted: 1/31/19 at 3:16pmSome changes work. Some are just confusing and make zero sense.
Company London#282
Posted: 1/31/19 at 3:56pmI'm dying to hear this. It hasn't popped up on my usual "source" yet.
Company London#283
Posted: 1/31/19 at 4:03pmI guess you’ll just have to buy it tonight and not steal it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
Company London#284
Posted: 1/31/19 at 4:12pm
Jordan Catalano said: "I guess you’ll just have to buy it tonight and not steal it."
THIS.
Jordan Company London#290
Posted: 1/31/19 at 5:33pmWhy is it so unbelievable that I bought it? Is it really stealing if I purchased it and then download it to listen to it early? I've done this many times and just deleted it at midnight. It's not like I pass it along or make a profit off of it like a lot of people do.
Company London#291
Posted: 1/31/19 at 5:38pm
Are you really that impatient? For me, part of the fun is the wait. What would you have done in the old days when you had to wait until release day and actually go to the store and purchase a physical CD?
Company London#292
Posted: 1/31/19 at 5:38pm
They’ve recorded a lot of the ‘new’ music: the Alice in wonderland-Esque scene transition music, the electronic/techno Company when it transitions into the Night Club with LuPone. The new ‘tick tock’ scene. The dialogue is very spare - I wish they captured some of LuPone’s lines before ‘Ladies Who Lunch’.
‘Not getting married today’ is not translating well on the recording in my opinion.
Company London#293
Posted: 1/31/19 at 5:46pm
ljay889 said: "Are you really thatimpatient? For me, part of the fun is the wait. What would you have done in the old days when you had to wait until release day and actually go to the store and purchase a physical CD?"
I would not have thrived in the old days. Also, no, I'm usually not this impatient, but this is one that I'm ridiculously excited about. I've held off on hearing anything from this production so I'm very interested in the changes.
qolbinau, did the orchestra sound thin the whole time to you or was it just your initial thought?
Company London#294
Posted: 1/31/19 at 5:55pmIt sounds better/fine as it goes on to me. Not thin like the Doyle recording. Still - just listen to the first 5 seconds of the OBC and then this opening and you’ll immediately hear the difference.
Company London#296
Posted: 1/31/19 at 6:23pm
It might have something to do with higher licensing and distribution fees they're trying to recoup.
Broadway Star Joined: 9/11/18
Company London#299
Posted: 2/1/19 at 12:34am
LuPita2 said: ""Barcelona" is terrible."
I loved Barcelona live. Yes very much due to Richard’s performance in every area but it was a great comedic moment.
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