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The Petition Results (But
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Please, speak about the petition all around you, to pump up this result ! Use email, forums, whatever you want,... because I know that many BTTF and Alan Silvestri fans don't know about the petition yet and they all need to be informed. Thanks for the help and the support of those who contacted me, and thanks for all kind of help to come from all of you ! I will never be fed up to say this again : You're all great, and I'm the first to be astonished by your passion for the BTTF score ! Many many thanks to Didier Leprêtre, Emile Brinkman, Bob Gale and Alan Silvestri ! ;-) NEWS 01/03 : The BTTF Crew Speak :
The Back to the Future Trilogy compilation was made to compensate
the lack of a true score edition. It's very hard to buy the rights, owned by
MCA, in order to release a new album without the sucessful songs by Huey Lewis.
No one took the risk, including me. The BACK TO THE FUTURE Part II album was
a selling failure, rectified by the third episode which was helped by ZZ Top.
Alan Silvestri
I doubt of any chance of getting the score from Part I released on CD. (I'd be the first one to buy it!) But there's no money in those soundtracks, part of the reason being that the union contracts for repaying the musicians are very cost prohibitive. Bob Gale (Producer and Screenwriter of BTTF) The Signers Speak : Many of you (from all over the world : England, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden, USA, Poland, Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Australia,…) sent me really passionate words about this BTTF dreamed edition. I would like to present here some of the most encouraging suggestions and all kind of interesting commentaries and personal anecdotes I received. Thanks to all of you, and please continue in that way ! The fact that the Back to the Future score isn't released yet demonstrates how twisted the world can be sometimes. Back to the Future is one of the most famous films of all times (who hasn't seen it?) The Back to the Future theme is also one of the most famous and memorable movie themes ever. And furthermore it's one of Alan Silvestri's most important scores, if not THE most important (Silvestri being a major composer). And still it isn't released... I don't think we must focus our energy on MCA/Universal. But it would be better to focus our energy on Varèse. They care about film music. For them it's not only about dollars. Maybe the label who releases the score wouldn't make a huge profit out of it. But the potential international Back to the Future community is so huge that they will make a profit out of it on the long term of course. AND from a public relations standpoint it would be a very smart move because everyone knows how difficult it is to get this from the ground. In my opinion MCA's persistent attitude of not releasing it, is a classic example of very bad PR policy. The longer they keep this score locked from the world because of vague and selfish reasons the more people will get to know about this and are starting to become irritated towards MCA. Not very smart to say the least. Especially because I believe they will make a profit out of it, although probably not huge. And if they don't release it: they will lose a potential profit and they will continue to build up their reputation as a selfish company. In short, they will only lose from it. And which label doesn't want the prominent Back to the Future score on its list of releases?? E.B I have grown up with BTTF, and it was one of the scores that got me into soundtrack collecting. When I picked up the soundtrack album when I was 13, even at that time I was disappointed that it contained little of the additive score music. This release would fulfill a childhood dream for me. Matt I agree completely that this score deserves such a release. I think Varese Sarabande should jump in and release it as a club CD. If DIE HARD received the treatment, then I think BTTF is just as worthy, of not more! This is one of the scores that gave Alan Silvestri his big break and should be treated better than 12 mins. of score w/songs or 25 mins. of re-recorded score. It would also be a great celebration item for the long-awaited DVD release! David There are many times when a score that is viable enough to warrant release still doesn't see the light of day. This is a perfect example! It's about time Alan Silvestri has his work (That got me into his work to begin with, and would wager many others can say the same as well) released and in legitimate form at that. Enough with the "money is all mentality", let's appreciate the art too. Here's hoping more of Mr. Silvestri's work (Predator included) can be released. If there's demand for a score, then release it. It's that simple! This score being what I consider Silvestri's "first major" score, deserves such treatment for this fact alone and how the composer has transcended other composers to actually be one worth following. Give him the respect he deserves! Thanks! Sean Yes, I
would like the BTTF "Complete" sound track. Dennis A complete score to BTTF
would be the pinnacle of musical accomplishments from the
esteemed composer, Alan Silvestri. John I have the bootleg version of this score, however, it is lacking in dynamic sound quality and being complete. A complete, remastered version of this score would be a true gift to the film score collecting community of which I am proud to be a member of. Scott I really agree that there should be a complete score, so I sign this petition to make clear that there MUST be a score of one of the best soundtracks ever! Peter I'd actually like it if they gave ALL the Back to the Future scores complete releases. And Varese may just be the ones to do it. After all, they have done a couple of the releases. The BTTF trilogy could get the same "Deluxe Edition" treatment that the Omen trilogy did. Yavar Please bring "Back to the Future" back from the past and deliver it to the present. Steve A complete remastered issue of Alan Silvestri´s score is long overdue. I welcome your effort with this petition and hope for all of us who love this score that it will get things to move out there in the music business. Markus M. I'm a soundtrack lover. I would love a complete score release of one of the best scores of the 1980s, Alan Silvestri's "Back to the Future". In my opinion, the MCA soundtrack and the Varese re-recording just don't cut it. I very much hope that this becomes a reality very soon. Tor Here's a contribution from Australia. How this score has not received an expanded release is a crime. Rick I sign the BACK TO THE FUTURE score release petition. It's one of my favourite score and the first in my heart. And why not a complete score in 3 CD box of the trilogy :-) Frédéric Please release the complete score for BACK TO THE FUTURE. Your listed features for the release are very nice...I think that would be good. Markus W. We want the complete, unaltered and remastered Alan Silvestri score to BACK TO THE FUTURE. Message to Universal/MCA Records: most of us score fans are well aware that there is a rather extensive bootleg CD of this score available, with minimal research, over the Internet, so it is imperative that you authorize production of a new, official release soon, and that you do not drop the ball by neglecting to add in ALL music tracks available for the title, since many consumers will still seek out the bootleg if a new official release is edited down. Thank you for your efforts. Travis One of my all time favorite scores, sadly though, it's representation in the public is poor. Glenn The sound clips of the Varese re-recording only strengthen my belief that only a proper score album of the first film will do (and none of this limited edition promo stuff either - commercially available ONLY thank you!). Victor I've got the scores from the
three movies and I really enjoy the music. José-Ramon Back to the Future is a film music that speaks directly to my heart. I´m a pianist and composer and I have a dream of composing orchestral music for films. I´m already working on it in my home studio for portfolio, so maybe some day I will do a real piece of art as the score of Back to the Future. Yes! Off course I would like to have not only the audio CD release, but also a full orchestra score printed, so that I may read, study, and apreciate each one of the notes that this genius composer wrote. He is one of the mans that keep my dream alive, specially when I´m listening to his music. Rafael I am a huge film score fanatic
and a huge fan of the "Back to the Future trilogy" and
I love the score that Mr. Silvestri composed for the films. I
sign this in hope that it will help to get an official release of
every piece of music he created for these films to be release in
a deluxe collectors edition just like RCA/Victor did for the Star
Wars Trilogy. After all, Silvestri is considered as one of the best
composers out there and is right up there with the great John
Williams. Silvestri has created one of the most famous film
themes ever. Who ever hears it knows what movie it's from. I have always been a fan of not only BTTF but of Alan Silvestri ever since I could remember, I have just about all of his scores that I could find and was greatly sadden to see that the soundtrack to BTTF only had two tracks with Silvestri's amazing score, I would LOVE to have the privilege to hear the entire score from Silvestri! Simon One of the most memorable scores of 1980s. So how we justify it being forgotten? Answer : we can't. My advice to the record companies is to get this complete score recorded and start shipping out promo material to coincide with the DVD release. Charles I have a dream - Back To The Future Complete Motion Picture Score. Stanislav I would really really really like a complete score to Back to the Future. In fact, I'd love to see the complete score to ALL THREE movies, but maybe that's just a tad too much to ask. Anyway, I would really appreciate it if these calls are heard and we get a complete score soon. Marc Alan Silvestri is one of my favorite composers, and his Back to the Future score is among his very best. I would love to see such talent done justice with a release as described in this petition, and would most definitely purchase such a product. ChristopherAlan Silvestri's scores for the Back to the Future movies are simply magnificent. The time has come to make them available to everyone. I would certainly buy them and highly recommend them to everyone who loves film music. Scott I would like the complete score to this film on CD. I like it a lot, and I would most definitely buy this score on CD in a heartbeat. So, Universal should get the message and work on a complete score CD for this film. TServo I'm from Germany, and I consider myself a huge Silvestri-Fan, simply
because in my opinion he's a fantastic composer. "Back to the Future" was
the first soundtrack I've ever bought, and since then I've always been
looking for a complete release of the score, so of course I'll gladly sign
this petition. Why I must sign a petition for ORIGINAL SCORE... and I can't simply go in store and buy it ? Fabio My personal love for music and cinema springs from every Silvestri's Bttf theme note. Thinking about the entire score is like thinking about a life dream. And I need this dream to finally become reality. Giuliano The score to "Back to the Future" is one of the most amazing scores written
of all time, for one of the centuries groundbreaking films. I'm sure it
upsets tons of other as well as myself, that the music for this movie has
never been officially released so we can all enjoy the amazing experience of
the movie through Alan Silvestri's great score, without actually watching
the movie. This score is certainly the most worthy score of an official
release out of anything. It doesn't matter to me who releases it, but that
it actually gets released. This score by Alan Silvestri deserves a full version release, and I'm glad, as a pianist, conductor and composer to sign this petition. Philippe Alan Silvestri's score for Back to the Future has remained one of the true Holy
Grails for film music fans everyhere for far too long. A release of the
complete, original score would be analagous to hitting 88 in a Delorean, in that
it would instantly transport me back to one of the greatest times in my
life. The music from the Back to The Future movies was the music that got me into loving film scores. I fully agree that it should have a decent release. I for one would certainly buy it! DarrenBack to the future is a great score, possibly the best of the 3 BTTF. It needs a magnificent release. Without it, the 2 other scores are orphans as it established the basis for them. I would be a happy man if this CD was released and I'm sure I'm not the only one... I was about eight, I think. My father sat down with me and told me that this was
a movie he remembered watching with my uncle. What he showed me was the first
Back to the Future movie, and from moment #1, I was thunderstruck. Not only by
the images, but by the score. Much later I eventually bought the "Music Inspired
by..." album, finding it deeply dissatisfying, with the exception of the two
score exerpts. I now watch the movie religiously about once a month, and have
long since fallen in love with the music. Please, please, don't let me/ us (oh,
yeah, there's lots of us) resort to bootlegs. Do the BTTF-community a huuge
favor, and surprice us with a really special release. Please? With the upcoming DVD release of the complete Back to the Future trilogy in December, it would be a missed opportunity for MCA not to release the full scores to all three BTTF films. It was - and still is - difficult to jump back and forth from one album to another to listen to specific cues of music that were found on one album but not on another. This is the same thing that happened with the scores to Superman and Superman II, until we got a full release of the Superman score (and we're still waiting for full releases of the other Superman scores as well). And the recent re-recording from Varese Sarabande doesn't even begin to qualify. We've got most of the battle won with the upcoming DVDs. Let's get it completely won with the full scores as heard in the actual films on CD. Thanks, Bill Hello, I love the music from the first BTTF film....crap I like all 3 of the films music. I really wish that one of the major companies MCA or Varese would put out the COMPLETE scores for all 3 BTTF films. I agree with alot of the people who signed this petition and that MCA would have a missed opportunity if they don't release a Complete Scoring of ALL the original music from all 3 Back To The Future films. I will definitely buy the Back To The Future Trilogy Complete Score set if there is one released by MCA or Varese, and I know I'm not the only one. So please yes bring all 3 BTTF Complete score soundtracks out. Trent Like many of your petitioners, the Back to the Future score helped to unlock my love of Film Scores. It's beyond belief that such a foundational and inspiring work could lie unreleased. The outcry on these pages alone should silence the "commercially unviable" argument. Come on MCA, give Alan Silvestri and his fans their due! Simon This score would be the most treasured piece of music that I own if it were ever to be realeased. I am hopeful that it will be realeased sometime in the near future in its entirety. Matt Hi... Back To The Future is one of my favourite films and, in my opinion, is one of the few science fiction films that can stand the test of time in a way that films like Star Wars don't. The soundtrack is a large part of the film's appeal. I think producing a CD of the full score is an excellent idea but I don't think the suggested track list is the best solution. Having one track for each of the musical set-pieces in the film lacks continuity and I don't think the end result would convey the magic of the film. My suggestion is to essentially reproduce the entire score as a symphony-length work. Of course all the memorable crescendos would be there but it would also provide a new edge to the music. In particular, the scene immediately after George punches Biff would make an excellent slow movement. Just a thought. Kev Hello! I 'm 31 yrs. old...and a musician..(as well as previous experience working within the Entertainment industry..working on various movie sets in L.A.) Anyway... I just want to express that the soundtrack/musical score of "Back to the Future" trilogy..OH MY GOD!! (I LOVEIT!!) IT KICKS ASS!!! THAT MAN IS A BRILLIANT COMPOSER!! I wish there was achance/opportunity to see this man conduct in a concert...does anyone have any info ? on such an idea..or if he even has the time ot do so?!! What a treat that would be!! Sincerely, Kerry-Ann I have been a Fan of the BTTF movies since I was a little kid. I remember humming the theme to it when I played with toy cars! So as a score collector I can't imagine why this score hasn't been fully released as so many other scores have that aren't even close to the Quality of Silvestri's Back to the Future work! With the DVD's now out and so many scores getting the treatment the deserve by various labels I think the time is right for Back to the Future to make it's full score debut! Jeremy Why not just put the 2 Huey Lewis songs on the complete score release? Silvestri said that was the main reason for the album selling in the first place. I actually like the songs and at the most the complete score is only going to be 45 minutes, that leaves plenty of room for the Huey Lewis songs. In addition, if MCA was really smart, they could have made an advertisement on the dvd itself for the new anniversary edition soundtrack or whatever the hell they want to call it. I can't imagine a more popular score at this moment that would sell better. Back to the Future is one of the best films and scores from the 80s. This music needs to be released and given the respect it deserves. Jeff Back to the Future is a great score... I've always liked it since I was eight years old, when I first saw the movie. If this score is just eventually lost and forgotten, then we've got some real trouble on our hands friends. It's a masterpiece! Seth This is one of the most charming, refreshing films scores ever written! In an age with so many forgettable film scores receiving release, it's a real shame that such a masterwork has never been available. Congratulations and honors to Alan Silvestri for such an essential contribution to these wonderfully entertaining movies. I dare to say that they would not have been as successful without your talents. Michael Hi, I'm Jim from Manchester England. I am currently a music student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. I live my life for music, and I know that the BTTF score is a very important piece of history and it NEEDS to be released. With Parts 2 and 3 available on the shelves, it makes sense. And it might finally stop people being disappointed by that awful CD by the Scottish National Orchestra! Cheers. Jim I am waiting for a full release of the Back to the Future movie since my young age. As a film music fan as much as a conductor specialized in film music, I do hope that this score fill finaly become available. Philippe (Pianist/Conductor) I was very surprised when I found out that the Back to the Future score was
not released on CD. In my opinion, it is absolutely, no question, one of THE
best scores in movie history. Both the movie and the score are just
fantastic. I would be ecstatic for it to be released on CD now that the
trilogy has been released to DVD. That would be an added
bonus! The Back to the Future score was a commercial project, but it also had/has a dimension that would allow for learning about movie scores and music in general if the copyright holders would consider releasing the score. It was a fantastic project that can best be analysed with a authorised version of the score - No-one would have dreamed of denying Sergei Prokoviefs, Rachmaninov's or Gerhswin Brothers' music in a similar way and the BTTF score can be considered to be equally important for learning in other muscial circles. Andrew The first time I ever noticed film music was with Back To The Future. I enjoyed being able to hear Huey Lewis' songs...but was SORELY dissapointed to be deprived of the fine score by Alan Silvestri. I think MCA is seriously shortchanging themselves by not releasing this score. Romancing The Stone (which is a much less known movie) had a soundtrack release and was well recieved. Imagine, how well a release of one of the most influential and monumental movies of all time could be recieved. This, and the fact that many fans would love to hear the strains of the main theme as Marty catapults into 1985, or when the DeLorean takes its first leap into time-travel. These and so much more deserved to be heard by every fan of movie scores. Please, see that this petition proves there is a significant base to release the CD for. Alex There are a great many of us score lovers who hate when one of our favorite movies only gets an "album" release full of the incidental pop music rather than the actual score. Many record companies solved the problem by releasing two versions: (Batman, Batman Forever, Armageddon, Blade, Spiderman, to name a few) one cd with the popular songs and one with just the score. Well now that the pop album has been released, the score fans would also like a copy of the original BTTF score. Many other films have had re-released cds: Abyss, Omen trilogy, Die Hard, and many others, and they have been successful. Yes it is true there are bootlegs out on the market, but that is because there is a need for these pieces of music. If there is an official release, no one would want an illegal copy. Since the second and third movies have a score album, it just seems right that the first should be released as well. If not, it would seem as if only "The Two Towers" and "Return of the King" would have soundtracks, but not "Fellowship of the Ring". The first movie is essential to appreciate the second and third. So it is with the music. Thank you for your time. Barry I remember when I first saw Star Wars and fell in love with it. One of the main reasons for that was the great soundtrack made by John Williams. Nowadays, I'm a happy man with all the released music from the first three films. I also remember when I first saw Back to the Future. I was surprised when I noticed that there could be another movie that would have the same impact on me than SW had. Besides the great story, charismatic actors and the beautiful DMC-12 automobile, it was the Alan Silvestri's mighty score that blew my mind ! Challenged by John Williams' Star Wars score, I personally find Silvestri's even more succeeded! That's why I'm really disappointed with MCA Records. They should have released a double CD with both the pop songs AND the orchestral score. I find it really annoying when they sacrifice room from the score music just to add a song that can be heard in the backround for a short period of time and is more of an ambient than a soundtrack piece (For an example, Time Bomb Town is playing on Marty's radio when Doc calls him). The Huey Lewis songs are naturally part of the soundtrack, plus they are good, but I can find that Eric Clapton song or Etta James' piece from elsewhere if I need to. Since the DVDs are selling good (and some people have bought both R1 and R2, like I have) I guess it's time to finaly publish the full score (re-mastered, of course) with some extras, if possible. Alan Silvestri deserves it. Zemeckis & Gale deserve it. Fans around the globe deserve it.
MCA - it's about time. Joonas Most of the messages that don't appear on this page are this kind of messages : "Yes. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE produce the complete original score to Back To The Future!!!" (Randall) And be sure that it’s the best encouragement you can provide :-) Just go on ! Again you're just all great ! Thank You ! By the way, I want to insist (as many of you said) on the fact that all the bootleg CD versions of the BTTF score that are findable throughout the net, are simply chaotic (track disorder, bad sound, a dozen of missing cues) and would never represent the magnificent Alan Silvestri score properly... So an official edition is needed ! If you don't want your message to appear on this page, or if you want it to be corrected, please send me an email . |
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