The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [Songs and Music from the Original Soundtrack]
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Free Music Notes for The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T [Songs and Music from the Original Soundtrack]
Free Music Review: Even more awesome than the movie
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD because I absolutely had to have a freely transportable version of the song "We Are Victorious!" But in addition to the great music that made it into the film, we have the original artists also singing other songs that were recorded but ultimately left out. In terms of the movie's plot, these tend to elaborate clearly on issues the film wound up largely just implying.
I particularly love Peter Lynd Hayes's songs--"I Will Not Get Involved"; "Money"; and best of all the short but outrageous "Grindstone." "Terwilliker" clarifies a point that is very obscure until well into the movie--yes, he really does have Mom "buffaloed;" it isn't just the kid getting hysterical. "Oh We Are the Guards" gives Terwilliker's minions another chance to show off their "foul ways."
These "extra" songs were not in the end strictly necessary to the movie, but it's great that we can hear them--they tend to add an adult depth that perhaps didn't belong in the film, but it's a good thing that the art that went into them is not forgotten.
Free Music Review: Glad It's Available
Hit: 4 Stars
Fans of this cult classic, like me, are gratified that the soundtrack, including unused material, is now on CD. I am sheepish to point out the flaws with this CD, since Cherry Red Records has probably lost money on this very narrow niche product. However, I listened to the CD and watched the DVD back to back, and I have to say the CD sound quality is not very good. It sounds like a recording from an old copy of the film. The sound on the DVD is much better, since I presume it was recorded from the original film and sound track. The Dressing Song alone is worth the price of the CD.Free Music Review: A Much Sought-After Rarity
Hit: 4 Stars
Great to find this very obscure soundtrack. This movie is definitely a cult classic and its (however small) group of fans will be happy to know of this product. I believe there was a (now extremely hard-to-get) vinyl original, and the sound quality - purportedly - was not exceptional, but any copy is valued due to the needle-in-a-haystack nature of these recordings. Many thanks to all those who undertook the effort to bring these tracks to us.Free Music Review: A special CD
Hit: 4 Stars
If you're a fan of the movie, you'll like this CD. The other review says it all, but I'll add that there appears to be absolutely no bass in the recordings...I assume they were that way in the original movie.Free Music Review: Alas, Some Flaws
Hit: 2 Stars
There are some significant problems with this recording. As an avid fan of Dr. T since childhood, and as a former music teacher and amateur musician, I would have been one of the first to welcome a CD of the score and lyrics. But this one was a project poorly done.
The only musical excerpts included are songs with lyrics; the rest of the musical score is left out. This results in a short series of equally short tracks, and deletes some splendid background music. Without this music and parts of the dialogue, the songs are taken out of context, to their detriment.
The sound quality is much worse than in the VHS and DVD of the movie. It is far worse in the outtake tracks, which are so muted that it is difficult to grasp the melodies and to understand the lyrics.
I had hoped, as a final compensation, that the album insert would provide interesting information, but such was not to be. The accompanying essay was loaded with name-dropping and references to psychedelia; it's only saving grace was that it was short. It was followed by several pages of ads for other CD's. As such, a marvelous opportunity was lost. I must add that the writer's comparison of Dr. T to a drug trip was absurd. To anyone raised on the OZ books (including those by Baum's successor Ruth Plumly Thompson and others, who wrote dozens of them), the flights of fancy taken in Dr. T are a normal and delightful expression of imagination. Many of the people who were youths when Dr. T was produced were raised, in part, on those books. Many of them went on to raise their own children on both those books and Dr. T, and on similarly imaginative books such as the Raggedy Ann series with its ice cream mud puddles.
In addition, most people with a background in dance, costuming, music, and theater would see nothing drug-related, Freudian, etc., etc. about Dr. T. Likewise, people with a well-grounded knowledge of children's literature of that era would see nothing of the sort in this gentle movie. Architects would find the sets an inspiration.
If I may broach a suggestion: if you have the necessary computer equipment, you might prefer to copy the DVD soundtrack, or parts of it, onto a blank CD for your own personal use only (please avoid copyright infringement).