The Secret of NIMH Rough Complete Score

This is a project I've been wanting to do since I first heard the NIMH Soundtrack Album. I've already done a project like this for Bruce Broughton's Lost in Space Score, and now I'm doing it for NIMH as well. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Secret of NIMH Rough Complete Score! :D

The two primary sources for this restoration are the Official Album and the DVD Audio Track. I started the Lost in Space Rough Complete Score by fixing the absolutely most horribly presented track on the album, then went back to the beginning and worked chronologically from there. I'll do the same with NIMH. The two most horribly presented tracks are The Sentry Reel/Story of NIMH and Escape From NIMH/In Disguise. Here are the discrete versions of those cues:

Jeremy In Disguise[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMglr16OLM]Jeremy In Disguise
The Sentry Reel[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YpfNvBxlDU]The Sentry Reel
Nicodemus And The Story of NIMH[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH7BkyLpTvw]Nicodemus And The Story of NIMH
Escape From NIMH And The Stone[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OEAi2WrlqM]Escape From NIMH And The Stone

I'll post more when I get the chance! The list in the NIMH Soundtrack thread will be updated as I upload new videos.

Steven

This is a project I've been wanting to do since I first heard the NIMH Soundtrack Album. I've already done a project like this for Bruce Broughton's Lost in Space Score, and now I'm doing it for NIMH as well. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Secret of NIMH Rough Complete Score! :D

The two primary sources for this restoration are the Official Album and the DVD Audio Track. I started the Lost in Space Rough Complete Score by fixing the absolutely most horribly presented track on the album, then went back to the beginning and worked chronologically from there. I'll do the same with NIMH. The two most horribly presented tracks are The Sentry Reel/Story of NIMH and Escape From NIMH/In Disguise. Here are the discrete versions of those cues:

Jeremy In Disguise[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMglr16OLM]Jeremy In Disguise
The Sentry Reel[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YpfNvBxlDU]The Sentry Reel
Nicodemus And The Story of NIMH[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH7BkyLpTvw]Nicodemus And The Story of NIMH
Escape From NIMH And The Stone[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OEAi2WrlqM]Escape From NIMH And The Stone

I'll post more when I get the chance! The list in the NIMH Soundtrack thread will be updated as I upload new videos.

Steven

Neat! I love Goldsmith's work on this film

Isn't it great? ;)

Here are the next four, including the first of the unreleased cues:

Prologue[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N7BBqAdLfc]Prologue
Main Title[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0pEcSqCyB8]Main Title
Something Very Important[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prQXlEcNRUY]Something Very Important
Jeremy The Crow[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVSB7FMfqI]Jeremy The Crow

Steven

And the next four, including Flying Dreams Lullaby as it was always meant to be heard:

Dragon Encounter[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uD5pLgalnw]Dragon Encounter
Athletic Type[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj6hlu__L-U]Athletic Type
Flying Dreams Lullaby[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQMm0JJqKY]Flying Dreams Lullaby
Stealing The Wire[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXV4XwDhxjg]Stealing The Wire

Steven

Some more unreleased cues:

Following Mr. Ages[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ynAGOZqM_0]Following Mr. Ages
Jeremy Tied Up[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M26E1oz2JFE]Jeremy Tied Up
Be Brief[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZPbH-iX2kc]Be Brief
Jenner's Schemes[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCqrLHfARQo]Jenner's Schemes

Five more videos and NIMH's Score will be complete!

Steven

Awesome work. I knew there were cues missing from the soundtrack CD, but I didn't realize how many there were. Hearing this more complete version brings out a lot more of the lietmotifs in the soundtrack as well. You hear a lot of them in the original soundtrack, granted, but they're not as repeated and varied there as in this complete version.

I wonder if the BluRay's audio track is better, though. A lot of the DVD rips sound a bit distorted, and I'm not sure it's the voice removal that's doing it.

One other thought while I'm thinking about it; it'd be cool to see this done with screengrabs every so often punctuating where the musical cues line up with the movie.

Awesome work. I knew there were cues missing from the soundtrack CD, but I didn't realize how many there were. Hearing this more complete version brings out a lot more of the lietmotifs in the soundtrack as well. You hear a lot of them in the original soundtrack, granted, but they're not as repeated and varied there as in this complete version.

Thanks! And from the Captain of the Guard, too! :D

I wonder if the BluRay's audio track is better, though. A lot of the DVD rips sound a bit distorted, and I'm not sure it's the voice removal that's doing it.

Sorry, I have no Blu-Ray for NIMH. No Blu-Ray Drive, either. I can't do lossless at the moment. :cry:

One other thought while I'm thinking about it; it'd be cool to see this done with screengrabs every so often punctuating where the musical cues line up with the movie.

I've got a better idea: How about an Isolated Score? ;) Having ripped and demuxed the DVD, I do have the video ready for editing.

Steven

Here are the last three missing cues. All that's left after this are the fixed versions of the Finale and End Title cues.

Under The Mill/The Plan[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT1tEgaj2z4]Under The Mill/The Plan
Jeremy And The Sparkly[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfdO-4_3xU]Jeremy And The Sparkly
Drugging Dragon/Laundry[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0iz2k2cMoE]Drugging Dragon/Laundry

Steven

And here are the Finale and End Title cues, separated for putting Paul Williams' Flying Dreams in-between.

Finale[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafUwb64OHw]Finale
End Title[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL9asNNCvoY]End Title

And while we're at it, here's the complete score playlist:

The Secret of NIMH Rough Complete Score Playlist[=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF8EEE78E139438BF]The Secret of NIMH Rough Complete Score Playlist

I suppose I should be getting back to my fanfic now, since I've finished this project.

Steven

I liked all of your videos. Thanks for the effort. 8)

I liked all of your videos. Thanks for the effort. 8)

You're welcome, but I thought you didn't really care for any film's score in general, much less an effort to obtain the complete version of it.

Steven

I liked all of your videos. Thanks for the effort. 8)

You're welcome, but I thought you didn't really care for any film's score in general, much less an effort to obtain the complete version of it.

Steven

I might've said something along the lines of "I don't go out of my way to listen to movie scores." But really, I just like good music. SoN has a great soundtrack, with a kind of bittersweet feeling to it. It does sound better when used in conjunction with the film than on its own; that's was what I was trying to say. Would I go out of my way to buy the soundtrack? No. Do I think it ranks up on my favorite music? No. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the effort. I do like some movie scores, but I'm mostly a metalhead/hard rock kinda guy.

I liked all of your videos. Thanks for the effort. 8)

You're welcome, but I thought you didn't really care for any film's score in general, much less an effort to obtain the complete version of it.

Steven

I might've said something along the lines of "I don't go out of my way to listen to movie scores." But really, I just like good music. SoN has a great soundtrack, with a kind of bittersweet feeling to it. It does sound better when used in conjunction with the film than on its own; that's was what I was trying to say. Would I go out of my way to buy the soundtrack? No. Do I think it ranks up on my favorite music? No. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the effort. I do like some movie scores, but I'm mostly a metalhead/hard rock kinda guy.

Ah, I see. I didn't think you'd be interested in this thread, so I just wasn't expecting you to post in it. :roll:

EDIT: Oh, you liked them! I see... :oops: ...Thanks.

Steven

Excellent work with these! Now if only there were some music sheets, I'd be playing these on my keyboard. :)

Excellent work with these! Now if only there were some music sheets, I'd be playing these on my keyboard. :)

That'd be cool! Then we wouldn't have to hear tinny dialogue during the missing cues. :lol:

Say, if you're good with sheet music, perhaps you could write piano covers or MIDI files for these. ;) licrosses fingers hopefullyli

Steven

Excellent work with these! Now if only there were some music sheets, I'd be playing these on my keyboard. :)

That'd be cool! Then we wouldn't have to hear tinny dialogue during the missing cues. :lol:

Say, if you're good with sheet music, perhaps you could write piano covers or MIDI files for these. ;) licrosses fingers hopefullyli

Steven

I guess I could say that you're in luck there, for I have been practicing MIDI composing and transcribing with Anvil Studio for almost two years now. I remember the notes for Flying Dreams quite well and easily make them into MIDI files. I'll be on Spring Break this next week so I'll see if I can squeeze some time in to come up with something. :)

Cool! Say, if/when you decide to do this, could you start with Jeremy the Crow[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVSB7FMfqI]Jeremy the Crow? That should be easy enough: it's short, uses only distinct themes, and has no dialogue to blot out the music. :)

Steven

Cool! Say, if/when you decide to do this, could you start with Jeremy the Crow[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlVSB7FMfqI]Jeremy the Crow? That should be easy enough: it's short, uses only distinct themes, and has no dialogue to blot out the music. :)

Steven

Sounds like a good score to start with, I'll see what I can transcribe. Do you want piano sheets as well?

I don't think I'll be playing these on the piano, but if you want to make piano sheets anyway, go right ahead. http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e132/jcg60625/thumbsup.gif[" alt=""/img]

Steven

Here's the alternate version of Flying Dreams sung by Sally Stevens.

Flying Dreams (Alternate)[=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-UusqUZzN4]Flying Dreams (Alternate)

Enjoy!

Steven

GOOD find :D

GOOD find :D

It had been uploaded before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZJ-gg1IQg

It wasn't a find, it was a fix. ;)

Steven