WORLD PREMIER OF HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN AND DRACULA SCORES RELEASED!

NEWS: AS REPORTED here at PCASUK in MAY this year, TADLOW MUSIC had been very busy recording the COMPLETE musical scores of BOTH Hammer films 'The Curse of Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' as written by James Bernard. BELOW is a link to not only place your easily place your order, but also sample some of the score, all Newly Recorded in Stunning and Dynamic Digital Sound! The scores are performed by the Acclaimed and Award-Winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Nic Raine with some new score and Bernard’s own Orchestrations Reconstructed by Leigh Phillips . Each disc is accompanied by a 20-Page Full-Colour Booklet with Informative Sleeve Notes by Hammer Film Music Expert David Huckvale – plus numerous original film stills and posters. Both discs sound amazing! The RELEASE Date for both recordings is OCT 25th 2019….just in time for Halloween !

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SAMPLES and place YOUR order :HERE!

NEWS: CLASSIC DRACULA AND FRANKENSTEIN ENTIRE SCORES PREMIERE ON CD RELEASE THIS SUMMER

NEWS: COMING THIS SUMMER! 'Dracula / Horror of Dracula' and 'The Curse of Frankenstein' World Premiere digital recording of the COMPLETE scores composed by James Bernard, from the classic Hammer horror films, starring #PeterCushing and #ChristopherLee. Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Nic Raine. Scores reconstructed by Leigh Phillips. CD booklet notes by Hammer film score and music aficionado, David Huckvale. Produced by James Fitzpatrick and Leigh Phillips. Release Summer 2019. These releases are not to be confused with any previous Hammer film soundtrack releases on CD. More NEWS and details as we get it 😉 - Marcus

ABOVE A LARGE SCAN taken from our original press kit photograph of Christopher Lee and Melissa Stribling in Hammer films, 'Dracula' / 'Horror of Dracula. It was this photograph that amazing artist Bill Wiggins, used for the UK quad cinema poster. That poster sold in auction last year in Ireland for £14,000 
 

#TUESDAYTREATS : VAMPIRE VINYL WAS A WINNER BEFORE VHS AND BLU RAYS!

SOMETHING NEW for Tuesday's ...since we have put our 'Tuesday Toughy' to sleep for a while. TREATS for TUESDAY! Do you own these and if so, do you play them... or do you have the cd's?? These were amazing when first released and the Dracula quadrophonic sound was quite a blast back then! A great shame the third album was never released ☹️😦 Over at the Facebook PCASUK FAN PAGE we have asked, do you know what the theme of that album was? It was narrated by #PeterCushing! 😊You can hear BOTH albums complete over at the PCASUK YouTube channel,  LINKS BELOW!

DARK CORNERS HAMMER FRANKENSTEIN FRANCHISE 1 AND 2 : MONSTER MUSICAL CONNECTIONS : PC MAN AND BOY!

#PeterCushing Femmefatalesfriday! Here's an interesting musical motif connection, between Valerie Gaunt and Christopher Lee. Btw Valerie is the subject of next week's #femmefatale feature here at the website!

PETER CUSHING AGED NINE, with a letter from his school, that was requested by his father, George. It's interesting to read how even back then, he was consciousness and stood out, even at school! 

THE ABOVE BANNER was posted today at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE. With it was a message to everyone who follows and comments at the page, that this is the last post for a while, on the page.  FACEBOOK is a for PCAS is a great tool, to connect with fans of Peter Cushing's work, to devise competitions and get together with others, who have a love of Peter and the whole world, that connects to his work and life. But all of that shudders to a halt, if the followers can nit see the posts we make three to four times daily. Some are reporting seeing none at all, for DAYS! 

ABOVE A FACEBOOK MESSAGE we received seconds after posting the news of taking a some time out from posting on the PCAS facebook fan page. If it wasn't so stupid and manipulative, it would be funny . . BELOW the revised header banner

THE SOLUTION appears to be clicking a button, making a prioritization of the posts you see on facebook..without it, you will not see the PCAS posts, and the account, is starved of the interaction that facebook insists it receives, OR it buries the account. We are taking a few days off from the PCAS PAGE, and waiting to see, if things change . . . .Posts will continue here, unchanged. Thanks to YOU both this website and our PCAS YOUTUBE CHANNEL are very healthy indeed! I'll keep you posted - Marcus 

WHILE WE MAY BE EXPERIENCING visibility issues at our FACEBOOK PAGE, we are still very happy to promote and raise awareness of other society, groups and in this case, excellent video documentaries. I received a message from the chaps at the DARK CORNERS YOUTUBE CHANNEL  a short time ago, asking if we could possibly, post a LINK to their channel. There reason, I had already discovered that very morning. TWO SUPERB documentaries called HAMMER AND THE FRANKENSTEIN FRANCHISE.  Written and presented by Robin Bailes, directed and edited by Graham Trelfer, the docs are in TWO parts, and each are well worth your time, as are many of video docs. Packed with tons of images and clips, both are very well edited and presented, making these many steps above, what usually passes for docs and reviews on Youtube and also many extras on current blu rand DVD releases. Don't take my word for it, go look them up pr click these links for PART ONE and  PART TWO HERE!

REMEMBER! IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA

#SILENTBUTDEADLY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES BERNARD PLUS HAMMER THEME

Today, 20th September marks the birthday of the late JAMES BERNARD composer of many of Hammer films greatest music scores,starring Peter Cushing. Probably best remembered for his music score for Hammer films, Dracula (1958). It featured a motif based on the name... Dra-cu-laaaaa.... However, he could also write lushly romantic melodies, such as appear in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970). Unlike the majority of film composers, Bernard orchestrated almost all of his work.

Bernard's first major break as a composer was at the age of 17 when he met Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, for whom Bernard later wrote a song cycle. Other memorable Hammer scores include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), She (1964),The Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).

TRIVIA: James Bernard was educated at Wellington College, which actor Christopher Lee also attended....

IF YOU LIKE what you see here at our website, you'll  love our daily themed posts at our PCAS FACEBOOK FAN PAGE.  Just click that blue LINK and click LIKE when you get there, and help us . . Keep The Memory Alive!. The Peter Cushing Appreciation Society website, facebook fan page and youtube channel are managed, edited and written by Marcus Brooks, PCAS coordinator since 1979. PCAS is based in the UK and USA     

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: GREEN LIMITED EDITION HAMMER THEME VINYL

#HAMMERFILMSATURDAY: NEWS JUST IN! LIMITED EDITION 500 Green Vinyl release of Hammer Film Themes . . . !

TRACK LISTING:

Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter - Laurie Johnson
Twins of Evil - Harry Robinson
The Kiss of the Vampire - James Bernard
The Mummy - Franz Reizenstein
Dracula - James Bernard
Quatermass and the Pit - Tristram Cary
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires - James Bernard
The Lost Continent - Roy Phillips
Dracula AD 1972 - Mike Vickers
The Devil Rides Out - James Bernard
Countess Dracula - Harry Robinson
The Gorgon - James Bernard
Hands of the Ripper - Christopher Gunning
Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde - David Whitaker
She - James Bernard
Taste the Blood of Dracula - James Bernard
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell - James Bernard
 

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DRACULA AND GOLDEN VAMPIRES NARRATED BY PETER CUSHING AND CHRISTOPHER LEE

TONIGHT... turn off the lights, get comfy, put on your headphones and...Get an EAR FULL of classic Hammer with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in TWO great narrated stories with music by James Bernard, sound effects in glorious stereo ... at our Peter Cushing Appreciation Society YOUTUBE Channel and HERE NOW!

REMEMBERING: JAMES BERNARD : BORN TODAY 1925

Remembering ...Composer JAMES BERNARD: Born 20th September 1925, India. Died: 12th July 2001, London, England, UK

Today, 20th September marks the birthday of the late JAMES BERNARD composer of many of Hammer films greatest music scores,starring Peter Cushing. Probably best remembered for his music score for Hammer films, Dracula (1958). It featured a motif based on the name... Dra-cu-laaaaa.... However, he could also write lushly romantic melodies, such as appear in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) and Scars of Dracula (1970). Unlike the majority of film composers, Bernard orchestrated almost all of his work.

Bernard's first major break as a composer was at the age of 17 when he met Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, for whom Bernard later wrote a song cycle.

Other memorable Hammer scores include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), She (1964),The Kiss of the Vampire (1962), The Plague of the Zombies (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).

TRIVIA: James Bernard was educated at Wellington College, where the future actor Christopher Lee was a classmate!

YOUR TOP TEN LISTS TUESDAY: COMPOSER JAMES BERNARD

IT'S #TOPTENLISTTUESDAY: Composer, James Bernard wrote some of Hammer films best music scores and themes, many of them were films that Peter Cushing appeared in too. Here's SEVEN of our TEN. What would you add to make up the TOP TEN CUSHING FILM SCORES, what would you take out or add and which score would be YOUR NUMBER ONE? Here a list of Bernard's work, to help you :The Music of James Bernard.

This post is intercative at our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE TODAY:HERE! .