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Rob1956 · 02-26-2014, 08:13 PM

Has anyone read any comments that Gord ever made about working with composer/arranger Lee Holdridge? If you're not familiar with Holdridge, he's done a number of soundtracks for films over the years, Here's a blurb from Wikipedia: Holdridge has composed, conducted, and orchestrated for many films, some of the most notable being Jeremy,[3] American Pop,[4] The Beastmaster, Mr. Mom, Splash, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, A Tiger's Tale, Beautiful Music, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport[2] and Brothers at War.[5] He has also composed for several television series, including The Mists of Avalon, American Family, The Brooke Ellison Story, and Moonlighting] He is probably best known for his work with Neil Diamond over the course of many years. If you're familiar with Neil's songs like "Walk on Water", "Play Me", the "Stones" album, "Tap Root Manuscript", and the Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack, the quality is pretty high. Neil and Lee had a falling out in 1973 over credits on the JLS album, and Lee left the Diamond machine. So as you all know, he wound up working on the re-recordings on Gord's Gold album, doing so many great arrangements of Gord's songs on the first disc (if you remember the vinyl edition). Being a big fan of Lee and Neil and Gord, I was looking forward to some more collaborations between them, but it never happened. Did any of you hear that Gord was unhappy with Lee's contributions to the GG1 album? Seems like a squandered opportunity to me.

02-26-2014, 08:13 PM	#1
Rob1956 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hickory Hills, IL Posts: 454	Lee Holdridge Has anyone read any comments that Gord ever made about working with composer/arranger Lee Holdridge? If you're not familiar with Holdridge, he's done a number of soundtracks for films over the years, Here's a blurb from Wikipedia: Holdridge has composed, conducted, and orchestrated for many films, some of the most notable being Jeremy,[3] American Pop,[4] The Beastmaster, Mr. Mom, Splash, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, A Tiger's Tale, Beautiful Music, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport[2] and Brothers at War.[5] He has also composed for several television series, including The Mists of Avalon, American Family, The Brooke Ellison Story, and Moonlighting] He is probably best known for his work with Neil Diamond over the course of many years. If you're familiar with Neil's songs like "Walk on Water", "Play Me", the "Stones" album, "Tap Root Manuscript", and the Jonathan Livingston Seagull soundtrack, the quality is pretty high. Neil and Lee had a falling out in 1973 over credits on the JLS album, and Lee left the Diamond machine. So as you all know, he wound up working on the re-recordings on Gord's Gold album, doing so many great arrangements of Gord's songs on the first disc (if you remember the vinyl edition). Being a big fan of Lee and Neil and Gord, I was looking forward to some more collaborations between them, but it never happened. Did any of you hear that Gord was unhappy with Lee's contributions to the GG1 album? Seems like a squandered opportunity to me.