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Post by number13 on Oct 18, 2018 20:42:29 GMT
A new 5 hour production out on November 29th
Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds: The Musical Drama Michael Sheen, Taron Egerton, Theo James, Adrian Edmondson, Anna-Marie Wayne and a full cast.
I'm looking forward to this and I loved Nick Briggs' BF adaptation which I'd encourage everyone to listen to, one of the audio highlights of 2018 for me. |
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Post by Stevo on Oct 18, 2018 21:38:34 GMT
I'm looking forward to this and I loved Nick Briggs' BF adaptation which I'd encourage everyone to listen to, one of the audio highlights of 2018 for me. Funnily enough, I thought Sherwood Sound's version was better than the BF adaptation. I found the BF version a bit bland, but The Coming of the Martians was one of the best audios I've listened to in 2018... and this thread has just reminded me to give that a re-listen over the Halloween weekend when it's cold and dark.
I might use one of my Audible credits on the new musical version though, just for completeness sake!
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Post by number13 on Oct 18, 2018 22:07:23 GMT
I'm looking forward to this and I loved Nick Briggs' BF adaptation which I'd encourage everyone to listen to, one of the audio highlights of 2018 for me. Funnily enough, I thought Sherwood Sound's version was better than the BF adaptation. I found the BF version a bit bland, but The Coming of the Martians was one of the best audios I've listened to in 2018... and this thread has just reminded me to give that a re-listen over the Halloween weekend when it's cold and dark.
I might use one of my Audible credits on the new musical version though, just for completeness sake!
Can't have too many versions imo*, the grandfather of every 'Earth invasion' story that's ever been and still a great story in its own right.
*EDIT: Except the recent BBC version which I'd managed to forget.  |
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Post by muckypup on Oct 18, 2018 22:07:24 GMT
Hated the bbc version, was so so with bf......but this.......Intreagues me......used a credit in double quick time.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 18, 2018 22:13:40 GMT
Hated the bbc version, was so so with bf......but this.......Intreagues me......used a credit in double quick time. The BBC version was terrible. Awful. Am I the only one who has a problem with Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds as in the Jeff Wayne's part?
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Post by Sherwood Sound on Oct 18, 2018 23:33:09 GMT
I'm going to say a few words here because I think I had a part to play in this even existing! EEK!
First of all, this is titled and marketed VERY BADLY...
- It's titled as a musical. There's no singing and it's confusing fans to buggery!
- "Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds"...oh so you're actually trying to convince people it's your story now.
- There are two clips of this "drama" floating about online. Not one of them has any drama element whatsoever and it's very clunky sounding with descriptions of what is happening followed by an isolated sound effect of what is happening, which happens multiple times. This is a BIG no-no in audio drama! It's not great in an audiobook either.
It also doesn't know what it is trying to be. Put it this way... It Jeff Wayne's "Musical Drama" based on the musical based on the H. G. Wells book published by an audiobook producer. I'd also like to point out that it's being described on Audible as an "immersive audio drama"! Now I wonder where that idea came from?
When I sought the rights for our adaptation back in 2014 I was asked to collaborate on this. I refused, then got threatened with copyright (pre-2017) and trade mark (post-2017) infringement if I went ahead with our adaptation. Needless to say, none of these threats took hold. I'm fairly certain this is a direct response to our adaptation and it may be the reason this rehash of his musical exists...but without everything people love; Richard Burton's delightful tones and the original music.
I should also point out, for those hoping for good quality sound, that as an audiobook producer Audible's highest bitrate is 128kbps AAC for their Enhanced format if you're lucky as the standard for this format is 64kbps. CD quality is around 10 times this bitrate for compressed formats like AAC. Remember, it's a spoken word producer for audiobooks, not audio drama, so it isn't really designed for music or sound effects.
Anyway, just wanted to give my thoughts.
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Post by glutamodo on Oct 19, 2018 0:28:14 GMT
So really, this is just yet another example of Wayne squeezing every penny out of the Trademark? Well consider me the Turnip, no sale.
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Post by muckypup on Oct 19, 2018 11:20:00 GMT
I'm going to say a few words here because I think I had a part to play in this even existing! EEK! First of all, this is titled and marketed VERY BADLY... - It's titled as a musical. There's no singing and it's confusing fans to buggery! - "Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds"...oh so you're actually trying to convince people it's your story now. - There are two clips of this "drama" floating about online. Not one of them has any drama element whatsoever and it's very clunky sounding with descriptions of what is happening followed by an isolated sound effect of what is happening, which happens multiple times. This is a BIG no-no in audio drama! It's not great in an audiobook either. It also doesn't know what it is trying to be. Put it this way... It Jeff Wayne's "Musical Drama" based on the musical based on the H. G. Wells book published by an audiobook producer. I'd also like to point out that it's being described on Audible as an "immersive audio drama"! Now I wonder where that idea came from? When I sought the rights for our adaptation back in 2014 I was asked to collaborate on this. I refused, then got threatened with copyright (pre-2017) and trade mark (post-2017) infringement if I went ahead with our adaptation. Needless to say, none of these threats took hold. I'm fairly certain this is a direct response to our adaptation and it may be the reason this rehash of his musical exists...but without everything people love; Richard Burton's delightful tones and the original music. I should also point out, for those hoping for good quality sound, that as an audiobook producer Audible's highest bitrate is 128kbps AAC for their Enhanced format if you're lucky as the standard for this format is 64kbps. CD quality is around 10 times this bitrate for compressed formats like AAC. Remember, it's a spoken word producer for audiobooks, not audio drama, so it isn't really designed for music or sound effects. Anyway, just wanted to give my thoughts. Thank you for posting this.......audible have done some good drama stuff.......the aliens stuff have been good but I hear what you are saying. i think I will save my credit and cancel for now...... |
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Post by bobod on Oct 21, 2018 10:35:40 GMT
....audible have done some good drama stuff... Yeah, Audible produce LOTS of audio drama (with music and sound effects) Involving the likes of David Darlington, Barnaby Edwards, John Ainsworth, Dirk Maggs, Joe Lidster, Howard Carter, Steve Foxon, Martin Montague, Tony Lee, Neil Gardner, me, ... |
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Post by muckypup on Nov 29, 2018 19:39:23 GMT
Ok i bought it!
It’s not bad at all, is it drama......well heard worse.....but it’s a collection of dramatised scenes with linking narration and the music we all know and love.......but no songs.......well not yet only half way through.
Much better than the awful bbc version, and I like better than bf one.....(sorry not bought sherwood one)
So would recommend
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 19:43:46 GMT
I'm going to say a few words here because I think I had a part to play in this even existing! EEK! First of all, this is titled and marketed VERY BADLY... - It's titled as a musical. There's no singing and it's confusing fans to buggery! - "Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds"...oh so you're actually trying to convince people it's your story now. - There are two clips of this "drama" floating about online. Not one of them has any drama element whatsoever and it's very clunky sounding with descriptions of what is happening followed by an isolated sound effect of what is happening, which happens multiple times. This is a BIG no-no in audio drama! It's not great in an audiobook either. It also doesn't know what it is trying to be. Put it this way... It Jeff Wayne's "Musical Drama" based on the musical based on the H. G. Wells book published by an audiobook producer. I'd also like to point out that it's being described on Audible as an "immersive audio drama"! Now I wonder where that idea came from? When I sought the rights for our adaptation back in 2014 I was asked to collaborate on this. I refused, then got threatened with copyright (pre-2017) and trade mark (post-2017) infringement if I went ahead with our adaptation. Needless to say, none of these threats took hold. I'm fairly certain this is a direct response to our adaptation and it may be the reason this rehash of his musical exists...but without everything people love; Richard Burton's delightful tones and the original music. I should also point out, for those hoping for good quality sound, that as an audiobook producer Audible's highest bitrate is 128kbps AAC for their Enhanced format if you're lucky as the standard for this format is 64kbps. CD quality is around 10 times this bitrate for compressed formats like AAC. Remember, it's a spoken word producer for audiobooks, not audio drama, so it isn't really designed for music or sound effects. Anyway, just wanted to give my thoughts. Whether right or wrong this comes across as sour grapes & portrays you in a bad light. |
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Post by Sherwood Sound on Nov 30, 2018 11:33:01 GMT
I'm going to say a few words here because I think I had a part to play in this even existing! EEK! First of all, this is titled and marketed VERY BADLY... - It's titled as a musical. There's no singing and it's confusing fans to buggery! - "Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds"...oh so you're actually trying to convince people it's your story now. - There are two clips of this "drama" floating about online. Not one of them has any drama element whatsoever and it's very clunky sounding with descriptions of what is happening followed by an isolated sound effect of what is happening, which happens multiple times. This is a BIG no-no in audio drama! It's not great in an audiobook either. It also doesn't know what it is trying to be. Put it this way... It Jeff Wayne's "Musical Drama" based on the musical based on the H. G. Wells book published by an audiobook producer. I'd also like to point out that it's being described on Audible as an "immersive audio drama"! Now I wonder where that idea came from? When I sought the rights for our adaptation back in 2014 I was asked to collaborate on this. I refused, then got threatened with copyright (pre-2017) and trade mark (post-2017) infringement if I went ahead with our adaptation. Needless to say, none of these threats took hold. I'm fairly certain this is a direct response to our adaptation and it may be the reason this rehash of his musical exists...but without everything people love; Richard Burton's delightful tones and the original music. I should also point out, for those hoping for good quality sound, that as an audiobook producer Audible's highest bitrate is 128kbps AAC for their Enhanced format if you're lucky as the standard for this format is 64kbps. CD quality is around 10 times this bitrate for compressed formats like AAC. Remember, it's a spoken word producer for audiobooks, not audio drama, so it isn't really designed for music or sound effects. Anyway, just wanted to give my thoughts. Whether right or wrong this comes across as sour grapes & portrays you in a bad light. Ah, never mind. I think it's important to listen the opinion of others on such dealings, especially if they have been distressed and affected by it, but judge away. The term "sour grapes", incorrectly used here, doesn't really apply since we have produced our adaptation anyway in the face of these threats. We haven't been prevented from doing it. |
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Dec 14, 2018 9:55:40 GMT
So let me line those ducks up - it’s a drama adaptation of Jeff Wayne’s prog Rock adaptation of War of the Worlds?
So presumably it’ll drop things like the brother in London, the two week period trapped in the ruined building with the increasingly insane parson and the black smoke is just black some and not a biological weapon like it is in the book?
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