Brian May
Frog Dreaming
1986/1988 (Southern Cross)

15 untitled tracks, TRT: 32:05, FlossyLAC



http://www.mediafire.com/file/v12cvsftxzpk0f0/FDBM.rar

Note: I've had this pretty much since the early eMule days (before this site was ever a reality) and may in fact be one of the first bootlegs I ever downloaded, it's hard to say but looking back on it the internet and music have changed A LOT since those days and it's amazing the things I was able to get then that I have the damndest time finding now, like this beautiful little diamond in the rough. It's been many years since I'd heard it and re-listening to it now evokes many wonderful feelings. The Australian composer Brian May became one of my favorite composers back in the early 2000s when I stumbled upon a CD of his score for Dr. Giggles and the reason that's relevant is because many musical techniques in this score carry over into Dr. Giggles and many of his suspense/thriller/horror scores. This was released alongside Simon Walker's The Wild Duck score on an album titled "Original Motion Picture Scores from Australia volume 1" and both scores were released in the form of long suites which is what I can only imagine is the source of this bootleg. If anyone has this disc, I'm still missing Walker's The Wild Duck and would really love to check it out. Discogs has it at a good base price but it ships out of the Netherlands which I can't justify spending the extra shipping costs on.

I've been looking for cover art for pretty much the entire time since I've owned it so if any of our kind cover art designers out there would want to try to create a cover for this, I'd be most appreciative as I'm sure the others who enjoy this score would.

Editorially, all I did was add proper fade-ins and outs as whoever ripped this did not do that so now each track should flow beautifully.

The source of this was 320 (NOT 192 like originally presumed) MP3 that I saved in a FLAC container to avoid any further quality degradation. Quality is good, very listenable. I would not be against Intrada or LaLaLand or even Varese doing a re-issue of this score as it would be nice to hear in a cleaner form but as it stands, this isn't a terrible mix by any means. It definitely doesn't sound like it was recorded yesterday but that's actually part of the beauty of it for me. I like that vintage sound.

Without further adieu, ENJOY!

EXCELLENT!!! :) :) :)

I love Brian May's scores of the 80's!

... and the sound quality of your post is pretty good, indeed!

Too bad this composer passed away at the dawn of international recognition! Life's unfair!

Fantastic score Codemaster 88 thank you so much

EXCELLENT!!! :) :) :)

I love Brian May's scores of the 80's!

... and the sound quality of your post is pretty good, indeed!

Too bad this composer passed away at the dawn of international recognition! Life's unfair!

I agree, a tragedy indeed. A score like Dr. Giggles shouldn’t be as good as it is but Brian May made the corny flick a touch more horrific and enjoyable with his thematic score. Can’t forget Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare or Thirst (from which the piano theme of Frog Dreaming [track 1] is derived) or Sky Pirates or Mad Max, etc. Just another unique musical voice that died before he could get the proper recognition. RIP Brian

Excellent share! Thank you!

Cover

(http://img213.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=04557_quest_122_981lo.jpg)

Excellent share! Thank you!

Cover

(http://img213.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=04557_quest_122_981lo.jpg)

Excellent cover art. Many thanks!

Thanks

Excellent score!Anyone having STEEL DAWN(B.MAY) ?

I don't know this movie yet, but it looks interesting.

That's the boy from "E.T." right? Anyway, it's on my "Movies to Watch" list.

Thanks for sharing!

I don't know this movie yet, but it looks interesting.

That's the boy from "E.T." right? Anyway, it's on my "Movies to Watch" list.

Thanks for sharing!

Yup it's Henry Thomas from E.T. playing a character named Cody. :D Here's a link to the full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbgWdK7Z-WU.

Since it hasn't been released on even DVD yet, this may be the best quality we will have until some studio decides to properly release it.

Most confusing exclusion I've noticed is that they cut the cue that plays when Cody is talking about frog dreaming.

Thanks for this. And here's another cover:

(https://imgur.com/XTq2FNV)

Yup it's Henry Thomas from E.T. playing a character named Cody. :D Here's a link to the full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbgWdK7Z-WU.

Since it hasn't been released on even DVD yet, this may be the best quality we will have until some studio decides to properly release it.

Ah, that's nice. Thank you!

The quality doesn't bother me at all. I even like these "old" VHS rips. ;)


Most confusing exclusion I've noticed is that they cut the cue that plays when Cody is talking about frog dreaming.

Hmm, I've already noticed something like that in other films...

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the movie. Thanks again! <3

@zerokomma & gururu: Nice covers!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you for sharing this one. Frog Dreaming has been released on DVD here in Australia, but sadly it's not widescreen. https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/home/2348-frog-dreaming.html?#search_query=frog+dreaming&results=2

Thank You so much for the share, c�d�master88! :)

And a big Thanks to both zerokomma and gururu for the great artwork :)

I was going to mention the existence of the Umbrella Entertainment R4 DVD (which I have), but cubbybear beat me to it.

Would that we had track names, but that would just be fluff...

Thanks to everyone!

Why does the WinRAR keep saying the files is corrupted and won't open it?

This looks very interesting. Thank you much for sharing!