Autummn, for you it’s football and college but for the thrity-two teams and the NFL there work has just begun as the wheather starting to get chilly but that’s not on the mind of the thrity-two teams playing for pride, respect, and the glourious
superbowl.
now as far as the CD goes just think of helmet cracking, bone crunching and listen to the glourious music of the National Football Leauge and just imagine a football game going on inside your head
Rating: 5 / 5
As a long time fan of NFL Films and its music, I recommend this collection ONLY for the hardcore NFL Films fanatic. If you like the music, purchase “The Power and the Glory”- it’s a lot cheaper and is an excellent compilation.
Rating: 3 / 5
I purchased this CD set hoping to get all the music on the “Pure Payton” DVD, and while much of it is there, I know 3 or 4 of the best songs are missing (soundtrack during the scenes of Payton’s retirement, college films, Super Bowl victory/10 year celebration, etc).
I’m going to give this one 3 stars…if it included all the music on the Pure Payton DVD I’d bump it up to 4 stars. There is other (newer) NFL music I’ve heard that’s not on the set, and if it were included I’d probably bump it up to 5 stars (price does hurt though).
For those that think the Sam Spence material is the best, I’d recommend buying/watching the Pure Payton DVD which has much of Tom Hedden’s work, then decide!
I enjoy Sam Spence’s work (whenever I hear it I visualize the old highlight films shown every week), but after watching Pure Payton I think Tom Hedden’s is just as good!
This set is a bit pricey, so if you want to stick your toes in the water before taking the plunge, I’d recommend The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices Of NFL Films (Sam Spence/older material) and Payton (the book), which comes with the Pure Payton DVD. My understanding is the only way to get Pure Payton on DVD is to buy the book, but at under $20 it’s a steal!
BTW…the Pure Payton DVD is about 50 minutes long, has a soundtrack through darn near the entire DVD, and I enjoyed ALL the music. You won’t watch this one just once, even if you’re not a football fan!
Autumn Thunder: 3 STARS (because of the price and some missing music)
The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices Of NFL Films: 4 STARS (older, good music, and a much better price!)
Payton (hardcover/$20 with the Pure Payton DVD): 5+ STARS-probably the best NFL films work I’ve seen, with great video, stirring music, and it’s a roller coaster of emotions. I bought the book just to get the DVD, but after scanning the book I can tell I’m going to enjoy it also (makes a great coffee table book)!
Rating: 3 / 5
I grew up in the 1970s watching NFL Films highlight shows (NFL Game of the Week, This Week in the NFL, etc.) and to this day, probably have an NFL Films song pop into my head at least once or twice a week. The music was that catchy, and good.
The Power and the Glory, which came out in 1997, was a very good start, but I wrote a an email to NFL Films asking them if they would consider another release which included the rest of their library. I was assured they were “considering a project of this type” which gave me hope (hey, I was surprised they even responded!). Seven years later, voila! As great as this set is, I was a little disappointed that several of my favorite tracks from the 1970s were left out (you’ll hear many of them in the team NFL yearbooks that run on ESPN Classic a lot), and a few from the early 1980s. However, I also wonder if some of those were generic canned music and not NFL Films property, which could be a reason why they weren’t included.
Anyway, the best music we grew up with is on discs 1-6. They probably could have easily put 1960s through 1980s tracks on all 10 discs and left out the ho-hum stuff of Dave Robidoux and Tom Hedden (discs 7-10) which all sounds very indistinguishable to me.
At least this leaves the door open for another NFL Films box set perhaps, the “lost classics”.
Rating: 4 / 5
The CD’s are wonderful but the brochure that comes with the product indicates that the 1975 season is included. The 1975 Season Suite was totally missing. The rest of the CD’s were great but there was one particular piece that I was looking for and it happens to be included in the ‘75 season.
Rating: 4 / 5
Comments (5)
Autummn, for you it’s football and college but for the thrity-two teams and the NFL there work has just begun as the wheather starting to get chilly but that’s not on the mind of the thrity-two teams playing for pride, respect, and the glourious
superbowl.
now as far as the CD goes just think of helmet cracking, bone crunching and listen to the glourious music of the National Football Leauge and just imagine a football game going on inside your head
Rating: 5 / 5
As a long time fan of NFL Films and its music, I recommend this collection ONLY for the hardcore NFL Films fanatic. If you like the music, purchase “The Power and the Glory”- it’s a lot cheaper and is an excellent compilation.
Rating: 3 / 5
I purchased this CD set hoping to get all the music on the “Pure Payton” DVD, and while much of it is there, I know 3 or 4 of the best songs are missing (soundtrack during the scenes of Payton’s retirement, college films, Super Bowl victory/10 year celebration, etc).
I’m going to give this one 3 stars…if it included all the music on the Pure Payton DVD I’d bump it up to 4 stars. There is other (newer) NFL music I’ve heard that’s not on the set, and if it were included I’d probably bump it up to 5 stars (price does hurt though).
For those that think the Sam Spence material is the best, I’d recommend buying/watching the Pure Payton DVD which has much of Tom Hedden’s work, then decide!
I enjoy Sam Spence’s work (whenever I hear it I visualize the old highlight films shown every week), but after watching Pure Payton I think Tom Hedden’s is just as good!
This set is a bit pricey, so if you want to stick your toes in the water before taking the plunge, I’d recommend The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices Of NFL Films (Sam Spence/older material) and Payton (the book), which comes with the Pure Payton DVD. My understanding is the only way to get Pure Payton on DVD is to buy the book, but at under $20 it’s a steal!
BTW…the Pure Payton DVD is about 50 minutes long, has a soundtrack through darn near the entire DVD, and I enjoyed ALL the music. You won’t watch this one just once, even if you’re not a football fan!
Autumn Thunder: 3 STARS (because of the price and some missing music)
The Power And The Glory: The Original Music & Voices Of NFL Films: 4 STARS (older, good music, and a much better price!)
Payton (hardcover/$20 with the Pure Payton DVD): 5+ STARS-probably the best NFL films work I’ve seen, with great video, stirring music, and it’s a roller coaster of emotions. I bought the book just to get the DVD, but after scanning the book I can tell I’m going to enjoy it also (makes a great coffee table book)!
Rating: 3 / 5
I grew up in the 1970s watching NFL Films highlight shows (NFL Game of the Week, This Week in the NFL, etc.) and to this day, probably have an NFL Films song pop into my head at least once or twice a week. The music was that catchy, and good.
The Power and the Glory, which came out in 1997, was a very good start, but I wrote a an email to NFL Films asking them if they would consider another release which included the rest of their library. I was assured they were “considering a project of this type” which gave me hope (hey, I was surprised they even responded!). Seven years later, voila! As great as this set is, I was a little disappointed that several of my favorite tracks from the 1970s were left out (you’ll hear many of them in the team NFL yearbooks that run on ESPN Classic a lot), and a few from the early 1980s. However, I also wonder if some of those were generic canned music and not NFL Films property, which could be a reason why they weren’t included.
Anyway, the best music we grew up with is on discs 1-6. They probably could have easily put 1960s through 1980s tracks on all 10 discs and left out the ho-hum stuff of Dave Robidoux and Tom Hedden (discs 7-10) which all sounds very indistinguishable to me.
At least this leaves the door open for another NFL Films box set perhaps, the “lost classics”.
Rating: 4 / 5
The CD’s are wonderful but the brochure that comes with the product indicates that the 1975 season is included. The 1975 Season Suite was totally missing. The rest of the CD’s were great but there was one particular piece that I was looking for and it happens to be included in the ‘75 season.
Rating: 4 / 5