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It might be premature to write about the film score news of the day – especially since the La-La Land label will be announcing some titles later today – but a few labels have announced some worthwhile titles to kick off your Tuesday morning.

Although it was announced late last month, the Tadlow Music label is now shipping copies of the complete score to Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre (an Oscar winner for Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago). This deluxe set features all of the orchestral score plus several bonus tracks over two discs. (Regrettably left out are the three songs sung by co-star Tina Turner, so hold onto your copy if you have one.) This set is limited to 3000 copies.

Intrada interestingly has announced a score from Brian May, the Australian composer who scored the first two Mad Max films. This score is the one to Cloak & Dagger, an unusual action flick from 1984 about a young boy (Henry Thomas of E.T. fame) who dreams of living as a spy and gets more than he bargained for when he gets involved in a case of real-life espionage. This premiere release will be limited to 1500 copies.

Order each of them here and here, and check out the full specs after the jump.Maurice Jarre and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: The Complete Motion Picture Score (Tadlow Music TADLOW009, 2010 – original film released 1985)

Disc 1

1. Original Main Title Music – 2:00
2. Max’s Theme/The Desert – 2:41
3. Bartertown Theme – 1:55
4. Accents 2 Suspense – 3:48
5. Tragic Saxophone – 0:40
6. Heartbeat/Pigrock – 3:48
7. Master Blaster/The Manipulator/Embargo/Entity Humiliated – 2:29
8. The Discovery – 2:01
9. Conspiracy – 0:35
10. Thunderdome – 4:52
11. Darkness/Gulag – 3:48
12. Master in Underworld/Desert Hallucinating – 5:21
13. Magical – 3:02
14. Children’s Theme – 2:13
15. Ceremony – 1:12
16. Confusion – 1:14
17. The Telling/I Ain’t Captain Walker – 4:01
18. Compassion – 3:18
19. Tyrant – 2:45
20. The Leaving – 5:05
21. Underworld Takeover – 2:19
22. Arrival – 2:59

Disc 2

1. Max and Savannah Escape – 3:05
2. Boarding the Train – 2:22
3. Bartertown Destruction – 4:03
4. The Big Chase! – 11:44
5. Epilogue – 3:18
6. Bartertown – 8:27
7. The Children – 2:12
8. Coming Home – 15:15
9. Piano Overdubs for The Big Chase! – 2:37
10. Organ Effects – 0:39
11. Plastic Tube Effects – 0:47
12. Wild Chords – 0:25
13. I Ain’t Captain Walker – Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus, conducted by Nic Raine – 5:02

Disc 2 Tracks 6-8 previously released on original soundtrack LP – Capitol SWAV-12429, 1985
Disc 2 Track 13 previously released on Spectacular Music from the Silver Screen compilation – Silva Screen ACCCD 1002, 1998
All other tracks previously unreleased

Brian May, Cloak & Dagger: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection Volume 135, 2010 – original film released 1984)

1. Jack Flack Arrives – 0:59
2. The Tower of Life – 3:39
3. Help, Police!…Murder – 4:13
4. Return from the Mission – 5:32
5. I Guess We’re on Our Own – 1:38
6. Davey Gets Away – 1:20
7. Run, Davey, Run – 3:34
8. Nightmare Drive – 5:05
9. Parking Lot Chase – 3:56
10. We Gotta Save Kim! – 1:06
11. Back to the River – 2:01
12. Run Like the Wind – 1:55
13. The Cross Fire Gambit – 4:42
14. I Don’t Wanna Play – 1:10
15. The End of Childhood – 2:21
16. Airport Prelude – 1:28
17. Davey a Hostage! – 1:22
18. Captain Jack Flack – 6:49
19. Cloak & Dagger (End Credits) – 3:49