Intrada has some great releases due this week. One is a familiar romp through '80s action territory, the other a pair of unearthed Western scores.
As rumored, Intrada is bringing Alan Silvestri's score to Predator (1987) back into print. First released by Varese Sarabande in 2003, this high-powered, rhythm-heavy score is remastered from newly-discovered two-track digital stereo session elements, so it's got the best sound one can hope for. The track order is more or less the same, outside of a few combined tracks and a slightly longer end credits track. (The one cue from Alien3 (1992) - Elliot Goldenthal's creepy arrangement of the 20th Century-Fox fanfare - still remains.) This set sold out its original run at Varese, so the new 3,000 copy run at Intrada might go quickly too.
The label has also prepped a two-fer for some never-before-released scores to several Fox Westerns. There's The Proud Ones (1956), a sparse but captivating score written by Lionel Newman, the famed Fox composer (and son of the equally famous Alfred Newman, who penned the Fox fanfare); and These Thousand Hills (1959), a more tuneful soundtrack composed by Leigh Harline, a man best known for his work in the early Disney canon (most notably "When You Wish Upon a Star," with lyricist Ned Washington - who also penned the lyrics to the title theme heard here). This set is limited to 1,200 copies.
See the track lists after the jump, and visit the above links to hear samples and place your orders.
Alan Silvestri, Predator: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Volume 141, 2010 - original film released 1987)
- Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare - 0:26 *
- Main Title - 3:52
- Something Else/Cut 'Em Down/Payback Time - 7:37
- The Truck - 4:23
- Jungle Trek - 1:48
- The Girl's Escape/Blaine's Death - 6:40
- What Happened? - 2:01
- He's My Friend - 1:26
- We're All Gonna Die - 3:29
- Buildign a Trap - 3:06
- The Waiting - 3:27
- Can You See Him? - 4:52
- Dillon's Death - 2:05
- Billy and Predator - 2:32
- Dutch Builds Trap - 9:28
- Predator Injured/Hand to Hand Combat - 7:22
- Predator's Death -3:43
- The Pick-Up and End Credits - 5:58
* arranged by Elliot Goldenthal for Alien3 (1992)
Various Artists, These Thousand Hills/The Proud Ones: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (Intrada Special Collection Volume 134, 2010 - original films released 1959/1956)
- Main Title ("These Thousand Hills") - Randy Sparks - 2:07 *
- The Big Herd - 1:59
- Lat and Tom - 2:00
- Ragtime Medley - 3:38
- Callie - 3:52
- Remembrance - 2:27
- Longing for Callie - 1:53
- Winter Danger - 4:18
- The Ranch - 0:38
- "These Thousand Hills" - 2:43
- Birthday Sadness - 2:08
- New and Old Love - 3:08
- Joyce - 3:13
- Determination - 1:58
- Finale - 2:50
- "These Thousand Hills" (Alternate) - Bill Lee - 2:38
- The Proud Ones - 3:52
- The Dizzy Spell - 5:19
- The Gunmen - 5:54
- The End of Chico - 2:40
- The Jail Break - 3:39
- The Gunfight - 3:55
- The Ending - 2:59
- These Thousand Hills (Demo) - Ned Washington - 3:05
Tracks 1-16 and 24 from These Thousand Hills (1959) - score composed by Leigh Harline
Tracks 17-23 from The Proud Ones (1956) - score composed by Lionel Newman
All tracks previously released except * from Verve single V-10167, 1959
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