Intrada's latest batch of titles may be on the shorter side when it comes to pure musical recognition, but they have three scores released for the first time anywhere - two of which are from two classic adapted film works of the early '60s.
Those scores are to 1961's Raisin in the Sun and 1962's Requiem for a Heavyweight, both penned by Laurence Rosenthal. Requiem is an adaptation of the famous Playhouse 90 teleplay penned by Rod Serling (this adaptation stars Anthony Quinn as the boxer and Jackie Gleason as his manager, not to mention a young Cassius Clay - not yet called Muhammad Ali - as one of Quinn's opponents), while Raisin is an adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway play with its original cast reprising their roles onscreen (including Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Louis Gossett, Jr.).
Each score is sourced from the original mono masters; portions of Requiem are missing but nearly all of the score is present. (Raisin is complete.) The label has also released a Signature Edition of Bruce Broughton's score to Glory & Honor, a 1998 TV-movie starring Delroy Lindo as Matthew Henson, the real-life colleague of explorer Robert Peary. Racial politics in the early 20th century obscured the importance of Henson, who was black, with regard to Peary's successful expedition to the North Pole in 1909.
Glory & Honor is limited to 1,200 copies while the Rosenthal two-fer is capped at 1,500. The usual info is after the jump.
Bruce Broughton, Glory & Honor: Original Television Soundtrack (Intrada Signature Edition ISE-1042, 2010 - original TV-movie released 1998)
- Main Title
- Ship Away
- Jo’s Pregnant
- Skiing Lessons
- Matt’s Invitation
- Us Mere Mortals
- Verhoeff’s Fall
- Montage of Glory
- Ellesmere Island
- Trek to Fort Conger
- Matt Goes Alone
- Frostbite
- Pibluqtu
- Jo’s Visit
- The Polar Sea
- Elixers of Courage
- Matt Meets Lucy
- Matthew Courts Lucy
- Final Assault
- Farther Than Before
- The North Pole
- End Credits
- Island or Highway
- Snow Games
- Bumper No. 1A
- Bumper No. 2
- Bumper No. 3
- Bumper No. 4
- Bumper No. 1
Laurence Rosenthal, Raisin in the Sun/Requiem for a Heavyweight: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (Intrada Special Collection 148, 2010 - original films released 1961 and 1962)
- Main Title
- Night Threats
- Bad Deal
- First Date
- Night Cap/Questionable Judgment
- Things Are Looking Up
- The Soft Side
- Main Title/The Chauffeur
- Memories of Big Walter/In My House There is Still God
- Kitty Kat Club
- Meet Joseph Asagai/Asagai Departs
- $10,000.00 Check
- Stand Up, Walter Lee
- Flaming Spear
- How Bad Things Are/She Bought You a House
- Hurt and Pain/You Be the Head of This Family
- The New House
- The Phonograph
- The Welcoming Committee
- Packing/Willie is Gone!
- Invitation to Nigeria/On His Knees
- He Come Into His Manhood Today (Finale)
Tracks 1-6 from Requiem for a Heavyweight. Tracks 7-22 from Raisin in the Sun. All tracks on each release previously unreleased.
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