Intrada has announced their final four catalogue soundtrack releases to round out the year.
First up is Laurence Rosenthal's complete score to the classic action/fantasy film Clash of the Titans (1981). This box office hit starred Harry Hamlin as the mythic hero Perseus, who ventured across ancient Greece battling classic monsters, all expertly created by stop-motion animation guru Ray Harryhausen. (The Gorgon Medusa as seen in the film still gives us the chills!) Intrada's double-disc set greatly expands upon both the original Columbia LP and a 1997 expansion on PEG Recordings, making it your sole destination for all the music in the best stereo sound quality. Clash of the Titans is limited to 3,000 copies.
Next up is Navy SEALS, Lewis Teague's score to the 1990 action film starring Charlie Sheen and Bill Paxton. Though some may know the film as a punchline in a scene in Clerks (1994), it's a serviceable action score finally getting its due on CD (the original Atlantic soundtrack was all pop songs). It's a small release, limited to 1,200 copies.
Then there's a two-fer from the Golden Age of film scores. The Fox films On the Threshold of Space (1956) and The Hunters (1958) make their debut in any format. Lyn Murray composed the score to Threshold, an early film about astronauts, while Dean Sawtell composed The Hunters, a military action flick with Robert Mitchum. As a bonus, the disc also includes the music heard in the trailer for The Hunters. This set tops out at 1,000 copies.
Finally, we have the score to Flesh + Blood, a 1985 adventure about mercenaries in 16th century Europe. Basil Poledouris wrote this score for director Paul Verhoeven (the duo would join forces two years later for Robocop, also reissued by Intrada this year), and the composer considered it to be one of his favorites. Intrada had access to the original 24-track session masters, enabling a complete remix from the original film version (something Poledouris had always wanted to do); they also had access to Poledouris and engineer Eric Tomlinson's original notes on editing, take selection and mixing, allowing this presentation to present the complete score as it was meant to be heard. This set is limited to 2,000 copies, so act fast.
Full track lists are after the jump.
Laurence Rosenthal, Clash of the Titans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 150, 2010 - original film released 1981)
Disc 1
- Prologue and Main Title
- Olympus (Chorus)
- Argos is Doomed
- Argos Destroyed
- Boyhood of Perseus
- Zeus’s Judgment (Chorus)
- Transformation of Calibos
- Dreams and Omens
- Zeus Commands the Gifts (Chorus)
- Magic Weapons
- Fulfill Your Destiny (Chorus)
- Invisible/Joppa
- Andromeda
- Pegasus/To the Marsh
- The Lord of the Marsh
- The Fight in the Swamp/Fanfare
- Curse Ended/The Dancing Girl
- Justice or Revenge/The Lovers
Disc 2
- The Head of Thetis/Pegasus in the Net
- “We Follow the North Star”
- “It Is My Wish” (Chorus)
- Bubo Arrives/The Quest
- The Farewell
- The River Styx
- Medusa Temple/Two Headed Dog
- Medusa
- The Magic Sword
- Bubo the Dive-Bomber
- Andromeda Shackled
- The Kraken
- Clash of the Titans/Andromeda Rescued
- The Constellations – End Title
- Prologue and Main Title (LP Version)
- Zeus’s Judgment (Chorus) (Unused Alternate Version) 0:17
- No Mercy (Chorus) (Unused)
- Joppa (Original Version)
- The Quest (Alternate Version)
- Procession Drums
- The Constellations – End Title (LP Version - Narration by Laurence Olivier)
Portions of this set were previously released as Columbia LP JS-37386, 1981 and PEG Recordings PEG-014, 1997.
Lewis Teague, Navy SEALS: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 151 - original film released 1990)
- Main Title
- The First Mission
- Search Team
- Training Camp
- Freighter Raid
- High Jumpers
- Into Town
- Graham’s Dead
- Funeral
- Beirut
- Stinger
- God is Dead
- Planting the Dynamite
- Saving Curran
- Da Auto
- Back to the Sub
- To the Rescue
- The Missiles
- Never Talk About Now
- TV Documentary Underscore
- Funeral (Alternate with Trumpet)
All tracks previously unreleased.
Lyn Murray and Paul Sawtell, On the Threshold of Space/The Hunters: Original Motion Picture Scores (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 152 - original films released 1956 and 1958)
- Overture
- Windblast
- Satellite
- Free Fall
- Fallout
- Ascent
- Survival
- Matin
- X Minus 10
- Black Sky
- Descent
- Finale
- Main Title
- Hot Coffee
- Secret Rendezvous
- Tender Thoughts
- The Comparison
- Cleve’s First Encounter
- Combat Montage
- Lover’s Love
- What a Deal
- MIGs on the Prowl
- Crapshooter’s Luck
- The Mission
- Brutal Forces
- Remorse
- End Titles
- The Hunters (Music from the Trailer; vocals by John Gabriel)
All tracks previously unreleased. Tracks 1-12 from On the Threshold of Space. Tracks 13-28 from The Hunters.
Basil Poledouris, Flesh + Blood: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 153, 2010 - original film released 1985)
- Main Title
- Siege of the City
- The Noose
- A Rotten Trick
- Saint Martin
- Lesson in Nature
- Agnes and Kathleen
- Courtship and Mandrake
- Wagon Attack
- The Rape
- Martin’s Withdrawal/The Pointer/The Castle
- Castle Invasion
- Feast for Martin
- Martin & Agnes Love Theme
- Rescue Me
- Night Fires
- The Box
- The Burning Wheel
- The Plague Dog
- Water (The Undoing)
- Prepare for Battle
- Arnolfini Assault
- Denouement/End Title
- The Box (with Percussion Overlay)
Tracks 1-2, 8-9, 12, 14, 16-17, 20 and 22-23 previously released as Varese Sarabande LP STV-81256, 1985. Portions of some other tracks released on Prometheus CD PCR-513, 2002.
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