Intrada's first releases for March involve two premiere score releases from two very different eras - a roadshow flick from the '60s and an action satire from the late '90s.
First up is Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, a 1965 ensemble comedy from England starring luminaries including Benny Hill, Terry-Thomas and Red Skelton. Ron Goodwin's light, poppy theme went on to have some success as a pop single, although the resultant album was an odd one, featuring music and dialogue in either mono or stereo offerings - although on either release, the music was monaural! This release, limited to 2,000 copies, presents the complete, expansive roadshow version of the score in stereo from the original session elements at 20th Century Fox.
And then there's Wrongfully Accused, a satirical take on The Fugitive written and directed by Pat Proft (co-writer of the Naked Gun and Hot Shots! films). Despite the broad parody throughout the film, Bill Conti - he of the Rocky franchise - delivers a straight action score with a distinctive, malleable theme. The complete score, released for the first time, is limited to 1,500 copies.
Both sets are available now; order links and track lists are after the jump!
Ron Goodwin, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Volume 161, 2011 - original film released 1965)
Disc 1
- Prologue/Titles
- Follow Me/Patricia with Cycle
- Beach in France/Von Holstein Exits
- Japan Theme
- Patricia and Orvil with Cycle
- Rawnsley Drives Off/Ornithopter/Telescope
- “Frere Jacques”
- Richard’s Hangar
- “Dolly Gray”
- Patricia in Restaurant
- Demoiselle Take-Off
- Runaway Plane
- Orvil’s Hangar
- Cliffs of Dover/Strauss Waltz
- Von Holstein Into Sea
- It’s Yamamoto
- Patricia Walks to Orvil/I Absolutely Forbid It
- Orvil Romances
- The Marseillaise/Balloon Sequence
- End Act I
Disc 2
- Intermission Music
- Crowds Arrive
- The Competitors
- Yamamoto Crash/Demoiselle Takes Off/Ponticelli At Convent
- Mother Superior/Richard to Dover
- On to Scotland/Marine Hotel
- Rawnsley’s Boat
- Unloading Boat/All Ashore
- Von Holstein and Seagull/Sir Percy Away/Boxkite/Avro with Train/Pierre Through Haystack
- French Band
- Lonchamps/Three Planes Flying
- “Rule Britannia”/Ponticelli Rolls Plane/Band: The Marseillaise
- Pierre Sees Betty/Finish of Race/End of Picture
All tracks previously unreleased in this form. Some portions appeared with dialogue on 20th Century Fox LP TFM/TFS 3174, 1965.
Bill Conti, Wrongfully Accused: Original Motion Picture Score (Intrada Special Collection Volume 162, 2011 - original film released 1998)
- Lord of the Violin
- Afternoon Affair
- Murder!
- The Imposter
- Wrongfully Accused
- Enjoy Your Ride
- Over the Edge
- Manhunt
- Searching for Clues
- It Was the Bartender
- More Manhunt
- Sewer Chase
- Peek-a-Boo Baby
- Even More Manhunt
- The Big Jump
- The Big Stink
- Ryan Harrison, M.D.
- Hospital Confrontation
- Hanging Around
- Airplane Attack
- He's Got a Leg!
- The Big Finish
All tracks on this release previously unreleased.
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