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"Predator" De-Cloaks Again and More Disney from Intrada

March 6, 2012 By Mike Duquette Leave a Comment

Intrada's latest batch of soundtrack releases should be cause for celebration, if you're not an easily offended fan.

First, and most controversially, the label has announced a second pressing of the score to Alan Silvestri's score to the 1987 sci-fi/action classic Predator. One of the best soundtrack's of Silvestri's mid-to-late-'80s period of greatness (which also saw the scores to gems like Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Predator is a kinetic, rhythmic score that fits perfectly with the tone of the film, the tale of an American Special Forces outfit on a mission in the jungles of South America. The group, led by Col. Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), comes across a more fearsome foe than global terrorists, a stealthy alien hunter who decimates the group with violent traps and weapons.

The Predator score, a fan favorite, was finally released as a limited title by Varese Sarabande in 2003. That edition sold out not long after its release; when Intrada announced another limited reissue (slightly re-edited and remastered) in 2010, it sold out in about a day. This edition, commissioned as an unlimited title by licensor 20th Century Fox and composer Silvestri, features different artwork, minor tweaks in editing at the suggestion of fans, and an additional brief unused cue that appeared on Varese's edition. Discussion of the merits of this reissue has been heated (a thread at the Film Score Monthly forum has been closed due to uncivil discussion), but this writer maintains that getting the music out to the many people who doubtlessly missed out on both releases is far more important than the sanctity of limited edition status.

But things for Intrada have a Disney-style happy ending in more ways than one, as you'll find out after the jump!

That's right, another Intrada/Disney score has been announced: Maurice Jarre's underrated soundtrack to 1974's The Island at the Top of the World. In this film, a trio of adventurers - a British aristocrat in search of his missing son, a Scandinavian archaeologist and a French inventor - trek to the Arctic in a dirigible and make a surprising discovery in the form of an uncharted island. (Disney trivia geeks might know that the team's dirigible, the Hyperion, was named for the street where Walt Disney's studio could be found from 1925 to 1940. The Walt Disney Company's publishing arm also takes its name from that roadway.) Jarre's score, at times haunting, heroic and melodic, is getting its first release anywhere. (A Disneyland Records LP released alongside the film featured the story narrated by Disney Legend Thurl Ravenscroft, accompanied by Jarre's themes on solo organ!)

Best of all, Intrada has confirmed that its next batch of titles, to be released March 20, are both from the Disney library, guaranteeing a month of magic for soundtrack enthusiasts. The new Predator and Island are yours to order below.

Alan Silvestri, Predator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada MAF 7118, 2012 - original film released 1987)

  1. 20th Century-Fox Fanfare (arr. Elliot Goldenthal)
  2. Main Titles
  3. Something Else/Cut 'Em Down/Payback Time
  4. The Truck
  5. Jungle Trek
  6. Girl's Escape
  7. Blain's Death
  8. What Happened?
  9. He's My Friend
  10. We're Gonna Die
  11. Building the Trap
  12. The Waiting
  13. Can You See Him?
  14. Dillon's Death
  15. Billy and Predator
  16. Dutch Builds Trap
  17. Predator Injured
  18. Hand to Hand Combat
  19. Predator's Death
  20. The Aftermath/The Pick-Up and End Credits

All tracks previously released on Varese Sarabande VCL 0803 1022, 2003 and Intrada Special Collection Vol. 141, 2010. Track 1 recorded for Alien3 (1992).

Maurice Jarre, The Island at the Top of the World: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection Vol. 193, 2012 - original film released 1974)

  1. Title & Theme
  2. We're Under Way
  3. The Dirigible
  4. Full Speed
  5. Traveling
  6. Oomiak is Trapped
  7. Follow It
  8. The Storm
  9. They Start the Trek
  10. Donald's House
  11. We Know Donald
  12. The Viking City
  13. The Chase
  14. In the Volcano
  15. Burning Lava
  16. Escape Through the Ice Palace
  17. Battle with the Sea Beasts
  18. Flyin' Without Engine
  19. God's Punishment
  20. Happy Ending

All tracks previously unreleased

Categories: News Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Maurice Jarre

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Michael Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he discovered there was more than one version of John Williams' soundtrack to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, with bylines on catalog at Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Prince and credits on titles including the Grammy-winning 'Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic.' Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with an ever-expanding collection of music.

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