Expanded scores by iconic composers? Reissues of soundtrack oddities paired with newly-discovered gems? Yes, it's certainly 2013 at Intrada! The label unveiled its first two titles for the new year on Monday: complete presentations of Jerry Goldsmith's score to Congo and Frank Cordell's Cromwell.
Released at the height of the mid-'90s post-Jurassic Park frenzy, Congo (which, like JP, was based on a techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton) was the story of a team of scientists and mercenaries (and one gorilla fluent in sign language) searching for a mysterious diamond and finding a lost city populated by mysterious beasts. The legendary Jerry Goldsmith contributed a solid action score to the commercially successful picture, only about half of which was heard on the original soundtrack album. (A sort of theme song, "Spirit of Africa," was penned by James Newton Howard and South African composer Lebo M, the latter of whom rose to fame for his work on the score to The Lion King the previous year.) Featuring several alternate cues, Congo is a must-own for Goldsmith fans.
Elsewhere, Intrada has unearthed the Oscar-nominated score to Cromwell, a 1970 drama starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness as Oliver Cromwell and King Charles I, leaders of opposing factions during the English Civil War. Cordell, a onetime composer for the BBC and musical director for HMV Records, had his score rather unusually obscured on its soundtrack release; Capitol's accompanying album featured the score as music bed to selections of dialogue from the film, not on its own. Intrada's release pairs that album with the original score from stereo session masters from the EMI vaults (only recently discovered mistakenly filed under the film's foley/dialogue tracks), bringing this score the definitive release fans have doubtlessly wanted over the years.
After the jump, you'll find order links and full discographical detail for each title!
Jerry Goldsmith, Congo: Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (originally released as Epic Soundtrax EK 67266, 1995 - expanded Intrada Special Collection Vol. 220, 2013)
- Spirit of Africa/The Expedition
- Zinj *
- The Eye *
- Meet Amy *
- Something I Lost (Alternate) *
- Meet Monroe Kelly *
- Road Block
- Crossing the Border *
- Bail Out
- No Customs
- Deep Jungle (Picture Version) *
- The Ghost Tribe (Revised) *
- The Rapids
- The Symbol *
- Hippo Attack
- The Other Side (Revised) *
- Crash Site
- Sad Amy *
- Gates of Zinj
- Help Me *
- We Are Watching *
- The Mine *
- Amy's Nightmare
- Kahega
- Amy's Farewell/Spirit of Africa/End Credits
- Something I Lost (Original) *
- Deep Jungle (LP Version)
- The Ghost Tribe (Original) *
- The Other Side (Original) *
- The Collapsed City *
- The Villagers Chant *
* denotes previously unreleased track
Frank Cordell, Cromwell: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Soundtrack Collection Vol. 228, 2013 - original film released 1970)
Disc 1: Film score (previously unreleased)
- Main Titles
- "Such Talk is Treason"
- Confrontation on Common Land
- The Victim
- "Aye - A Beggar"
- Arrest Them All
- The King's Dilemma
- Parliament is Dissolved
- "Think Well on It"
- The River Crossing
- "Be on Your Guard"
- The Battle Ends
- The New Army
- "By God - We Have Him"
- Battle of Naseby
- Intermission Overture
- Act II: Parliament in Session
- Retreat to Oxford
- "Do You Not Rise Sir"
- Deportation
- New Army to Parliament
- Blind Man's Bluff
- A Crown So Easily Recovered
- The Hanging
- The Great Hall
- Prelude to Execution
- The Axe Falls
- "I Will Destroy You"
- Wear a Crown
- "Away with This Bauble" (Finale)
Disc 2: Original Soundtrack LP (released as Capitol ST-640, 1970)
- Main Title; Why Are You Leaving England?
- This is the Common Land
- ...Declare War on My Own People?
- Parliament... is Not a Gathering of Lackeys to the King
- My Lord Strafford, You Will Rid Us of These Troublemakers
- A Warrant Upon a Charge of High Treason
- An Institution is Known As Democracy
- This Nation is Now in a State of Civil War
- The Battle At Edgehill
- The New Army
- By God, We Have Him!
- The Battle At Naseby
- King Charles is Arrested
- The Army Will Not Stand Down
- An England Without a King is Unthinkable
- I Will Have This King's Head, Aye, and the Crown Upon It
- I Am No Ordinary Prisoner, Sir
- Warrant for the Death of a King
- From a Corruptible to An Incorruptible Crown
- I Will See This Nation Properly Governed, Epilogue
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