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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)

1. Spirit of Africa/The Expedition
2. Zinj *
3. The Eye *
4. Meet Amy *
5. Something I Lost (Alternate) *
6. Meet Monroe Kelly *
7. Road Block
8. Crossing the Border *
9. Bail Out
10. No Customs
11. Deep Jungle (Picture Version) *
12. The Ghost Tribe (Revised) *
13. The Rapids
14. The Symbol *
15. Hippo Attack
16. The Other Side (Revised) *
17. Crash Site
18. Sad Amy *
19. Gates of Zinj
20. Help Me *
21. We Are Watching *
22. The Mine *
23. Amy’s Nightmare
24. Kahega
25. Amy’s Farewell/Spirit of Africa/End Credits
26. Something I Lost (Original) *
27. Deep Jungle (LP Version)
28. The Ghost Tribe (Original) *
29. The Other Side (Original) *
30. The Collapsed City *
31. 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)

1. Main Titles
2. “Such Talk is Treason”
3. Confrontation on Common Land
4. The Victim
5. “Aye – A Beggar”
6. Arrest Them All
7. The King’s Dilemma
8. Parliament is Dissolved
9. “Think Well on It”
10. The River Crossing
11. “Be on Your Guard”
12. The Battle Ends
13. The New Army
14. “By God – We Have Him”
15. Battle of Naseby
16. Intermission Overture
17. Act II: Parliament in Session
18. Retreat to Oxford
19. “Do You Not Rise Sir”
20. Deportation
21. New Army to Parliament
22. Blind Man’s Bluff
23. A Crown So Easily Recovered
24. The Hanging
25. The Great Hall
26. Prelude to Execution
27. The Axe Falls
28. “I Will Destroy You”
29. Wear a Crown
30. “Away with This Bauble” (Finale)

Disc 2: Original Soundtrack LP (released as Capitol ST-640, 1970)

1. Main Title; Why Are You Leaving England?
2. This is the Common Land
3. …Declare War on My Own People?
4. Parliament… is Not a Gathering of Lackeys to the King
5. My Lord Strafford, You Will Rid Us of These Troublemakers
6. A Warrant Upon a Charge of High Treason
7. An Institution is Known As Democracy
8. This Nation is Now in a State of Civil War
9. The Battle At Edgehill
10. The New Army
11. By God, We Have Him!
12. The Battle At Naseby
13. King Charles is Arrested
14. The Army Will Not Stand Down
15. An England Without a King is Unthinkable
16. I Will Have This King’s Head, Aye, and the Crown Upon It
17. I Am No Ordinary Prisoner, Sir
18. Warrant for the Death of a King
19. From a Corruptible to An Incorruptible Crown
20. I Will See This Nation Properly Governed, Epilogue