Intrada has added two scores from very popular composers to their Special Collection line: Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to 1980's romantic drama The Blue Lagoon, and Danny Elfman's ambitious score to Disney's 1990 adaptation of Dick Tracy.

Based on the 1908 novel of the same name, The Blue Lagoon starred Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins as two cousins shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, living (and loving) in a faraway paradise. The R-rated antics of the couple caused a stir, as Shields was only 14 at the time of filming (body doubles were used for nude scenes). Despite a critical drubbing, it was one of the top 10 grossing films of the year, and fans of film scores (and the late, great Poledouris, whose work on The Blue Lagoon was one of his breakthrough projects) treasure its romantic themes. Long out-of-print (belatedly released on CD by the Australian Southern Cross label in 1987), this new CD features 22 minutes of unreleased material, six of which are alternates--all remastered from the original three-track elements in Australia.

Moving on to the 1990s--and one of the decade's most unusual films--Disney's Dick Tracy was an ambitious, blockbuster affair. Based on the long-running comic strip, Warren Beatty stars (and directs) as the titular detective, with memorable turns from Al Pacino (who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as crime boss Big Boy Caprice), Dick Van Dyke (playing against type as a corrupt district attorney) and Madonna (who used the film as the jumping-off point for the Blonde Ambition Tour). The candy-colored color palette (mirroring the basic colors of the Sunday funnies) and ambitious marketing plan didn't necessarily translate to the kind of blockbuster Disney had hoped for in a post-Batman era, but the film picked up three Oscars for Best Make-Up, Best Art Direction and Best Original song (for Madonna's Stephen Sondheim-penned "Sooner or Later").

For the score, Beatty turned to Danny Elfman, the Oingo Boingo frontman whose foray into blockbuster film scores had hit high gear a year earlier with Tim Burton's Batman. His adventurous and thematic score dueled for prominence in a film with three soundtrack releases: a score album, a compilation of music inspired by the film and Madonna's I'm Breathless, which featured Sondheim's tunes plus the non-film smash "Vogue." That rich score finally gets its due here, as a two-disc set which includes the original soundtrack album plus a bonanza of unedited and alternate cues, all newly mixed from the original scoring sessions by original engineer Dennis Sands.

You can order both sets direct from Intrada--check out the links and track lists below!

Danny Elfman, Dick Tracy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Expanded Edition (Intrada Special Collection ISC 363, 2016 - original film released 1990)

Disc 1: Original soundtrack album (originally released as Sire Records 26264, 1990) and unedited/additional original score cues

1. Main Title
2. After The "Kid"
3. Crime Spree
4. Breathless' Theme
5. Big Boy/Bad Boys
6. Tess' Theme
7. Slimy D.A.
8. Breathless Comes On
9. Meet The Blank
10. The Story Unfolds
11. Blank Gets the Goods
12. Rooftops
13. Tess' Theme - Reprise
14. The Chase
15. Showdown/Reunited
16. Finale
17. Main Title - Part 1 **
18. Main Title - Part 2 **
19. Flattop's Entrance **
20. Tracy's Entrance
21. Lips Gets Nailed
22. And They're Off **
23. Meet Big Boy **
24. Lips Needs a Bath *
25. Lips Needs a Bath (Alternate)
26. Lips Gets a Bath **
27. Walnuts
28. Breathless Comes On **
29. Crime Lab **
30. Crime Lab (Alternate) *
31. Kid Montage *
32. Love One
33. Breathless Again **
34. Tracy Spies
35. Spaldoni Go Boom
36. Tracy Gets Nabbed
37. Boiler Go Boom! *

Disc 2: More unedited/additional original score cues

1. Badge *
2. Badge (Alternate) *
3. Badge (Alternate 2) *
4. Slimy D.A. **
5. Peach Juice *
6. Peach Juice II *
7. Peach Juice II (Revised) *
8. Peach Juice II (Alternate) **
9. Meet The Blank **
10. Tess Farewell (Alternate)
11. Bug Rescued **
12. Bug Rescued (Alternate) **
13. At the Dock
14. Blank Gets the Goods **
15. Tess Nabbed *
16. Tess Nabbed (Alternate)
17. Bait **
18. Gasser **
19. Fletcher Shot/Framed
20. News Montage *
21. Crime Spree Montage *
22. Jail Cell
23. Kid/Tracy Hits the Street
24. Chief Gets a Call
25. Tracy Finds Tess (A/B) **
26. Tracy Finds Tess (A/B/C) **
27. Tracy Finds Tess (A/B/C) (Revised) **
28. Mine Enemy (Revised) **
29. Rescue - Part I
30. Rescue - Part II
31. Rescue - Part III
32. Rescue - Part IV/Rescue - Part V
33. Blast Out
34. Tracy to the Rescue II **
35. Mano a Mano **
36. Revealed/Reunited **
37. Revealed/Reunited (Revised) *
38. Finale (Revised) **
39. Finale (Alternate)
40. Finale *
41. Breathless #1 *
42. Breathless #2 *

* not featured in film ** includes music not featured in film

Disc 1, Track 37 and Disc 2, Track 8 co-written by Shirley Walker

Basil Poledouris, The Blue Lagoon: Original Music from the Motion Picture - Expanded Edition (Intrada Special Collection ISC 365, 2016 - original film released 1980)

1. Love Theme (Emmeline)
2. The Blue Lagoon Main Title
3. Fire
4. Fog
5. Paddy's Sunset/The Island
6. The Skull/Acclimation Montage
7. God Head
8. Paddy's Swim/Paddy's Death
9. The Children Grow
10. Richard Floats
11. Hut Chase
12. I See You Now
13. Emmeline - Theme from The Blue Lagoon (Alternate)
14. Richard Beguiled
15. Leave Me Alone
16. The Raft (Alternate)
17. Living Alone/God Carry
18. Underwater Courtship
19. The Kiss/Love Montage
20. Native Run
21. The Birth/Bad People
22. Richard Sees Paddy
23. Baby Swim
24. Boat
25. The Return
26. The Memories
27. Shark/The Hand of Fate
28. Violet Twilight (Alternate)
29. Three Points to Port
30. End Credits
31. Emmeline - Theme from The Blue Lagoon
32. The Raft
33. Jungle Drums
34. Off Island Drum
35. Wild Tree Bell

 

Portions released on Marlin Records LP 2236X, 1980