Intrada Goes to Vietnam for Two Rare Disney Scores

July 12, 2017 By Mike Duquette — No Comments

Intrada has released two very different scores to two live action Disney comedies, both based on true events of the Vietnam War–as unbelievable as that may seem. Alex North’s score to Good Morning, Vietnam and David Newman’s score to Operation Dumbo Drop have been dusted off for a 2-for-1 release on CD.

Good Morning, Vietnam featured late funnyman Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, a real-life disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio Service. His irreverent broadcasts confound his superiors but provide a much-needed respite from the horrors of the conflict in Vietnam. The film was arguably Williams’ first venture into more serious territory, earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. North’s brief score, some 17 minutes worth, was largely dialed out of the movie in favor of many pop song cues, but gets its due here for the first time.

It’s paired with David Newman’s score to Operation Dumbo Drop, another strange-but-true script about two Green Berets (Danny Glover and Ray Liotta) who lead a team to transport an elephant through the jungle to an allied South Vietnamese village. Newman, the son of legendary 20th Century-Fox composer Alfred, turned out a captivating score featured in part on the original soundtrack but expanded to near-completion here.

Each score is newly remixed for this release: Vietnam from original 2″ 24-track elements and Dumbo Drop from 48-track elements by legendary engineer Bruce Botnick (who led Disney in manually re-synching the two 28-track recorders after original timecodes went missing). Veteran writer John Takis provides liner notes.

Order your copy from the label today and check out the full offering below!

Alex North/David Newman, Good Morning, Vietnam / Operation Dumbo Drop (Expanded): Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (Intrada Special Collection ISC 384, 2017 – original films released 1987 and 1995)

Levitan Sign On (Alternate No. 3) *
Jimmy Wah’s Bombing
Village
Levitan Sign On *
Goodbye to Troops *
Jungle
Goodbye to Troops (Alternate) **
Levitan Sign On (Alternate No. 1)
Chasing Tuan
Troops Arriving
Levitan Sign On (Alternate No. 2) *
Goodbye Tuan
End Credits
Chaplain’s Music
Like Tweet No. 1 *
Like Tweet No. 2 *
Like Tweet No. 3
Opening
Chopper Ride
Starting the Journey
Bo-Tat Enters Plane
Cahill’s Plane/Bo-Tat Wakes Up
Bo-Tat Runs/In the Jungle
Smart Ass/Banana Chase
Get Away
River Fight/The Watch
Cahill and Lihn/The Temple
Cowboy and Elephant Part 2/Trusting Lihn
Prepare for Operation
You Lie, You Lie
The Jump
The Ceremony/Cahill and Lihn Again/Farewell
End Credits

Tracks 1-17 from Good Morning, Vietnam. Previously unreleased. * denotes track not featured in film, ** denotes track with music not featured in film.
Tracks 18-33 from Operation Dumbo Drop. Tracks 18, 23, 27 and 31-32 previously released on Hollywood Records HR-62032-2, 1995

Categories:

News

Formats:

Genres:

Soundtracks

Tags:

Alex North, David Newman

Mike Duquette

Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. 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, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.