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THE JOURNEY INSIDE - Music Composed and Conducted by DAVID SHIRE

THE JOURNEY INSIDE – Music Composed and Conducted by DAVID SHIRE

Rousing David Shire score makes CD premiere! 40-minute IMAX feature directed by Barnaby Jackson was showcase for special effects-laden journey into pioneering world of Intel, their Pentium processor, told via vivid sci-fi tale of alien race of Angorians arriving on Earth to harvest food, finding human’s development of computer chip a threat. Surrounded by veteran...
THE LAST STARFIGHTER - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

THE LAST STARFIGHTER – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Composed and Conducted by CRAIG SAFAN Craig Safan’s score to the Warner Bros. and Univeral Studios co-production THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984) remains the most popular and iconic of his numerous film scores. The late-Romantic symphonic approach was almost a prerequisite for genre scores in the ’80s, and Safan met the challenge with a large-scale score for orchestra with electronics....
A FAR OFF PLACE - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

A FAR OFF PLACE – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Composed and Conducted by JAMES HORNER Greatly expanded CD release of powerhouse James Horner soundtrack for Mikael Salomon outdoor adventure set in Africa, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jack Thompson, Maximilian Schell. Vivid landscapes, dramatic action inspire Horner to create expansive main theme plus thrilling action music. In between are colorful adventure set-pieces, gentle variants on theme...
QUEENIE - Original Television Soundtrack

QUEENIE – Original Television Soundtrack

Composed and Conducted by GEORGES DELERUE Fabulous treat for Georges Delerue fans! First-ever release of his magnificent, epic-scale score for ABC two-part mini-series with Mia Sara, Kirk Douglas, Martin Balsam, Claire Bloom, directed by Larry Peerce, from Michael Korda’s novel. Story chronicles early life of Merle Oberon, from birthplace in India through numerous hardships, then...
SPACECAMP - Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS

SPACECAMP – Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS

Back by popular demand, Intrada reissues a previous Special Collection release that sold out all too quickly.  The 1986 film SpaceCamp tells the story of a group of kids at space summer camp who accidentally lift off in the space shuttle during an engine test and struggle to get back to earth.  One of the strongest elements...
ON THE WATERFRONT - Music Composed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN

ON THE WATERFRONT – Music Composed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN

An important, world-class film score finally on CD for the first time ever! The 1954 Columbia Pictures’ film On the Waterfront features musical giant Leonard Bernstein‘s lone movie score.  Producer Sam Spiegel asked Bernstein to write the score and the composer, who had emerged over the previous decade as one of the most well-known and...
MANDINGO/PLAZA SUITE - Composed and Conducted by MAURICE JARRE

MANDINGO/PLAZA SUITE – Composed and Conducted by MAURICE JARRE

Treat for Maurice Jarre fans! Two previously unreleased Paramount film soundtracks on one CD! Anchoring is 44-minute score from Mandingo, vivid adaptation of Kyle Onstott tale of Southern slavery, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring James Mason, Perry King, Ken Norton, Susan George. Dino Delaurentiis produces film after earlier attempts by others fail, then works with...
FUNERAL IN BERLIN - Composed and Conducted by KONRAD ELFERS

FUNERAL IN BERLIN – Composed and Conducted by KONRAD ELFERS

Expanded original soundtrack by Konrad Elfers for second Harry Palmer film begun with The Ipcress File, again starring Michael Caine, this time directed by Guy Hamilton of Goldfinger fame. Palmer becomes snarled in espionage tale set in cold war Berlin, with questionable motives of Russian colonel, Israeli agent with questionable motives of her own, pursuit...
MY SCIENCE PROJECT - Composed and Conducted by Peter Bernstein

MY SCIENCE PROJECT – Composed and Conducted by Peter Bernstein

Premiere release of knockout score by Peter Bernstein for Jonathan Betuel adventure/fantasy with John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper. Movie was an early effort from Disney’s then-new Touchstone division, aimed at teen market. Special effects are name of the game, with everything from UFO’s to dinosaurs all getting their say in the name of high...
THE PRESIDIO - Music From The Motion Picture

THE PRESIDIO – Music From The Motion Picture

Composed and Conducted by Bruce Broughton First of three pictures Broughton scored for Hyams, this one gave composer opportunities to write both strong main theme plus pulse-quickening action. Broughton launches with introspective, transparent four-note motif then moves to lean trumpet figure. Both ideas are reflective, offering cohesion that holds score together. Interestingly, brief trumpet idea...
NO MAN OF HER OWN/THUNDER IN THE EAST/WILD HARVEST -

NO MAN OF HER OWN/THUNDER IN THE EAST/WILD HARVEST –

Intrada announces a trio of Hugo Friedhofer scores from the Paramount vaults in this latest edition of the Intrada Special Collection. In Wild Harvest (1947), set against images of combines threshing amber waves of grain, Friedhofer put his “Americana stamp” on the score with a bright major-mode theme, featuring galloping trumpet and woodwind figures set to a...
OUR MAN FLINT / IN LIKE FLINT - Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH

OUR MAN FLINT / IN LIKE FLINT – Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH

Two great sixties albums by Jerry Goldsmith make their debut on CD, mastered from the recently discovered original 20th Century-Fox stereo album session masters! Preserved in pristine condition in the vast UMG vaults, Our Man Flint and In Like Flint were short but exciting LPs that came out in 1966 & 1967 respectively. Both movies featured James Coburn as...
SUMMER of '42/THE PICASSO SUMMER - Composed and Conducted by MICHEL LEGRAND

SUMMER of ’42/THE PICASSO SUMMER – Composed and Conducted by MICHEL LEGRAND

Among the most nostalgic and wistful film scores of all time, Michel Legrand’s beautiful music for Summer of ’42 captured the hearts of moviegoers in 1971 as well as members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, who honored it with the 1971 Academy Award for “Best Original Score.”  Warner Bros. Records issued a bestselling...
SEE NO EVIL - Original Motion Picture Score

SEE NO EVIL – Original Motion Picture Score

World premiere release of dynamic thriller soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein for Richard Fleischer film about blind woman terrorized by sadistic killer, written by Brian Clemens, starring Mia Farrow. Outdoor farm setting, English countryside set stage for relentless pursuit of defenseless woman while one-by-one, loved ones around her are brutally slain. Bernstein fashions music only where...
SWITCHBACK - Music From The Motion Picture

SWITCHBACK – Music From The Motion Picture

Back by popular demand, Intrada presents a straight reissue of the first Special Collection release from 2000.  Composer Basil Poledouris chose to anchor his score around a brief 3-note motif, heard at the very beginning of the score on solo flute.  Extremely flexible, this motif worked alone, sometimes expanded into longer ideas, blended with more...
THEMES FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER - Score by Elmer Bernstein

THEMES FROM THE GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER – Score by Elmer Bernstein

CD premiere of superb Elmer Bernstein score for landmark CBS television anthology series sponsored by General Electric, hosted by Ronald Reagan. The General Electric Theater presented adaptations of popular plays, short stories, novels and films in a half-hour anthology series starring top Hollywood and Broadway talent. The format accommodated live telecasts originating from both coasts and telefilms,...
THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT - Original Music From The Motion Picture

THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT – Original Music From The Motion Picture

Premiere CD release of magnificent Michel Legrand score for Charles Jarrott filming of Sidney Sheldon novel. Based on Sidney Sheldon’s 1974 bestseller, The Other Side of Midnight stars Marie-France Pisier (Cousin Cousine) as Noelle Page, a young actress who beds her way into becoming the mistress of a wealthy Greek tycoon (Raf Vallon), all the while plotting revenge...