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SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES – Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Composed and Conducted by JAMES HORNER Intrada presents an updated and expanded edition of James Horner’s score to the 1983 Walt Disney film Something Wicked This Way Comes.Until Intrada’s initial release back in 2009, the score was a holy grail among collectors.That presentation was based on an earlier (yet unreleased) album program Horner had prepared back...
GORKY PARK - Music Composed and Conducted by James Horner

GORKY PARK – Music Composed and Conducted by James Horner

World premiere expanded CD of early James Horner score for exciting crime thriller set in Moscow, directed by Michael Apted from Martin Cruz Smith novel, starring William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Pacula. For the 1983 film Gorky Park, composer James Horner brilliantly blended orchestral and synthesized textures, wielding an impressive array of stringed instruments...
MUSIC BOX RECORDS Goes to Africa with Pierre Jansen’s L'ÉTAT SAUVAGE / LE GRAND FRÈRE

MUSIC BOX RECORDS Goes to Africa with Pierre Jansen’s L’ÉTAT SAUVAGE / LE GRAND FRÈRE

After releasing on CD René la Canne, Le Bon Plaisir and Descente aux Enfers, Music Box Records explores a new chapter in the career of Francis Girod, releasing the two original motion picture soundtracks composed by Pierre Jansen for this director. L’État Sauvage (1978) adapted from the novel of the same name by Georges Conchon (winner of the 1964 Prix Goncourt)...
PSYCHO II - Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH

PSYCHO II – Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH

For the 1983 Universal Pictures sequel Psycho II, composer Jerry Goldsmith retained the coiling, aggressive string writing he’d developed through the ’70s, while grounding the score with a melody for ghostly electronics and strings — one that gets to the heart of the Norman Bates character in an unexpected way, capturing a sense of innocence and...