TROLL
Composed and Conducted by RICHARD BAND
INTRADA Signature Edition ISE1010

In an unassuming San Francisco apartment complex, there is a hidden
gateway to the troll universe is hiding. When an unsuspecting family
moves into the building, a troll named Toruk abducts the family's
youngest daughter and assumes her likeness.Free of its ugly appearance,
the troll moves from apartment to apartment, transforming tenants into
mythical creatures and the rooms within to the enchanted woodlands of
the troll world. It's up to Wendy's older brother and the building's
resident witch to save the Potter family and the world at large from the
Troll universe taking over our own. Starring
Michael Moriarty, Noah Hathaway, June Lockhart, Anne Lockhart, Sony
Bono, Shelley Hack, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jenny Beck, TROLL offers a
familiar and likable cast. John Carl Buechler masterminded the creature
effects, penned the story, and directed, as well.

Richard Band fashioned several important motifs for TROLL. The most
important pair of these ideas range from a serene, major-key melody
infused with harp arpeggios, triangle, electronics and other bell
effects to a diabolical, rhythmic ostinato for chorus and strings
identifying the troll terrorizing the building. When Richard Band
prepared his original 1985 soundtrack album, he edited his score into
large, cohesive "movements." A film music symphony, of sorts. As the
score progresses, Band suggests the "troll" motif in "Cantos I",
explores it further in "Cantos II", then lets it emerge in full as the
dynamic "Cantos Profanae" for full chorus and orchestra.

Intrada premieres this exciting and colorful album of music, newly
re-mastered directly from the original 15 i.p.s. two-track master tapes,
showing an astonishing degree of detail.

This release is limited to 1200 copies.

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