Masters Film Music Limited Edition of 3000 copies

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Music Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein

Masters Film Music returns with two never before available westerns by the great Elmer Bernstein!

Cannon for Cordoba (1970) is a full-blooded action tale of an Army intelligence team (led by George Peppard and Don Gordon) trying to foil the criminal plans of bandito/general Cordoba (Raf Vallone) in the turbulent Texas-Mexico border skirmishes of 1912, directed by Paul Wendkos. Bernstein’s score features one of his most vigorous main themes. It’s positively explosive! The rest of the score covers a lot of ground, including a section that is a veritable Elmer Bernstein mariachi street fiesta. This CD is the world premiere release of Cannon for Cordoba.

Gleefully demolishing his macho image, Charles Bronson demonstrates an unexpected comedic talent as a small-time bank robber who inadvertently finds himself a national hero. Adapting his own novel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and director Frank D. Gilroy proves himself a deft, roguish storyteller with this “black comic horror story … reminiscent of the screwball comedies of the past.” Bronson plays Graham Dorsey, a small-time bank robber who, through a series of offbeat twists and turns of plot, finds himself the object of national adoration. Jill Ireland is Amanda Starbuck, the bewitchingly beautiful but quite loony widow who creates the myth, then sustains it at all costs.

Elmer Bernstein’s score is absolutely captivating and charming, beautiful and fun. It’s witty and winsome. It’s a highly original take on the western … a one-off, really. There is neither another film like From Noon Till Three (1976) nor another score like it. The score also features an original, Golden Globe-nominated song called Hello and Goodbye, by Bernstein, along with Alan and Marilyn Bergman. In fact, Elmer and Alan even show up in a cameo to introduce the song!

Who says no to Elmer Bernstein westerns? And two of them at that!

CD One: CANNON FOR CORDOBA

1. Main Title (3:20)
2. Young Brother (:37)
3. Cordoba’s Camp (2:26)
4. The Kill (1:01)
5. One Man Band (2:03)
6. Amusement (2:04)
7. One Man Band II (3:24)
8. One Man Band III (1:25)
9. Doing It (3:30)
10. Warner (:56)
11. Monastery (2:37)
12. Aftermath (3:43)
13. Friends (2:44)
14. Leonora (1:55)
15. The Hard Way (1:40)
16. Fear (:55)
17. Boudoir (2:00)
18. Douglas Foils Cordoba (1:47)
19. Gun Love (:47)
20. Departure / Friends Fight (3:22)
21. Cordoba’s End (2:02)

Elmer Bernstein’s Mariachi Fiesta:
22. Montes Lobregos* (2:49)
23. Adios Adios* (2:15)
24. La Manta* (1:45)
25. 8M4* (2:45)
26. 9M1* (2:28)
27. Cancion Mexicana* (1:45)
28. El Patito* (:53)
29. De Tacambaro* (1:45)
30. El Curripiti* (2:32)
31. El Pitayero* (2:39)
*Adaptations by Elmer Bernstein

Bonus Tracks:
32. Belly Dance (1:39)
33. XM1R (1:16)

CD Two: FROM NOON TILL THREE

1. Main Title (2:02)
2. Ride In (1:26)
3. Blast (1:09)
4. Enter Amanda (3:04)
5. Exit Buck (:34)
6. House Tour (2:17)
7. Drawers (1:21)
8. Goodbye (:36)
9. Doing It (1:19)
10. Sailing Ships (1:17)
11. Splash (1:01)
12. Red Dress (1:10)
13. The Waltz (1:45)
14. Paper Hero (3:43)
15. Mistake (2:13)
16. Confrontation (:46)
17. New York (2:20)
18. Hello And Goodbye (Elmer and Alan) (:45)
19. Hello And Goodbye (The World) (1:24)
20. Hello And Goodbye (Harmonica) (2:12)
21. Hello And Goodbye (Band Medley) (2:05)
22. Mansion Revisited (1:58)
23. His Grave (:48) 24. Revisit (2:08)
25. Exit Amanda (1:19)
26. Amanda’s Funeral (1:47)
27. Bordello (2:24)
28. Shooting (:44)
29. Stage Play (:33)
30. Hello And Goodbye (End Title Performed by Jill Ireland) (1:36)

Limited Edition of 1000 copies

Music Composed and Conducted by Franz Waxman

Also includes: MAN ON A TIGHTROPE

This is a historic Franz Waxman release. Cut from the same epic cloth of his later score for Prince Valiant, Anne of the Indies shows Franz Waxman in full pirate regalia. His score is a sprawling swashbuckler of a romp that simply explodes with orchestral color and excitement. This is the way pirate movies used to sound … and it’s BIG!!

After seizing a British ship, the female pirate captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters) spares a Frenchman captured by the British, Pierre LaRochelle (Louis Jourdan), from walking the plank. He agrees to join Providence's crew and soon she begins to fall for the handsome officer.

They travel to an island where they meet with her piratical mentor Captain Blackbeard (played by Thomas Gomez), who takes an instant dislike to LaRochelle, although he at first holds back as he can see Anne has affection for him. After lavish celebrations and much drinking is done, things take a darker turn...

A truly special release from the 20th Century Fox archives.

ANNE OF THE INDIES

1. Main Title (1:42)
2. Pirate Ship (4:22)
3. Dougle Turns (2:29)
4. Black Beard (2:31)
5. Fencing (1:10)
6. Anne Looks For Pierre (5:26)
7. Pierre Passes Out (2:22)
8. Sheba Queen Beached (2:57)
9. Anne In Yellow Dress (3:04)
10. I’m Captain Here (1:52)
11. At Sea (5:01)
12. Pierre And Molly (1:40)
13. Harris Leaves (3:15)
14. There Are Other Captains (1:56)
15. Molly O’Brien At Sea (1:13)
16. Now I’ll Take Those Guineas (2:43)
17. Algerian Market Place (:59)
18. Distant Ship (3:39)
19. Dougle Follows Pierre (2:51)
20. Night At Sea (2:08)
21. Cay Day and End Title (8:10)
Bonus Track:
22. Anne Of The Indies (Song Demo — Vocal: Bob Graham) (3:08)

MAN ON A TIGHTROPE

This one ranks with our most exciting CD club releases ever! We are absolutely thrilled to present the world premiere release of Alex North’s magnificent score for 20th Century-Fox’s 1952 production of Les Misérables.

Victor Hugo’s historical epic Les Misérables (1862) is one of those cornerstone works of fiction that have become the veritable pillars of literature. For Les Misérables director Lewis Milestone gathered a cast that was led by Michael Rennie as Valjean, the year following his most famous role, Klaatu, in Robert Wise’s classic The Day The Earth Stood Still. Robert Newton (Treasure Island) was Javert, Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street, The Trouble With Harry) was Bishop Courbet, Debra Paget was Cosette, Sylvia Sidney was the prostitute Fantine, Cameron Mitchell was Marius and Elsa Lanchester turned up as the Bishop’s housekeeper, Madame Magloire.

What Alex North achieved in his score was nothing less than a masterwork and, arguably, the greatest of all musical interpretations of the great novel. In spite of this, Les Misérables is not a score as famous as many of the other entries in North’s filmography. The fact that, until recently, the film itself was all but unavailable, together with the lack of any soundtrack release, answer for this entirely. But this history is about be rewritten. Twentieth Century Fox has just recently released a DVD containing sterling restorations of both their 1935 and 1952 productions. And this CD, released 55 years after it was composed, presents the first-ever availability of Alex North’s original score. It will be, for many … for most even, a revelation. A score believed near lost, and rarely discussed, now emerges as yet another masterpiece in the career of one of film music’s demigods.

Music Composed by Bill Conti

Bill Conti is back for yet another appearance in our CD Club … this time with his exciting score for the 1986 action thriller F/X. Not only does F/X come to CD for the first time but it does so in an expanded Deluxe Edition.

A man who simulates death for a living finds himself unwittingly tied into the real thing in this suspense drama. Special effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) makes his living simulating gory mayhem and photogenic violence for movies such as "I Dismember Mama." Tyler is given a chance to expand his professional horizons when he's approached by Lipton (Cliff DeYoung), who introduces himself as an FBI agent and makes an unusual proposal. Mob kingpin Nicholas DeFranco (Jerry Orbach) is willing to testify against his fellow gangsters, but the investigators are worried about his safety. Lipton wants Tyler to help him and his staff fake DeFranco's assassination; if everyone is convinced DeFranco is dead, people will be a lot less likely to look for him. Tyler grudgingly takes the assignment, and while he's able to realistically simulate DeFranco being shot in a crowded restaurant, after the "gag," he discovers that he's been double crossed, and he's wanted for the murder of the man he just "shot." Tyler hides out with his girlfriend Ellen (Diane Venora), but he realizes that whoever set him up wants him dead after she's killed by a bullet meant for him. With the help of fellow effects artist Andy (Martha Gehman), Tyler goes underground and tries to unravel the truth behind the Lipton murder. Meanwhile, police detective Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) is convinced that something is not right when he's called to the scene of DeFranco's murder and is certain that the dead body is not the gangster.

1. Main Title (3:06)
2. The Scam (1:13)
3. Rollie’s Diversion (2:51)
4. DeFranco (3:13)
5. Bust The Bust (2:41)
6. No Loose Ends (1:09)
7. My Van (:47)
8. Tap, Tap, You're Dead (1:40)
9. Rollie’s Scared (1:12)
10. The Wrong Hit (5:23)
11. Baldy Takes A Bath (3:34)
12. To The Boathouse (1:17)
13. All In One Night (2:08)
14. He’s In The Building (2:07)
15. Lipton’s Last Ride (2:29)
16. The Bombs (3:11)
17. The Chase (3:54)
18. Rollie’s F/X (3:25)
19. He’s In The House (:57)
20. Rollie And Baldy (1:48)
21. Hi Rollie, I'm Leo (4:10)

Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

They’re back!

The Petersons, the Rumsfields, Art Weingartner, Walter Seznick, and of course … the family Klopek! What a neighborhood!

Tom Hanks portrays suburbanite Ray Peterson, whose plans for a peaceful vacation are disturbed by a creepy new family on the block, in this outrageous suspense-comedy directed by Joe Dante. The film also stars Carrie Fisher, Bruce Dern, Rick Ducommun and Corey Feldman.

Jerry Goldsmith’s score is a comedy masterpiece with a legendary history.

The ‘Burbs – Redeveloped
What’s Changed In The Neighborhood

Universal Pictures released The ‘Burbs in February of 1989. No soundtrack album was forthcoming. A mere three years later (although it seemed like a lot longer at the time) the score was rescued in the Varese Sarabande CD Club. Well, thirty minutes of it was, at any rate. But Jerry Goldsmith’s exceptionally inventive and inspired score for The ‘Burbs had a lot more to offer. As of 2007, the Musician Union rules have changed in this neighborhood. Though a straight re-issue of our original CD would go against the Club’s intent, an expansion of this order (over twice the amount of music) in this new era of soundtrack releases, seemed to warrant a special exception. This expanded edition also returns to Jerry Goldsmith’s original track titles, where our previous release featured titles by yours truly. Now over an hour long, this Deluxe Edition of The ‘Burbs gives a new generation the chance to discover a comedy classic. It gives those who’ve been to this neighborhood before the opportunity to revisit the Peterson house, now with a new coat of paint, some new landscaping and a roomy extension that has been added. Hinkley Hills has been refurbished and is all set to weather the next decade or two. It’s a great place to raise a family!
- Robert Townson

Don’t miss it this time!

First The Boy Who Could Flight got rerelreased, and Farewell to the King, and now The Burbs....its almost like my collection is now complete.