CROSS CREEK

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 66
Date: 1983
Tracks: 21
Time = 56:28

World premiere release of complete Oscar-nominated Leonard Rosenman score for sensitive Martin Ritt drama with Mary Steenburgen, Peter Coyote, Alfre Woodard. Rosenman anchors with warm, rock-solid Americana theme, then surrounds with intricate motifs, signature harmonic complexities. After years of search for missing elements, only-surviving stereo master suitable for release surfaces in Australia courtesy John Lasher, who was provided first generation copy when considering project for release in 1983. Intrada CD offers complete score plus alternates & cues not used in final film. Authoritative notes from Rosenman friend and fellow musician Deniz Cordell offers fascinating details about project plus notated musical examples. Important work recalls composer's 1955 debut score for EAST OF EDEN! Lionel Newman conducts Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Intrada Special Collection release limited to 1500 copies!

01. Main Title (3:10)
02. Stroll Through Town (2:08)
03. Drive to Cross Creek (2:25)
04. New Home (1:46)
05. I Be Geechee (3:31)
06. Marsh’s Bed (1:47)
07. New World (1:03)
08. Work Montage (3:42)
09. Pecan Pie (2:37)
10. Decision (4:10)
11. Orange Crop Montage (2:30)
12. Agitato [Original Version] (1:03)
13. Agitato [Revised Version] (1:04)
14. Rejection (3:40)

15. Funeral and Odyssey (6:13)
16. Happily Ever After (2:47)
17. End Credits (1:36)

Total Score Time = 45:59

Bonus Tracks
18. Main Title [Original Version] (3:04)
19. I Be Geechee [Original Version] (1:13)
20. Work Montage [Original Version - Fortissimo End] (3:27)
21. Orange Crop Montage [End Credits Version] (2:30)

Bonus Track Time = 10:22

Leonard Rosenman

Price: $19.99

Sound clips can be heard here: http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5800/.f

BIG GAMBLE / TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 67
Dates: 1961 / 1953
Tracks: 16
Time = 66:27

Treat for Jarre fans! World premiere release of original soundtrack from 1961 Richard Fleischer Africa ivory-hunt adventure with Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco. Maurice Jarre writes first epic score a year before efforts for THE LONGEST DAY put Jarre on map. Keen ears will hear origins of still-to-come masterpiece LAWRENCE OF ARABIA! Jarre creates stirring outdoor theme, balances with liting motif, imbues both with signature harmonies. Exciting display of trademark percussion also on display! Presented in dynamic stereo from original 20th Century Fox vault elements. CD fills out with premiere of nearly complete Sol Kaplan soundtrack for Delmer Daves 1953 costume adventure TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR with Cornel Wilde, Fay Wray. Kaplan creates exciting score with emphasis on swashbuckling action, exotic locales. Dynamic major-key motif for treasure is rich highlight. Surviving mono elements yield all major set-pieces including powerful Prelude, triumphant Finale. Lionel Newman conducts Jarre score, Alfred Newman conducts Kaplan score. Special Collection release limited to 1200 copies!

THE BIG GAMBLE
01. The Adventure Begins (6:03)
02. On the Way (5:25)
03. Lost (4:50)
04. Native Drums (3:24)
05. Follow Me (3:58)
06. The River (9:15)

Total Score Time = 33:05

TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR
07. Prelude (1:19)
08. Jean Paul (3:00)
09. The Groom (2:15)
10. The Diary (3:54)
11. The Brook (3:30)
12. The Trek (0:50)
13. The Epidemic (3:50)
14. The Ruins (6:16)
15. The Treasure (5:29)
16. Finale (2:43)

Total Score Time = 33:16

Maurice Jarre / Sol Kaplan

Price: $19.99

Sound clips can be heard here: http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.5814/.f

Nice to see Intrada was able to release CROSS CREEK, one of Rosenman's most lovely scores.

MM order links:
http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/crosscreek

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/biggamble

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Originally posted by BigT1981:
Cool for those who want to get it. I'll end up passing these ones up.

I find it pretty ridiculous you can't even discuss Intrada's new releases on FSM's forum. At least that's the impression I'm getting.

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No. What Intrada asked was that people keep the "clue situation" over at their discussion board because it was getting out of hand at FSM.

So they set up a special forum at their site for discussions of clues prior to release. Apparently this didn't work as someone immediately spoiled that for those who wished Intrada to keep that part of the pre-release fun up.

Feel free to discuss now that they are announced.

James

And now Intrada's trying to control these guessing "discussions"? That seems so weird, as Franzie said, people will talk about this wherever, as long as clues are revealed.

I would say that if you want to control the guessing, don't dish out the clues. Reading flame wars later on because so-and-so was right and someone else was wrong is pretty worthless.

Unrelated, sort of: I recently read a few of Doug Fake's columns at Intrada, and sadly, it's too bad he's so down on the current world of soundtrack collecting. He's releasing some of the best stuff these days, yet he yearns for a time when he could wander into stores and thumb through LPs or whatever. Which to me begs the question, if it were so important, why did he close the Intrada storefront? His store was in a position to "give" that experience to someone else today... but now it's impossible.

The answer should be obvious (they even closed their doors before the Internet spelled doom on major music retail storefronts). BUT, we are in these times, so let's look at the good things that are happening now as opposed to all the negativity that is commented on... negativity is everywhere.

The real adventure, though, is looking for the good out there. I think a lot of discussions here are more along the lines of finding good than they are spewing negativity. This is why I don't get sick of reading this forum every day... so thanks guys, my compliments!

For example, look what's happened with S.O.P.... most people passed it up, but someone found some good... another one spotted the good, and after a few days, a few more people are thinking about giving it a try. It sure is against the grain, though, but that's part of the adventure.