Great release for Elmer Bernstein fans! Intrada proudly offers world premiere release of Bernstein's powerful score for iconic John Wayne western from 1973, directed by veteran Andrew V. McLaglen, also featuring George Kennedy, Gary Grimes. Bernstein writes larger-than-life main theme for Wayne's U.S. marshal figure, then surrounds with action music as Cahill tracks down, does battle with trio of bank robbers. Lengthy initial robbery sequence ("Killers") is an action music highlight, but equal in excitement is climactic showdown ("Various Troubles"). Night time scene in "Cemetery" allows composer to display gifts for quiet child-like musical gestures, atmospheric ideas. To present complete score, courtesy Warner Bros., Intrada was given access to entire scoring session masters, recorded on 2" 16-channel tape, one of earliest scores recorded in then state-of-the-art multi-track format. This allowed creation of brand new stereo mixes of every cue in magnificent, vibrant audio with instrumental details as clear as if recorded today! Cool treat: while film itself uses vocal version of theme during middle search scene and as closing wrap-up, masters included orchestral cues originally written for both sequences and never heard until now. Especially exciting find is powerful orchestral ending to score, completely dropped in film in favor of quieter Charlie Rich vocal gently fading into silence. Intrada CD presents both unused orchestral cues as well as respective vocal sequences, written by Bernstein with lyrics by Don Black. Original Warner Bros. artwork campaign, array of color stills, complete cue assembly details plus informative notes by Jeff Bond complete handsome package. A must for John Wayne, Elmer Bernstein & western soundtrack buffs! Elmer Bernstein conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains!
Track listing
01. Cahill: US Marshal (Main Title) 2:11
02. Train 0:38
03. Billy Joe 0:58
04. Thickening Plot 1:11
05. Killers 7:35
06. Venture 2:01
07. Apology 1:15
08. Smoke 1:29
09. New Money 0:38
10. Surrounded 0:39
11. Necktie Party 3:49
12. Oath 0:48
13. Born To Hang 1:18
14. A Man Gets To Thinkin' (Instrumental) 1:49
15. A Man Gets To Thinkin' (Vocal) 1:59
16. Cemetery 4:27
17. Lightfoot 1:30
18. Danny - Billy Joe 1:20
19. Various Troubles 5:02
20. Finale 0:48
21. A Man Gets To Thinkin' (End Cast) 1:05
Total Disc Time: 43:13
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