The terrors of Stephen King's crazed canine come vividly alive to Charles Bernstein's 1983 soundtrack, now on CD! Lewis Teague directs, Don Carlos Dunaway & Lauren Currier fashion the script from King's famous novel, Jan De Bont photographs, Dee Wallace stars with Daniel Hugh-Kelly, Danny Pintauro, Ed Lauter, Christopher Stone in solid support. Already coping with marital challenges, Donna and son Tad face terrifying encounters with Cujo, the rabid dog. Trapped in their disabled vehicle on remote farm, everything climaxes with hair-raising showdown between woman and beast. Charles Bernstein creates solid musical support, sometimes underlining the action with subtle strokes, sometimes leading it with vivid dramatics. Interestingly, somewhat troubled film production truncates much of the score, moves cues into different scenes, repeats sequences (particularly looped percussion for Gary/Camber deaths), deletes others, alters mixes to remove certain instruments, other alterations. In spite of post-production tampering, Bernstein score remains detailed, multi-layered orchestral gem. Balancing with fierce action sequences and pulsating suspense are beautiful ideas for family life, the heart and soul of King's tale. Intrada release, presented from 1/4" two-track stereo session mixes courtesy Paramount Pictures, offers musical sequences as they were originally recorded by Robert Fernandez at The Burbank Studios in May 1983. Following score proper, CD includes handful of unused alternates. Daniel Schweiger writes informative liner notes, flipper cover art designed by Joe Sikoryak leads with original film campaign art. Charles Bernstein, Shirley Walker conduct. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
Track listing
01. Main Title & Rabbit Chase (2:55) 02. Bedroom (3:07) 03. Kemp To Dinner Table (0:57) 04. Cujo's Entrance (Revised) (4:16) 05. Hoist Delivery & Spilt Milk (3:40) 06. Monster Words Wall & Cujo In Fog (3:35) 07. Brett And Charity (0:57) 08. Cujo Kills Gary (2:30) 09. Cujo Kills Camber (2:01) 10. Drive To Siege (1:42) 11. Crane To Cujo & Car Stalls (2:58) 12. Pee-Em Phone & Sunrise (3:07) 13. Cujo Attacks Car (1:46) 14. Cujo Attacks Donna & 360 In Car (Revised) (1:25) 15. Cujo On Hood To Sunrise II (Revised Alternate #2) (1:03) 16. Final Confrontation (1:58) 17. Revive Tad (1:48) 18. End Credits (2:55)
Total Time: 43:19
The Extras
19. Cujo's Entrance (Original) (1:21) 20. Cujo Attacks Donna & 360 In Car (Original) (1:24) 21. Cujo On Hood To Sunrise II (Original) (0:58) 22. Cujo On Hood To Sunrise II) (Revised) (1:04) 23. Cujo On Hood To Sunrise II (Revised Alternate #1) (1:04)
Total Extras Time: 6:09
Total Disc Time: 49:31 |
