For the North and South, Bill Conti composed what may be his magnum opus. The Warner Bros. Television mini-series was broadcast in November of 1985 on ABC, in six two-hour installments. Conti's score filled 29 reels of tape. Three CDs cintain Conti's complete original score and included is a fourth bonus disc with music of the era that was thoroughly researched and newly recorded for the show.
Based on the novel by John Jakes, North and South starred Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons, Terri Garber and Genie Francis and Davis Carradine, along with such guest stars as Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Johnny Cash, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Forest Whitaker. The story followed the lives of two friends, Orry Main and George Hazard, who met at West Point Academy, during the years leading up to the Civil War.
Track listing
Disc One (67:42) Part I and Part II
1. Main Title (3:36)
2. Eggs Ashton (1:13)
3. Orry's Odyssey (3:00)
4. The Kerchief (2:14)
5. Tata Orry (:22)
6. Orry Meets George (1:33)
7. Settling In (:53)
8. Spilled Coffee (:39)
9. To The Pails (1:25)
10. A Letter From Orry (1:30)
11. En Garde, Bent (2:02)
12. To Benny Haven's (:29)
13. Icebound Bent (1:50)
14. Orry's Ague (:33)
15. To Lehigh Station (:52)
16. Hazard Iron (:36)
17. To Madeline's (:59)
18. Mont Royal (:41)
19. Madeline's Marriage (1:48)
20. Bitter Kerchief (:52)
21. Wedding Night (4:10)
22. Good Old Alice (2:00)
23. Fiske And Satan (1:18)
24. Alice And Bent (1:06)
25. George Did It (:54)
26. I Won't Forget (:30)
27. The Slaves Want Freedom (2:01)
28. Remember That! (1:42)
29. Branded (1:27)
30. Orry And Madeline (2:01)
31. Don't Interfere (1:20)
32. Churabusco (1:13)
33. Churabusco Bridge (1:59)
34. Mexican Hospital (1:23)
35. My Irish Lass (:45)
36. Orry's Down (:27)
37. Bent Gets His (1:00)
38. Constance (3:28)
39. Resolute (1:33)
40. Priam's Gone (:40)
41. Cuffy, My Horse (1:56)
42. Church Meeting (4:29)
43. End Credits (1:32)
Disc Two (64:03) Part III and Part IV
1. Main Title (2:46)
2. Morning Train (3:29)
3. Virgilia's Speech (:55)
4. Madeline And Orry (4:26)
5. The Blast (1:51)
6. Tillet's Gone (3:58)
7. Charles Meets Salem (1:21)
8. Giddiap (:24)
9. Hello Huntoon (:49)
10. Charles' Duel (1:55)
11. Sta-Stand Still (:55)
12. Carolina Gentlemen (1:12)
13. Welcome To Lehigh (1:01)
14. Charles And Billy (1:31)
15. Whoremaster (1:22)
16. End Of A Visit (1:49)
17. Madeline's Surprise (2:44)
18. You're Safe Now (1:28)
19. Virgilia Goes South (:29)
20. I'm Virgilia (2:57)
21. Virgilia And Grady (2:37)
22. A Good Slave (2:05)
23. Huntoon's Assertion (1:12)
24. Hazard's Exodus (2:35)
25. Nicholaus' Secret (1:45)
26. Madeline's New Secret (1:31)
27. He'll Kill You (:34)
28. Virgilia's Venom (:54)
29. Go Home Brett (:35)
30. Billy And Brett (2:22)
31. Shamed Secret (3:09)
32. Ashton's Secret (:52)
33. Justin's Mad (1:01)
34. Maum Sally's Demise (2:17)
35. End Credits (1:33)
Disc Three (55:34) Part V and Part VI
1. Main Title (2:45)
2. Laudenum Lament (1:23)
3. Lifetime? (:18)
4. Another Breach (1:25)
5. Trip To Harper's Ferry (2:50)
6. Grady Gets His Freedom (4:33)
7. Return To Mont Royal (:35)
8. Laudenum Fog (3:06)
9. Orry And Brett (1:35)
10. Dixie (1:48)
11. Billy And The Guys (:46)
12. George And Orry (1:16)
13. Enter Lt. Lint (1:25)
14. Texas Brouhaha (2:43)
15. Eavesdropper (1:53)
16. Madeline Gets Justin (2:06)
17. Perilous Honeymoon (2:35)
18. Billy's Duel (3:21)
19. I'll Take Care (1:42)
20. Mont Royal Face Off (1:05)
21. Mr. Lincoln (1:09)
22. Here's Virgilia (:48)
23. Maud's Baby (1:23)
24. Start Of The War (1:52)
25. Orry's Challenged (:54)
26. Lynch Mob (1:05)
27. Face Off (2:10)
28. Virgilia's Things (1:41)
29. Friends Farewell (2:38)
30. End Credits (1:32)
Bonus Disc (74:38) Music Of The Era
1. Yankee Doodle† (2:08)
2. Madeline's Piano‡ (:42)
3. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes* (Music Box) (:14)
4. Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes* (Reception) (3:32)
5. Unused* (1:28)
6. Graduation Picnic* (2:29)
7. Go Down Moses / Graduation Picnic 2* (1:16)
8. Want A Drink? (2:38)
9. Jewel Waltz† (2:20)
10. Spanish Waltz (2:49)
11. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms* (2:17)
12. Annie Laurie / George And Connie's Reception* (2:20)
13. Clear The Tracks* (1:20)
14. Angelina Baker * (8:19)
15. Stag Tavern* (1:11)
16. Sicilian Circle† (2:35)
17. Lancer's Quadrille† (:55)
18. Les Lignets† (:52)
19. Les Moulinets† (2:14)
20. North South Polka‡ (1:02)
21. Rachel Waltz† (2:26)
22. Deep River† (1:36)
23. West Point Graduation March‡ (4:29)
24. North And South Clog Dance‡ (2:05)
25. Dixie† (:55)
26. Camptown Races§ (1:26)
27. Mme. Conte's Strut‡ (2:19)
28. Lincoln And Liberty Too† (1:19)
29. Freedom's March‡ (1:36)
30. Dixie† (:32)
31. Old Dog Tray†° (1:08)
32. Café Song‡ (2:52)
33. La Marseillaise† (1:48)
34. Dixie† (1:46)
35. Secessionists' March‡ (2:17)
36. To The Colors° (:24)
37. Hang Jeff Davis From A Sour Apple Tree° (1:02) |
