High Road to China

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Next Decade Entertainment, presents the ultimate remastered edition of John Barry’s classic score for HIGH ROAD TO CHINA, a 1983 adventure film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston and Robert Morley.

A classic tale of adventure, action, romance and breathtaking landscapes, the film provided Barry with the perfect opportunity to create a sweeping musical canvas infused with the romantic and refined style that characterized some of his finest work during the first half of the 1980s. That included such scores as SOMEWHERE IN TIME, BODY HEAT, FRANCES and OCTOPUSSY, and reached its peak with OUT OF AFRICA.

This new 2-CD edition has been mixed and mastered by Chris Malone from the original first-generation 3-track master tapes, transferred in high resolution. The complete score is presented in film order in the disc one with proper cue-sheet titles, followed by orchestrator Al Woodbury’s source music arrangements, including several pieces composed by Barry himself.

DISC 1. FILM PRESENTATION

1.  Main Title / A Nasty Headache 2:18

2.  The Flying Lesson 1:23

3.  Lookout Charlie / A Hurried Exit 2:15

4.  On to Waziri / Khan 1:30

5.  Escape From Waziri 1:49

6.  Eve and Struts 1:42

7.  On to India 1:27

8.  Arrival in Katmandu 1:02

9.  That’s a Nice Name 2:19

10.  The Dogfight 1:56

11.  Anymore Surprises 3:00

12.  Flying From Katmandu* 1:43

13.  Tozer 1:20

14.  The General’s Cannon :53

15.  You’ll Get Your Money 1:52

16.  One Eye Open 1:32

17.  She Did It 2:34

18.  See You Around Ace / End Title 5:04

ADDITIONAL MUSIC

19.  Charleston 1:37

20.  Revelry 2:16

21.  Aura Lea* 3:58

22.  When the Saints Come Marching In 2:16

23. Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair* 2:25

24.  Down by the Old Mill Stream* 2:31

25.  Down by the Riverside* 1:52

26.  Mohamet’s Dance 1:44

27.  Music at Night 2:59

28.  Salon Source* :48

29.  Allemande From the Bach French Suite #5 in G Major* 3:31

*Does not appear in the film

Total Disc Time: 61:47

DISC 2. THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

1.  Main Title / Charlie Gets the Knife 2:57

2.  Airbone 1:19

3.  Love Theme 1:52

4.  Waziri Village Attack and Escape 3:27

5.  Farewell to Struts 2:59

6.  O’Malley and Eve 2:19

7.  Charleston 1:32

8.  Von Kern’s Attack 1:55

9.  Flight From Katmandu 1:43

10.  Eve Finds Her Father 2:47

11.  Raid on Chang’s Camp 2:35

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