GOLIATH AWAITS

Dragon’s Domain Records presents the music from the Mini-Series GOLIATH AWAITS, featuring music composed by George Duning (PICNIC, 3:10 TO YUMA, THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG) for the 1981 television mini-series directed by Kevin Connor (THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, ARABIAN ADVENTURE, GREAT EXPECTATIONS), written by Hugh Benson, Richard M. Bluel and Pat Fielder, starring Mark Harmon, Robert Forster, Alex Cord, Christopher Lee, Frank Gorshin, Eddie Albert, John Carradine, Jean Marsh, John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Duncan Regehr, George Innes and Emma Samms.

Originally broadcast in November, 1981 in two parts, GOLIATH AWAITS tells the tale of the RMS GOLIATH sunk by a German U-Boat at the outset of World War II. Forty years later, the wreckage of the British ocean liner is located intact off the coast of England by an American oceanographer named Peter Cabot (Harmon). To his shock and disbelief, Cabot discovers three-hundred and thirty-seven survivors and their descendants living in an air bubble deep within the ship’s wreckage.

Born in Indiana in 1908, George Duning was an American composer known for his prolific contributions to film and television music throughout the mid-20th century. Educated at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music studying composition under Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Duning began his professional music career as an arranger for various dance bands throughout region. Duning eventually relocated to Hollywood in the 1930s finding work as a staff composer and arranger for music departments at major studios. George Duning passed away on February 27, 2000. The composer left behind a veritable treasure trove of rich and powerful music that remains largely unreleased.

Duning’s career spanned over four decades composing scores for movies and television series including FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, THE MAN FROM LARAMIE, PICNIC , THE EDDY DUCHIN STORY, 3:10 TO YUMA, BELL BOOK AND CANDLE and episodes of THE BIG VALLEY, STAR TREK, MANNIX, THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, and THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DISNEY. One of the last scores Duning composed was for GOLIATH AWAITS.

Dragon’s Domain Records presents the world premiere compact disc release of GOLIATH AWAITS, featuring music composed by George Duning, mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland. The booklet contains liner notes written by author and composer Brian Satterwhite. GOLIATH AWAITS is presented as a disc-on-demand release.

GOLIATH AWAITS is expected to start shipping the week of March 18th, 2024.

01. In The Crosshairs / German’s Torpedo The Goliath (2:09)
02. Main Titles (3:07)
03. The First Submersible Dive / Peter Sees a Face In The Window (4:59)
04. The Second Submersible Dive / Morse Code Communication (4:08)
05. Divers Enter The Goliath / Divers Are Shot (3:06)
06. The Third Submersible Dive / Peter’s Team Enters The Goliath (3:45)
07. Peter Sees Leah (Love Theme) / The Bough People Attack (2:21)
08. The Scotch Boilers / The Puch Was Lost in The Sinking / Freeing Ryker (4:26)
09. The Hydroponic Garden / Palmer’s Disease Wesker Kills Maria / End Of Part One (4:46)
10. Bumpers (0:14)
11. Wesker Interrupts / Consoling Leah / The Kiss / Describing The Sun To Leah (4:34)
12. Bough People Attack Again / Innoculation Reactions / Dead Divers (4:00)
13. Doc Is Suspicious / McKenzie Has The Pouch / Rejected Offer (4:00)
14. Nothing For Me Up There / Leah Decides To Remain On Board (2:29)
15. The Rescue Operation Begins / Suiting Up (4:05)
16. Another Attack / Wesker Is Shot / Wesker’s Last Words (5:11)
17. First Submersible Surfaces / Peter Finds Leah / Doc Wants To Stay (3:54)
18. Jeff Waits / Peter and Leah Suit Up / McKenzie’s Solitude (4:34)
19. Ryker Helps Save Leah / Last Submersible Rises / End Credits (4:22)

Total Time: 70:57