RAT RACE (Inspired by)

La-La?Land?Records?and?Paramount?Pictures?present?the?world?premiere?release?of?legendary?composer?Elmer?Bernstein’s?(THE?MAGNIFICENT?SEVEN,?AIRPLANE!,?GHOSTBUSTERS)?original?unused?score?to?the?raucous?2001?big-screen?comedy?RAT?RACE,?starring?Rowan?Atkinson,?Whoopi?Goldberg?and?Jon?Lovitz,?and?directed?by?Jerry?Zucker.

Having?scored?such?legendary?comedies?as?AIRPLANE!,?ANIMAL?HOUSE,?GHOSTBUSTERS,?STRIPES?as?well?as?many?others,?it’s?no?accident?that?Maestro?Bernstein?was?initially?the?composer?of?choice?for?this?madcap?ensemble?comedy?in?the?vein?of?IT’S?A?MAD,?MAD,?MAD,?MAD?WORLD.?Now?for?the?first?time,?and?with?the?blessing?of?the?composer’s?family,?Bernstein’s?take?on?the?film?is?here?for?us?all?to?enjoy?and?it’s?an?orchestral?comic?delight???a?rollicking?wonder?that?embraces?the?film’s?outlandish,?desperate?characters?and?overall?cartoonish?verve.?The?composer’s?approach?is?as?off-the-wall?as?it?is?classical???an?impressively?energetic?and?complex?work?of?comedic?scoring.

Produced?by?Dan?Goldwasser?and?mastered?by?Doug?Schwartz,?this?limited?edition?CD?release?of?1000?units?features?exclusive,?in-depth?liner?notes?by?writer?Daniel?Schweiger,?with?new?comments?by?the?composer’s?son,?Peter?Bernstein?and?the?composer’s?protege,?Bear?McCreary,?and?zippy?art?design?by?Goldwasser.

THE?SCORE
1.?Eyebrow?/?Brothers?/?Daughter?/?Psychic?2:03
2.?Gamblers?0:34
3.?News?0:34
4.?Sand?0:29
5.?Directions?/?Toilet?0:35
6.?Hit?0:34
7.?Downhill?1:07
8.?Plans?0:47
9.?Gas?1:29
10.?Aria?(for?tenor)?2:49
11.?Drifter?0:53
12.?Rocket?1:02
13.?Staggered?/?Sleep?/?Horse?/?Waltzing?Away?2:45
14.?Finale?3:18

SOURCE?CUES
15.?In?the?Hall?of?the?Mountain?King?2:33
16.?I?Love?Lucy?Theme?0:45
17.?America?the?Beautiful?0:38

BONUS?TRACKS
18.?Brothers?(Alternate)?0:20
19.?Directions?(Album?Version)?0:32
20.?Gas?(Alternate)?1:29
21.?Gas?(Album?Version)?1:29
22.?Finale?(Album?Version)?3:29

TOTAL?ALBUM?TIME:?30:52