SON OF FURY

Premier release of the complete 20th Century-Fox Alfred Newman 1942 swashbucklingesque adventure score set in England and South Sea islands fantasy paradise with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney and features the popular Newman theme “Blue Tahitian Moon”. This 79:33 CD also includes a deluxe 32 page full color booklet with definitive liner notes by Jon Burlingame, Rudy Behlmer and Ray Faiola.

This period swashbuckler film is based on the adventure novel Benjamin Blake by Edison Marshall, who also wrote The Vikings (1958). When his brother dies, scheming Arthur Blake (George Sanders) kidnaps his own nephew, Benjamin (played as a youth by Roddy McDowall and as an adult by Tyrone Power). Arthur's purpose is to claim his brother's dukedom for himself. Put to work as a stable boy, Benjamin grows up and develops a crush on his own cousin Isabel (Frances Farmer). When Arthur discovers this, he mercilessly beats Benjamin, who runs away and sails to India on a cargo ship to make his fortune. In Polynesia, he and a friend, Caleb (John Carradine), jump ship and set up camp on a tropical island paradise. There, Benjamin and Caleb become rich mining pearls, while Benjamin falls in love with a native girl, Eve (Gene Tierney). Now that he has amassed wealth, however, Benjamin is determined to return to England and get his revenge on Uncle Arthur. 1942

1. Main Title 1:19
2. Why Do They Say I Have No Name? 3:54
3. Stable Boy 5:57
4. Shoeing Horses 3:30
5. Estate Dance 5:26
6. Teaching Ben a Lesson 1:05
7. Nursing His Wounds 4:42
8. Escape From Breetholm 2:07
9. A Message for the Old Man 5:00
10. Reward for Capture :14
11. Stowaway 8:55
12. Brothers of the Lash 4:03
13. Native Dance 2:55
14. Ben Claims His Woman 4:02
15. A Fortune in Pearls 5:06
16. A Ship at Last 2:56
17. Farewell to the Island 1:45
18. London :18
19. The Dungeon 3:14
20. Home to Claim His Heritage 4:56
21. Desperate 5:4
22. Finale 1:38
23. End Cast :45