ロイ・バッドの『ソルジャーブルー』のオリジナル・フィルム・レコーディングをついにリリース。この録音は、バッドの遺品から北ヨークシャーの倉庫にあったモノラル・コピーを発掘するまで、長い間失われたものと思われていました。残念なことに、いくつかの曲（"Fields of Green and Skies of Blue"など）が欠落しており、短い曲だけが別のステレオ・テープに収録されていました。ボーナスとしてそれらの曲を収録。
Caldera Records is proud to present the original film recording of Roy Budd’s score for the film “Soldier Blue.”
Ralph Nelson’s violent western starring Peter Strauss, Candice Bergen and Donald Pleasance, is both an indictment against the US army that was responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre as well as an allegory to the My Lai Massacre.
How the former child-prodigy Roy Budd, the then 22-year old from Croydon, secured the gig for “Soldier Blue” is by now widely known, not least because the composer himself would share the anecdote with great wit in interviews: Upon hearing that the director was looking for a composer to score his upcoming western, Budd supplied him with a tape of his work as a showreel. Unbeknownst to director Ralph Nelson and others involved in hiring the composer, none of the music featured on said showreel was actually composed by Budd. Instead, he had taped compositions by Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini.
Unsurprisingly considering the selection, Nelson was convinced Budd was the right choice to score “Soldier Blue.” Budd delivered a memorable, energetic and varied score that can bear comparison with Goldsmith’s, Bernstein’s, Schifrin’s and Mancini’s efforts from the time. It is an astonishing work, especially considering it was composed by a 22-year-old. Its mix of differing musical elements and styles is particularly noteworthy, in that Budd pays homage to the classic Americana of Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein while employing jazz and pop music sensibilities with a strong sense of rhythm. In that sense, “Soldier Blue” is not dissimilar to Quincy Jones’ groundbreaking “MacKenna’s Gold” and Piero Piccioni’s “Minnesota Clay,” which fused symphonic music with jazz as well as pop elements, and thus introduced a new approach to the western genre. It is not surprising that several compositions for “Soldier Blue” were re-recorded in pop arrangements and released on PYE Records, with which label Roy Budd was under contract at the time.
We are delighted to finally make Roy Budd’s original film recording for “Soldier Blue” available. The recording was long considered lost before we unearthed the mono copies from Budd’s estate, in a storage container in North Yorkshire. Unfortunately, a few pieces were missing (such as ‘Fields of Green and Skies of Blue’), while only a short selection was available on a separate stereo tape. We have included those pieces as a bonus. The 53rd CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Richard Moore and produced by Stephan Eicke and John Elborg.
西部開拓史の汚点とも言うべき“サンドクリークの大虐殺”を真っ向から描いた1970年問題作。ロイ・バッドのオリジナル・フィルム・スコアが遂に初リリース！！
トラックリストピーター・ストラウス、キャンディス・バーゲン、ドナルド・プレザンスを主演に迎えたラルフ・ネルソン監督のバイオレンス西部劇は、サンド・クリークの大虐殺を引き起こしたアメリカ軍に対する告発であると同時に、ミライの大虐殺への寓話でもある。
クロイドン出身の当時22歳の元天才少年ロイ・バッドが、どのようにして『ソルジャーブルー』の仕事を獲得したかは、今では広く知られています。監督が今度の西部劇の音楽を担当する作曲家を探していると聞き、バッドはショーリールとして自分の作品のテープを提供しました。ラルフ・ネルソン監督をはじめとする作曲家採用関係者は知らなかったが、このショーリールで紹介された音楽は、実際にはバッドが作曲したものではありませんでした。代わりに、ジェリー・ゴールドスミス、エルマー・バーンスタイン、ラロ・シフリン、ヘンリー・マンシーニの曲をテープに録音していました。
その人選を考えれば当然だが、ネルソンはバッドが『ソルジャーブルー』のスコアにふさわしいと確信した。バッドは、当時のゴールドスミス、バーンスタイン、シフリン、マンシーニの作品と比較に値する、記憶に残るエネルギッシュで変化に富んだスコアを提供した。特に22歳の若者が作曲したことを考えれば、驚くべき作品である。バッドがジェリー・ゴールドスミスやエルマー・バーンスタインの古典的なアメリカーナに敬意を払いつつ、ジャズやポップミュージックの感性を取り入れ、強いリズム感を持っているという点で、異なる音楽的要素やスタイルがミックスされている点は特に注目に値する。その意味で、「ソルジャーブルー」は、クインシー・ジョーンズの画期的な「マッケンナの黄金」やピエロ・ピッチオーニの「ミネソタ無頼」と似ていないわけではない。『ソルジャーブルー』のために作曲されたいくつかの楽曲がポップ・アレンジで再録音され、当時ロイ・バッドが契約していたPYEレコードからリリースされたことは驚くにはあたらない。
ロイ・バッドの『ソルジャーブルー』のオリジナル・フィルム・レコーディングをついにリリース。この録音は、バッドの遺品から北ヨークシャーの倉庫にあったモノラル・コピーを発掘するまで、長い間失われたものと思われていました。残念なことに、いくつかの曲（"Fields of Green and Skies of Blue"など）が欠落しており、短い曲だけが別のステレオ・テープに収録されていました。ボーナスとしてそれらの曲を収録。
Caldera Records is proud to present the original film recording of Roy Budd’s score for the film “Soldier Blue.”
Ralph Nelson’s violent western starring Peter Strauss, Candice Bergen and Donald Pleasance, is both an indictment against the US army that was responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre as well as an allegory to the My Lai Massacre.
How the former child-prodigy Roy Budd, the then 22-year old from Croydon, secured the gig for “Soldier Blue” is by now widely known, not least because the composer himself would share the anecdote with great wit in interviews: Upon hearing that the director was looking for a composer to score his upcoming western, Budd supplied him with a tape of his work as a showreel. Unbeknownst to director Ralph Nelson and others involved in hiring the composer, none of the music featured on said showreel was actually composed by Budd. Instead, he had taped compositions by Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini.
Unsurprisingly considering the selection, Nelson was convinced Budd was the right choice to score “Soldier Blue.” Budd delivered a memorable, energetic and varied score that can bear comparison with Goldsmith’s, Bernstein’s, Schifrin’s and Mancini’s efforts from the time. It is an astonishing work, especially considering it was composed by a 22-year-old. Its mix of differing musical elements and styles is particularly noteworthy, in that Budd pays homage to the classic Americana of Jerry Goldsmith and Elmer Bernstein while employing jazz and pop music sensibilities with a strong sense of rhythm. In that sense, “Soldier Blue” is not dissimilar to Quincy Jones’ groundbreaking “MacKenna’s Gold” and Piero Piccioni’s “Minnesota Clay,” which fused symphonic music with jazz as well as pop elements, and thus introduced a new approach to the western genre. It is not surprising that several compositions for “Soldier Blue” were re-recorded in pop arrangements and released on PYE Records, with which label Roy Budd was under contract at the time.
We are delighted to finally make Roy Budd’s original film recording for “Soldier Blue” available. The recording was long considered lost before we unearthed the mono copies from Budd’s estate, in a storage container in North Yorkshire. Unfortunately, a few pieces were missing (such as ‘Fields of Green and Skies of Blue’), while only a short selection was available on a separate stereo tape. We have included those pieces as a bonus. The 53rd CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Richard Moore and produced by Stephan Eicke and John Elborg.
Soldier Blue
1. Start of Journey (1:32)
2. Indians Attack Wagon (8:17)
3. Valley of the 600 (1:01)
4. There’s the Road to the Fort (2:24)
5. Hey Miss Lee (0:26)
6. Kiowa Fight Pt. 1 (0:50)
7. Kiowa Fight Pt. 2 (1:31)
8. Kiowa Fight Pt. 3 (3:41)
9. Honus Sets Light to Wagon (4:58)
10. From Honus Falling Off Horse (3:02)
11. Cresta Tends Wound (1:30)
12. Honus Rides Into Army Camp (0:29)
13. Cannons Open Fire (1:18)
14. Running Fox Sweeps Down (2:56)
15. Spotted Wolf Rides Out (2:12)
16. Massacre (2:03)
Stereo Selection
17. Cresta Enters Army Camp (0:58)
18. Cresta Rides Into Indian Camp (1:21)
19. My True Love (Sourwood Mountain) (1:03)
Bonus
20. Soldier Blue - Piano Demo (3:34)
21. Interview with Roy Budd (13:45)