ケン・ソーン作品集第1弾。ピーター・オトゥール、 デヴィッド・ヘミングス、ドナルド・プレザンス出演、クーデター映画の金字塔にして知られざる1978年の戦争アクションの傑作『パワープレイ』と『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックを収録。いずれも世界初リリース。限定500枚。
1976年に公開された『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』は、ギリシャで新たな革命を起こそうとしている謎の反政府勢力アガソン（ジョージ・ムシュー）を阻止するため、インターポール捜査官のキャボット・カイン（ニコ・ミナードス）が最近配属されたという話である。ラースロー・ベネデク監督とロケによる『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』は、壮大なギリシャの風景を最大限に生かし、作曲家に多くの刺激的な音楽の機会を与えている。映画のオープニングは、挑発的で上昇する木管のメロディーを背景に弦楽器、金管楽器、ドラムが混ざり合った魅力的なメインテーマで始まり、このテーマはスコアの中で何度も繰り返される。また、後に弦楽器とチェンバロのおいしい愛のテーマ、たくさんの明確なアクション音楽が登場する。
1978年に公開された『パワープレイ』は、腐敗した政府、テロ、戒厳令に悩まされる架空の国を舞台に、少数の軍人たち（ピーター・オトゥール、デヴィッド・ヘミングス、ドナルド・プレザンス）が、現政権の転覆を決心する物語。クーデターのリーダーは、彼らのグループの中にスパイがいるのではないかと心配し、最終的に彼が間違っていないことが明らかになる。監督はマーティン・バークで、エドワード・N・ルトワックとの共同脚本（1968年のノンフィクション「COUP D'ETAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK」が原作）はカナダ映画賞の脚本賞を受賞している。メインタイトルを含む全曲が残っているわけではありませんが、残っている17曲で、この映画における作曲家の音楽が十分に表現されていると感じています。緊張感と陰鬱さに満ちたサスペンス・スコアが中心。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for two projects from his rich filmography, released for the very first time.
Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.
Released in 1976, ASSAULT ON AGATHON tells the story of Interpol agent Cabot Cain (Nico Minardos), who has been recently assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon (George Moussou), an insurgent who is instigating a new revolution in Greece. Directed by Laszlo Benedek and filmed on location, ASSAULT ON AGATHON makes the most of its spectacular Grecian scenery, allowing the composer many exciting musical opportunities. The film opens with an engaging main theme, a mix of strings, brass, and drums behind a provocative, rising woodwind melody, which is reprised several times in the score, along with a delicious love theme later on for strings and harpsichord and plenty of articulate action music.
Released in 1978, POWER PLAY, also known as COUP D'ETAT, takes place in a fictional country beset by corrupt government, terrorism and martial law, where a small group of military officers (Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence) decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup’s leader worries that there is a spy in their group and ultimately it is revealed that he’s not wrong. Directed by Martyn Burke, whose script, co-written with Edward N. Luttwak (based on his 1968 non-fiction book, COUP D’ETAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK) won Best Screenplay at the Canadian Film Awards. Not all of the score’s tracks have survived (including the main title), but we feel the 17 tracks that have remained offer a sufficient example of the composer’s music for this film. POWER PLAY is primarily a suspense score full of tension and brooding, which Thorne offers through effective orchestration and textural interaction but there are also opportunities for a poignant melody for guitar and strings over keyboard presented underneath a eulogy and also some great moments of action/suspense writing.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne for ASSAULT ON AGATHON and POWER PLAY,appearing for the very first time on compact disc. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by noted author Randall Larson.
THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1 is a limited edition release of 500 units. 5/4の週発売
POWER PLAY 24. As Long As We Live (0:44) 25. The Kidnapping (1:47) 26. Torture and Death (1:59) 27. Tank Kill (0:57) 28. Bugs (2:30) 29. The Break Up (0:47) 30. Spy Kill (2:02) 31. The Colonel’s Death (1:45) 32. The Takeover (2:52) 33. Arrival (0:48) 34. The Betrayal (0:57) 35. Coup D’Etat (2:33) 36. Closing Credits (2:44) 37. The Dick Cavett Show Theme (Not Used in Film) (1:11) 38. Tango (0:32) 39. Birthday Muzak #1 (2:01) 40. Birthday Muzak #2 (3:20) Total Time: 78:34
ケン・ソーン作品集第1弾。ピーター・オトゥール、 デヴィッド・ヘミングス、ドナルド・プレザンス出演、クーデター映画の金字塔にして知られざる1978年の戦争アクションの傑作『パワープレイ』と『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックを収録。いずれも世界初リリース。限定500枚。
トラックリスト1976年に公開された『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』は、ギリシャで新たな革命を起こそうとしている謎の反政府勢力アガソン（ジョージ・ムシュー）を阻止するため、インターポール捜査官のキャボット・カイン（ニコ・ミナードス）が最近配属されたという話である。ラースロー・ベネデク監督とロケによる『ASSAULT ON AGATHON』は、壮大なギリシャの風景を最大限に生かし、作曲家に多くの刺激的な音楽の機会を与えている。映画のオープニングは、挑発的で上昇する木管のメロディーを背景に弦楽器、金管楽器、ドラムが混ざり合った魅力的なメインテーマで始まり、このテーマはスコアの中で何度も繰り返される。また、後に弦楽器とチェンバロのおいしい愛のテーマ、たくさんの明確なアクション音楽が登場する。
1978年に公開された『パワープレイ』は、腐敗した政府、テロ、戒厳令に悩まされる架空の国を舞台に、少数の軍人たち（ピーター・オトゥール、デヴィッド・ヘミングス、ドナルド・プレザンス）が、現政権の転覆を決心する物語。クーデターのリーダーは、彼らのグループの中にスパイがいるのではないかと心配し、最終的に彼が間違っていないことが明らかになる。監督はマーティン・バークで、エドワード・N・ルトワックとの共同脚本（1968年のノンフィクション「COUP D'ETAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK」が原作）はカナダ映画賞の脚本賞を受賞している。メインタイトルを含む全曲が残っているわけではありませんが、残っている17曲で、この映画における作曲家の音楽が十分に表現されていると感じています。緊張感と陰鬱さに満ちたサスペンス・スコアが中心。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for two projects from his rich filmography, released for the very first time.
Ken Thorne (1924-2014) was a veteran English composer for motion pictures since the mid-1960s. He gained a successful career as a big band pianist during the 1940s, and later took up studying composition at Cambridge, which led to scoring films, starting out with a 1948 musical but began earnestly in the early 1960s. Thorne so impressed director Richard Lester on one of his early films that he became Lester’s composer of choice, writing the instrumental underscore for HELP!, starring The Beatles, then winning an Oscar for best adapted music for Lester’s film A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, and reworked the music of John Williams from SUPERMAN for Lester’s two sequels, SUPERMAN II and III. Over his career, Thorne composed, orchestrated or conducted more than 100 feature and television movies.
Released in 1976, ASSAULT ON AGATHON tells the story of Interpol agent Cabot Cain (Nico Minardos), who has been recently assigned to stop the mysterious Agathon (George Moussou), an insurgent who is instigating a new revolution in Greece. Directed by Laszlo Benedek and filmed on location, ASSAULT ON AGATHON makes the most of its spectacular Grecian scenery, allowing the composer many exciting musical opportunities. The film opens with an engaging main theme, a mix of strings, brass, and drums behind a provocative, rising woodwind melody, which is reprised several times in the score, along with a delicious love theme later on for strings and harpsichord and plenty of articulate action music.
Released in 1978, POWER PLAY, also known as COUP D'ETAT, takes place in a fictional country beset by corrupt government, terrorism and martial law, where a small group of military officers (Peter O’Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence) decide that they must overthrow the current administration. But the coup’s leader worries that there is a spy in their group and ultimately it is revealed that he’s not wrong. Directed by Martyn Burke, whose script, co-written with Edward N. Luttwak (based on his 1968 non-fiction book, COUP D’ETAT: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK) won Best Screenplay at the Canadian Film Awards. Not all of the score’s tracks have survived (including the main title), but we feel the 17 tracks that have remained offer a sufficient example of the composer’s music for this film. POWER PLAY is primarily a suspense score full of tension and brooding, which Thorne offers through effective orchestration and textural interaction but there are also opportunities for a poignant melody for guitar and strings over keyboard presented underneath a eulogy and also some great moments of action/suspense writing.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne for ASSAULT ON AGATHON and POWER PLAY,appearing for the very first time on compact disc. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by noted author Randall Larson.
THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION, VOLUME 1 is a limited edition release of 500 units.
5/4の週発売
ASSAULT ON AGATHON
1. Assault on Agathon: Opening Credits (1:24)
2. Car Chase (1:02)
3. Cabot Cain To The Rescue (1:55)
4. Cafe Muzak (2:04)
5. He’s My Friend Too (0:38)
6. Classical Piano (2:05)
7. I’ll Tell You No More! (1:47)
8. Police Van (1:38)
9. Campfire (1:06)
10. Memories / On The Road (2:24)
11. Village Rescue (3:20)
12. Cain In Action (0:49)
13. Hotel Muzak (3:10)
14. Jewelry Store Muzak (2:01)
15. Having Drinks (1:05)
16. Love Scene (2:20)
17. Night Encounter (2:24)
18. Cabot Goes To Confront Agathon (3:02)
19. Entering The Camp (1:58)
20. Escape From Cell / Final Confrontation (5:16)
21. Will I Be Remembered? / Fatal Shot (2:19)
22. Final Farewell (1:26)
23. Sooner Than We Know (2:11)
Music: Ken Thorne
Lyrics: Hal Sharper
Vocal: Diane Solomon
POWER PLAY
24. As Long As We Live (0:44)
25. The Kidnapping (1:47)
26. Torture and Death (1:59)
27. Tank Kill (0:57)
28. Bugs (2:30)
29. The Break Up (0:47)
30. Spy Kill (2:02)
31. The Colonel’s Death (1:45)
32. The Takeover (2:52)
33. Arrival (0:48)
34. The Betrayal (0:57)
35. Coup D’Etat (2:33)
36. Closing Credits (2:44)
37. The Dick Cavett Show Theme (Not Used in Film) (1:11)
38. Tango (0:32)
39. Birthday Muzak #1 (2:01)
40. Birthday Muzak #2 (3:20)
Total Time: 78:34