ケヴィン・コナー監督は、そのキャリアを通じて作曲家のケン・ソーンと何度もタッグを組んできた。『ゴースト・イン・京都』、『帰ってきたシャーロック・ホームズ』、ミニシリーズ『大いなる遺産』、『ハードラック』、ミニシリーズ『RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE』、 『リーサル・プロット／謎の暗殺命令』、『AGE OF TREASON』、『ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY』、『アポカリプス・ウォッチ／陰謀の黙示録』、『聖母マリア』、『イン・ザ・ビギニング』、『SANTA, JR』、『マルコ・ポーロ／東方見聞録』など、数多くの作品で共に仕事をしてきました。
"Soar into a Magical World of Action, Excitement and Enchantment!"
Dragon's Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack for ARABIAN ADVENTURE, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for the 1979 fantasy adventure film directed by Kevin Connor (FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, MOTEL HELL), written by Brian Hayles, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Puneet Sira, John Ratzenberger, Shane Rimmer, John Wyman, Hal Galili, Art Malik and Christopher Lee as Alquazar.
Christopher Lee leads the cast of ARABIAN ADVENTURE as Alquazar, the Caliph of Jadur, who has sold his soul to usurp the rightful ruler. He holds the populace in an iron grip, sending out thugs each night to punish those breaking curfew. One evening, two strangers are captured: Majeed (Sira), a young beggar boy with a monkey, and a handsome stranger (Tobias), who eventually break out of the dungeon. He impresses Princess Zuleira (Samms) with his fighting skills as he battles his way to the throne room. Once there, he introduces himself to Alquazar as Prince Hasan and requests Zuleira's hand in marriage. The Calif demands a test of his bravery, a quest to find and return a magical rose from a perilous land far away...
For the film's score, composer Ken Thorne was allowed to create a lush orchestral palette of motifs featuring arrangements highlighted with bold brass, warm strings, and an ethereal choir. Principal themes include a lovely romantic melody for the princess and a thrilling percussion-driven performance for the flying carpet battle.
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.
Director Kevin Connor collaborated with composer Ken Thorne many times over the course of their careers, on films such as THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the mini-series GREAT EXPECTATIONS, SUNSET GRILL, the mini-series RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, LETHAL EXPOSURE, AGE OF TREASON, THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY, THE APOCALYPSE WATCH, MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, IN THE BEGINNING, SANTA, JR and MARCO POLO.
Dragon's Domain Records presents ARABIAN ADVENTURE, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by author David Hirsch.
「アクション、スリル、そして魔法に満ちた世界へ飛び込もう！」
トラックリストドラゴンズ・ドメイン・レコードが贈る、映画『ARABIAN ADVENTURE』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックがリリース！
1979年に公開されたこのファンタジー・アドベンチャー映画は、ケヴィン・コナー（『呪われた墓』、『恐竜の島』、 『地獄のモーテル』）が監督を務め、ブライアン・ヘイルズ、マイロ・オシェイ、オリバー・トビアス、エマ・サムス、プニート・シラ、ジョン・ラッツェンバーガー、シェーン・リマー、ジョン・ワイマン、ハル・ガリリ、アート・マリクが脚本を担当し、アルクザール役をクリストファー・リーが演じた1979年のファンタジー・アドベンチャー映画のオリジナル・サウンドトラック。
クリストファー・リーは『ARABIAN ADVENTURE』で、正当な統治者から権力を奪うために魂を売り渡したジャドゥールのカリフ、アルクザール役として主演を務める。彼は民衆を鉄の支配下に置き、毎晩、夜間外出禁止令に違反した者を罰するために暴漢たちを送り出している。ある夜、2人の見知らぬ男が捕らえられる。猿を連れた若い物乞いの少年マジーッド（シラ）と、ハンサムな見知らぬ男（トビアス）だ。2人はやがて地下牢から脱走に成功する。王座の間へと向かう道中、彼はその戦闘スキルでズレイラ王女（サムス）を感嘆させる。王座の間へ到着すると、彼はアルクザールに対し、ハサン王子であると名乗り、ズレイラとの結婚を申し込む。カリフは、彼の勇気を試す試練として、はるか遠くの危険な土地から魔法のバラを探し出し、持ち帰るという任務を課す……
本作の音楽では、作曲家のケン・ソーンが、力強い金管楽器、温かみのある弦楽器、そして幻想的な合唱を際立たせたアレンジを特徴とする、豊潤なオーケストラの音色でモチーフを紡ぎ出すことが許されました。主なテーマには、王女のための愛らしいロマンチックなメロディーや、空飛ぶ絨毯の戦いを彩るスリリングな打楽器主体の楽曲などが含まれています。
ケン・ソーン（1924-2014）は、1960年代半ばから映画音楽を手がけてきた英国のベテラン作曲家だった。1940年代にはビッグバンドのピアニストとして成功を収め、その後ケンブリッジ大学で作曲を学び、1948年のミュージカル映画を皮切りに映画音楽の道へ進んだが、本格的に活動を始めたのは1960年代初頭のことだった。ソーンは初期の作品の一つでリチャード・レスター監督に強い印象を与え、レスターの「お気に入りの作曲家」となった。ビートルズ主演の『ヘルプ！』のインストゥルメンタル・アンダースコアを手掛け、レスター監督の『ローマで起った奇妙な出来事』ではアカデミー賞最優秀編曲賞を受賞し、さらにレスター監督の続編2作『スーパーマン II／冒険篇』と『スーパーマン III／電子の要塞』では、ジョン・ウィリアムズが『スーパーマン』のために作曲した音楽を再編曲した。そのキャリアを通じて、ソーンは100本以上の長編映画やテレビ映画の作曲、編曲、指揮を手掛けた。
ケヴィン・コナー監督は、そのキャリアを通じて作曲家のケン・ソーンと何度もタッグを組んできた。『ゴースト・イン・京都』、『帰ってきたシャーロック・ホームズ』、ミニシリーズ『大いなる遺産』、『ハードラック』、ミニシリーズ『RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE』、 『リーサル・プロット／謎の暗殺命令』、『AGE OF TREASON』、『ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY』、『アポカリプス・ウォッチ／陰謀の黙示録』、『聖母マリア』、『イン・ザ・ビギニング』、『SANTA, JR』、『マルコ・ポーロ／東方見聞録』など、数多くの作品で共に仕事をしてきました。
マスタリングはデジタル・アウトランドのジェームズ・ネルソンが担当し、ライナーノーツは作家デヴィッド・ハーシュが執筆。
限定盤。
"Soar into a Magical World of Action, Excitement and Enchantment!"
Dragon's Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack for ARABIAN ADVENTURE, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne (A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, JUGGERNAUT, HANNIE CAULDER) for the 1979 fantasy adventure film directed by Kevin Connor (FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, MOTEL HELL), written by Brian Hayles, Milo O'Shea, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms, Puneet Sira, John Ratzenberger, Shane Rimmer, John Wyman, Hal Galili, Art Malik and Christopher Lee as Alquazar.
Christopher Lee leads the cast of ARABIAN ADVENTURE as Alquazar, the Caliph of Jadur, who has sold his soul to usurp the rightful ruler. He holds the populace in an iron grip, sending out thugs each night to punish those breaking curfew. One evening, two strangers are captured: Majeed (Sira), a young beggar boy with a monkey, and a handsome stranger (Tobias), who eventually break out of the dungeon. He impresses Princess Zuleira (Samms) with his fighting skills as he battles his way to the throne room. Once there, he introduces himself to Alquazar as Prince Hasan and requests Zuleira's hand in marriage. The Calif demands a test of his bravery, a quest to find and return a magical rose from a perilous land far away...
For the film's score, composer Ken Thorne was allowed to create a lush orchestral palette of motifs featuring arrangements highlighted with bold brass, warm strings, and an ethereal choir. Principal themes include a lovely romantic melody for the princess and a thrilling percussion-driven performance for the flying carpet battle.
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.
Director Kevin Connor collaborated with composer Ken Thorne many times over the course of their careers, on films such as THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, the mini-series GREAT EXPECTATIONS, SUNSET GRILL, the mini-series RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE, LETHAL EXPOSURE, AGE OF TREASON, THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR STORY, THE APOCALYPSE WATCH, MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, IN THE BEGINNING, SANTA, JR and MARCO POLO.
Dragon's Domain Records presents ARABIAN ADVENTURE, featuring music composed by Ken Thorne. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by author David Hirsch.
ARABIAN ADVENTURE is a limited edition release.
2026/8/26の週発売
01. Dawn (Main Title) (2:19)
02. The Princess (0:48)
03. The Marketplace (0:49)
04. A Plea For Help (1:54)
05. First Chase (4:15)
06. The Visions / The Quest (3:07)
07. The Last Hope (2:26)
08. Flying Carpet Take Off (1:55)
09. Palace Guards in Pursuit (2:27)
10. Black Magic (2:22)
11. The Cave (1:12)
12. The Guardian (2:09)
13. Lurking & Sneaking (2:29)
14. Escape / True Love (3:12)
15. The Rebellion Begins (3:32)
16. Flying Carpet Dogfight (2:36)
17. Final Battle / Victory & End Title (7:44)
Total Time: 45:59