Completely remastered presentation of our celebrated 1989 Excalibur series recording with Jerry Goldsmith conducting the London Symphony Orchestra! In a spectacular recording event, Intrada commissioned Jerry Goldsmith to take a look backward and newly record his dramatic and aggressive 1964 western score Rio Conchos, which featured an early example of his scoring for full orchestra augmented by an array of banjos, guitars and accordion, soon-to-be trademarks of his western scoring vernacular. Everything was captured in powerful, brilliant digital audio by his veteran engineer Bruce Botnick and played by the world class London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Jim Brown, Anthony Franciosa led the cast, Gordon Douglas helmed the action, 20th Century Fox released the picture. Rio Conchos launches with a simple minor-key tune on accordion, accompanied by light percussion. It builds slightly through strings and French horns in the opening, then quickly recedes. But in what is surely one of the most powerful and spectacular finales of the composer’s entire career, that simple tune ultimately finishes the score with a resounding fortissimo in the entire orchestra, strings crying out with the melody, dissonant upper-register trumpets pealing, dynamic percussion thundering, everything but the proverbial kitchen sink. It is an explosive powerhouse finish rarely posited by the composer. Not just fortissimo, think triple forte! Wow! And in between, Goldsmith treats listeners to exciting action throughout. While locating and preparing the manuscripts for performance, Intrada suggested Goldsmith also record the majestic and soaring 12-minute “Prologue” he scored for the 1965 film The Agony And The Ecstasy with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo. Sub-titled The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint, the unusually emotional piece, written in five distinct sections and played as one lengthy movement appeared in front of select “roadshow” screenings of the Carol Reed-directed film (which was otherwise scored by Alex North). At times evoking the rich harmonic vocabulary of Vaughan Williams, at other times offering the soaring majesty of his own The Blue Max score (written the following year), Goldsmith fashioned this masterful prologue for an orchestra of expanded strings, harps, woodwinds and the unparalleled power of eight French horns, at times heard antiphonally and often in unison. The resulting sound is Jerry Goldsmith at his most personal! The fully-remastered CD will be available only until June 21 2021 or while supplies last. After this period ends, the album will live on in the hi-res 24bit 96kHz digital format. Performed at Abbey Road, Bruce Botnick records, Jerry Goldsmith conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. A masterpiece!
トラックリスト
THE ARTIST WHO DID NOT WANT TO PAINT (1965) 'Prologue' From The Agony And The Ecstasy 01. Rome/Florence/The Crucifix/The Stone Giants/The Agony Of Creation 12:37
RIO CONCHOS (1964) 02. Rio Conchos Main Title 2:26 03. Where's The Water 1:55 04. Bandits Ho 7:00 05. The River 2:04 06. River Crossing 4:22 07. The Aftermath 2:06 08. Wall Of Fire 2:21 09. Lonely Indian 3:25 10. Chief Bloodshirt 2:27 11. The Corral 2:45 12. Free Men/The Intruder 6:00 13. Special Delivery 6:12 14. End Cast 0:22*
The Extras 15. Wall Of Fire (Early take with fortissimo brass) 2:19* 16. End Cast Take 1 (With voices of composer and engineer) 0:58*
廃盤商品。INTRADA Excalibur Collection。インディアンに武器を売る密売組織を追う四人の男たちを描く西部劇。同レーベルよりリリースされていた、ゴールドスミス指揮ロンドン交響楽団による再録音の「リオ・コンチョス」がリマスター再発売！もちろん、ゴールドスミス作曲、12分半もの『華麗なる激情』の序曲も収録。さらに前回前回追加収録されたエンドタイトル曲、そしてそのエンドタイトル曲にゴールドスミスとエンジニアのブルース・ボトニックの会話も収録されたテイク、別バージョン楽曲のアウトテイク２曲も収録。
トラックリスト輸送中の騎兵隊のカービン銃２０００挺が、何者かに盗まれる事件が発生。騎兵隊の大尉と部下の黒人兵が調査を開始する。アパッチ族への復讐を狙うガンマンとメキシコ人のヤクザ者がチームに加わる。四人は、道中アパッチの娘を仲間に加えたり、裏切りにあいながらも事件の核心に近づいてゆく。が、そのときアパッチ族が襲撃してくる……。1984年米。
監督：ゴードン・ダグラス、出演：スチュアート・ホイットマン、 リチャード・ブーン。1964年米。
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Completely remastered presentation of our celebrated 1989 Excalibur series recording with Jerry Goldsmith conducting the London Symphony Orchestra! In a spectacular recording event, Intrada commissioned Jerry Goldsmith to take a look backward and newly record his dramatic and aggressive 1964 western score Rio Conchos, which featured an early example of his scoring for full orchestra augmented by an array of banjos, guitars and accordion, soon-to-be trademarks of his western scoring vernacular. Everything was captured in powerful, brilliant digital audio by his veteran engineer Bruce Botnick and played by the world class London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman, Jim Brown, Anthony Franciosa led the cast, Gordon Douglas helmed the action, 20th Century Fox released the picture. Rio Conchos launches with a simple minor-key tune on accordion, accompanied by light percussion. It builds slightly through strings and French horns in the opening, then quickly recedes. But in what is surely one of the most powerful and spectacular finales of the composer’s entire career, that simple tune ultimately finishes the score with a resounding fortissimo in the entire orchestra, strings crying out with the melody, dissonant upper-register trumpets pealing, dynamic percussion thundering, everything but the proverbial kitchen sink. It is an explosive powerhouse finish rarely posited by the composer. Not just fortissimo, think triple forte! Wow! And in between, Goldsmith treats listeners to exciting action throughout. While locating and preparing the manuscripts for performance, Intrada suggested Goldsmith also record the majestic and soaring 12-minute “Prologue” he scored for the 1965 film The Agony And The Ecstasy with Charlton Heston as Michelangelo. Sub-titled The Artist Who Did Not Want To Paint, the unusually emotional piece, written in five distinct sections and played as one lengthy movement appeared in front of select “roadshow” screenings of the Carol Reed-directed film (which was otherwise scored by Alex North). At times evoking the rich harmonic vocabulary of Vaughan Williams, at other times offering the soaring majesty of his own The Blue Max score (written the following year), Goldsmith fashioned this masterful prologue for an orchestra of expanded strings, harps, woodwinds and the unparalleled power of eight French horns, at times heard antiphonally and often in unison. The resulting sound is Jerry Goldsmith at his most personal! The fully-remastered CD will be available only until June 21 2021 or while supplies last. After this period ends, the album will live on in the hi-res 24bit 96kHz digital format. Performed at Abbey Road, Bruce Botnick records, Jerry Goldsmith conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. A masterpiece!
THE ARTIST WHO DID NOT WANT TO PAINT (1965)
'Prologue' From The Agony And The Ecstasy
01. Rome/Florence/The Crucifix/The Stone Giants/The Agony Of Creation 12:37
RIO CONCHOS (1964)
02. Rio Conchos Main Title 2:26
03. Where's The Water 1:55
04. Bandits Ho 7:00
05. The River 2:04
06. River Crossing 4:22
07. The Aftermath 2:06
08. Wall Of Fire 2:21
09. Lonely Indian 3:25
10. Chief Bloodshirt 2:27
11. The Corral 2:45
12. Free Men/The Intruder 6:00
13. Special Delivery 6:12
14. End Cast 0:22*
The Extras
15. Wall Of Fire (Early take with fortissimo brass) 2:19*
16. End Cast Take 1 (With voices of composer and engineer) 0:58*
* = World Premiere Release