In honor of its 40th Anniversary, Intrada presents an all-new edition of one of founder Doug Fake's personal favorite soundtracks. The score is not only an important part of Jerry Goldsmith's large body of work, but also Intrada's formative years. First Blood initially appeared as the inaugural release of the Film Music Treasury series, an early version of the Special Collection. In assembling that release, Goldsmith and engineer Len Engel re-sequenced the original Regency album and located one extra track not previously released, using the ?″ two-track mixes made in 1982 for the LP. However, the ?″ masters were plagued with an interesting anomaly: though identified with the widely-used professional Dolby A encoding process, they did not possess unique tones identifying the Dolby encoding that allows for calibration of playback machines. In lieu of those critical tones, the original engineers addressed by reducing the inherent background hiss using equalization techniques, and attempts to rectify these anomalies were less than satisfactory. In 2010, Intrada located the multi-track session masters?complete and intact?every channel, every reel, every take. For the first time, all those interesting little bars that Goldsmith deleted to create his initial record could be restored within the full-length cues just as they were originally written and recorded. A brand-new presentation was created, uncut and intact, with newly mixed and re-mastered sound. However, in spite of Intrada's best efforts at the time, there still resulted an interesting anomaly?the tape speed was off and the music played a bit faster than intended. Additionally, some assemblies still eliminated a few of those aforementioned bars. For this new edition, Neil S. Bulk used Fake's stereo mixes and rebuilt the score and original soundtrack album from the ground up, addressing the speed issues and including a few unassembled extras so one can now truly hear everything. Some track titles have been adjusted to reflect their official cue sheet names. GRAMMY-nominee Mike Matessino mastered the album featuring new cover art by Stephane Coedel.
With 2025 being Intrada's 40th year releasing soundtracks, the Intrada team felt a truly definitive First Blood would be an important way to mark not only the occasion but present another opportunity to celebrate Doug Fake.
CD 1 SCORE PRESENTATION 01. Theme From First Blood (Pop Orchestra Version) (4:12) 02. Homecoming (Film Version) (2:25) 03. Last Summer (1:02) 04. Back To Town (0:48) 05. The Razor (Film Version) (3:10) 06. No Warmth (1:07) 07. Hanging On (Film Version) (2:09) 08. Over The Cliff (Film Version) (1:29) 09. A Stitch In Time (1:01) 10. Mountain Hunt (Film Version) (5:01) 11. First Meal (0:43) 12. First Blood (Film Version) (5:14) 13. The Tunnel (Film Version) (3:31) 14. Escape Route (Film Version) (2:42) 15. Over The Top (1:02) 16. My Town (Film Version) (1:00) 17. No Power/Fireworks (2:54) 18. It’s A Long Road (3:28) 19. It’s A Long Road (Theme From First Blood ? Vocal) (3:24)
DISCRETE VERSIONS 20. No Power (1:01) 21. Fireworks (1:56) 22. Mission’s Over (0:49)
TOTAL CD 1 TIME: 50:54
CD 2 ORIGINAL 1982 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 01. It’s A Long Road (Theme From First Blood ? Vocal) (3:24 ) 02. Escape Route (2:42) 03. First Blood (4:39) 04. The Tunnel (4:04) 05. Hanging On (3:32) 06. Homecoming (2:25) 07. Mountain Hunt (6:11) 08. My Town (1:57) 09. The Razor (3:14) 10. Over The Cliff (2:08) 11. It’s A Long Road (Instrumental) (2:56)
TOTAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM TIME: 37:33
THE EXTRA 12. It’s A Long Road(Recording Session Piano/Vocal Demo) (3:25)
シルヴェスター・スタローン主演の大ヒットアクション映画「ランボー」のサウンドトラックが不具合を修正した究極の決定盤でついにリリース！
トラックリスト創立40周年を記念して、INTRADAは創立者ダグ・フェイクが個人的にお気に入りのサウンドトラックのニューエディションを発表する。このスコアは、ジェリー・ゴールドスミスの膨大な作品群の重要な一部であるだけでなく、INTRADAレーベルの形成期でもある。『ランボー』は当初、スペシャル・コレクションの初期バージョンである“フィルム・ミュージック・トレジャリー”シリーズの第一弾としてリリースされました。そのリリースを制作するにあたり、ゴールドスミスとエンジニアのレン・エンゲルは、オリジナルのREGENCYアルバムをリシーケンスし、1982年にLP用に制作された?″2トラック・ミックスを使い、未発表のエクストラ・トラックを1曲探し出した。しかし、?″マスターは奇妙な異変に悩まされていた。広く使われているプロフェッショナルなドルビーAエンコーディング・プロセスで識別されていたにもかかわらず、再生機のキャリブレーションを可能にするドルビー・エンコーディングを識別する独特の音色を持っていなかった。このような重要な音色の代わりに、オリジナルのエンジニアはイコライザー技術を使って固有のバックグラウンド・ヒスを低減することで対処しましたが、これらの異常を修正する試みは満足のいくものではありませんでした。
2010年、INTRADAはマルチトラック・セッションのマスターを、全チャンネル、全リール、全テイク、完全な形で探し出した。ゴールドスミスが最初のレコードを制作するために削除した興味深い小節が、初めて、元々書かれ録音されたのと同じように、全長のキューに復元された。ノーカットで無傷、新たにミックスされリマスタリングされたサウンドで、まったく新しいプレゼンテーションが作られました。しかし、当時のINTRADAの最善の努力にもかかわらず、テープスピードがずれており、音楽が意図したより少し速く再生されるという奇妙な異常が生じた。さらに、一部のアセンブリーでは、前述の小節がまだいくつか残っていた。このニューエディションのために、ニール・S・バルクはフェイクのステレオ・ミックスを使用し、スコアとオリジナル・サウンドトラック・アルバムを一から作り直し、スピードの問題に対処し、未アセンブルのエキストラをいくつか加え、本当にすべてを聴くことができるようにしました。いくつかのトラックタイトルは、正式なキューシート名を反映するように調整されています。グラミー賞にノミネートされたマイク・マテッシーノがマスタリングを担当し、ステファン・コエデルによる新しいジャケット・アートが施されている。
2025年はINTRADAがサウンドトラックをリリースして40周年にあたるため、INTRADAチームは、まさに決定的な『ランボー』が、この記念すべき年を祝うだけでなく、ダグ・フェイクを祝う新たな機会を提供する重要な方法であると考えました。 ---レーベルより。（機械翻訳・一部修正あり）
『ランボー』・・・アメリカ北西部の小さな町を訪れた元グリーン・ベレーの隊員が、地方警察のいわれの無い仕打ちに絶えかね逆襲に出る。ベトナムで会得した戦術を駆使して、１対多の戦闘を見せる展開はアクション物としては及第。周囲から孤立して行く戦場帰りの男の悲哀も程良い味付けになっている。原題の“最初の血”には“どちらが先にしかけたか”の意がある。監督：テッド・コッチェフ、出演：シルヴェスター・スタローン、リチャード・クレンナ。1982年米。
In honor of its 40th Anniversary, Intrada presents an all-new edition of one of founder Doug Fake's personal favorite soundtracks. The score is not only an important part of Jerry Goldsmith's large body of work, but also Intrada's formative years. First Blood initially appeared as the inaugural release of the Film Music Treasury series, an early version of the Special Collection. In assembling that release, Goldsmith and engineer Len Engel re-sequenced the original Regency album and located one extra track not previously released, using the ?″ two-track mixes made in 1982 for the LP. However, the ?″ masters were plagued with an interesting anomaly: though identified with the widely-used professional Dolby A encoding process, they did not possess unique tones identifying the Dolby encoding that allows for calibration of playback machines. In lieu of those critical tones, the original engineers addressed by reducing the inherent background hiss using equalization techniques, and attempts to rectify these anomalies were less than satisfactory.
In 2010, Intrada located the multi-track session masters?complete and intact?every channel, every reel, every take. For the first time, all those interesting little bars that Goldsmith deleted to create his initial record could be restored within the full-length cues just as they were originally written and recorded. A brand-new presentation was created, uncut and intact, with newly mixed and re-mastered sound. However, in spite of Intrada's best efforts at the time, there still resulted an interesting anomaly?the tape speed was off and the music played a bit faster than intended. Additionally, some assemblies still eliminated a few of those aforementioned bars. For this new edition, Neil S. Bulk used Fake's stereo mixes and rebuilt the score and original soundtrack album from the ground up, addressing the speed issues and including a few unassembled extras so one can now truly hear everything. Some track titles have been adjusted to reflect their official cue sheet names. GRAMMY-nominee Mike Matessino mastered the album featuring new cover art by Stephane Coedel.
With 2025 being Intrada's 40th year releasing soundtracks, the Intrada team felt a truly definitive First Blood would be an important way to mark not only the occasion but present another opportunity to celebrate Doug Fake.
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CD 1 SCORE PRESENTATION
01. Theme From First Blood (Pop Orchestra Version) (4:12)
02. Homecoming (Film Version) (2:25)
03. Last Summer (1:02)
04. Back To Town (0:48)
05. The Razor (Film Version) (3:10)
06. No Warmth (1:07)
07. Hanging On (Film Version) (2:09)
08. Over The Cliff (Film Version) (1:29)
09. A Stitch In Time (1:01)
10. Mountain Hunt (Film Version) (5:01)
11. First Meal (0:43)
12. First Blood (Film Version) (5:14)
13. The Tunnel (Film Version) (3:31)
14. Escape Route (Film Version) (2:42)
15. Over The Top (1:02)
16. My Town (Film Version) (1:00)
17. No Power/Fireworks (2:54)
18. It’s A Long Road (3:28)
19. It’s A Long Road (Theme From First Blood ? Vocal) (3:24)
DISCRETE VERSIONS
20. No Power (1:01)
21. Fireworks (1:56)
22. Mission’s Over (0:49)
TOTAL CD 1 TIME: 50:54
CD 2 ORIGINAL 1982 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
01. It’s A Long Road (Theme From First Blood ? Vocal) (3:24 )
02. Escape Route (2:42)
03. First Blood (4:39)
04. The Tunnel (4:04)
05. Hanging On (3:32)
06. Homecoming (2:25)
07. Mountain Hunt (6:11)
08. My Town (1:57)
09. The Razor (3:14)
10. Over The Cliff (2:08)
11. It’s A Long Road (Instrumental) (2:56)
TOTAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM TIME: 37:33
THE EXTRA
12. It’s A Long Road(Recording Session Piano/Vocal Demo) (3:25)
TOTAL CD 2 TIME: 41:02