Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition release - three great scores on two CDs:
OVERLORD
THE DISAPPEARANCE
HUSTLE
Overlord and Hustle Music Composed and Conducted by Paul Glass The Disappearance Music Composed and Conducted by Robert Farnon
Director Stuart Cooper is the common thread for these releases. His 1975 film Overlord should have been the launch pad for a major directorial career. Instead, it had a minor release and disappeared until it was, at long last, resurrected years later and rightfully became the classic it always was, beloved by all who saw it, and having a fan in none other than Stanley Kubrick, who declared the only way it could be improved was to make it twice as long. His 1977 film, The Disappearance, also disappeared, especially in the United States, where it was mangled into awfulness by its crass distributor, who completely reedited the film and changed its score. It, too, was resurrected years later and has recently and found its way to Blu-ray, courtesy of Twilight Time. And Hustle aka A Sordid Affair (2000), was made for TV and seen by only those who happen to catch it. In between these three films, Cooper was constantly busy, doing TV (several mini-series, including A.D., The Long Hot Summer, Mario Puzo’s The Fortunate Pilgrim), but he just never got the brass ring that he should have.
His films are uniquely his and don’t feel like anyone else’s, none more so than Overlord, which seamlessly and brilliantly blends historical footage of World War II from the Imperial War Museum with newly-shot footage that matches perfectly, telling the story of one soldier’s life from his being called up to his taking part in D-Day. Paul Glass’s music for Overlord is one of the movie’s strongest assets, a film music masterpiece - a melancholy, elegiac and at times dissonant tone poem that is both exquisite and hugely moving. The score’s main theme is hauntingly beautiful and is used throughout the film to great effect. There are other themes that weave in and out, each creating a perfect musical landscape to go along with Cooper’s visual landscape. It is an astonishing piece of work and we’re thrilled to finally give it its world premiere release, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day and in conjunction with the film’s Blu-ray release on Criterion.
Hustle, a sexy made for TV neo-noir thriller (shot in Toronto), reunited Cooper and Glass. This was a completely different kind of score for Glass - bluesy, sexy, sultry and dripping with eroticism. It has a beauty of a main theme, but, like most Glass scores, also has moments of dissonance and off-kilter writing.
The Disappearance, the tale of a hit man for an international assassination agency whose wife has disappeared, has a score by Robert Farnon, a wonderful film composer, and also conductor and composer of light music. For The Disappearance, Farnon uses the Ravel Piano Concerto in G major as the basis for his score, but there’s also original Farnon music, too - it’s all of a piece and compliments the film perfectly.
Overlord and Hustle were transferred from Paul Glass’s personal tapes, which we got in the nick of time - they transferred perfectly but as soon as they came off the machine they were literally falling apart. Both scores are in beautiful stereo sound. Sadly, no one, including the Farnon estate, was able to locate any original scoring tapes for The Disappearance, so for those cues we used the film’s mono music track, but thanks to mastering engineer James Nelson, it all sounds excellent.
Overlord/The Disappearance/Hustle is limited to 1000 copies.
トラックリスト
CD 1
OVERLORD
1. Premonition 2. Tom 3. A Long Walk 4. Prisoner 5. The Fall 6. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going” (Noel Gay/Ralph Butler) 7. Corfe Castle/A Kiss 8. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going” (Noel Gay/Ralph Butler) sung by Nick Curtis 9. Called Away/Waiting to Go 10. Preparing the Dead 11. Premonition/Sacrifice/End Title
Alternates
12. 3M1 13. 8M3X 14. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going” (Noel Gay/Ralph Butler) instrumental version 15. 8M2
Music Composed and Conducted by Paul Glass
THE DISAPPEARANCE
16. The Disappearance/Burbank Called 17. From the First 18. Cheever 19. You Need Me 20. Arrival/Anger/Name the Shy 21. Memory/You’re My Wife 22. Follow/Personal Touch 23. Don’t Ever Stop 24. Death Us Do Part/End Credits
Music Composed and Conducted by Robert Farnon Includes Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major
CD2
HUSTLE
1. Main Title (Maya’s Theme) 2. Cash, Cash, Cash 3. Meeting 4. Gifts 5. You’re Beautiful 6. I’ll Call 7. Maya’s Theme 8. Makeover 9. The Gaff/Portrait 10. Partners/Who Are You? 11. Dizzy/Double Cross/Handle Her 12. People Kill People 13. Goodbye Corinna/More Than Money/Playing Us 14. Police/You’re Dead 15. Best Interest/Have a Good Life/End Title (Maya’s Theme)
スチュアート・クーパー監督作品３作品のオリジナル・サウンドトラックをCD２枚に収録！音楽は「殺しに愛のバラードを」がロバート・ファーノン、他２作がポール・グラス。1000枚限定盤！
トラックリスト「兵士トーマス」・・・２０才の青年トムを主人公に、大英帝国戦争博物館の未公開フィルムを大量に取り入れ描かれた反戦映画。1975年英。
「殺しに愛のバラードを」・・・一見ビジネスマン風の殺し屋マロリー。ある日彼の妻が家出した事から、殺しの仕事をする度に妙な組織からの圧力がかかり始める。妻を探し、組織と対決するために、彼はカナダから英国に向うが、そこには意外な事実が……。1977年カナダ。
Kritzerland is proud to present a new world premiere limited edition release - three great scores on two CDs:
OVERLORD
THE DISAPPEARANCE
HUSTLE
Overlord and Hustle Music Composed and Conducted by Paul Glass
The Disappearance Music Composed and Conducted by Robert Farnon
Director Stuart Cooper is the common thread for these releases. His 1975 film Overlord should have been the launch pad for a major directorial career. Instead, it had a minor release and disappeared until it was, at long last, resurrected years later and rightfully became the classic it always was, beloved by all who saw it, and having a fan in none other than Stanley Kubrick, who declared the only way it could be improved was to make it twice as long. His 1977 film, The Disappearance, also disappeared, especially in the United States, where it was mangled into awfulness by its crass distributor, who completely reedited the film and changed its score. It, too, was resurrected years later and has recently and found its way to Blu-ray, courtesy of Twilight Time. And Hustle aka A Sordid Affair (2000), was made for TV and seen by only those who happen to catch it. In between these three films, Cooper was constantly busy, doing TV (several mini-series, including A.D., The Long Hot Summer, Mario Puzo’s The Fortunate Pilgrim), but he just never got the brass ring that he should have.
His films are uniquely his and don’t feel like anyone else’s, none more so than Overlord, which seamlessly and brilliantly blends historical footage of World War II from the Imperial War Museum with newly-shot footage that matches perfectly, telling the story of one soldier’s life from his being called up to his taking part in D-Day. Paul Glass’s music for Overlord is one of the movie’s strongest assets, a film music masterpiece - a melancholy, elegiac and at times dissonant tone poem that is both exquisite and hugely moving. The score’s main theme is hauntingly beautiful and is used throughout the film to great effect. There are other themes that weave in and out, each creating a perfect musical landscape to go along with Cooper’s visual landscape. It is an astonishing piece of work and we’re thrilled to finally give it its world premiere release, on the 70th anniversary of D-Day and in conjunction with the film’s Blu-ray release on Criterion.
Hustle, a sexy made for TV neo-noir thriller (shot in Toronto), reunited Cooper and Glass. This was a completely different kind of score for Glass - bluesy, sexy, sultry and dripping with eroticism. It has a beauty of a main theme, but, like most Glass scores, also has moments of dissonance and off-kilter writing.
The Disappearance, the tale of a hit man for an international assassination agency whose wife has disappeared, has a score by Robert Farnon, a wonderful film composer, and also conductor and composer of light music. For The Disappearance, Farnon uses the Ravel Piano Concerto in G major as the basis for his score, but there’s also original Farnon music, too - it’s all of a piece and compliments the film perfectly.
Overlord and Hustle were transferred from Paul Glass’s personal tapes, which we got in the nick of time - they transferred perfectly but as soon as they came off the machine they were literally falling apart. Both scores are in beautiful stereo sound. Sadly, no one, including the Farnon estate, was able to locate any original scoring tapes for The Disappearance, so for those cues we used the film’s mono music track, but thanks to mastering engineer James Nelson, it all sounds excellent.
Overlord/The Disappearance/Hustle is limited to 1000 copies.
CD 1
OVERLORD
1. Premonition
2. Tom
3. A Long Walk
4. Prisoner
5. The Fall
6. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going”
(Noel Gay/Ralph Butler)
7. Corfe Castle/A Kiss
8. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going”
(Noel Gay/Ralph Butler) sung by Nick Curtis
9. Called Away/Waiting to Go
10. Preparing the Dead
11. Premonition/Sacrifice/End Title
Alternates
12. 3M1
13. 8M3X
14. “We Don’t Know Where We’re Going”
(Noel Gay/Ralph Butler) instrumental version
15. 8M2
Music Composed and Conducted by Paul Glass
THE DISAPPEARANCE
16. The Disappearance/Burbank Called
17. From the First
18. Cheever
19. You Need Me
20. Arrival/Anger/Name the Shy
21. Memory/You’re My Wife
22. Follow/Personal Touch
23. Don’t Ever Stop
24. Death Us Do Part/End Credits
Music Composed and Conducted by Robert Farnon
Includes Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major
CD2
HUSTLE
1. Main Title (Maya’s Theme)
2. Cash, Cash, Cash
3. Meeting
4. Gifts
5. You’re Beautiful
6. I’ll Call
7. Maya’s Theme
8. Makeover
9. The Gaff/Portrait
10. Partners/Who Are You?
11. Dizzy/Double Cross/Handle Her
12. People Kill People
13. Goodbye Corinna/More Than Money/Playing Us
14. Police/You’re Dead
15. Best Interest/Have a Good Life/End Title (Maya’s Theme)
Music Composed and Conducted by Paul Glass