Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents music from the original score to SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, the fifth and last of the original 3-panel Cinerama travelogue films. Narrated by Orson Welles, SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE presents five separate stories, woven out of a series of theoretical, island-hopping voyages that start en route to Hawaii and after traversing the South Seas as far as Australia, end up flying back home from Honolulu.
Featured after the score for SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE are several themes that Alex North wrote throughout his career for a wide range of projects, including music from JOURNEY INTO FEAR, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, THE RACERS, DRAGONSLAYER, LES MISERABLES and the legendary song from UNCHAINED, resurrected years later for the film GHOST in 1990.
Alex North studied music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, then won a scholarship to Juilliard in New York and the Moscow Conservatoire, making him the first-ever American to become a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In Europe, he worked as music director for the Latvian State Theatre, before returning to the U.S. in 1935 to perfect his craft under Aaron Copland. At the same time, he produced his first compositions, including two symphonies, chamber music and dance scores for Martha Graham and Agnes de Mille. After a spell in Mexico as conductor/composer, he served as a captain with the U.S. Army, in charge of 'self-entertainment programs' for hospitalized psychiatric patients. He also did his first film work, scoring documentaries for the Office of War Information.
Profoundly influenced by Duke Ellington, North began to write several innovative compositions in jazz. North went on to compose theatrical scores, including DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Elia Kazan, which opened the door to Hollywood. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE was the first all-jazz score ever written for a motion picture. His next assignment was the film version of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, followed by VIVA ZAPATA!, for which he used traditional instruments, including marimbas and timbales.
Much of his subsequent work was characterized by sparse instrumentation. One of his most beautiful and lyrical works was the love theme from SPARTACUS. His filmography includes THE RACERS, I'LL CRY TOMORROW, THE ROSE TATTOO, THE BAD SEED, THE RAINMAKER, THE LONG, HOT SUMMER, THE SOUND AND THE FURY, THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY, THE MISFITS, CLEOPATRA, SHANKS, BITE THE BULLET, WISE BLOOD, DRAGONSLAYER, UNDER THE VOLCANO, THE DEAD and THE PENITENT. Alex North was Oscar-nominated fifteen times but only received the coveted statuette as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986.
HIstorically, SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE was the first Stereophonic record on the market, released in February, 1958. It would later appear again on vinyl in 1981. Label X released the music on CD for the first time in 1993. Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents this new release of SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, featuring music composed and conducted by Alex North, performed by the Cinerama Symphony Orchestra, including the Norman Luboff Choir, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and retaining the original album liner notes by John Steven Lasher, Tony Thomas and Alain Silver.
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE is a limited edition release.
2026/8/26の週発売
トラックリスト
1. Overture (2:38) 2. Journey to Hawaii (4:43) 3. Song of the Islands (0:53)* (C.E. King) 4. Ted and Kay (1:27) 5. Surf Riding (1:29) 6. Fire Dance (trad.) (1:16)** 7. Hawaiian War Chant (1:34)* (J. Noble) 8. Start of Te Vega’s’ Voyage (2:59) 9. King Neptune (0:46) 10. Trip to Tonga (3:10) 11. Ma Ulu Ulu (trad.) (2:08)** 12. Behold the Lamb of God (1:48)** (G.F. Handel) 13. Onward Christian Soldiers (1:15)** (A. Sullivan) 14. Fiji Chanting (trad.) 0:45)** 15. Head Diver Sequence (1:37) 16. Entr’Acte (2:59) 17. Driving Through New Zealand (3:35) 18. Poi Chant (trad.) (1:10)** 19. Welcome (1:42) 20. Sheep Shearing (Click Go The Shears) (2:05) (trad.; arr. Alex North & Norman Luboff) 21. Kangaroo Roundup (1:49) 22. Finale (1:30) 23. Credits (1:39) 24. Exit (Click Go The Shears) (2:05)
オリジナルの3面シネラマ形式の旅行記映画シリーズ第5作にして最終作である『南海の冒険』のオリジナル・サウンドトラックがリリース！オーソン・ウェルズがナレーションを務める『南海の冒険』は、ハワイへ向かう途中から始まり、南洋を横断してオーストラリアまで到達した後、ホノルルから飛行機で帰国するという一連の架空の島巡りの旅を軸に、5つの独立した物語が織りなされています。
トラックリスト『南海の冒険』のサウンドトラックに続いて収録されているのは、アレックス・ノースがキャリアを通じて幅広いプロジェクトのために作曲した数々のテーマ曲集です。これには、『恐怖への旅』、『欲望という名の電車』、『スピードに命を賭ける男』、『ドラゴンスレイヤー』、『レ・ミゼラブル』の音楽に加え、1990年の映画『ゴースト』で数年後に復活を遂げた『UNCHAINED』の伝説的な楽曲も含まれています。
アレックス・ノースはフィラデルフィアのカーティス音楽院で音楽を学び、その後ニューヨークのジュリアード音楽院とモスクワ音楽院への奨学金を獲得し、アメリカ人として初めてソ連作曲家同盟の会員となった。ヨーロッパではラトビア国立劇場の音楽監督を務めた後、1935年に米国へ帰国し、アーロン・コープランドのもとで技量を磨いた。その頃、彼は2つの交響曲をはじめ、室内楽、そしてマーサ・グラハムやアグネス・デ・ミルのための舞踊音楽など、最初の作曲作品を世に送り出した。メキシコで指揮者兼作曲家として活動した後、米陸軍の大尉として、入院中の精神科患者向けの「自己娯楽プログラム」を担当した。また、戦争情報局（OWI）のドキュメンタリー映画の音楽を担当し、映画音楽の仕事を初めて手掛けた。
デューク・エリントンから多大な影響を受けたノースは、ジャズ分野でも数々の革新的な作曲を手掛け始めた。その後、ノースは演劇音楽の作曲にも取り組み、エリア・カザン監督の『セールスマンの死』の音楽を手掛けたことで、ハリウッドへの道が開かれた。『欲望という名の電車』は、映画史上初めて全編ジャズで構成された音楽となった。次の仕事は映画版『セールスマンの死』の音楽担当であり、続いて『革命児サパタ』では、マリンバやティンバレスなどの伝統的な楽器を用いた。
その後の作品の多くは、控えめな楽器編成が特徴でした。彼の最も美しく叙情的な作品の一つは、『スパルタカス』のラブテーマでした。彼の映画音楽作品には、『スピードに命を賭ける男』、『明日泣く』、『バラの刺青』、『悪い種子』、『雨を降らす男』、『長く熱い夜』、『悶え』、『メキシコの暴れん坊』、『荒馬と女』、『クレオパトラ』、『シャレード'７９』、『弾丸を噛め』、『ワイズ・ブラッド』、『ドラゴンスレイヤー』、『火山のもとで』、『ザ・デッド／「ダブリン市民」より』、『愛と哀しみの十字架』などがある。アレックス・ノースは15回アカデミー賞にノミネートされたが、1986年に生涯功労賞として念願のオスカー像を手にしたのみであった。
『南海の冒険』は1958年2月にリリースされた、市場初のステレオ盤であった。その後、1981年に再びLP盤として再発売。レーベルXから1993年に初めてこの音楽をCDでリリースした。BSXレコード傘下のシタデル・レコードは、アレックス・ノースが作曲・指揮を手掛け、ノーマン・ルボフ合唱団を含むシネラマ交響楽団が演奏した『南海の冒険』のニューリリースを発表します。本作は、デジタル・アウトランドのジェームズ・ネルソンによる新規リマスターを施し、ジョン・スティーブン・ラッシャー、トニー・トーマス、アラン・シルバーによるオリジナル・アルバムのライナーノーツをそのまま収録しています。
限定盤。
Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents music from the original score to SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, the fifth and last of the original 3-panel Cinerama travelogue films. Narrated by Orson Welles, SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE presents five separate stories, woven out of a series of theoretical, island-hopping voyages that start en route to Hawaii and after traversing the South Seas as far as Australia, end up flying back home from Honolulu.
Featured after the score for SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE are several themes that Alex North wrote throughout his career for a wide range of projects, including music from JOURNEY INTO FEAR, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, THE RACERS, DRAGONSLAYER, LES MISERABLES and the legendary song from UNCHAINED, resurrected years later for the film GHOST in 1990.
Alex North studied music at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, then won a scholarship to Juilliard in New York and the Moscow Conservatoire, making him the first-ever American to become a member of the Union of Soviet Composers. In Europe, he worked as music director for the Latvian State Theatre, before returning to the U.S. in 1935 to perfect his craft under Aaron Copland. At the same time, he produced his first compositions, including two symphonies, chamber music and dance scores for Martha Graham and Agnes de Mille. After a spell in Mexico as conductor/composer, he served as a captain with the U.S. Army, in charge of 'self-entertainment programs' for hospitalized psychiatric patients. He also did his first film work, scoring documentaries for the Office of War Information.
Profoundly influenced by Duke Ellington, North began to write several innovative compositions in jazz. North went on to compose theatrical scores, including DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Elia Kazan, which opened the door to Hollywood. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE was the first all-jazz score ever written for a motion picture. His next assignment was the film version of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, followed by VIVA ZAPATA!, for which he used traditional instruments, including marimbas and timbales.
Much of his subsequent work was characterized by sparse instrumentation. One of his most beautiful and lyrical works was the love theme from SPARTACUS. His filmography includes THE RACERS, I'LL CRY TOMORROW, THE ROSE TATTOO, THE BAD SEED, THE RAINMAKER, THE LONG, HOT SUMMER, THE SOUND AND THE FURY, THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY, THE MISFITS, CLEOPATRA, SHANKS, BITE THE BULLET, WISE BLOOD, DRAGONSLAYER, UNDER THE VOLCANO, THE DEAD and THE PENITENT. Alex North was Oscar-nominated fifteen times but only received the coveted statuette as a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1986.
HIstorically, SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE was the first Stereophonic record on the market, released in February, 1958. It would later appear again on vinyl in 1981. Label X released the music on CD for the first time in 1993. Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents this new release of SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, featuring music composed and conducted by Alex North, performed by the Cinerama Symphony Orchestra, including the Norman Luboff Choir, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and retaining the original album liner notes by John Steven Lasher, Tony Thomas and Alain Silver.
SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE is a limited edition release.
2026/8/26の週発売
1. Overture (2:38)
2. Journey to Hawaii (4:43)
3. Song of the Islands (0:53)*
(C.E. King)
4. Ted and Kay (1:27)
5. Surf Riding (1:29)
6. Fire Dance (trad.) (1:16)**
7. Hawaiian War Chant (1:34)*
(J. Noble)
8. Start of Te Vega’s’ Voyage (2:59)
9. King Neptune (0:46)
10. Trip to Tonga (3:10)
11. Ma Ulu Ulu (trad.) (2:08)**
12. Behold the Lamb of God (1:48)**
(G.F. Handel)
13. Onward Christian Soldiers (1:15)**
(A. Sullivan)
14. Fiji Chanting (trad.) 0:45)**
15. Head Diver Sequence (1:37)
16. Entr’Acte (2:59)
17. Driving Through New Zealand (3:35)
18. Poi Chant (trad.) (1:10)**
19. Welcome (1:42)
20. Sheep Shearing (Click Go The Shears) (2:05)
(trad.; arr. Alex North & Norman Luboff)
21. Kangaroo Roundup (1:49)
22. Finale (1:30)
23. Credits (1:39)
24. Exit (Click Go The Shears) (2:05)
BONUS TRACKS
25. Native Mood (From “Journey Into Fear") (1:49)
26. Blanche (From "A Streetcar Named Desire") (2:53)
27. Love Theme (From “The Racers") (3:43)
28. Still A Virgin (Love Theme From “Dragonslayer") (2:58)
29. Love Theme (From “Les Miserables") (2:53)
30. Central Theme (From “Unchained") (3:39)
Total Time: 66:12