Jay 37,353 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 INTRADA Announces:THE CARPETBAGGERSComposed and Conducted by ELMER BERNSTEININTRADA Special Collection Vol. 233Elmer Bernstein's lush and exciting score for the 1964 Paramount Pictures' film The Carpetbaggers is dominated by his main theme for anti-hero Jonas Cord. In its most common setting, tuba and trombones relentlessly churn out propulsive rhythms for the character's drive and ambition, while above, a swaggering melody captures his sublime arrogance and devil-may-care attitude. This is the score's most versatile theme, and Bernstein puts it through numerous variations -- adding sleazy color with sax or clarinet, changing up the rhythm, dropping out notes, and developing new ideas from its melodic fragments throughout.For this special presentation of Elmer Bernstein's dynamic music from The Carpetbaggers, Intrada was fortunate to locate not only the complete print takes from the soundtrack scoring sessions stored on 35mm elements in the Paramount vaults and newly transferred for this project, but also the album masters for the 1964 LP that Bernstein re-recorded for the Ava label. The original sessions are making their official premiere release in any format here; this is the first appearance of the LP masters on CD. Everything heard here is in crisp, detailed stereo.The Carpetbaggers stars George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a young millionaire industrialist and movie mogul with a reckless penchant for planes and dames. Cord's oldest friend and surrogate father is Nevada Smith, a gunslinger-turned-actor and their relationship sits at the film's heart. Both men use and exploit one another; but when Cord finally hits bottom after a long spiral of personal destruction, only Smith is left to expose his true face -- a feat accomplished with fists as much as words.INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 233Retail Price: $19.99Available NowFor track listing and sound samples, please visithttp://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8025/.fCARPETBAGGERS, THELabel: Intrada Special Collection Volume 233Date: 1964Tracks: 27Time = 68:01 Treat for Elmer Bernstein fans! Complete soundtrack to epic-length saga with George Peppard, Carroll Baker, Alan Ladd gets world premiere release in stereo from newly-discovered 35mm three-channel masters PLUS first-ever CD release of original 1964 re-recording composer made for Ava label, presented from also recently found actual mint-condition album masters! Bernstein anchors score with one of his most exciting main titles ever. Powerful rhythmic ostinato in trombones, tuba drive music forward while high-register trumpets scream primary theme above. Thrilling cue! Bernstein also supplies episodic tale of ambitious heel during early part of 20th-century with variety of dramatic cues, richly flowing love theme, period music, more. Paramount Pictures created brand new masters for this release. CD also features CD premiere of brief but terrific original 1964 album Bernstein re-recorded for Ava label back in the day. (Several famous Bernstein scores from that period were re-recorded by him especially for Ava label, including TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, CARETAKERS, BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL & CARPETBAGGERS. They were the only original albums made for all of those films.) The Ava recordings were vibrant, stereo albums played by top West-coast musicians under Bernstein's baton. Hearing THE CARPETBAGGERS in both the original soundtrack performances and in the subsequent album versions is a joy! Flipper cover art offers both Ava album artwork, original film campaign artwork. Take your pick! Elmer Bernstein conducts both recordings. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remain! 01. Seal/Main Title 2:26 02. A Maverick 0:5203. The Forbidden Room 2:4204. Separate Trails 2:02 05. Lots Of Lovely Ceilings 2:0206. Nevada's Trouble 7:12 07. Get A Divorce 1:35 08. Movie Mogul 0:3509. Two Of A Kind 5:08 10. Sierra Source Pt. 2 1:4211. Jennie [Not In Film] 2:1312. Rina's Dead 1:0213. Speak Of The Devil 1:2914. New Star 3:0515. Bad Bargain 0:5116. Jonas Hits Bottom 5:39 17. Finale 1:26 Total Soundtrack Time: 42:25 Original 1964 Album18. The Carpetbaggers 2:3119. Love Theme From The Carpetbaggers 2:4020. Speak Of The Devil 2:01 21. Forbidden Room 2:19 22. The Carpetbagger Blues 3:5223. Main Title From The Carpetbaggers 2:10 24. New Star 2:1625. The Producer Asks For A Divorce 2:3926. Jonas Hits Bottom 2:5027. Finale 1:44 Original 1964 Album Time: 25:26 Elmer BernsteinPrice: $19.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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