Breakheart Pass by Jerry Goldsmith (new Kritzerland CD 2013)

[Ollie 859]

I highly recommend this one. An exciting, catchy theme, a thrilling action cue in Runaway and he uses the orchestra to represent the train in several cues. Plus a bunch of good music in between.

http://www.kritzerland.com/breakheart.htm

Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack CD release and our first ever Jerry Goldsmith score:

BREAKHEART PASS

Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

Breakheart Pass, a wonderfully entertaining thrill ride in the old west featured a stellar cast, including Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland, along with a terrific supporting cast that included Charles Durning, David Huddleston, Ed Lauter, Bill McKinney, Archie Moore, and Sally Kirkland. The director was Tom Gries, the screenplay was by Alistair MacLean (The Guns of Navarone, When Eight Bells Toll, Puppet On a Chain, Force Ten from Navarone), and cameraman was the great Lucien Ballard. What they all delivered was a terrific adventure yarn, one with rousing action sequences, and one that kept you guessing as to who was really who and who was doing what to whom.

But what becomes an action adventure movie most is its score, and Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Breakheart Pass is as good as it gets. Goldsmith had worked with director Gries on 100 Rifles and the mini-series QB VII so they knew each other’s sensibilities well. From the first guitar strums of the main title, Goldsmith’s score does what all great scores do – involves you instantly and sets you up for what’s to come. His theme is addictive and propulsive – it literally makes you sit up and take notice. From there he captures not only the rhythm of the train itself (which is a character in the film), but tender moments, moments of high suspense, character moments, and, of course, the adventure sequences, which no one did better than Goldsmith.

Breakheart Pass was previously released on CD by La La Land Records. This release is essentially that album as mastered by James Nelson, with some notable exceptions: In the film, there is a wonderful action sequence towards the end on top of the train. Goldsmith apparently didn’t score it, but Gries and his music editor thought music would help there and so two cues were edited together for that sequence (“Runaway” and “Box Car Fight”) and we’ve recreated that edit for this CD and put it in the proper sequence – it plays beautifully with it. On the previous CD there were two bonus tracks – some guitar strums called “Four Styles” and a trumpet cavalry call. We have left off the cavalry call since it has nothing to do with Jerry Goldsmith or his score. The four guitar strums are not really germane to anything but we’ve kept them. But the biggest difference is the inclusion of a cue that was missing from the previous release. The hunt for that cue took weeks – pulling every tape MGM had and frustratingly not finding it anywhere. Finally, we decided to pull the D/M/E tracks and that’s where we got it from – it’s a great cue (it’s actually the second half of the cue called “Here They Come”) and we’re thrilled to finally have it available. We include it in two forms – in the score program as a part two of “Here They Come.” The “Here They Come” album cue was missing almost fifteen seconds of its electronics at the beginning, so as a bonus we give you the entire cue as it plays in the film, complete from the music track of the D/M/E.

Breakheart Pass is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the third week of May but preorders placed at Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks early (we’ve been averaging four weeks).

(Click on cover for enlarged version)

• Click on titles below to hear a song sample:

• Breakheart Pass – Main Title
Free Ride/Hot Stove
• Medical Supplies
• The Trestle
On the Move/Runaway
No Word Yet
Night Watch/Help Yourself
• Who Are You?
The Casket/Box Car Fight
Make Up Your Mind/Leaving the Fort
A New Friend
• Here They Come Part I
Here They Come Part II
Raiding Party
No Entry
Last Battle
• Reunited/Breakheart Pass – End Credits

Bonus tracks
Here They Come (film version)
Four Styles
End Credits (alternate mix)

[Koray Savas 2,095]

Blind bought this one because Jerry limited to 1,000 surely won't last more than a couple days.

[Hlao-roo 388]

Deaf buy for me, too. Plus it's from a particularly dynamic period in Goldsmith's career that also produced The Wind and the Lion, The Cassandra Crossing, and Capricorn One.

[Delorean90 32]

Ugh. Probably gonna miss this one; I just don't have money for it at the moment.

[ManofDestiny 56]

Yeah, need to get this soon before it gone.

[fommes 126]

Highly recommended soundtrack, but again it's a bit dodgy they stick to the 1000-copy limitation even for this. And I don't like the inclusion of that tracked piece, but kudos for finding that other cue!

[Wojo 2,442]

Ordered.

[Marian Schedenig 5,520]

Ordered.

[Jay 27,216]

Just ordered as well, from movie music:

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08862/breakheartpass-expanded/

I bundled it with 2 other Intrada Limited Edition Jerry scores to get $1 shipping - Hoosiers and Gladiator. Figured I'd get them now before the eventually low quantity warning gets posted and before I see it they are sold out.

[Jay 27,216]

Now sold out at Kritzerland.

Still available here:

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M08862/breakheartpass-expanded/

http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/24837/

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8100/.f

[Koray Savas 2,095]

I just realized I never received Breakheart Pass. Anyone else get theirs?

[Jay 27,216]

Kritzerland only began shipping them on Thursday.

Remember, Kritzerland announces their titles and takes your money 4-5 weeks before ship date

Breakheart Pass is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the third week of May but preorders placed at Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks early (we’ve been averaging four weeks).

from http://www.kritzerland.com/breakheart.htm

And

Shipping Thursday.

from http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=95679

[Koray Savas 2,095]

Ah, thank you.

[Koray Savas 2,095]

Got this about a week ago but am now just importing it. The main titles are wonderful.