Popular Post thx99 1,740 Posted April 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2020 Quote INTRADA Announces: THE RIVER Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS INTRADA ISC 441 The River is a tribute to a vanishing America—the America of the Independent Farm Family. -- Mark Rydell, director Intrada announces its latest collabration with Universal Studios and UMe with the release of John Williams' Oscar-nominated score to the 1984 film The River. The film marked Williams' fourth collaboration with director Mark Rydell, having previously worked together on The Reivers, The Cowboys, and Cinderella Liberty. Released on LP by MCA Records concurrent with the film's theatrical release, the album was a strong presentation of the score, feauturing selections that were recorded specifically for the album. Nearly half of the soundtrack features rearranged or expanded versions of their film counterparts. As with Intrada's release of Monsignor, this new CD opens with the original remastered MCA program followed by the entire film score, including alternates, and is produced by Mike Matessino. A firm entry in Williams' Americana oeuvre, The River features a strong theme for the homestead "under siege," heard in its fullest form during the spectacular "The Ancestral Home." The score also features the solo colors of flute, trumpet and guitar, moving between the power of family and home, lighthearted family life and the colder, darker nature of storms, both natural and human-made. In the film, Tom and Mae Garvey (Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek) are a Tennessee farming couple fighting a war to save their farmland on two fronts. Mother nature besieges the farm with violent floods on one side and on the other a greedy land developer (Scott Glenn) tries to foreclose on the farm in order to build a dam to produce power. INTRADA ISC 441 Barcode: 720258544100 Retail Price: $21.99 Note: Due to local restrictions related to the pandemic, shipping time may be slower than usual For track listing and sound samples, please visit the The River soundtrack page at http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12150/.f http://www.intrada.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8454 Quote John WilliamsLabel: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 441Film Date: 1984Album Date: 2020Time: 79:32Tracks: 28Price: $21.99 Expanded release of long out-of-print John Williams classic! Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Scott Glenn star, Vilmos Zsigmond photographs, John Williams composes Oscar-nominated Americana score for Mark Rydell’s dramatic farming crisis film from Universal. Williams reunites with director Rydell, who successfully teamed on earlier pictures The Reivers, The Cowboys and Cinderella Liberty, each offering different musical takes on the subject of Americana. Williams provides beautifully languid yet sadly-toned main theme, typically featuring solo trumpet, to anchor tale of economic collapse of family farming industry in Tennessee during the early 1980’s that saw many farmers forced to seek employment in steel factories, pitting them in opposition to striking mill workers. Williams keeps overall grim realism in focus but finds ample opportunity to fashion bright, energetic ideas encapsulating spirit of determination that Rydell spotlights through struggles to survive of Tom and Mae Garvey’s farming family, played by Gibson and Spacek. Williams highlights several key sequences depicting the challenges portrayed but towering above all is surging, powerful “The Ancestral Home” sequence underlining and in many ways carrying climactic scene of desperate families uniting to fashion large dam built from sandbags to stem tide of rapidly rising flood waters of the titular river. Here, Williams begins with major-key motif that gradually builds thematically into massive orchestral crescendo, much in mannerism of his legendary “Leaving Home” music from 1978’s Superman The Movie. Hearing the epic peroration of this four-and-a-half minute piece, landing at its peak with Williams’ signature leading tone cadence, is a scoring highlight! MCA Records released a strong 37-minute album in 1984 of musical highlights featuring meld of original soundtrack recordings and newly recorded adaptations by Williams of his film cues. Special Intrada presentation includes re-mastered release of that classic album, plus world premiere release of full original soundtrack recording, boasting some 20 minutes of previously unreleased material. Entire project, courtesy Universal Pictures and Geffen Records/UMG Recordings, was produced by Mike Matessino from pristine masters. Matessino also contributes literate notes for dramatic booklet designed by Kay Marshall. Score recorded in August and September 1984 by Dan Wallin. John Williams composes, conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain! ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM 01. The River (4:29) 02. Growing Up (2:52) 03. The Pony Ride (3:16) 04. Love Theme From The River (4:55) 05. The Ancestral Home (4:31) 06. Rain Clouds Gather (3:06) 07. From Farm To Factory (2:46) 08. Back From Town (3:41) 09. Tractor Scene (2:19) 10. A Family Meeting (2:38) 11. Young Friends Farewell (2:42) Total Time: 37:15 SCORE PRESENTATION 12. Main Title (Rain Clouds Gather) (3:08) 13. Leaving Home* (2:56) 14. The Family* (1:43) 15. The Kids Separate* (1:40) 16. The Garveys (1:24) 17. On The Dock (1:25) 18. Under The Tractor (2:21) 19. Dialing The Hospital* (1:32) 20. Telephone Call* (2:33) 21. The Hotel* (2:06) 22. Releasing The Doe* (1:05) 23. Back From Town (Film Version) (3:45) 24. The Ancestral Home (4:33) 25. End Credits (The River) (4:31) THE EXTRAS 26. The Family (Alternate)* (1:39) 27. The Ancestral Home (Alternate)* 2:32) 28. Leaving Home (Film Version)* (2:55) Total Time: 42:07 Total Disc Time: 79:32 *Previously unreleased http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12150/.f BrotherSound, eitam, Incanus and 20 others 17 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 whoa! nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Awesome. Another Williams 80s score that needs to be rediscovered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hey! I like that score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyD 1,223 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Sweet. Nothing beats a new expanded release of the Maestro's works. Looking forward to learning more details and getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phbart 609 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Long time no see, Intrada. But wait... a JW title not being released by LLL?? 2020 is definitely getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellosh 3,418 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I've admittedly NEVER listened to this score. But I will be ordering this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 @Fal J. M. Skywalker (thanks!) pinged me about this earlier today, and the main title immediately jumped to mind. Looking forward to a great new sounding release of the score. I really think the 4 films JW did for Mark Rydell are each interesting and enjoyable (although The River is weakest). I just noticed that Rydell only directed 11 films, so 4 is a big output from one composer for him. (Grusin scored 3 of the remaining 7.) (And I guess JW and Rydell are actually linked to 5 films since Rydell was in The Long Goodbye as an actor.) Listening to the current Varese soundtrack now. I feel like JW composed this at Tanglewood. Timing would be right anyway as the film was released late in 1984. Amazingly, this year gave us Temple of Doom and the Olympic Fanfare which are pretty different from The River. Also there was a small thread on this a few years ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 The main theme is probably one of my top 5 JW main themes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Is it expanded or just the OST re-issue? and how much unreleased music is there on this score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 I didn't know before the sheet music leak that 6 of the 11 tracks on the OST were recorded directly for it, leaving most of the music recorded for the film unreleased. I just listened to the OST again the other day, it's perfect rainy day music. Pieter Boelen, Disco Stu, The Illustrious Jerry and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 It’s a soulful score. Can’t wait to hear that unreleased music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Didn't know there was so many album only tracks on the OST. It's sort of like E.T. then Never seen the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Yup very similar to ET in that regard! It's funny in this period of the 80s he either went all out with special stuff for the album (ET, Monsignor, ROTJ, The River), or recorded nothing additional for it at all (Raiders, Temple of Doom). bollemanneke and Yavar Moradi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,313 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Very cool! Was wondering just a few weeks ago if this score would be coming out soon, nice surprise! @Jay are you allowed to say if it's one or two discs? I don't know much of anything about this score or how long it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 It's a very short score, it and Monsignor must be his shortest scores after his comedy years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 30 minutes ago, Jay said: It's a very short score, it and Monsignor must be his shortest scores after his comedy years Monsignor isn't a comedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Just been listening again to the original release, and as always, I like it. 38 mins on the original release which was not horrible in 1984 - certainly better than the dearth of 28-30 min scores we were getting then! I'll throw out a guess that we'll get the remastered soundtrack and then the tracks that are not on that from the film will be the "extras." So, for a complete film presentation, we have to create our own playlist. That in no way is a complaint if I am right. Just heard Tractor Scene. Feels like a track on the The Post. Or I guess the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,347 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, lairdo said: Just been listening again to the original release, and as always, I like it. 38 mins on the original release which was not horrible in 1984 - certainly better than the dearth of 28-30 min scores we were getting then! Dearth? more like overabundance. 7 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: Monsignor isn't a comedy? But it is one of his shortest scores to be written after his comedy years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lairdo 726 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, Fal J. M. Skywalker said: Dearth? more like overabundance. Yeah I phrased that wrong! I meant that the overabundance of scores that contained a dearth or music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Yay! Another one to take off the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Amazing! That's a really good one. 😊 Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 364 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Great news ! I've never heard this score, I look forward to discovering it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurkensalat 340 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 It has some nice parts, but I remember clearly my disappointment when I listened to it the first time in 1984. I had just discovered JW with Star Wars, Empire, ET and Indiana Jones and was fully expecting something in a similar vein. I was shocked to hear muzak-like guitar and drum kit noodling; first I thought, no this can't be right, probably it is from this other guitarist John Willams. MY John Williams would never produce such pop music! (I come from a background of classical music). Meanwhile I can appreciate his very different styles, but still I probably will not buy this, except they unearthed some really brilliant never heard compositions. Otherwise 38 minutes is more than enough for me, while waiting patiently for the complete expansions of Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Will this be two 40 minutes CDs or one jam-packed cd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 My heart skipped a beat for a moment when I read the title as The Reivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, Gurkensalat said: I was shocked to hear muzak-like guitar and drum kit noodling; first I thought, no this can't be right, probably it is from this other guitarist John Willams. MY John Williams would never produce such pop music! Yeah, I was very confused about the first track, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Cool! Now if LLL announces Hook in May we'll be in clover. crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Can't wait to hear what @Thor thinks about this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I bet he has a standard response permanently stuck on his clipboard for all these C&C releases. "The OST for [insert score title here] is more than sufficient already." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Well, the OST program is indeed a beautiful presentation, with some amazing concert-like arrangements of several pieces (my fave is the delightful "Pony Ride"). But I'm very eager to listen to this new release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 So what remains in varesess catalogue? Presumed innocent and eiger sanction? And a rerelease of heartbeeps that I missed in 2001 (not a collector yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I wonder if improved sources have turned up for Midway and Black Sunday, considering that the expansions are about ten years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownerFan 4,983 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said: So what remains in varesess catalogue? Presumed innocent and eiger sanction? And a rerelease of heartbeeps that I missed in 2001 (not a collector yet) The Eiger Sanction is Universal Pictures and the OST was originally released on MCA, and then released on CD by Varese Sarabande in the early 1990s (like Jaws 2, Dracula, Earthquake and The River). I don't know if Varese still has the rights on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,501 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, JTWfan77 said: I bet he has a standard response permanently stuck on his clipboard for all these C&C releases. "The OST for [insert score title here] is more than sufficient already." That is 100% correct! Can I hire you as my publicist? But I do agree with Jay earlier -- it's a great listen for a 'rainy day', a beautiful Americana score with jazz undercurrents that is often overlooked. The film is good too. 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Great news! I love this little score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,313 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I don't think I've heard any of this score, looking forward to exploring JW's older catalog over the next few years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Luke Skywalker said: So what remains in Varese's catalogue? Presumed Innocent - that's it. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I presume so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2020 To be honest, I’m way more excited for this than I was for Far and Away. The River is more my speed, aesthetically. It’s so heartfelt. I LOVE the Rydell-Williams collaboration. I can’t wait to hear this and after this let’s go from River to Reivers! This score fits in well with my beloved series of Williams’ folksy rural Americana scores like Reivers, Cowboys, Rosewood, and parts of Lincoln. For parts of The River, I can’t help wondering how close it might be to a hypothetical Williams score for Color Purple Smeltington, 1977 and Sharkissimo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, TownerFan said: The Eiger Sanction is Universal Pictures and the OST was originally released on MCA, and then released on CD by Varese Sarabande in the early 1990s (like Jaws 2, Dracula, Earthquake and The River). I don't know if Varese still has the rights on that one. That bodes well for a future intrada eiger sanction release..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I almost forgot, back in 2018 I did a few isolated score videos for this! On 6/20/2018 at 9:19 AM, Disco Stu said: Well gosh it's been a while since I posted in this thread. To celebrate the release of The Cowboys and the most underrated of Williams' multi-film director partnerships (with Mark Rydell), here are 3 cues from their final collaboration. The River Rain Clouds Gather Back From Town (music starts at 0:27) Ancestral Home (music starts at 1:00) It's a wonderful, varied score. At times overt and sentimental, at others dark and subtle. I especially love "Ancestral Home." The climax of the film, it's wonderfully expressive and I love the way it builds and builds as the townspeople decide to help Gibson's character. I recommend reading @Incanus' review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Great release. Essentially the last Back-to-the-roots Williams, from the tail-end of his most tuneful period. Guys like Mark Rydell or Marty Ritt triggered a relaxed side of Williams' musical personality, without all the bombast and exclamation marks. The River boasts four distinctive (and great) themes for different strains of story, and a handful of additional motifs, none of them disposable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said: So what remains in varesess catalogue? Presumed innocent and eiger sanction? And a rerelease of heartbeeps that I missed in 2001 (not a collector yet) Presumed Innocent is the only remaining Williams score they have perpetuity rights to. Those others you mentioned could be reissued by anybody Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Not familiar with the film or score - is it worth watching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Never seen the movie. Score is great! You can check out the entire OST album on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YUMexLUVM8&list=PLAgb5z0ejEBU-VSmDnkk37PCZu_YKYkoH Arpy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I watched the movie when I was doing the isolated score videos (posted above) and.... it's pretty skippable. I dug the overall vibe and setting, but the drama is mostly just mediocre or uninteresting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,355 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I didn't realize before reading the liner notes that this was Mel Gibson's first American film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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