NEW - THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (EXPANDED EDITION) Music by HENRY MANCINI - Quartet 2024

[Holko 10,681]

 

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, presents a remastered, remixed and expanded edition of one of Henry Mancini’s most evocative and powerful dramatic scores: THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.

 

Directed by Martin Ritt in 1970, starring Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar and Frank Finlay. Written by Walter Bernstein, the movie is set in Pennsylvania coal country in 1876 and is loosely based on the true story of a small band of Irish miners/terrorists called the Molly Maguires.

 

Henry Mancini was hired to compose the film score after the previous one by Charles Strouse (BONNIE AND CLYDE), famous composer of stage musicals and some film scores, was rejected. Mancini wrote a sensitive, dramatic, delicate score with an Irish flavor that was always close to his heart; he considered it one of his favorites.

 

Originally released on vinyl at the time of its premiere, the album has been reissued on CD several times, most recently in 2012 by Kritzerland in a limited edition that included Mancini’s score and the premiere of the rejected Strouse.

 

For this centenary celebration of Henry Mancini, Chris Malone remixed the score, eliminating the unpleasant hiss in previous editions using new technology. We were also fortunate that new elements appeared in the Paramount vaults, and the score has been released in a more complete form, with more than 20 minutes of previously unreleased cues, and revised and alternate versions. Finally, Mr. Strouse’s unused score has been newly remixed and included in this set.

 

The 24-page package includes in-depth new liner notes by film music writer Jeff Bond.

 

1. Theme From The Molly Maguires (Pennsylvania, 1876) 4:24

2. The Mollys Strike 2:51

3. Main Title 1:52

4. Room And Board 1:58

5. Sandwiches And Tea 2:15

6. Work Montage 2:18

7. Pennywhistle Jig / On Your Knees 1:52

8. A Hard Day’s Work 1:11

9. Jamie And Mary  2:48

10. Trip To Town 1:49

11. Strike Two / Strike Three 2:33

12. The Hills Of Yesterday  1:43

13. There’s More 1:06

14. The Mollys Strike Again 1:24

15. A Suit For Grandpa 2:16

16. Kehoe Lights Up / The Last Strike 0:57

17. The End 0:48

 

Bonus Tracks

18. Fiddle And Fife (Film Version – Fiddle Only) 2:00

19. A Brew With The Boys (Film Version – Fiddle Only) 1:43

20. Pennywhistle Jig (Album Version) 1:55

21. Jamie And Mary #1 (Film Version) 0:55

22. Jamie And Mary #2 (Film Version) 1:53

23. The Hills Of Yesterday (Film Version) 1:41

24. Bye Bye Jamie 0:35

25. The Hills Of Yesterday (Alternate 1) 1:48

26. Room And Board (Alternate) 3:08

27. The Hills Of Yesterday (Alternate 2) 1:49

28. Fiddler #4 (Fiddle Only) 2:25

29. Fiddle And Fife (Album Version) 2:01

30. A Brew With The Boys (Album Version) 1:45

31. Pennywhistle Jig (Alternate) 0:37

 

The Charles Strousse Unused Score

32. Sabotage 1:41

33. Fuse 1:06

34. Work In The Mine 1:24

35. Bleak Street / To Find A Room / To Work 2:18

36. The Long Walk 1:23

37. Widow Shopping 0:52

38. Truant Picnic-ers 1:44

39. The Last Rites 1:04

40. The Company Store (Parts I And II) 2:10

41. Arson 1:12

42. End Titles 0:48

Total Disc Time: 77:19

 

https://quartetrecords.com/product/the-molly-maguires/

[Holko 10,681]

Wow, loving the samples of this!

[Yavar Moradi 3,110]

2 hours ago, Holko said:

Wow, loving the samples of this!

It’s one of Mancini’s best scores. When I saw the marketing visual, I thought to myself, “well, at least I won’t have to rebuy The Molly Maguires”… then I read the blurb and DAMN I think I’m going to end up with all three of these lol. Great batch.

 

Yavar

[Thor 8,654]

It's a fine score. I've had a suite for a long time, which I've quite enjoyed. Am I right to assume that the first 17 tracks of this are the original soundtrack album? If so, great.

Interesting inclusion with the rejected Strouse. Charles Strouse is still around, age 96(!), and wonder if he was personally involved with this at all.