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Dominic Frontiere
Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 324
Date: 1985
Time: 1:15:13
Tracks: 35
First release of entire Dominic Frontiere soundtrack from George Miller
aviation adventure with Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack
Warden, from book by Ernest K. Gann.
First release of entire Dominic Frontiere soundtrack from George Miller aviation adventure with Christopher Reeve, Rosanna Arquette, Jack Warden, from book by Ernest K. Gann. Reeve (a pilot in real life) stars as vintage U.S. mail flyer who pilots treacherous route, crashes while transporting daughter of wealthy banker who owns fleet of planes. Surviving the elements, packs of deadly wolves and each other forms basis for old-fashioned tale. Frontiere anchors with stirring main theme in grand major-key manner. Idea literally soars. Receiving near-equal attention is gorgeous, broadly-phrased love theme in three parts: first is sunny major-key melody, second is contrasting minor-tinged melody, third is reprise of initial idea. Throughout, richly-harmonized main theme never strays, keeps score on course. Frontiere balances melodic portions with sizzling, percussive action material for variety of survival scenes, wolf attacks. Intrada CD is significant: both original 1985 LP release and subsequent, slightly expanded CD version oddly omitted numerous percussion parts, recorded in separate sessions, to key action cues. Intrada presentation not only presents complete mixes for the first time, but also features plethora of never-before-released cues from the film as well as several alternates - 75 minutes of music in all, courtesy MGM. Attractive booklet design by Joe Sikoryak features informative liner notes by Tim Greiving. Jack Hayes, Herbert Spencer orchestrate, Dominic Frontiere conducts Munich Symphony Orchestra. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9696/.f?sc=13&category=-113
THANK YOU, INTRADA! A most beautiful score that definitely deserves its own thread!
Ordered.
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I'm familiar with this score because it was the B-side to Hang 'Em High's La-La land issue. While I bought the disc for Hang 'Em High, The Aviator quickly eclipsed the Western for me. I'm very much looking forward to getting this disc.
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Sounds like a must-have in this household. I'll be adding the title to my next order.
It is a shame that Frontiere doesn't register more on the FSM board.
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from book by Ernest K. Gann....
several of his books (many about aviation) were made into films with notable composers:
Last Flight of Noah's Ark (Jarre)
Fate is the Hunter (Goldsmith)
High and the Mighty (Tiomkin)
Island in the Sky (Emil Newman; Friedhofer)
Blaze of Noon (Deutsch)
Soldier of Fortune (Friedhofer, although not about flying)
One more: The Antagonists, made into Masada for TV (Goldsmith and Morton Stevens).
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Bump.
Because this is really a magnificent, old school-score that deserves any film score lover´s attention.
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