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Where The River Runs Black
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack James Horner
UPC: VCL10151161 Release Date: 10/12/15
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WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK (Varèse Encore) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Composed by James Horner
James Horner's early, mystical and exotic score for director Christopher Cain's Where The River Runs Black caught many an ear when it was released. Horner had scored Cain’s earlier film The Stone Boy in 1984 and returned with an exceptionally sophisticated, largely electronic score for this story of an orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle. The boy is brought back to civilization by a priest who knew his father.
The score has been out of print for nearly 30 years. Sadly, its newly remastered return in our Encore series comes just a few short months following James Horner’s sudden and tragic passing. The film music world remains in shock over this. James’ music, however, will always be with us and this album is such a great reminder. For a generation that may be completely unfamiliar with this score, we are happy to re-introduce this truly beautiful, and very obscure Horner gem.
CDs will begin shipping the week of October 26.
Limited Edition of 2000 copies
1. Where The River Runs Black (4:41) 2. Underwater Ballet (3:09) 3. Serra Pelada (2:48) 4. Alone (3:43) 5. The Orphanage (3:22) 6. The Dolphins (2:27) 7. Baptism (4:34) 8. Down River (5:54) 9. Magic Kitchen (2:01) 10. Discovered At The Mine (3:53) 11. The City (1:13) 12. The Assassin (1:52) 13. End Title (5:32)
I know I will be shot for this but I've never heard this one yet...and the cover makes me sad as the character is shedding a tear...considering its the first release since we lost Horner..
I know I will be shot for this but I've never heard this one yet...and the cover makes me sad as the character is shedding a tear...considering its the first release since we lost Horner..
I've not seen the film sadly, but the score is really good. Very ethnic sounding with drums and pipes and flutes etc. Similar somewhat to Vibes, in some ways. Hope you like !
I know I will be shot for this but I've never heard this one yet...and the cover makes me sad as the character is shedding a tear...considering its the first release since we lost Horner..
Here is a piece that was posted to YOUTUBE from the original release about 3 years ago
It's a mid-80's synth score from Horner that I think is rather lovely.
I know I will be shot for this but I've never heard this one yet...and the cover makes me sad as the character is shedding a tear...considering its the first release since we lost Horner..
I've not seen the film sadly, but the score is really good. Very ethnic sounding with drums and pipes and flutes etc. Similar somewhat to Vibes, in some ways. Hope you like !
Yeah, I sold this score to you a few years ago DMD. It is a good score, pretty different for Horner.
I know I will be shot for this but I've never heard this one yet...and the cover makes me sad as the character is shedding a tear...considering its the first release since we lost Horner..
Doesn't SOUTHPAW count? I'm pretty sure that album was released after Horner's passing.
There are synth scores from the 80s that sound like crap and like everything else released in that period, and then there are synth scores done by really talented composers who know how to mix orchestral elements and electronics and create something memorable and different. Happily, WHERE THE RIVER RUNS BLACK is one of the latter. I did see the film years ago and had the score only on cassette (which self-destructed long ago). I've always hoped Varese would re-release this gem. It's one his best scores IMHO. No disrespect to CHAIN REACTION and BTTF 3, which I will also order, but this is the one I'm really excited about. Terrific score.
The film contains a remarkably effective and creepy sequence where a man traveling down the Amazon in a canoe is attacked and killed by an anaconda. I was probably nine or ten years old the first time I saw it (woooooooo latchkey kid with HBO wooooooooo), and suffice to say it stayed with me.
Worth noting that the movie's director, Christopher Cain, also hired Horner originally to score his follow-up to this, YOUNG GUNS.
The film contains a remarkably effective and creepy sequence where a man traveling down the Amazon in a canoe is attacked and killed by an anaconda. I was probably nine or ten years old the first time I saw it (woooooooo latchkey kid with HBO wooooooooo), and suffice to say it stayed with me.
Worth noting that the movie's director, Christopher Cain, also hired Horner originally to score his follow-up to this, YOUNG GUNS.
Fantastic. I`ve been waiting for a rerelease of that score for ages. Like Vibes and House of Cards it has a wonderful south american flavor. One of Horner`s best synth score. And one of the 4 Horner albums I didn`t have. Now if someone will please rerelease Name of the Rose, Another 48 Hours and The Boy in the striped Pajamas.
The film contains a remarkably effective and creepy sequence where a man traveling down the Amazon in a canoe is attacked and killed by an anaconda. I was probably nine or ten years old the first time I saw it (woooooooo latchkey kid with HBO wooooooooo), and suffice to say it stayed with me.
Worth noting that the movie's director, Christopher Cain, also hired Horner originally to score his follow-up to this, YOUNG GUNS.
Find me this sequence, latchkey kid.
The bad news is, apparently the sequence is not available for viewing online. The good news is, apparently the sequence is not available for viewing online.
As brilliant as he was with traditional instruments, Horner was a flat-out pioneer in the use of electronics...whether weaving them in with the orchestra or using them exclusively as stand-alones. I can think of few examples where his electronic textures and---to use his favorite phrase---colors sound dated. I bought the LP soundtrack to "Where the River Runs Black" when it came out and deemed it "so-so." But hearing the clips at the Varese site 30 years later made me want to slap myself silly for not fully appreciating the addicting complexity of the sounds, melodies and rhythms. A long-winded way of saying: ORDERED.
'As brilliant as he was with traditional instruments, Horner was a flat-out pioneer in the use of electronics...'
Really? Please go back and take a listen to 3 70s scores (from films many of you would not waste your time seeing)... Emmanuelle 1&2. And, Story of O...
Listening to this score now for the first time in many, many years, and man, it's so good. It basically takes one of Horner's intimate dramatic scores from the mid-80's to early 90's and filters it gently through a synth ensemble car wash. I get that's not everybody's cup of tea but he had a real gift for this kind of thing; shifting the tonal landscape but always keeping his melodic sense in the foreground. Hell, for a long time it wasn't my cuppa either but now I find myself often preferring these listens to the more bombastic stuff. Of course I'm the lunatic who puts PATRIOT GAMES in my Horner top 5 so YMMV.
ETA: The cue here titled "The Assassin" begins with the same synth-string fluorish as the cue in THE PELICAN BRIEF when Khamel, the assassin, is introduced. That's not meant as a knock at all, but it's interesting how granular Horner's mind worked with that kind of thing.
