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Oct 12, 2016 - 8:50 AM
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Ray Faiola
(Member)
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I am thrilled to announce that the BYU / Screen Archives/ CR Studios presentation of Max Steiner's FIGHTER SQUADRON is Now Available!
FIGHTER SQUADRON is what some film music fans refer to as a “barn burner”. Composer Max Steiner goes all out with jaunty marches, spirited comedy motifs, and rousing action sequences for this 1948 tribute to the Army Air Corps during the Second World War. Director Raoul Walsh took the brakes off this free-flying re-working of THE DAWN PATROL with the accent on domineering officers, girl-chasing non-coms and thrilling enemy encounters,. While Steiner revives his famous DIVE BOMBER march, the presentation here is far more aggressive and it is presented in a superb-sounding recording. Brilliant fidelity is matched by a sweeping symphonic presentation that will leave you breathless by score’s end. Recorded at Warner Bros. with orchestrations by Murray Cutter and conducted by Max Steiner.
In addition to the soundtrack itself, the album features a 24 page full-color booklet with essays by James V. D’Arc and Ray Faiola, as well as a generous amount of original photographs and publicity material. Disc mastering by Ray Faiola, Chelsea Rialto Studios. Package design by Jim Titus.
A Brigham Young University Film Music Archive Production. All proceeds from this limited edition compact disc go towards the acquisition, preservation of film music elements and future public releases.
To order, please visit: http://www1.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/32211/FIGHTER-SQUADRON/
Track listing:
1. Main Title / Foreword 1:39
2. Sgt. Dolan 1:56
3. Black Cat :32
4. Pitching Woo / Squadron Leader Returns 2:32
5. Hard Landing 2:46
6. Air Raid :49
7. Letters From Home 1:07
8. Frisky Business 1:10
9. Private Wilbur's Sewing Leafs For Hardin 1:02
10. New Orders 1:00
11. Cats 'N Jammies 1:06
12. Assembly :32
13. Drop Tanks! 1:14
14. Take-Off 3:35
15. Rescue 4:13
16. Homeward Bound :38
17. A Single Man's Game :55
18. Bombing Raids 1:16
19. Jeepers, Major Hardin! 1:36
20. Shorty’s Triumph 2:13
21. A Pilot's Prerogative 4:55
22. Insubordination 1:50
23. Kinsey On Report 2:01
24. D-Day 3:04
25. Conclusion 4:28
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At Last! Wonderful news!
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This is indeed a very welcome release. Many thanks.
I wonder if Max Steiner ever imagined the fact that most of his musical legacy would be wiped if it weren't for the preservation of his transcription disks 
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Exciting news.
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Ray, you have made my year. This is one I've been waiting for since you first announced it a few years (!) ago. I've ordered one for myself and one for my ex-airline pilot brother who also loved this Steiner score.
It's a double treat as some of the motifs in this one (besides the DIVE BOMBER march) are call backs to things like DESPERATE JOURNEY (the German stuff) and SERGEANT YORK (the Yankee Doodle quotes for D-Day.) It's really a shame that DESPERATE JOURNEY is evidently lost to ages as an isolated listening experience as that is another Steiner "Barn-Burner."
Meanwhile, I'm truly grateful that you gifted us with this Steiner treat. Thanks again, Ray. I look forward to many happy hours listening to this one.
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