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Feb 23, 2025 - 8:03 AM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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Quartet Records Announces
https://quartetrecords.com/product/cape-fear-2-cd/
CAPE FEAR (2CD)
Shipping on 02/27
Expanded and Remastered Soundtrack
Music Adapted, Arranged and conducted by Elmer Bernstein
Quartet Records, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Universal Music Special Markets and Geffen Records present an expanded and remastered 2-CD edition of Elmer Bernstein’s adaptation of Bernard Herrmann’s music for CAPE FEAR, the 1991 remake directed by Martin Scorsese from the 1962 Universal classic film noir for which Herrmann composed the original score.
Starring Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis—with special appearances by the main actors of the original film, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck—the film is a harrowing thriller about a convict released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, who then stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Both Scorsese and producer Steven Spielberg were clear from the start that they wanted to use Herrmann’s iconic score from the original film in their new version, knowing that Herrmann’s music could still move audiences in 1991 as it had three decades earlier. Elmer Bernstein, a close friend and scholar of Herrmann, was the best choice to adapt the score to the needs and editing of the new film. Parts of Herrmann’s rejected score for his last collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, TORN CURTAIN, as well as some original music by Bernstein in Herrmann’s style, were incorporated here and there to give the new score more consistency.
Bernard Herrmann’s last score was for Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER, and it was his meeting with Elmer Bernstein on CAPE FEAR that marked the beginning of a fruitful professional relationship, making this score an important cornerstone in the New York director’s filmography.
This expanded collection has been produced by GRAMMY nominee Mike Matessino and Neil S. Bulk and mastered by Mike Matessino from original 6-track mixes by engineer Shawn Murphy recorded in New York and London. Disc 1 includes the film score presentation with never-before-released material and additional bonus tracks. The remastered original MCA album, which features performance variations and alternate mixes in some tracks, appears on Disc 2. The package includes an in-depth essay by film music writer Jeff Bond.
DISC 1. SCORE PRESENTATION
1. Cape Fear Main Title / Max (Film Version) 5:39
2. Sam Sees Cady 0:38
3. Keys / Threat / Fireworks 1:16
4. Love? (Film Version) 2:19
5. Sam Tells Broadbent 1:14
6. Leigh’s Studio / Cady Drives Away 1:55
7. Strip Search (Film Version) 3:38
8. Parade 1:10
9. Rape And Hospital 3:56
10. Elgart’s Idea / Sam Calls Lori / Kersek Meets Cady 1:54
11. Frightened Sam 2:17
12. Cady Meets The Girls (Film Version) 1:44
13. Max Sees Danny / Sam Warns Cady 0:53
14. Sam Leaves Bar 0:37
15. Thugs 0:28
16. Sam Hides 2:20
17. Drive To Airport 1:26
18. Cady’s Lawyer / Cady Strings / Back Home 0:55
19. Teddy Bear Wired 2:47
20. Kersek And Sam 1:06
21. Kersek Killed 3:38
22. Leaving Town 0:42
23. Cady Rides Along 1:45
24. Cady Follows Boat 1:16
25. Storm Starts 0:56
26. The Fight 1:57
27. Destruction (Film Version) 2:40
28. The End 5:38
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
29. Parade (Alternate) 1:26
30. Danny Meets Cady (Alternate) 1:30
31. Thugs (Alternate) 0:31
32. The Fight (Film Version Opening) 0:29
33. The Fight (Film Version Ending) 0:41
Total Disc Time: 62:09
DISC 2. REMASTERED ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
1. Max 5:41
2. Sam’s Story 1:50
3. Love? 2:01
4. Strip Search 3:39
5. Rape And Hospital 3:57
6. Frightened Sam 2:16
7. Cady Meets The Girls 2:09
8. Sam Hides 2:20
9. Drive 1:14
10. Teddy Bear Wired 2:48
11. Kersek Killed 3:40
12. Houseboat 1:49
13. The Fight 1:57
14. Destruction 2:37
15. The End 5:38
Total Disc Time: 43:47
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Whoa!! Awesome news. I rewatched this just last week and was reminded what an incredible recording Elmer put together. I love when the Torn Curtain material shows up too. Very excited to get this.
That would be fascinating if Elmer recorded all the music from the original score, including the upbeat family theme from the beginning.
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Ooo! Nice. I've had half a quartet order on the back burner. This may be the button pusher.
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Thanks for that timely heads up, Amer.
This is more than I could have hoped for. The original album has stunning analogue sonics.
Excelsior!
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A 2-CD set…..Will this include the original recording with Herrmann conducting?
No mention of that - I'm pretty sure this is the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake only.
If so, too bad…would be nice to also have the original!
I was wondering if this was both recordings as well. I still need to see the remake, though I didn’t realize Bernstein recorded enough music for this warrant two discs without the original if it is just for the remake. I wonder if there will be more Torn Curtain interpolations besides those already on the OST.
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This should be a veritable feast for Chris Malone. Analogue heaven. Almoat like a late-'50s/early '60s high-end classical recording.
I'm fairly sure some or most of the New York Philharmonic did this performance. A soundtrack album rapture, ascending into the heights with Herrmann's scales.
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TackTheCobbler: I was wondering if this was both recordings as well. I still need to see the remake, though I didn’t realize Bernstein recorded enough music for this warrant two discs without the original if it is just for the remake. I wonder if there will be more Torn Curtain interpolations besides those already on the OST.
I'd bet on film sequence, with some unreleased, and the original '91 album. Joy.
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When the post title showed up I hoped it would be the original 1961 score, but it's still cool to have an expanded version of the remake. (Maybe La-La Land someday for the original...?)
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When the post title showed up I hoped it would be the original 1961 score, but it's still cool to have an expanded version of the remake. (Maybe La-La Land someday for the original...?)
So did I, but any Herrmann is FAN-BENNY-TASTIC.
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