Veröffentlichung Kritzerland: BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY YEARS (Patrick Williams) und WHO’S GOT THE ACTION? (George Dunning)

[Marcus Stöhr]

Kritzerland hat 2 neue CDs im Angebot:

 

 

 

Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release:

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY YEARS

Music Composed and Conducted by Patrick Williams

What do you do when you have a smash hit film that becomes an instant classic, that breaks box-office records, and that audiences flock to see. Easy – you do a sequel, of course. However, doing a sequel becomes a little problematic if your two leading characters are dead at the end of the film. That was the problem faced by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1969 with their monster hit, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, written by William Goldman, directed by George Roy Hill, and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in what some would say were the most iconic roles of their long and illustrious careers. So, nothing happened because what could happen? But a decade later, in 1979 someone finally came up with a way to bring back Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid – not in a sequel, put a prequel. Back in 1979 prequels were a rarity – in fact, some folks say that Butch and Sundance: The Early Years was the first film to actually use the term prequel. Whether that’s true or legend, there certainly weren’t many true prequels prior to it.

Richard Lester was hired to direct. Lester had already helmed such classics as A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Petulia, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, the hugely underrated Juggernaut and Robin and Marian, and many others. His quirky style ended up being perfect for Allan Burns’s quirky script for Butch and Sundance: The Early Years. The casting was inspired – up-and-comers Tom Berenger and William Katt were cast in the Newman/Redford roles and at times the resemblances were uncanny. Rounding out the cast were such terrific supporting players as Michael C. Gwynne, John Shuck, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and Brian Dennehy.

The resulting film wasn’t a hit. But, over the years, thanks to home video and cable, the film has developed a real cult following and deservedly so, because the film is an absolute delight. One of the things that makes the film work so well is the great score by Patrick Williams. For Butch and Sundance: The Early Years, Williams wrote an eclectic score – playful, beautiful, filled with adventure and bravado, tenderness, and gorgeous melodic themes. It works perfectly in the film, complementing the visuals, the comedy, and the drama, a real old-fashioned honest-to-goodness film score by a master composer.

Almost the entire score for Butch and Sundance: The Early Years was recorded twice. Some cues remained exactly the same in both orchestration and writing, while other cues had slight differences in orchestration and timing, while other cues had quite a bit of different material. We present the entire score as used in the film (along with an unused cue), and then, as a bonus we present the original versions of cues where they differed from the rerecorded cues.

Butch and Sundance: The Early Years is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the last week of February but preorders placed at Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks early (we’ve been averaging four weeks). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

 

 

Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release:

WHO’S GOT THE ACTION?

Music Composed and Conducted by George Duning

Once upon a time, the frothy and fizzy comedy was a staple of Hollywood – and these films, with nothing much on their minds other than providing an audience with lots of laughs and a good time, popped up weekly, year after year. Dean Martin did a number of them for Paramount, and in 1962 it was Who’s Got the Action? And as if Dean Martin wasn’t enough, add to the mix gorgeous Lana Turner and such brilliant comic actors as Eddie Albert, Paul Ford, John McGiver, Nita Talbot, and, most especially, Walter Matthau, and you have a recipe for a raucously funny romp.

But no frothy and fizzy comedy can succeed without a frothy and fizzy score, and Who’s Got the Action? has a great one by a man who truly understood how to score a frothy and fizzy comedy – George Duning. Duning wrote instantly memorable themes and Who’s Got the Action? is full of them. Duning’s main theme uses a five-note motif that matches the syllables of “Who’s Got the Action?” and it sets the tone for the rest of the score, which is quirky, lushly romantic, effervescent, and just plain memorable. Duning was one of the greats, whether scoring comedies such as this, or films like Picnic, The World of Suzie Wong, The Devil at Four O’Clock or his brilliant television scores for Paramount’s Star Trek, The Original Series.

This is the world premiere release for Who’s Got the Action? The score is presented as it is heard in the film. The tracks are mostly stereo, but five of the film’s twenty cues existed in mono only on the music stem. Nonetheless, we felt that presenting them in order was the best way. As a bonus, we include a demo version of the title tune with lyrics by Jack Brooks, and a couple of classical cues used as source music. It’s always a treat to bring more George Duning to CD. He was a wonderful composer whose work is always fresh and melodic – what great film music is all about.

Who’s Got the Action? is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the last week of February but preorders placed at Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks early (we’ve been averaging four weeks). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

[Bastet]

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[Mephisto]

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[Dakota]

identische trackliste bei itunes und amazon gefunden von dem label "red bitch music". kennt das jemand?

 

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