NEW FSM CDs:
ICE STATION ZEBRA and PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE
Film Score Monthly's new limited edition CDs feature classic film scores
by Michel Legrand and Miklos Rozsa:
Silver
Age Classics: ICE STATION ZEBRA
Ice Station Zebra (1968) is a Cold War thriller following a U.S.
submarine and its mysterious British passenger on a top-secret mission
to the North Pole. The combination of realistic military protocol and high-adventure
espionage won the film many admirers.
Michel Legrand's score for Ice Station Zebra is epic yet also offbeat,
with powerful main themes dressed in an intricate web of mystery and suspense.
In Legrand's hands the film becomes like a Cold War ballet, with a polished,
artistic sheen to its danger. Legrand himself provided the terrific orchestrations
and conducted the 75-piece orchestra in a five-channel stereo recording.
Ice Station Zebra was released on LP at the time of the film,
a 30:14 program reissued on CD (now out-of-print). FSM's premiere release
of the complete score runs 79:20 (including deleted cues), is resequenced
into film order, and remixed from the original master elements for significantly
improved sound.
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Golden
Age Classics: PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE
M-G-M's 1952 Plymouth Adventure was a sincere attempt to tell
a vital piece of American history: the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower. The
film has become a staple of Thanksgiving television broadcasts, and its
production design (including a full-size Mayflower) and Academy Award-winning
special effects still impress.
Composer Miklos Rozsa researched period music for his score and used
for his main theme a Psalm setting which the Pilgrims would have known
(Psalm 136). The score is a magnificent effort capturing the spirit and
travails of the Puritan Separatists, with numerous melodies for the various
characters. Rozsa's thrusting cue for the Mayflower leaving harbor ("The
Mayflower") is a template for ships sailing forth.
FSM's premiere CD release of Plymouth Adventure features the
complete score as heard in the film plus additional material. Although
originally recorded in stereo, the session masters were long ago transferred
to 1/4" tape and the music is presented in the best possible monaural sound.
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