Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 244 Date: 1969 Tracks: 45 Time = 115:22
2-CD set of music from 1969 motorcycle TV drama with Michael Parks makes world premiere! Anchored by George Duning's rich, outdoor scoring including his memorable theme, several noted composers join in with terrific music for various episodes. Stu Phillips, Elliot Kaplan, John Parker, Richard Shores & Philip Springer amongst others offer tuneful scoring both melodic, dramatic. Ideas center around Americana idiom but cover all manner and style of music, from folk to orchestral. Happily all of the scores included here were archived by Warner Bros. in crisp, 1/2" three-channel stereo sound. Composers conduct their respective episode scores. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains!
Disc One: Music Composed and Conducted by George Duning 01. Main Title 0:54 “The Runner” 02. Bronson Rides 2:36 03. He’s an Orphan 5:13 04. Where’s Johnny 4:07 05. Bronson Leaves 1:27 06. Bumpers 0:17 “The Old Motorcycle Fiasco” 07. Alex’s Bike 2:31 08. Nora Mad 0:56 09. Busy Boys 2:39 10. Alex Follows 4:18 11. Final Fall 2:42 “Amid Splinters of the Thunderbolt” 12. Wayfarer Bronson 3:49 13. Whiskey at Night 4:12 14. Bucky’s Guilt 2:48 15. Mary Delivers 2:06 “All the World and God” 16. Stiff Neck 2:35 17. Mrs. Lacey 3:22 18. Doc Is Dead 3:43 19. Lambert 3:25 20. Goodbye for Awhile 1:44 “Your Love Is Like a Demolition Derby in My Heart” 21. Bronson Rock 1:21 22. To the Derby 1:17 23. Leona and Bronson 2:17 24. Prisoner Billy 4:22 “That Undiscovered Country” 25. Amish Farm 2:56 26. Worried Parents 2:48 27. Jan’s Invitation 3:18 28. Sad Jan 3:11 29. End Title (version 1) 0:51 CD 1 Time: 78:02
Disc Two: Long Lonesome Composers 01. Main Title (alternate ending) George Duning 0:55 “A Famine Where Abundance Lies” John Parker 02. Neck Deep 4:45 “Old Tigers Never Die—They Just Run Away” John Parker 03. Highway Triangle 4:52 “Where Will the Trumpets Be?” Elliot Kaplan 04. Wild Horses 4:47 “Two Percent of Nothing” Stu Phillips 05. Free Water 6:12 “A Long Trip to Yesterday” John Parker 06. Tate Don’t Shuck 5:45 “Against a Blank Cold Wall” Dean Elliott 07. The Snake 4:57 “Sibyl” Richard Shores 08. Moonlight Meeting 8:42 “The Gleam of the Eagle Mind” Stu Phillips 09. Lady of Sweet Sorrows 5:48 “Lucky Day” Richard Shores 10. Eve and Len 4:13 “Mating Dance for Tender Grass” John Parker 11. Bronson Under Siege 4:24 12. Manure-Spreader’s - Gavotte Source 3:48 “The Mountain” Tom McIntosh 13. Breaking the Ice 6:56 “The Ninety-Nine Mile Circle” Richard Shores 14. Nice Circle 4:49 “What’s an Ark Without Centaurs?” Philip Springer 15. Montage 5:28 16. End Title (version 2) George Duning Disc Two Total Time: 77:20
How does this relate to the FSM TV OMNIBUS George Duning work on BRONSON?
That disc included Duning's score for the pilot movie (and Gil Melle's two episode scores). Since I endorse anything that includes Richard Shores, both this and Fandango are on the shopping list.
Will have to listen to the Stu Phillips parts, but not much I am interested in in the set. Never saw the movies.
It's a TV SERIES , not "Movies"....
Ford A. Thaxton
I am corrected. A mistake, but of course you are the one to do the correcting Ford. The show is something I do not see myself watching or purchasing for a part of the set.
6/24/13 For reasons both due additions to our sound studio and the Grand Poobah being asleep at the wheel, audio samples for the two new releases being announced today will not be posted here for a couple of days. I'd like to think the releases will speak for themselves but rest assured we will have samples available here shortly. I promise.
I wonder if this is a precursor to Warner Bros. releasing the single-year series on the Warner Archive DVDs.
Not likely, because Warner Archive said some months back there are music clearance problems with the show which puts it on the shelf for now (the pilot movie was released).
6/24/13 For reasons both due additions to our sound studio and the Grand Poobah being asleep at the wheel, audio samples for the two new releases being announced today will not be posted here for a couple of days. I'd like to think the releases will speak for themselves but rest assured we will have samples available here shortly. I promise.
Still no audio samples. Their webpage doesn't include the person who manages the liner notes.
