The score to this 1972 or '73 film was nominated for The Best Score Oscar in it's year. I've never heard any of it's music nor seen this Disney Film; probably because it's labeled 'Family'. But I've had the title in my Netflix queue for 11 months with the tag line stating 'Very Long Wait'. Eventually I know I'll get it. But has anyone out there seen the film or heard it's music? Is there enough music in the film for a cd release, or is the music mostly 'forgettable'? Thanks.
I saw NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA for the first time in 2008. It's one of the better Disney live action films of the 1970s. As I recall, Buddy Baker's score has large doses of pastoral Americana themes for the outdoor sequences and urgent dramatic cues for the action scenes, one of which is highlighted in the clip below. I can't recall the length of the score, but I imagine that there would be enough for a single CD release.
Shot on location in central Oregon, NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA originally was slated as a two-part television film, but due to the participation of Michael Douglas, the studio decided to release it theatrically. It marked the feature film debut of Jodie Foster, and was released a few weeks before M-G-M’s production KANSAS CITY BOMBER, which Foster filmed just before NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA, but was released after, in August 1972. Foster suffered an attack from one of the lions on the set during filming, and was actually picked up and carried a short distance by the cat. Johnny Whitaker and Foster were teamed again in 1973's TOM SAWYER.
