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Mar 4, 2016 - 4:39 AM
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Amer Zahid
(Member)
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Announcement!
‘Khartoum - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack’
2 x 180gm 12” Vinyl LP, ‘Vinyl’ Replica CD
& Download - High-resolution WAV + MP3
Music Composed and Conducted by Frank Cordell
[Release date: 3rd June, 2016]
Stylotone in association with The Frank Cordell Estate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is proud to announce the World Premiere Release of 'Khartoum - Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack’ on its 50th anniversary.
For the first time ever, Frank Cordell’s superlative and rousing music for the epic Julian C. Blaustein Production - the last film of the Sixties to be shot in Ultra Panavision 70 before director Quentin Tarantino revived the format with ‘The Hateful Eight’, half a century later - comes to record shops in a Super-Deluxe Edition soundtrack package.
Over 60 minutes of music across three formats (Vinyl, CD & Download - High-resolution WAV & 320kbps CBR MP3).
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed and conducted by Frank Cordell for ‘Khartoum’ has been assembled, mastered and cut at London’s world famous Abbey Road Studios to produce a stunning new master. The audio for this release has been overseen from start to finish by Grammy®-winning engineer Sean Magee, a member of the team that remastered The Beatles Catalogue in 2007 - he was also personally responsible for cutting their recent mono and stereo vinyl editions.
This Super-Deluxe Edition package has been produced to the absolute highest possible standard as if it had been released at the same time as the film, using manufacturers who are able to produce all the parts on exactly the same machines as used in the 1960s.
The ‘Khartoum’ Super-Deluxe soundtrack package is available in a “sandstorm” coloured vinyl edition featuring a spot-varnished 320gsm tip-on gatefold sleeve.
This edition includes:
- 2 x “sandstorm” heavyweight 180g 12” vinyl LP, cut at 45rpm
- A ‘Vinyl’ replica CD, housed in a spot-varnished scale-copy of the gatefold sleeve.
- A download card offering exclusive access to high-resolution 24-bit WAV and 320kbps CBR MP3 digital downloads of the entire deluxe soundtrack package.
- A 30” x 40” (762mm x 1016mm) British Quad Film Poster. The poster has been specially printed using original 1960s production processes - matching not only the poster weight of the time but also the correct machine folds (since film posters would be machine folded and inserted into large brown envelopes before arriving in the post at cinemas - this was before digital media, kids!)
- A certificate of authenticity personally signed by Mrs. Anja Cordell, the composer’s widow
To round off this Super-Deluxe Edition package writer and director James Dearden - son of the film’s director - offers a personal insight into the making of this British Empire epic.
https://store.stylotone.com/products/khartoum-super-deluxe-edition
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Well, this looks very fine, but is it the entire score?
It's apparently 'over 60 minutes' which would be about right. The speed is 45 rpm though.
A few tracks didn't make it to previous releases: the post-massacre music, the Cairo belly dance, the wonderful post-Debussy impressionistic pieces for the visit to Zobhair Pasha, the telegram fanfares, the on-scene Strauss waltzes, and the hostage defections music, maybe more.
I suppose that'd be reflected in the 'original LP' tracklist presentation?
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It seems that the source for the music this time comes from the Frank Cordell estate and that therefore everything is in mono and not in stereo.
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Yep, it looks like DEMON (aka God Told Me To) is coming out as well, and that review page mentions Stylotone also working with the estates of Henry Mancini and Elmer Bernstein, so we know even more is coming!
That said, I can't really afford this Deluxe set (even though it is very reasonably priced for everything you're getting!) and I eagerly await news of this being offered as a standalone CD (or hi-rez download) for $20 or so because I like this score very much.
I'm guessing tapes for this were uncovered originally for the Twilight Time isolated score track. Great news since at the time of the FSM CD release tapes were lost and Lukas could only include the End Credits track directly from the film audio, after the main program of the album recording. I guess it's good it wasn't available at the time because now we have nice CD issues of both the album recording and film recording. I just wish it were possible to purchase this on CD only.
Yavar
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Great news since at the time of the FSM CD release tapes were lost and Lukas could only include the End Credits track directly from the film audio, after the main program of the album recording. I guess it's good it wasn't available at the time.
Yavar
It could also be that at the time when the FSM CD was released in 2004 the widow of Frank Cordell was not cooperative at all, but in the meantime has changed her mind.
Just look at what deceased producer David Wishart ("musicko") wrote in 2006 on this board about the complete CROMWELL tapes in the Cordell estate:
"The Cordell estate does have the complete score - but Mrs Cordell was previously ripped off by a certain record producer and is obviously wary of record companies now."
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=33957&forumID=1&archive=1
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Thanks, but I expect they will use the abridged re-recorded LP version, not the complete original film music. Plus I'd want a real CD release.
Why would you necessarily expect that when it didn't happen for Khartoum (they didn't even include the LP recording in the package)? I'm guessing the Cordell estate uncovered some stuff.
Yavar
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Thanks Stefan. It would seem to be likely, since Intrada was able to put out Cromwell.
Yavar
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