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Nov 16, 2007 - 8:56 AM
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percepto
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Percepto Records presents:
COLD TURKEY
Composed by Randy Newman
In 1971, writer/director Norman Lear was at the brink of becoming the toast of TV sitcoms with the creation of ALL IN THE FAMILY, THE JEFFERSONS and MAUDE. Shortly before, Lear cut his satirical teeth on the big screen with COLD TURKEY, the ribald, politically-charged comedy starring Dick Van Dyke in a career-bending, post-MARY POPPINS role of an ambitious reverend leading the eccentric denizens of a small Iowa town in an attempt to win a $25 million contest to stop smoking for 30 days. The cast was a stellar who’s who of soon-to-be TV legends, including Bob Newhart, Jean Stapleton, Tom Poston, Barnard Hughes and even radio’s famed Bob & Ray (Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding)
To capture the classical refrains of Americana, Lear recruited then-budding songwriter and pop vocalist Randy Newman to write the score. Newman, no stranger to film music thanks to legendary careers of family members Alfred and Lionel, accepted the daunting task. The result is the world’s first inauguration to Newman’s lyrical, yet often sardonic brand of scoring, one which lead to the much-heralded scores for RAGTIME, THE NATURAL, PARENTHOOD and most recently, LEATHERHEADS.
Percepto Records is proud to present the World Premiere release of this monumental score, which contains every note of music written for the film, including Newman’s classic song “He Gives Us All His Love,” plus over 25 minutes of bonus material, including unused music and rare source cues.
This deluxe limited edition CD has been digitally remastered from an original set of master tapes pulled from Newman’s own private library and also includes our usual eye-popping full-color booklet with liner notes by ace journalist Jeff Bond, including a new interview with the composer, and a rare collection of behind-the-scenes photos from the film.
Only 1,000 copies are being pressed, so grab your favorite pair of smokes, fire up your CD player and inhale the score that kicked off one of the most prolific careers in film scoring history!
Ships November 26th
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I remember seeing this in 9th grade in the spring of '71 with my best buddy in high school- It came out a few months after ALL IN THE FAMILY premiered- and almost disappeared due to early dismal ratings - in January of 1971. I do believe I'll order this.
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It's probably been 30 years since I saw this film, but I actually remember some of the music, specifically the scene where Newhart is going around town, trying to entice people to start smoking. Very good music!
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I chiefly remember one cue from the score, for which I will be buying the release. (There may be more there than I remember.)
I got a chance to re-watch my VHS copy of "Cold Turkey" today, to help get psyched for the imminent arrival of my pre-ordered Percepto CD, and was shocked to hear a downright Hornerish similarity between much of Randy Newman's quit-smoking-montage music and his cue "The Whammer Strikes Out" from "The Natural."
It isn't "in the same style as" or in "in the same vein as." It's practically the exact same cue!
It's perfectly understandable, of course. "The Natural" was thirteen years later, and "Cold Turkey" hadn't been much of a hit, and there was no soundtrack release for it. I was just surprised, that's all. Truth be told, effective as it is in "Cold Turkey" it fits the scene in "The Natural" even better.
However, it begs the question, where did Newman get this style of scoring from in the first place? It's easy to say "Coplandesque" and leave it at that, but is anyone here familiar enough with both the "Whammer" track, and with Copland's orchestral works, to be able to identify the specific musical moment to which Randy alludes in this particular cue?
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Dec 10, 2007 - 1:57 PM
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LRobHubbard
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Got my copy in today's mail - still sort of dazed that it actually exists!!
A big salute to everyone involved - great informative notes by Jeff Bond and package design by Joe Sikoryak, as always... and the disc sounds GREAT - little bit more detail in cues that I hadn't noticed before, in film viewings and tape listenings.
One quibble, and it's very minor - not even a quibble; more of a question really... did rights issues come into play in leaving off the arrangement of Bernstein's MAGNIFICENT SEVEN theme for banjo, which played under the opening scene with Bob Newhart and Edward Everett Horton?
Randy Newman fans should scoop this up ASAP - though, Mr. White, you might want to send a copy or two to the Adair County Heritage Museum, in Greenfield, Iowa, where the movie was shot - they have a room featuring COLD TURKEY memorabilia. Or maybe hold back some copies until 2009 when the 40th anniversary of the movie comes up and they hold an event.
Now if MGM would finally do a COLD TURKEY DVD...
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