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 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 5:28 PM   
 By:   BasilFSM   (Member)

INTRADA Announces:



MANHUNTER
Music by THE REDS, MICHEL RUBINI

INTRADA MAF 7108

When it comes to the crime action genre, few directors have had their finger on the pulse of alternative music or scoring like Michael Mann. Mann’s love for moody progressive electronic music took its darkest turn in Manhunter (1986), a film focused on the most horrifying class of criminal and resulting in a soundtrack featuring a mixture of songs and score. The filmmaker was captivated by the haunting, keyboard-driven sound of Shriekback and Mann would use several of their songs to memorable effect. Manhunter’s song highlight is Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” Music editor George A. Martin created a “special edit” of the hit, cutting the song’s building guitar and percussion to meticulously reflect the film's climactic ritual and shoot-out. Red 7, formed by Genesis’s Mike Rutherford, provides “Heartbeat” as support for Manhunter’s upbeat conclusion, the song’s buoyant tempo backing the return to the sanctity. Michel Rubini, a Motown producer who’d found success composing on The Hunger and HBO’s Hitchhiker series, used a Synclavier to realize “Graham’s Theme.” Of the three score tracks on Manhunter’s original LP issue, two would be performed by keyboardist Bruce Cohen and guitarist Rich Shaffer as The Reds. A new addition to this CD reissue is the oft-requested “Jogger’s Stakeout,” where an escalating wash of dangerous guitar and synth play to the tension.

As the particular rock-synth sound of the 1980s drew to a close, Manhunter served as a notable climax to Mann’s initial style of underworld music. The undeniable and growing cult appeal of Manhunter and its music has finally warranted the first CD release of this long-collectible album. Intrada presents the original MCA LP program, with the addition of the new track, delivering this long overdue CD premiere of Manhunter.

Based on author Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon, Manhunter featured the first appearance of psychiatrist-turned-cannibal Hannibal Lecktor and William Peterson plays protagonist FBI agent Will Graham. With the nefarious assistance of Lecktor, Graham desperately tries to stop the lunar-driven slayings of Francis Dollarhyde (Tom Noonan). Nicknamed “The Tooth Fairy” for his awful post-mortem activities, Dollarhyde will strike at another family if Graham can’t track him before the next full moon.

INTRADA MAF 7108
Retail Price: $19.99
AVAILABLE 3/2/2010
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6505/.f

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 5:35 PM   
 By:   Thor   (Member)

Cool! I saw the film a few years ago, but can't remember much of the music.

Playing the clips now, this sounds VERY MUCH like my cup of tea. Delicious 80's synthpop and an overall good album presentation! I wish I had the dough....

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 5:41 PM   
 By:   Chris Malone   (Member)

Is it just me or does the bass line in the sampler of “Graham’s Theme” sound like “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd?

EDIT: Sorry, saw that Michael_McMahan mentioned this in the other thread!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:11 PM   
 By:   groovemeister   (Member)

Sooooo ordered !
Finally !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok, so now Miami Vice Season 5 by Tim Truman please !

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:19 PM   
 By:   The Mutant   (Member)

COOL!

So, this is unlimited?

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:20 PM   
 By:   Michael_McMahan   (Member)

Yup!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:22 PM   
 By:   Michael_McMahan   (Member)

Is it just me or does the bass line in the sampler of “Graham’s Theme” sound like “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd?

EDIT: Sorry, saw that Michael_McMahan mentioned this in the other thread!


That's cool.

Yeah, not just the bass line, but also the repeating, descending figure @ 2:10

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:25 PM   
 By:   .   (Member)

I'm not surprised Intrada has taken its logo off the front of this release.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:27 PM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

Perfect. Great to finally have this on CD. Thanks, Intrada. Sure to please fans of the movie, the music, and will be a good seller outside of the umm, sometimes narrow minded filmscore community.
razz

Ordered. can't wait.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:57 PM   
 By:   MikeJ   (Member)

This release is a dream come true for me. MANHUNTER was one of the first soundtracks I bought on cassette back in the day and it used to get endless play in my car.

Thanks, guys!

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 6:58 PM   
 By:   Michael_McMahan   (Member)

Teehee. Bruce Kimmel is going to have Manhunter in his cd collection.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 7:21 PM   
 By:   David Sones (Allardyce)   (Member)

Teehee. Bruce Kimmel is going to have Manhunter in his cd collection.

BWAH HAHAHAHA!

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 8:01 PM   
 By:   Mike Esssss   (Member)

I'm just not understanding the invective being thrown around here (and the other thread) at this soundtrack and Intrada for releasing it. If it's not your cup of tea, fine. That doesn't automatically negate its worth. Some people are acting like the fact this CD even exists is a personal affront to them. It's not the usual "Eh" or even just collector bitching about what it wasn't. There's an entirely different, nastier tone to it. I don't get it. Oh well.

Personally, I think it sounds awesome.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 8:29 PM   
 By:   MikeP   (Member)

I'm just not understanding the invective being thrown around here (and the other thread) at this soundtrack and Intrada for releasing it. If it's not your cup of tea, fine. That doesn't automatically negate its worth. Some people are acting like the fact this CD even exists is a personal affront to them. It's not the usual "Eh" or even just collector bitching about what it wasn't. There's an entirely different, nastier tone to it. I don't get it. Oh well.


It's the usual fanboy nonsense. Like white noise, or annoying yapping dogs, ya just have to tune it out, or try your best. You're right, there's an odd sense of venom in some of the posts in the various threads, in some cases, some cases, just stupidity. So it goes.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 8:56 PM   
 By:   DJS   (Member)

I'm just not understanding the invective being thrown around here (and the other thread) at this soundtrack and Intrada for releasing it. If it's not your cup of tea, fine. That doesn't automatically negate its worth. Some people are acting like the fact this CD even exists is a personal affront to them. It's not the usual "Eh" or even just collector bitching about what it wasn't. There's an entirely different, nastier tone to it. I don't get it. Oh well.

Personally, I think it sounds awesome.


Lots of fans here forget soundtracks aren't only about instrumental orchestrated music. Sometimes I think the fanboys forget what FSM is about: SOUNDTRACKS. They may note that Intrada, Screen Archives, LLL and BSX don't only offer soundtracks that require a conductor. Some of them even sell video game and anime soundtracks, electronic and orchestrated, some with vocals, some without. It's just typical orchestral film score elitist idiocy. Boo hoo, Intrada actually released something that wasn't Jarre, Goldsmith or Williams. God help them because it has music made with something requiring electricity to make the melodies. Electronic score fans don't troll every time a Waxman, Jarre or Bernstein score we couldn't care less about is released.

Maybe it's because they stayed up all night to see what was being released, sacrificing getting any with their wives just to read Manhunter was the new release. Double anger: No Spartacus and no knookie.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 9:53 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

@ Dan J.

Well said. XD

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 10:53 PM   
 By:   .   (Member)

Maybe it's because they stayed up all night to see what was being released, sacrificing getting any with their wives just to read Manhunter was the new release. Double anger: No Spartacus and no knookie.

Actually the word is nookie, not knookie.
Without the k.
But knoise is noise whichever way you spell it.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 11:07 PM   
 By:   Octoberman   (Member)

"But knoise is noise whichever way you spell it."

No. Actually it's not. But it's understood that tolerance can be a scary thing. Don't be scared.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 11:07 PM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Maybe it's because they stayed up all night to see what was being released, sacrificing getting any with their wives just to read Manhunter was the new release. Double anger: No Spartacus and no knookie.

Actually the word is nookie, not knookie.
Without the k.
But knoise is noise whichever way you spell it.


Wow, the haters are out in full force tonight, and it's not even a full moon.

 
 Posted:   Mar 1, 2010 - 11:08 PM   
 By:   Freejack   (Member)

Intrada's release of MANHUNTER is a breath of fresh air among the many Goldsmith, Williams etc. releases.

The ones that complain are just pissed that this is a more memorable soundtrack than a title like PLAYERS.

I don't know what they're complaining about?
Varese released another Goldsmith less than 24hrs ago.

Some people are never satisfyed... they're called collectors.
And we have many of them around in this forum. wink

 
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