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Told ya'!
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A rare instance of a Goldsmith of which film and score are undiscovered.
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On first AND second glance, this looks FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC!
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The release of the DECADE. My second favorite Goldsmith (after CHINATOWN). Thank you, Intrada!!
Yes, COMPLETE SPOILER on the back cover for anyone who hasn't seen the film. And no, that image is not used throughout the film. Quite surprised that they opted for that particular image.
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Though I still have a Holy Grail list posted somewhere on the site, this may be the last one that I feared might never actually come out.
(there are other rarities like Herrmann's Endless Night, but Goldsmith's distinctive mix of orchestra and 70s synths seems unreproduce-able in a way that most orchestral film scores aren't, though Barry's Bond scores are certainly hard to re-create faithfully).
[SPOILER AHEAD]
I'd seen the film once on VHS I think, but I saw it for the first time in the theater at the New Beverly one or two years ago, I believe as part of their J. Lee Thompson series.
There's a scene in the film where Margot Kidder is naked in a bathtub, weeping and masturbating [to an R-rated degree] as she remembers the abusive lover she murdered. I thought, "wow, there's the kind of scene actresses rarely get to play in American movies."
Listened to the clips on the Intrada site. What a damn cool score.
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I feel like I also heard during Goldsmith's life that Peter Proud, Islands in the Stream and The Russia House were his scores that were particularly dear to him, or that he was particularly proud of.
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Dec 3, 2018 - 10:41 PM
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Rollin Hand
(Member)
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THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 421
Film Date: 1975
Album Date: 2018
Time: 64:20
Tracks: 36
Price: $21.99
Long-awaited world premiere release of complex Jerry Goldsmith horror soundtrack! J. Lee Thompson directs, Max Ehrlich scripts from his own novel, Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O’Neill, Margot Kidder, Cornelia Sharpe star. Jerry Goldsmith scores for both array of electronic keyboards, full orchestra. Shades of complex multi-piano and string complexities of the forthcoming Coma and meld of electronics becoming full orchestra timbre of Logan’s Run both find their origins in Peter Proud. Story-wise, Peter Proud is haunted by dreams of a past life and sets out on a quest to discover the source. The lengthy journey takes him to Massachusetts, widowed Marcia Curtis and her daughter Ann… and the terrifying answers to the mystery. The ingredients involve romance, lust, murder, incest, even a touch of the occult.
Composer Goldsmith anchors with a main theme introduced from the outset by a chamber-sized string ensemble with liberal electronics to establish an other-worldly dream-like tone mingled with impending terror. When the search begins, Goldsmith opens his material up with a degree of forward motion, adding size to his ensemble. Still further into the story, he increases his orchestral forces, eventually scoring in a full-blooded action/horror mode. Adding further depth to the score, Goldsmith also created one of his most beautiful love themes, here featuring piano and strings, often with the added color of solo flute. At another point, the striking sound of solo trumpet evokes his legendary and then-recently completed score for Chinatown. Certainly, the importance of Peter Proud’s score is considerable.
The failure of any legitimate soundtrack album to materialize for several decades due to complicated rights issues with Bing Crosby Productions and missing elements suitable for commercial release created a strong demand amongst Goldsmith aficionados and resulted in an exhaustive master tape search and licensing affair. Eventually Intrada located tapes preserved by an AFM member involved with the score back in 1975 and secured the necessary licensing from current rights holder Paramount Pictures. The tapes were complete, including music not used in the finished film. Tracks 1 - 18 are in true stereo, taken from 1/2” 3-channel stereo mixes albeit subsequently dubbed down to 1/4” slow-speed two track tape and acquiring a degree of wear over the years, particularly distortion. Remaining tracks came from a slow-speed 1/4” roll of full-track mono tape, later stored on DAT. Everything is relatively free of noise but audio anomalies are apparent throughout. But it’s all here at last, the complete score to one of Goldsmith’s last remaining film soundtracks that had been waiting for release. Detailed notes by Jeff Bond plus flipper-style booklet artwork and layout prepared by Kay Marshall enhance this important release. Armin Steiner records in October 1974 at CBS Studio Center, Herbert Spencer orchestrates, Jerry Goldsmith composes and conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11723/.f?sc=13&category=-113
TRACK LISTING
01. Main Title (3:23)
02. After Thoughts (0:24)
03. Old Lovers (1:33)
04. Classic Cars (1:51)
05. Short Changed (0:43)
06. No Dreams (0:59)
07. Occult Academy (1:58)
08. Night Studies (1:11)
09. Enough Suffering (1:02)
10. 12-String Guitar Source/Late Show (1:33)
11. The Search Begins (1:44)
12. The Search Continues (1:36)
13. The Church Pt. 1 (2:19)
14. The Church Pt. 2 (0:38)
15. The Statue (1:44)
16. “Who Am I?” (0:58)
17. Crystal Lake (0:25)
18. Home At Last (2:55)
19. More Discoveries Pt. A (0:47)
20. More Discoveries Pt. B (2:00)
21. More Discoveries Pt. C & Pt. D (4:50)
22. More Discoveries Pt. E (1:24)
23. Ann & Tennis (2:59)
24. How Did It Happen? (1:32)
25. First Date (1:44)
26. Good Shot! (1:00)
27. The Picnic (1:02)
28. TV Source (0:29)
29. Where Have You Been? (1:01)
30. The Cottage (0:52)
31. The Lovers (2:20)
32. Fantasy Pt. 1 (2:25)
33. Fantasy Pt. 2 (2:09)
34. Search For Mom (0:55)
35. Who Are You? (1:22)
36. Final Confrontation (7:01)
Total Time: 64:20
Tracks 1–18: true stereo
Tracks 19–36: “stereo-ized” mono
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[SPOILER AHEAD]
There's a scene in the film where Margot Kidder is naked in a bathtub, weeping and masturbating [to an R-rated degree] as she remembers the abusive lover she murdered. I thought, "wow, there's the kind of scene actresses rarely get to play in American movies."
Listened to the clips on the Intrada site. What a damn cool score.
Just re-watched the movie for the first time in 40 years and found it delightfully, remarkably smutty in that inimitable ‘70s manner. Casual nudity, serial monogamy, self pleasuring and crypto-incest... all this and Goldsmith too. The new DVD from Kino May be of interest to some of you. ??
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I'd thought about buying the DVD or Blu-Ray but now that the CD is out I have less interest. (I rarely buy movie Blu-Rays these days, since the TV Blu-Rays take so much of my viewing time -- hello, Star Trek: Discovery and Westworld:Season 2!)
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Well, Ben Mendelsohn is in pretty much every movie these days, so it only makes sense that he'd start time traveling to 1970s movies as well. (Though you could argue that his role in Rogue One is actually him time traveling to a 70s movie).
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