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Yay, getting $10 tacked onto the price just so we can have another copy of an album we've all owned for the last 25 years...! I would be shocked if the cost of the product increases by $10 due to that. Considering that the CDs I was buying from Intrada back in the mid 80s were often 20 smackers or so, the prices paid these days seem awfully reasonable. A bit of a bummer for those who cash strapped but the quantity AND the quality of Intrada products make them worth every single penny. I do get it though.
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I'm over the moon at the prospect of this release. I remember when the 30-second previews of the original release were online, and I heard THE PATRIOT main theme for the first time (and I can remember exactly where the sound cut off), I was beside myself with excitement to hear the whole thing. On release day, I had to be in court, as part of my terrible divorce proceedings that dragged on for years, but as soon as I got out, I stopped at the mall, purchased the cd, and then went and listened to the whole thing in my car in the parking lot. My day improved considerably! Thank you, Doug, wherever you are, and thank you to the Intrada team for following through with this release.
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I'm over the moon at the prospect of this release. I remember when the 30-second previews of the original release were online, and I heard THE PATRIOT main theme for the first time (and I can remember exactly where the sound cut off), I was beside myself with excitement to hear the whole thing. On release day, I had to be in court, as part of my terrible divorce proceedings that dragged on for years, but as soon as I got out, I stopped at the mall, purchased the cd, and then went and listened to the whole thing in my car in the parking lot. My day improved considerably! Thank you, Doug, wherever you are, and thank you to the Intrada team for following through with this release. Yes. I indeed remember hearing that main theme that was available as an early online streaming wonder. Was absolutely swept away by its gaelic feel. It was rapturous and moving and elegant. I'm surprised it's not a concert staple as it should be in the regular Boston Pops repertoire.
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It’s now up for order. Press Release: Intrada announces a 25th-anniversary edition of John Williams' Oscar-nominated score to the 2000 Columbia Pictures/Centropolis film The Patriot. Throughout Williams' long and treasured career he had developed a fresh, Americana voice, first coming to the fore in his 1969 score to The Reivers, then furthered a few years later with The Cowboys and quite powerfully in an unexpected place—-the Smallville sequences of Superman. It was a style that he would return to periodically and The Patriot provided a showcase for this style. The score involves three principal themes that correspond to protagonist Martin’s past, present, and future—the war trauma theme, the love theme and the patriot theme. As the themes weave throughout the score, Williams' beloved epic style is on full display, as well as exciting action music. It's all here in this lengthy and powerful work. Williams wrote his score for The Patriot over the course of about two months, a length of time he described as “fairly generous.” He then recorded the score over eight sessions between May 6 and May 20, 2000. For this expanded 3-CD set, producer Mike Matessino took a meticulous approach to restoring the score for full presentation as well as preserving the unique and artistic presentation of the original Hollywood Records album. As Matessino writes in the album's liner notes: For this presentation, Sony Pictures transferred the Genex digital back-up 8-channel multiple optical disk (MOD) cartridges, which preserved Shawn Murphy’s SDDS mixes. Performance edits were recreated, and the two-channel stereo mix-down process precisely followed what was done for the original soundtrack album. Careful attention was paid to the shortcomings that Murphy had originally noted in 2000,specifically to how SDDS’s two additional front channels could compromise audio clarity and breadth of the stereo mix. The entire presentation was monitored in this regard so that the end result would preserve all of the subtlety and dynamic power of the original recording. The film is a historical war drama set during the American Revolutionary War. It follows Benjamin Martin, a South Carolina farmer and war hero turned pacifist, who is reluctantly drawn into the fight for independence after a brutal attack by British forces claims the life of his son. As he leads a militia against the British, Martin grapples with personal loss, revenge, and his duty to his family and country. Starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, the film blends intense battle sequences with emotional drama. https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12982/.f?sc=13&category=-113
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Greatly expanded and high quality Williams release. I’m all in of course. As it happens, The Patriot is one of the few Willams score I didn't own. So, I’m doubly in.
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  THE PATRIOT Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 504 Film Date: 2000 Album Date: 2025 Time: 224:39 Tracks: 75 3CD edition of John Williams' Oscar-nominated score to The Patriot! Intrada announces a 25th-anniversary edition of John Williams' Oscar-nominated score to the 2000 Columbia Pictures/Centropolis film The Patriot. Throughout Williams' long and treasured career he had developed a fresh, Americana voice, first coming to the fore in his 1969 score to The Reivers, then furthered a few years later with The Cowboys and quite powerfully in an unexpected place—-the Smallville sequences of Superman. It was a style that he would return to periodically and The Patriot provided a showcase for this style. The score involves three principal themes that correspond to protagonist Martin’s past, present, and future—the war trauma theme, the love theme and the patriot theme. As the themes weave throughout the score, Williams' beloved epic style is on full display, as well as exciting action music. It's all here in this lengthy and powerful work. Williams wrote his score for The Patriot over the course of about two months, a length of time he described as “fairly generous.” He then recorded the score over eight sessions between May 6 and May 20, 2000. For this expanded 3-CD set, producer Mike Matessino took a meticulous approach to restoring the score for full presentation as well as preserving the unique and artistic presentation of the original Hollywood Records album. As Matessino writes in in his producer’s note: For this presentation, Sony Pictures transferred the Genex digital back-up 8-channel multiple optical disk (MOD) cartridges, which preserved Shawn Murphy’s SDDS mixes. Performance edits were recreated, and the two-channel stereo mix-down process precisely followed what was done for the original soundtrack album. Carefull attention was paid to the shortcomings that Murphy had originally noted in 2000,specifically to how SDDS’s two additional front channels could compromise audio clarity and breadth of the stereo mix. The entire presentation was monitored in this regard so that the end result would preserve all of the subtlety and dynamic power of the original recording. The 24-page booklet includes detailed notes on film and score by John Takis and features a cover design by Stéphane Coëdel. The film is a historical war drama set during the American Revolutionary War. It follows Benjamin Martin, a South Carolina farmer and war hero turned pacifist, who is reluctantly drawn into the fight for independence after a brutal attack by British forces claims the life of his son. As he leads a militia against the British, Martin grapples with personal loss, revenge, and his duty to his family and country. Starring Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, the film blends intense battle sequences with emotional drama CD 1 SCORE PRESENTATION 01. The Family Farm (The Patriot Main Title) (3:03) 02. The North Star (1:58) 03. To Charleston (2:14) 04. Addressing The Assembly (2:45) 05. The Defeat At Charleston (3:08) 06. Walking Among The Fallen (1:21) 07. Redcoats In The Cornfield (1:22) 08. The Death Of Thomas (4:14) 09. The First Ambush (3:17) 10. Martin Leaves The Family (3:11) 11. Reading The War Map (1:35) 12. Colonel And Corporal (1:52) 13. Ann Recruits The Parishioners (3:08) 14. Rough Fighter Recruited (1:41) 15. Villeneuve’s Training (1:33) 16. Ann And Gabriel (Extended Version) (4:45) 17. Tavington’s Ambush And Remembering The Wilderness (4:11) 18. Martin To The Stockade (1:31) 19. Tavington Vs. Martin (1:54) 20. The Burning Of The Plantation (Film Version) (5:06) 21. To Gullah Maroon (1:46) 22. Burnt-Out House/Susan And Father (2:27) 23. The Wedding (1:33) 24. Susan Speaks (3:15) 25. The Parisians Return (1:34) 26. The Parish Church Aflame (Film Version) (3:10) 27. The Burnt-Out Church (1:21) 28. Gabriel’s Last Fight (2:33) 29. Mortally Wounded (2:30) CD 1 Total Time: 75:24 CD 2 SCORE PRESENTATION (Continued) 01. Death Of Gabriel (4:18) 02. Martin Rejoins The Troops (1:13) 03. Preparing For Battle (Film Version) (3:48) 04. Tavington’s Premature Charge (0:50) 05. Martin Sets The Trap (2:14) 06. The British Counter-Attack (3:01) 07. Martin Vs. Tavington (Film Version) (3:22) 08. Yorktown And The Return Home (Film Version) (5:24) 09. The Patriot (End Titles) (7:43) Total Time: 32:20 Total Score Presentation: 107:44 THE EXTRAS 10. The Family Farm (Alternate) (3:02) 11. Redcoats In The Cornfield (Alternate) (1:24) 12. The Death Of Thomas (Alternate) (4:21) 13. Rough Fighter Recruited (Alternate) (1:47) 14. To Gullah Maroon (Alternate) (1:17) 15. The Wedding (Alternate) (1:32) 16. The Patriot Returns (1:07) 17. Martin Sets The Trap (Alternate) (2:11) 18. Martin Vs. Tavington (Alternate Segment) (1:02) 19. Yorktown And The Return Home (Alternate Segment) (2:20) 20. The Patriot (Alternate) (6:30) SOURCE MUSIC 21. The British Grenadiers (2:51) 22. Prince Eugene’s March (1:01) 23. Yankee Doodle (0:56) 24. Tavern Tune No. 1 (0:58) 25. Tavern Tune No. 2 (1:49) 26. Colonial Camp Tune (2:56) 27. Violin Concerto In E Major (Allegro Assai) (J.S. Bach) (2:49) 28. Ann’s Wedding Celebration (1:57) 29. The British Grenadiers And Battlefield Drums (1:33) Total Extras and Source Music Time: 44:11 CD 2 Total Time: 76:36 CD 3 TRACKS 1-17: Remastered Original Soundtrack Album 01. The Patriot (06:42) 02. The Family Farm (03:04) 03. To Charleston (02:16) 04. The Colonial Cause (03:16) 05. Redcoats At The Farm And The Death Of Thomas (05:00) 06. Ann Recruits The Parishioners (03:09) 07. Preparing For Battle (05:50) 08. Ann And Gabriel (04:35) 09. The First Ambush And Remembering The Wilderness (04:00) 10. Tavington's Trap (04:10) 11. The Burning Of The Plantation (04:56) 12. Facing The British Lines (03:05) 13. The Parish Church Aflame (03:05) 14. Susan Speaks (03:17) 15. Martin Vs. Tavington (03:07) 16. Yorktown & The Return Home (05:20) 17. The Patriot Reprise (07:39) CD 3 Total Time: 72:39 https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12982/.f?sc=13&category=-113
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Question I have always had. I found this a good score but the movie was so simplistic it sort of outclasses it. Its just about mel's revenge with the war a backdrop. In the liner notes, it is mentioned the three thematic parts, past, present, and future. How do you see these as coalescing, instead of being separate things? does it ever tell the story in an integrated way like Born on the Fourth of July, in which the hero's emotional trauma and development is embedded in harmonic and theme motives and integrated into the main elegiac classical theme, all one forward wrap up? I always thought the Patriot score didnt bring the parts about the hero's guilt and hatred together with the family warmth together with the big war theme, they were just there at different scenes. I am fully aware I could be missing something just because I didn't like the movie. Does anyone have any musicological insights I am not hearing? Thanks. Interesting questions. I think Williams accompanies the film in a pretty straightforward way, but as usual he's very conscious of the power of the music to enhance the subtext and therefore creating a deeper meaning for us when watching the film. In the case of The Patriot, he did focus on the main character by associating three different thematic/motivic ideas that come up at the right moments and develop throughout as storytelling devices. There are relations between them in their harmonic and melodic construction, but they tend to be used as separate ideas. The comparison to Born On The 4th Of July is an interesting one as there are some similarities in tone and approach when it comes to JW expressing the "war trauma" of the main character. There is also some elegiac string writing that may harken back to some of that score's identity. I agree that the music does a much better job in telling the character's arc than the film itself does. As he often does, John Williams understands the film better than the filmmakers do and tells a more compelling story with his music.
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I could never get interested in this score, though I love Williams and thought it would be right up my street. (I couldn't get very far into the film before turning it off.) But I jumped on this immediately anyway, because I'm enjoying all these expansions. And now listening to the clips, I don't know what about the original release hasn't worked for me, because I am thrilled by what I'm hearing.
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