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 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:15 PM   
 By:   Peter Greenhill   (Member)

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.10415/.f?sc=13&category=22848

It’s here! World premiere release of the complete soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein for Cecil B. DeMille’s all-time greatest epic and box-office champion! Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, John Derek, Vincent Price and many others bring powerful and inspiring story of Moses to vivid life. A lot of hands put in several years to make this release possible: Paramount, Universal Music Group, MGM, Intrada. Six CDs, three premiering the entire original two and a half hour soundtrack for the first time ever - much of it in stereo, also for the first time ever! Every cue appears, including all of the myriad fanfares, processions, court dances, authentic shofars (eight of them!), percussion tracks, harp sequences, Theremin and Novachord overlays… everything right down to the tiniest tiple, a rare member of the guitar family. All of Bernstein’s magnificent and justifiably famous masterpiece appears intact and uncut, including numerous sequences edited from the finished film! And after the complete score, another 40 minutes of never-before-heard alternates and unused music! Trailer cues! And if all of this doesn’t make the first three CDs ample proof of Bernstein’s genius, enjoy Bernstein himself introducing and playing his major themes in an ultra-rare, recently unearthed 12-minute piano demo prepared for DeMille at the start of the scoring process. CD 4 presents the original one hour soundtrack as released by Dot Records in mono in 1957, CD 5 gives you the then-newly re-recorded 1960 album issued by Dot to meet the growing demand for a stereo performance - this version being newly conducted by Bernstein to closely approximate the original 1957 album - and CD 6 offers the CD premiere of the 1966 United Artists stereo album recorded by Bernstein using new arrangements made by his long-time orchestrators Leo Shaken and Jack Hayes… all of the last three discs are presented from the original album master tapes stored in pristine condition in several studio vaults. Lavishly illustrated 60-page booklet includes full color reproductions of various album cover designs, authoritative notes by Frank K. DeWald about the production and scoring sessions including dates on the various releases, musician rosters, cue assemblies, pre-production artwork and more. Expert audio restoration work done by Chris Malone. Yes, fans of those glorious epic-era “roadshow” movies with their majestic and opulent scores and just plain ordinary music lovers of all types - rejoice! Elmer Bernstein conducts all 6 CDs. “So let it be written… so let it be done!”

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:19 PM   
 By:   John B. Archibald   (Member)

ORDERED!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:24 PM   
 By:   Niall from Ireland   (Member)

Ordered!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:24 PM   
 By:   Peter Greenhill   (Member)

Ordered!!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:29 PM   
 By:   Long Island Dave   (Member)

Ordered !!

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM   
 By:   Krakatoa   (Member)

Holy Moses Indeed!

Hopefully, "Psycho" original tracks are still in a pipeline somewhere, too.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:32 PM   
 By:   bdm   (Member)

Ibid!

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:34 PM   
 By:   Adam.   (Member)

So let it be purchased. So let it be shipped.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:35 PM   
 By:   GreatGonzo   (Member)

Ordered!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:36 PM   
 By:   cinemel1   (Member)

Ordered! Very excited. It better travel here quickly.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:44 PM   
 By:   Eric Paddon   (Member)

Order placed along with a couple final odds and ends. End of the line reached for me in film score purchases.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:49 PM   
 By:   Last Child   (Member)

Ordered only if there's a track of Eddie Robinson singing "We'll Meet Again."

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 5:50 PM   
 By:   Jason LeBlanc   (Member)

INTRADA Announces:




THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Composed and Conducted by ELMER BERNSTEIN
INTRADA INT 7147

I would say that the work on The Ten Commandments was singularly the most exciting project of my entire life.
-- Elmer Bernstein, 2002

The value of Elmer Bernstein’s score is almost impossible to measure. It’s absolutely perfect for the film,
guiding and shaping the emotional weight of each scene with mature mastery.
-- Charlton Heston


The 1956 Paramount biblical epic The Ten Commandments is one of those rare films to become an annual event in homes around the world. It is one of the few films left that network television (at least in the United States) continues to air annually, in spring around the Passover holiday. Its crisp, colorful retelling of the Jewish story of Exodus remains compelling to this day, portraying the escape from slavery in Egypt, the relentless obstinance of and doomed pursuit by Pharaoh, and Moses' eventual receipt of the Ten Commandments. 

Cecil B. DeMille chose a fresh voice to score his spectacle -- Elmer Bernstein. Bernstein's score is pure epic and a thrilling experience whether in film or on its own. Bernstein's score itself has an interesting history on record. It was first issued in 1957 on DOT records as a 2-LP set in mono from the film's soundtrack recording. With home stereo recordings increasing in popularity, Bernstein rerecorded those same selections in stereo also for DOT records three years later in 1960, although with some alterations to enhance the stand-alone listening experience. On the film's 10th anniversary Bernstein rerecorded selections again for the United Artists label. Discs 4 through 6 of this 6-CD set contain these recordings, each in packaging that recreates their original LP packaging. And yet with all these recordings, the original stereo sessions from the original soundtrack had yet to be released. Until now.

Discs 1 through 3 contain every single orchestral cue, in their complete versions, plus all of the myriad fanfares, court pieces, dances, processions, Egyptian and Hebrew source music, shofar cues and various Novachord and Theremin overlays, all assembled and sequenced as Elmer Bernstein intended. Most of the massive two-and-a-half hour score appears in stereo, meticulously compiled and restored by Chris Malone from all available Paramount vault source elements including the three-channel scoring session masters, mono safeties, a variety of 35mm elements, DAT audio transfers made by the studio for their internal digital storage purposes, music stems and the composer’s personal ¼? tape copies. In addition to the entire score as heard in the film, this presentation includes over a half hour of never-before-heard alternates and unused cues as well as another nine minutes of various scoring session outtakes and early, unused versions. Crowning this mountain-top experience is over twelve minutes of original piano demos made by the composer, including his voice and piano playing all the themes in his home studio for DeMille to audition prior to scoring. These are an incredibly rare pre-record treat that amazingly survived these 60 years.

This presentation of Elmer Bernstein's score to The Ten Commandments is an epic unto itself, providing the last word on one of his most significant and enduring works.

INTRADA INT 7147
Retail Price: $69.99
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http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.10415/.f






Elmer Bernstein
Label: Intrada 7147
Date: 1956
Time: 357:36
Tracks: 135
World premiere 6-CD release of complete Elmer Bernstein soundtrack for Cecil B. DeMille’s all-time greatest epic!

It’s here! World premiere release of the complete soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein for Cecil B. DeMille’s all-time greatest epic and box-office champion! Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, John Derek, Vincent Price and many others bring powerful and inspiring story of Moses to vivid life. A lot of hands put in several years to make this release possible: Paramount, Universal Music Group, MGM, Intrada. Six CDs, three premiering the entire original two and a half hour soundtrack for the first time ever - much of it in stereo, also for the first time ever! Every cue appears, including all of the myriad fanfares, processions, court dances, authentic shofars (eight of them!), percussion tracks, harp sequences, Theremin and Novachord overlays… everything right down to the tiniest tiple, a rare member of the guitar family. All of Bernstein’s magnificent and justifiably famous masterpiece appears intact and uncut, including numerous sequences edited from the finished film! And after the complete score, another 40 minutes of never-before-heard alternates and unused music! Trailer cues! And if all of this doesn’t make the first three CDs ample proof of Bernstein’s genius, enjoy Bernstein himself introducing and playing his major themes in an ultra-rare, recently unearthed 12-minute piano demo prepared for DeMille at the start of the scoring process.

CD 4 presents the original one hour soundtrack as released by Dot Records in mono in 1957, CD 5 gives you the then-newly re-recorded 1960 album issued by Dot to meet the growing demand for a stereo performance - this version being newly conducted by Bernstein to closely approximate the original 1957 album - and CD 6 offers the CD premiere of the 1966 United Artists stereo album recorded by Bernstein using new arrangements made by his long-time orchestrators Leo Shaken and Jack Hayes… all of the last three discs are presented from the original album master tapes stored in pristine condition in several studio vaults. Lavishly illustrated 60-page booklet includes full color reproductions of various album cover designs, authoritative notes by Frank K. DeWald about the production and scoring sessions including dates on the various releases, musician rosters, cue assemblies, pre-production artwork and more. Expert audio restoration work done by Chris Malone.

Yes, fans of those glorious epic-era “roadshow” movies with their majestic and opulent scores and just plain ordinary music lovers of all types - rejoice! Elmer Bernstein conducts all 6 CDs.

 “So let it be written… so let it be done!”


CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (MUSIC FROM THE MOTION PICTURE)
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein
CD 1 – Part 1
01. Introduction (1:37)
02. Prelude – Part 1/Prelude – Part 2 (5:44)
03. Slaughter Of The Newborn/In The Bulrushes/Bithia’s Bathing Float (3:46)
04. Moses (Long Version) (0:41)
05. Nefretiri/Fanfares/Return Of The Conqueror/Drums And Percussion/Fanfare (1:40)
06. Ethiopians/Drums (0:45)
07. Fanfare/Moses And Nefretiri/New City Underway (4:00)
08. The Advancing Keystone/Mercy And A Tomb Of Rock (3:26)
09. Temple Grain (Final Film Version) (1:13)
10. Hounds And Jackals (2:42)
11. Moses The Builder – Part 1/Fanfare/Moses The Builder – Part 2 (1:52)
12. Obelisk (0:20)
13. The Glory Of Goshen (2:33)
14. Harp For Nefretiri (1:05)
15. Memnet’s Murder (2:15)
16. The Brick Pits (2:12)
17. Death In The Brick Pits (4:01)
18. Intro To Royal Barge/The Royal Barge (3:18)
19. The Die Is Cast – Part 1/The Die Is Cast – Part 2 (5:23)
20. Court Dance (2:47)
21. Take Him Away (2:16)
22. Drums/The Dungeon (2:30)
23. Dathan’s Garden (1:14)
24. Lilia’s Harp/Dathan Bribes Lilia (1:23)
25. Egyptian Border/Moses Crosses Desert (5:33)
      CD1 Total Time: 64:49

CD 2 – Part 2
01. Song For Jethro’s Daughters (0:35)
02. Defending The Well (0:52)
03. Mountain Of God (3:30)
04. Jethro’s Daughters’ Dance (1:33)
05. Moses Chooses Sephora (3:23)
06. Sethi’s Death Chant/Royal Falcon (3:02)
07. Burning Bush (1:39)
08. Organ (I Am That I Am) (2:26)
09. Word Of God (End Act 1) (2:17)
10. Overture – Act 2 (Part A)/Overture – Act 2 (Part B) (2:16)
11. The Power Of God – Part 1/The Power Of God – Part 2 (4:08)
12. Well Of Strangers/Royal Barge (Revised) (2:23)
13. Joshua And Lilia/The Shrine Of The River Gods (1:49)
14. The Red River (1:28)
15. God Of Slaves (1:51)
16. Lilia’s Song/Lilia’s Song (Harp Chord) (0:27)
17. Pestilence (1:00)
18. Shadow Of Death (1:16)
19. The Dying Boy (3:02)
20. Lord Of The Underworld (2:21)
21. Shofars/Exodus – Part 1/Dathan’s House/Nubian Drums/Exodus – Part 2 (7:31)
22. Fanfare (Alternate No. 1) (0:15)
23. Fanfare (Alternate No. 2) (0:16)
24. Fanfare (0:10)
25. Exodus – Part 3 (3:10)
26. Death Gongs (0:28)
27. A Hardened Heart/Fanfare/Chariot Assembly/Ready For Battle Fanfares (2:39)
28. Mission Of Vengeance (0:59)
29. Shofars & Fanfares (0:37)
30. Pillar Of Fire/The Red Sea – Parts 1, 2 & 3 (7:40)
31. The Red Sea – Part 4 (0:59)
      CD2 Total Time: 66:45

CD 3 – Part 3
01. Mount Sinai (0:35)
02. Spoils Of Egypt/Idolators (Bacchanali)/Forming Of Golden Idol (0:49)
03. The Finger Of God/Golden Idol/Idol Sacrifice/Idolators (Bacchanali)/Bacchanal/Shofar (8:46)
04. The Lord’s Side/End Title (3:46)
05. Exit Music – Part 1/Exit Music – Part 2 (5:16)
      Time: 19:19
      Total Score Time: 2:30:53

CD 3 The Extras – Alternates And Unused Cues
06. Moses (Alternate) (0:23)
07. Moses And Nefretiri (Alternate)/New City Underway (Alternate) (3:55)
08. Temple Grain (Alternate) (1:12)
09. Memnet’s Murder (Alternate) (3:22)
10. Memnet’s Murder (Revised) (2:16)
11. The Royal Barge (Alternate) (3:23)
12. Court Dance (Alternate) (2:22)
13. Baccha’s Garden No. 1 (2:16)
14. Baccha’s Garden No. 2 (2:15)
15. Baccha’s Garden No. 3 (2:01)
16. Song For Jethro’s Daughters (Alternate) (0:31)
17. Defending The Well (Alternate – Long) (2:17)
18. Jethro’s Daughters’ Dance (Alternate) (1:57)
19. Exodus – Part 3 (Short Version) (1:37)
20. Shofars & Fanfares (Alternates) (0:56)
21. Exit Music – Part 2 (Alternate) (1:45)
      Alternates and Unused Cues Time: 32:54

Additional Cues
22. The Red Sea – Part 3/Song Of Joseph (Film Edit) (2:00)
23. The Red Sea – Part 4 (Early Version) (1:34)
24. Exodus (Early Version) (3:12)
25. The Lord’s Side (Brass) (0:15)
26. The Royal Barge (Short Source Alternate) (0:16)
27. Tiple (Wild) (0:31)
28. Drums No. 1 (Wild) (0:26)
29. Drums No. 2 (Wild) (0:30)
30. The Finger Of God – Part 1 (Early Version) (0:37)
31. Trailer No. 1 (0:57)
32. Trailer No. 2 (0:30)
      Additional Cues Time: 11:01

Elmer Bernstein ’s Original Piano Theme Demos
33. Theme Of Egypt/Nefretiri’s Theme/Bithia’s Theme/Hebrew Theme/Theme Of Moses/Possible Short Identifying Themes For Moses/Sephora-Bedouin Theme/Song Of Joseph – Exodus Anthem/Joshua-Lilia Love Theme/Joshua-Lilia Love Theme In A Major Key/Theme Of God/Theme Of Evil (12:36)

      Extras Total: 54:40

      CD3 Total Time: 76:01


CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Original 1957 Dot Soundtrack Album (Mono)
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein
01. Prelude (5:43)
02. In The Bulrushes (3:23)
03. The Bitter Life (2:09)
04. Love And Ambition (3:53)
05. The Hard Bondage (2:12)
06. Egyptian Dance (2:47)
07. The Crucible Of God (3:15)
08. And Moses Watered Jethro’s Flock (2:17)
09. Bedouin Dance (1:57)
10. I Am That I Am (3:52)
11. Overture (2:13)
12. Thus Says The Lord (3:45)
13. The Plagues (2:11)
14. The Exodus (6:40)
15. The Pillar Of Fire (2:45)
16. The Red Sea (2:35)
17. The Ten Commandments (5:22)
18. Go, Proclaim Liberty! (3:20)
      CD Total Time: 60:44

CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Original 1960 Dot Soundtrack Album (STEREO)
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein
01. Prelude (5:07)
02. In The Bulrushes (4:01)
03. The Bitter Life (2:05)
04. Love And Ambition (4:03)
05. The Hard Bondage (2:03)
06. Egyptian Dance (2:52)
07. The Crucible Of God (3:07)
08. And Moses Watered Jethro’s Flock (2:13)
09. Bedouin Dance (1:56)
10. I Am That I Am (3:13)
11. Overture (2:06)
12. Thus Says The Lord (3:39)
13. The Plagues (2:51)
14. The Exodus (6:00)
15. The Pillar Of Fire (2:45)
16. The Red Sea (2:30)
17. The Ten Commandments (5:40)
18. Go, Proclaim Liberty! (3:20)
      CD Total Time: 59:56

CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Original 1966 United Artists Re-Recorded Album (Stereo)
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein
01. Overture Act I (4:15)
02. Nefretiri (2:36)
03. Court Dance (3:03)
04. Sephora (2:10)
05. The Burning Bush (3:44)
06. Overture Act II (2:06)
07. The Exodus (3:04)
08. Dance Of Jethro’s Daughters (2:02)
09. The Red Sea (2:36)
10. Finale (3:29)
      CD Total Time: 29:14

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 8:12 PM   
 By:   Dr Smith   (Member)

Ordered!
Since Intrada's warehouse is only 4 miles away, I might have it by Wednesday.

 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 8:14 PM   
 By:   Carcosa2004   (Member)

Mine ordered too! This has been THEE holy grail for me. And it's here. Not much left on my list now. Thanks guys for making it happen.

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 8:33 PM   
 By:   PFK   (Member)



Just ordered it! Looks Spectacular! Thanks Intrada! smile

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 19, 2016 - 11:50 PM   
 By:   Reeve   (Member)

Finally indeed! Wow! I don't think anything will ever surpass this release - think about it - SIX CDs - Wooohooooooo!!!!!
I have never felt so good in my entire life! Two copies have been ordered, and I truly, thank the entire Intrada Team for releasing this beloved box set.
A dream come true!

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 20, 2016 - 12:29 AM   
 By:   jenkwombat   (Member)

This looks absolutely fantastic!

 
 Posted:   Sep 20, 2016 - 1:00 AM   
 By:   AdoKrycha007   (Member)

Great release, but the price is crazy..

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 20, 2016 - 1:08 AM   
 By:   ROBERT Z   (Member)

Great release, but the price is crazy..

You're jocking?

 
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