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Covid19 has nothing to do with it - got my package from intrada today
Same hear, well a few days ago. It only took two days, instead of one, to pack and mail. And about a week travelling. Still not bad considering.
Well, I don't know about you, guys... I'm in EU too, but I haven't received anything from Intrada since February and I have 3 packages from them still somewhere in transit, received none.
That's one reason I voted to leave
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May 18, 2020 - 5:02 PM
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McCrutchy
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World premiere release of exciting, vivid western score! Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison star, Alan Sharp scripts, Joseph Biroc photographs, Robert Aldrich directs, Universal Pictures presents, Frank DeVol scores. All participants excel! Allegorical nod to the Vietnam War chronicles brutal take on cavalry vs. indians trope with small band of reservation Apaches on the run, looting and killing with mounted troops in pursuit. But just who is pursued and who is in pursuit? Whatever. Considerable carnage results. Frank DeVol, veteran composer of Aldrich films (Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, Hush… Hush Sweet Charlotte, The Flight Of The Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen) melds old-fashioned marching tune for the cavalry with dynamic action material for variety of intense skirmishes. March typically plays on brass, woodwinds and percussion with minimal support from strings. Interestingly, DeVol also scores the action with brass and woodwinds in the lead, percussion in support and strings - mainly cellos and basses - in subordinate role. Violins get their say in select sequences but this is imposing, edgy, often-rousing and decidedly ferocious music. DeVol gets considerable contrast with both muted and open brass. He offers a number of intense battle cues throughout but special spotlights must go to incredible pair of unrelenting back-to-back action sequences, “Hide And Seek”, “Fire Power”. Here, DeVol leads his “symphonic band” in muscular, rhythmic and highly charged exciting set-pieces that surely qualify as tour-de-force showcases for the brass, especially in challenging, staccato intervals in upper registers. This is not your standard western action music but instead is genuinely forceful, adrenaline-building material. Even subsequent “It’s Wednesday” offers considerable action. DeVol has disown sound. Think The Dirty Dozen on steroids. Highly original writing! Intrada presents entire score from pristine condition 1/2” 3-channel masters courtesy Universal vaults. John Takis provides literate notes, Kay Marshall fashions dramatic booklet utilizing terrific original 1972 film artwork. Music supervision by Hal Mooney, 1970’s Universal music supervisor on Columbo, Six Million Dollar Man, Kolchak, Marcus Welby, Kojak, others. Frank De Vol composes, conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
01. Universal Emblem/Main Title Pt. 1 (3:41)
02. Ulzana Accordion – Version 1 (Main Title Pt. 2) (1:35)
03. Bads (Main Title Pt. 3) (0:46)
04. One Down (0:33)
05. Mount Up (1:15)
06. Dead Shot (3:01)
07. One Dead Dog (0:47)
08. Squatter’s Rights (1:46)
09. Apache Humor (1:09)
10. Ulzana Harmonica No. 1 (Theme From Ulzana’s Raid) (1:15)
11. Fresh Meat (0:51)
12. Ulzana’s Plan (2:11)
13. Mr. New (0:53)
14. Mac’s Plan (2:05)
15. Ulzana Harmonica No. 2 (2:00)
16. Ulzana’s Son (2:54)
17. Trouble Time (0:27)
18. Secrets (3:24)
19. First Trust (2:33)
20. Mrs. Reardon (Film Version) (3:28)
21. Plenty Indians (0:47)
22. Hide And Seek (4:41)
23. Fire Power (4:33)
24. It’s Wednesday (2:18)
25. Con Man (Composite Mix) (1:42)
26. End Title (1:16)
Total Score Time: 52:49
The Extras
27. Mrs. Reardon (Original) (3:27)
28. Con Man (1:42)
29. Ulzana Accordion – Version 2 (1:48)
Total Extras Time: 7:01
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12181/.f
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May 19, 2020 - 12:06 AM
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Rameau
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Yup, amazing release! I remember way back (see those streets, well it was all prairie in them days, sonny) when we'd get great releases like this almost every month. I think this is obscure & unlikely enough to be called a Holy Grail (remember those?), I've loved this score since I first saw the film, but thought that there was zero chance of a release by now. I didn't get too exited at the original announcement, as didn't say anything about the source for this release; was it from a cassette that the composer had, or from a mono music & effects track? Happily no, great sounding stereo from, "pristine condition 1/2” 3-channel masters courtesy Universal vaults". I shall happily order this once I've had my morning coffee.
A big thank you to everyone over at Intrada 
…& ordered.
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Curious that the execs @ Universal do not consider Ulzana's Raid (or The Big Fix via Varese) as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection.
Neither that Conti nor this DeVol had any prior soundtrack incarnations, so one would expect these to be Heritage premieres through La-La Land.
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Ulzana's Raid...ordered!
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May 20, 2020 - 12:14 PM
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Mose Harper
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I fast tracked watching this on Blu ray last week specifically because I was curious to hear if the score was something I would want immediately, or (hopefully) something I'd rather put off, or even pass on altogether.
I was engrossed in the movie for the most part and the only times I was honestly conscious of the score was when
1) it seemed to be the oft heard cavalry march drumming
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2) lighter, jauntier, and slightly off tonally compared to the on screen dramatics.
The rest barely registered.
I enjoyed the (often grim) film, but was sort of relieved this didn't seem like a score I needed.
I recently got around to listening to, and greatly enjoying, Safan's Son Of The Morning Star.
While I haven't seen the actual film/series, story-wise both properties seem to be covering similar milieus with downbeat dramatic content.
SotMS, however, seemed more of what I would expect for this kind of material.
Curiosity, and plenty of idle time, still pushed me to check out the samples for UR though.
They not only sound great (fidelity, clarity, dynamics, etc), they sound "great". Even brief snatches give me a much different impression than having heard them in context with the film. This sounds like a great listen, and passages that I felt were tonally awkward in the film sound like they will make for a more enjoyable and varied experience in a fuller album presentation.
So (sigh) yet another title added to the wish-list to obsess over.
BTW, a day or two before I sat down with UR, I was watching an ep of Adam-12 and noticed in the credits a Frank De Vol as one of the actors. He was a somewhat mousier guy, in glasses, playing a shop teacher who got pranked by his students.
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Its a great film. And violent. But its also one of the first times on screen i heard the Apache mindset explained, how scalping took a man's power, etc.
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This is the first Intrada release I've bought for some time (the credit card details they had for me was out of date), hopefully I'll be buying a few more this year.
Hi, Rameau.
No doubt you keep yourself informed regarding album releases, but I'm curious why you hadn't gotten any Intrada offerings these past months. 1965 alone has been well-served by Intrada: THE COLLECTOR, KING RAT, MORITURI, 10TH VICTIM, THAT MAN IN ISTANBUL, etc.
Have you not acquired any of these? I thought you love '60s soundtracks.
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