ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ / HELL IS FOR HEROES
Music by: Leonard Rosenman / Jerry FieldingReleased By: INTRADA
Intrada Special Collection Volume 236
1979 / 1962
World premiere of two dramatic soundtracks to Paramount films directed
by Don Siegel. Appearing first is brief score by Leonard Rosenman for
intense, highly regarded WWII action film HELL IS FOR HEROES starring
Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker. Rosenman launches with one of
his most exciting "Main Title" sequences of his career, then settles in
for closer look at psychology of men in war. Intrada presents complete
score in stereo from original three-channel scoring session masters.
Second up is longer, highly complex score by Jerry Fielding for Clint
Eastwood prison picture ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. Combination of director
Siegel, star Eastwood, composer Fielding guarantees success, this one is
no exception. Deliberate movie allows composer to examine confined
spaces, cold conditions of containment through use of 'musique concrete'
techniques. As Fielding described score in 1979 lecture: "It's all
hardware... steel on steel... it's Alcatraz.
5/5... Who else is with me... been waiting for these for a very long time and here they are!
-Jeremy [Retro-Z]
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