Intrada Soundtrack Forum

1/11/2020

Check back here this coming mid-week and consider our newest release for your ever-growing library of soundtracks. We’re offering a 2-CD set of music from the Touchstone/Disney feature Alive, about the Uruguay rugby team and their tragic 1972 plane crash in the Andes of Argentina while enroute to a match in Chile. Their harrowing ordeal of survival formed the basis for this 1993 movie, directed by Frank Marshall, which earned the studio a rare R rating. James Newton Howard was inspired by both the emotional drama and intensity of the story and the incomparable majesty of the icy peaks surrounding the crash survivors. His massive symphonic score offers both richly powerful themes for the mountains of ice and snow and compelling, dramatic music for the survivors ordeal and their will to survive… no matter the cost.

An album was released at the time, featuring 30 minutes of highlights. However, James Newton Howard recorded over 100 minutes of powerful music, including numerous revisions and alternates to accommodate numerous editorial changes the challenging production underwent. On the final day of sessions, he also recorded two versions of a powerhouse trailer cue for the film’s promotion. Intrada’s presentation includes all of the 70-plus minutes used in the film, the additional half hour of alternate material plus the exciting trailer cues, mastered from pristine-condition scoring elements courtesy both Disney and the composer. The long out-of-print original 30-minute album also appears. Artwork, complete contents and sound samples will be available here this coming week. Take a look, take a listen and hopefully support this release… one of James Newton Howard’s most dynamic!