INTRADA Announces:
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Composed and Conducted by LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
Performed by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
INTRADA Special Collection Volume 150
Laurence Rosenthal’s powerful and exciting score for the 1981 feature Clash Of The Titans remains the pinnacle of his lengthy and distinguished career. Exhilarating, soaring, colorful...it's every bit as dynamic and effervescent as a fantasy score should be. Originally released on LP by the Columbia Records label and subsequently on CD by PEG, the score had yet to be presented in its complete form, omitting, among other things, the darker, more aggressive side of the score. Amongst the treasure-trove of riches offered in this 2-CD release: the entire “Medusa” sequence, the lengthy “The Quest” music, sparkling ideas for the weapons given to Perseus and several action cues written for fight scenes between Perseus and various Ray Harryhausen creations—all presented for the first time. Of particular interest are several cues that most fans of the film ostensibly will have never heard before—subtle “a cappella” choral pieces full of complex, shifting harmonies, written for the Olympus cloud sequences with Zeus and the gods -- mixed to an almost subliminal level in the film, blended beneath wind and dialogue and virtually impossible to detect without knowing for what to listen. The album opens with Rosenthal's unreleased original and considerably lengthier prologue and features the end title sans Laurence Olivier's (Zeus) narration. (The version with narration is included in the extras section along with the album version of the prologue.)
For this release, Intrada remixed the entire score from the 24-track music masters stored at Warner Bros., revealing a detail and clarity not previously heard.
Clash of the Titans stars Harry Hamlin as the demigod Perseus, colorfully chronicling his quest to slay the Gorgon Medusa and rescue the princess Andromeda from a terrible sea monster. It was the last film by Ray Harryhausen, also known for the fantasies The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts.
This release is limited to 3000 units.
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 150
Retail Price: $29.99
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For track listing and sound samples, please visit
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