What a surprise!
Thanks for that beautiful release (and cover)!
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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Announces THE GOLDEN SEAL |
INTRADA Announces THE GOLDEN SEAL Music by JOHN BARRY and DANA KAPROFF INTRADA Special Collection Volume 89 The 1983 film The Golden Seal features an unusual collaboration between composers John Barry and Dana Kaproff. The film stars Steve Railsback as Jim Lee, a fisherman who lives on an Aleutian island with his wife Tania (Penelope Milford) and their lonely, headstrong son Eric (Torquil Campbell), who, as the film begins, is despondent over the death of a litter of puppies. When Eric sights a mysterious animal in the waters off the island, an indigenous Aleutian called Semeyon relates the legend of the golden seal, an enchanted denizen of the ocean that is actually highly coveted by the hunters and trappers of the region for its fantastically valuable pelt. The only other person who has seen the golden seal is Eric’s father, and Lee is haunted (and teased by the locals) over the lost opportunity the animal represents for his destitute family. For Eric, the animal represents the opportunity for companionship on his lonely island. John Barry was hired to contribute music to The Golden Seal, but with pressing work on blockbusters like the James Bond film Octopussy and the Tom Selleck adventure High Road to China, Barry was not able to score all of the movie. Barry tackled some of the film’s key sequences and Kaproff collaborated with Barry on several other cues and completed the film’s score on his own using themes provided by Barry. Some of the score's highlights include Kaproff’s "Main Title," which opens with the sounds of a solo wooden flute over high-sustained strings, with eventual support from low brass and strings—music that reflects the sensibility of the native Aleutians and characterizes the vast, lonely landscape of the islands as the story begins. Barry himself provides the blind Aleutian Semeyon with an important theme in “Semeyon and Voyage”—a rich melody played by cellos. In “Williwa” Barry provides a melancholy tune for harmonica, recorded with maximum reverb to give it a lonely, ghostly quality, adding horns and woodwinds for a more epic feel. One of the score’s highlights is Barry’s “Frolic,” which accompanies Eric playing in the ocean with the two golden seals. Barry’s mellow theme rolls through this lyrical sequence intact for the first minute or so, voiced by strings and reeds with a particularly sweet and reflective bridge. As the lengthy scene progresses Barry adds a six-note rhythmic flourish for strings, and Barry’s score becomes increasingly majestic, with oboes and high strings handing off the rhythmic figure against swelling French horns and a proud new figure for brass, all climaxing in a section for pounding percussion before the final bars of keening, high pitched strings in classic Barry manner. Barry’s flowing, mellifluous underscoring is perfect for the balletic imagery and the cue is a highlight of his output, not only looking back to the grandeur of his Born Free score but also anticipating the powerful feeling he would bring to his Oscar-winning score to Dances With Wolves in 1990. The film’s end credits feature a charming song version of Barry’s golden seal theme called “Letting Go,” performed by Glen Campbell with lyrics by frequent Barry collaborator Don Black. Barry also wrote a full end title treatment of his golden seal theme, adding a glittering counterpoint of strings and chimes to bring the score to a rousing conclusion. This premiere CD release of The Golden Seal was remixed and mastered from the original 1/2" three-track session masters at MGM, featuring the complete score and is limited to 2000 units. INTRADA Special Collection - Volume 89 Retail Price: 19.99 AVAILABLE NOW For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6007/.f |
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| Author: | nekromantik [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:18 pm ] |
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What a surprise!
Thanks for that beautiful release (and cover)! |
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| Author: | DeviantMan [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:20 pm ] |
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Alright, 
the magic words have appeared... expanded & complete As good as purchased! |
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| Author: | tharpdevenport [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:38 pm ] |
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Maybe hold a copy aside for Alex Klein, since he seems to be MIA for a bit now. Scores sound nice. |
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| Author: | Gordon Pym [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:44 pm ] |
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Wow !! I've ordered this one immediately! Thanks Intrada! 
I've also added Doug's Holly vs. Hollywood to my order. I've wanted to listen to it for a quite a while. Another great release for us Barry fans out there... Bravo again! |
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| Author: | steve woolston [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:47 am ] |
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| Author: | tharpdevenport [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:32 am ] |
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| Author: | johnbijl [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:53 am ] |
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Wel, this is pretty excellent. My vinyl was a bit worn out any way 
That cover, by the way, is a gem! Thanks Doug, Roger and Joe! |
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| Author: | TerraEpon [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:24 am ] |
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You know, I've never been all that big on Barry (I own two scores and the 4CD Silva set) but I may just get this. The samples are great, and the sound is at least pretty good. Is it in danger of selling out quick or not? |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:03 pm ] |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:06 pm ] |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:09 pm ] |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:43 pm ] |
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| Author: | Gary S. [ Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:38 am ] |
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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:08 pm ] |
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