Wonderful cover art! And the samples are great too!
Can't wait to hear whole thing
Thanks!
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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Presents Les Baxter's CERVANTES |
INTRADA Announces: CERVANTES Composed and Conducted by LES BAXTER INTRADA Signature Edition ISE 1039 Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is known the world over as the author of the famous picaresque seventeenth century Spanish novel Don Quioxte. What is less known is that the author himself led a fascinating life of hardship and adventure to rival that of his fictional doppelgänger. As a young man, Cervantes traveled to Italy, where he absorbed Renaissance culture and ultimately enlisted in the Spanish Navy. He fought valiantly at the Battle of Lepanto, witnessed the fall of Tunis and La Goletta, and spent five years as a slave in Algiers before he was ransomed and returned to Madrid. For this 1969 film adaptation of Cervante's life, composer Les Baxter was hired to capture Cervantes' spirit and adventure in music. The score is composed in the classic Hollywood style…dashing, romantic and filled with movement and orchestral color. Contrary to convention, no clearly defined main theme binds the picture from beginning to end; rather, Baxter’s approach is more freeform, allowing his melodic lines to roam and explore within set boundaries. To convincingly establish Cervantes’ world, this means frequent use of musical modes traditionally associated with Spain and Arabia, such as the Phrygian flourishes that accent moments of dramatic action. Great attention is paid to creating an appropriate musical setting for each of Cevrantes' adventures, resulting in a strong, exotic, colorful work -- the kind of music Les Baxter brilliantly excelled at. This premiere release features Les Baxters' score in clean mono from the original session masters stored at MGM and is limited to 1200 units. INTRADA Signature Editions ISE 1039 Retail Price: $19.99 SHIPS 3/16/2010 For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6521/.f |
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| Author: | Lokutus [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:23 pm ] |
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Wonderful cover art! And the samples are great too! Can't wait to hear whole thing
Thanks!
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| Author: | Basil [ Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:37 pm ] |
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| Author: | nekromantik [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:33 am ] |
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| Author: | Mark Ford [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:17 am ] |
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| Author: | nekromantik [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:22 am ] |
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| Author: | Douglass Fake [ Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:14 pm ] |
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| Author: | Mark Ford [ Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:05 am ] |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:33 pm ] |
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Hey, guys - In Doug's tech notes for "Cervantes", he refers to "full-track tape". I've never run across this terminology before (not that I would have, necessarily...). Assuming it means a single-track tape, I wonder how they would've done things back then; is there any indication that they originally recorded everything multi-track and then dubbed all of the master tapes down to mono for storage or was it a mono show from beginning to end? I have no axe to grind by asking this, just wondering. 
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