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INTRADA Announces:



THE BLACK CAULDRON
Music Composed and Conducted by ELMER BERNSTEIN
INTRADA/DISNEY D001744102

For veteran film composer Elmer Bernstein, the 1985 animated fantasy The Black Cauldron came at the end of a cycle of science fiction and fantasy films that included Saturn 3, Heavy Metal, An American Werewolf in London, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone and Ghostbusters. Bernstein created a full-blooded, kinetic score, full of involving leitmotifs including a rambunctious theme for Gurgi, an ethereal, romantic melody for the Princess Eilonwy (often voiced by the ondes Martenot to create a magical feeling), a sprightly theme for the faerie-like Fairfolk, and crushing, malevolent music for The Horned Kings and the horrific army of “cauldron-born.”

At the time of the film's theatrical run, a rerecording of selections from the score was released. This release from Disney and Intrada features the premiere release of the original soundtrack restored and remastered under the direction of Disney's Randy Thornton.

The Black Cauldron represented a grand experiment by the new, younger creative team at Disney Animation who would soon produce such hits as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, while maintaining the spirit of classically produced animation that had begun with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Based on author Lloyd Alexander’s The Prydain Chronicles, the story follows callow “pig keeper” Taran, whose young piglet Hen Wen holds the secret to the location of the Black Cauldron—a source of horrendous power sought by The Horned King. Armed with a magic sword and accompanied by an aging wizard, a foolish bard, a princess and a cowardly creature named Gurgi, Taran struggles to locate the Black Cauldron before the Horned King can use it to create an invincible army of the undead.

INTRADA/DISNEY D001744102
Retail Price: $19.99
Available Now
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7514/.f

Ordered! Thank you Intrada, goodnight everybody!

Love the cover art very simple and many have been waiting for a looooooong time for this Thank you everyone! This week is gonna drag! can I get Next Day Air?

I have to admit, I have not been jumping on many CDs of late as soon as they are announced like I used to. Consider this one "jumped on"!! I REALLY do love your new policy.

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Chris

I bought the album off iTunes a couple of years ago, didn't know it was a rerecording as it had been a long time since I saw the movie.

This and White Fang are very much ordered, thank you for releasing this

Awesome release and instantly ordered. Fantastic artwork too!

Thanks Team Intrada!

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Top 10 Grails: Revenge of the Ninja/Less Than Zero/Making Contact/Cobra/Over the Top/Highlander/Time Bandits/Top Gun/Listen to Me
Last 5 purchased: Jaws/Jaws 2/Back to the Future II/Back to the Future III/Nightmare Elm Street Box/Amityville Horror

No ceramic Black Cauldron replica comes with this disc? No filling out the runtime with a recording of Elmer mumbling to himself while composing?

Oh well, I guess the complete 75-minute score in pristine sound quality will have to do.

Thank you, Intrada, Disney--especially Randy Thornton--Mr. Bernstein, Jeff Bond, the directors of the picture, Berman and Rich. ALL those included in this production. Ordered immediately.

THANK YOU INTRADA!!!!!!!!!!!
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** Sorry for my bad English, I'm from Italy **

This is awesome!
Congratulations and thanks!

A fantastic release. Thank you Intrada, Disney, Randy Thornton, Doug Fake, Jeff Bond -- and everyone who worked hard to make this soundtrack CD possible.

Incredible that this partnership between the studio and Intrada has already led to "The Black Hole," "Island at the Top of the World," "White Fang," and now, "The Black Cauldron." Makes you wonder what else might be coming down the line.

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Most Wanted: Moonraker - complete; Inside Moves (John Barry), Volunteers; The Hand; Brainstorm - complete (James Horner); MacArthur; Supergirl -expanded (Jerry Goldsmith).

Fantastic! Ordered and lookinng forward to its coming!

It makes me believe it's possible to see more Disney soundtraks in vault released in CD someday!

Needless to say... this is so ordered. Gurgi is very happy... Marvelous score.

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Another awesome year with Intrada... 2012

Cant think of a better way to mark the late & sorely missed Mr Bernstein's 90th birthday.

Team Intrada you have made a lot of soundtrackers wishes come true.

I salute you & this is well & truly ordered.

Years ago, in the obscurity of a theater, a 4 years old boy was scared to death by the horned king... and by Elmer Bernstein ! Today Intrada made the circle complete by bringing to the now older boy this fantastic score on CD ! This is a milestone in Intrada's history. Now the missing animated classics can quit their secret vault and be heard by everyone... and we love them so much ! Thank you Doug, Roger, Randy, Elmer... and all involved !