INTRADA Announces Charles Bernstein's LOVE AT FIRST BITE

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA Announces

LOVE AT FIRST BITE
Music Composed and Conducted by CHARLES BERNSTEIN
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 203

George was brilliant in how he made Dracula adorable in his pomposity. And I found that the more super-serious and emotional I made his music, then the more people were likely to laugh.”
- composer Charles Bernstein

Intrada's latest release from the MGM film music catalog features Charles Bernstein's much sought after score for the 1979 film Love at First Bite. The classic image of Dracula brings its own set of musical tropes—including the soulful voice of a Gypsy violin, the sound of a cimbalom, the regal strains representing the count’s royal lineage and the soaring strings that bring on the bite of everlasting life. This richly melodic heritage suffuses Bernstein’s score, beginning with his main theme for Dracula. But Bernstein just as quickly announces this isn’t going to be your grandparents’ Dracula score, as growling synths, electric guitar and a disco beat accompany the din of howling wolves and the Dracula motif is carried over to a florid, Liberace-worthy piano conclusion.

While originally released as a 7-track LP on Parachute Records aimed at a disco-era music audience, this Intrada release features a 56-minute program dramatically expanding on Bernstein's score.

Love at First Bite features George Hamilton as a not-so-dark prince cast from his ancestral castle in Romania into New York City. It’s a funky town distinctly lacking the etiquette this bat out of water has been accustomed to for 712 years, especially when he has to win the hand (and neck) of the very modern American supermodel with whom he’s fallen hopelessly in love.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 203
Retail Price: $19.99
Available Now
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7637/.f

T. Newman Fan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:03 pm

Excellent! This will surely send many people dancin' through the night, and for very good reason.

I am really happy for CocoNut Joe. I think it is safe to say that there isn't anyone on this planet who wanted to see this soundtrack release more than him.

Azella · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:06 pm

Congratulations, Coconut Joe, on finally getting your Holy Grail.

I'm buying both releases, so thank you MGM, Intrada, Joe, Dan Schweiger, everyone involved in the productions. These look great!

Azella · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:11 pm

Also, let me add an additional 'thank you' to the Intrada shipping department, or those speedy little hamsters. They really deserve--what's it called these days?--a shout out! I really appreciate how hard and accurate they work. Over all the years I've been buying CDs each week, not one lost package, broken case--nothing. Top-notch service, and I can't see myself not supporting this crew. They're that good.

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:12 pm

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
You are so right in that...This is my grail and with grail I mean NUMBER 1...
Thanx Intrada for making it happen, thanx Mr Bernstein for making it happen and thanx to my mom for getting me into this looney world :mrgreen:

This is...I don´t know...
Well I ordered two CDs for starters to not making the prints go out to fast, but better hurry, next order soon :twisted:

Now I will go out celebrating eating a black chicken (with skinny legs), someone care to join me?

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:14 pm

By the way, is there a way to bribe the hamsters to fed-ex this one out so I will have it yesterday

sifr2 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:19 pm

This sounds great!

Honestly, aside from A Nightmare on Elm Street, I never knew any Charles Bernstein before I started collecting limited editions - now from Intrada I have The Entity, White Lightning, Gator, and Mr. Majestyk, all brilliant!

I'm a bit behind on Intrada's recently, but the list to buy just got one title longer based on these terrific samples.

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

redokt64 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:12 pm

Thanks so much Intrada... The Charles Bernstein love is here again... putting together my order now... The samples sound awesome.

H TRAIN · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:25 am **Posts:** 539

giorgio moroder · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:54 am

Good , I'm very happy for you COCONUT JOE...

Freejack · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:29 am

T. Newman Fan · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:45 am

Freejack · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:07 am

CocoNut Joe · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:17 am

Yes I was so exhausted after celebrating this release and hung over but it was worth all those years waiting...
Doug, Roger , all the hamsters and the forum members in here are all second family and it is always fun to know you have friends around the world that share the same excitement for moviescores and that there excists labels who works their a..es of and releases this stuff...
Thanks again for making a dream come true for me...

The picture of that gerbil holding the beerbootle looks like my pet I had when I was young...I miss him and dedicates this release to him :cry:

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(What am I going to go nuts by now, suggestions? ooooohh Relentless, Blind Fury Watchers or The Stepfather...but I´m good for this year now and not greedy :mrgreen:

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