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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
INTRADA Announces THE MOUNTAIN MEN Composed and Conducted by MICHEL LEGRAND INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 209 Columbia Pictures' The Mountain Men (1980) is partly a throwback to the western conventions of the '30s to the '50s and partly a product of the heightened tolerance for violence and sexuality that came to the fore in the ’70s and ’80s. The film sports a lush, sweeping and propulsive symphonic score by Michel Legrand that ranks as one of the orchestral high points of the composer’s career. Noted for his jazz and song-driven scores, Legrand made only infrequent forays into symphonic work and action films.The Mountain Men provided an enormous tapestry for Legrand with its widescreen scenery and an almost constant stream of extended action sequences. The Mountain Men features more action writing than almost any other score by Michel Legrand—virtually every cue features action material, much of it dense and rhythmically driven, full of repeating figures alternately played by upper range brass and strings, sometimes doubled by glockenspiel, xylophone and flute when extremely bright accents are required. Legrand’s approach to action is idiosyncratic—he scores most sequences almost in the form of a ballet, maintaining set rhythms rather than specifically “hitting” actions or adjusting his rhythmic approaches to reflect camera movement or the pace of editing. This makes his music particularly satisfying to listen to in album form as his action cues maintain a strong musical structure throughout their often-lengthy running times. Legrand’s main theme for the protagonist Tyler and his powerful Heavy Eagle theme alternate through many of these cues, surging underneath and soaring over kinetic rhythmic material. For this release, Sony Pictures Entertainment provided the original multi-channel scoring session masters superbly transferred into 96 bit/24 kHz high resolution data files. These were newly re-mixed into two-channel stereo, then edited and mastered into album format at Intrada. The result is 50-minutes of crisp, dynamic audio for one of Michel Legrand's largest, most dramatic scores. In the film, Charlton Heston plays a grizzled trapper Bill Tyler, and Brian Keith portrays Tyler’s irascible friend and fellow trapper Henry Frapp. Tyler and Frapp spend their days trapping beaver, squabbling, drinking hooch, dodging warriors from the local Blackfoot and Crow tribes, showing tenderfoot Nathan Wyeth (John Glover) the ropes, and in general keeping to themselves. A battle with Blackfoot warrior Heavy Eagle (Stephen Macht), however, causes the warrior’s abused squaw Running Moon (Victoria Racimo) to flee and take shelter with the two trappers. After spending time alone with Tyler, Running Moon falls in love with him, and the rivalry between Tyler and Heavy Eagle leads to numerous violent battles and a final, deadly showdown between the two men. INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 209 Retail Price: $19.99 Available Now For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7689/.f |
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| Author: | Maleficio [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
Absolutely wonderful!!!! Immediately ordered. Now all we need is some music by Legrand's compatriot Georges Delerue to makes this a steller Intrada year! |
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| Author: | JohnnyUtah [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
Fantastic score, one I never imagined would ever be released! Thanks a million Intrada gang! |
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| Author: | WorkingWithKnives [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
I'm wondering why this thread isn't going wild. People must be speechless because this one is amazing. |
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| Author: | redokt64 [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
Fantastic news indeed... Glad Mr. Legrand has joined the Intrada family with this release. I will be ordering shortly. And... How about releasing The Other Side Of Midnight? I know, I sound like a broken record. |
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| Author: | MONTE JACOBSON [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
Playing it now. It is a marvelous score. The subject matter on this film reminds me of another score I would love to see Intrada release. A multi-disc set from the TV series CENTENNIAL with music by John Addison. It was done at Universal and I know Intrada has connections there. |
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| Author: | Azella [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
Yes! I'm a little late, but thank you for releasing this fantastic score, Intrada--thank you to all involved at Intrada, in fact. Thank you, Michel Legrand; you've done an incredible job here. And of course, thank you Sony for locating the elements!  Order this one, guys and gals.
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| Author: | T. Newman Fan [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
I like what I hear and will eventually get around to it. With a score like this that sounds so good from a technical perspective, Sony should allow you to charge a little extra for the final mix in 96kHz/24-bit in addition to getting the CD. |
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| Author: | H TRAIN [ Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
This one is a complete surprise & is a little uknown to me. Needless to say it's ordered & i cannot thank Intrada enough. You guys always manage to pull something extra out of the bag. I'm looking forward to spinning this gem for sure. |
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| Author: | tharpdevenport [ Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:18 pm ] |
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| Author: | Basll Wrathbone [ Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
I've enjoyed this one a lot. And I second the earlier post requesting Addison's Centennial. |
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| Author: | RM Eastman [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
I was on the fence about buying this Legrand score. I'm thrilled that I did. It is a big, bold and absolutely gorgeous film score!!! BUY IT, BUY IT, BUY IT- You will not be sorry. |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:13 pm ] |
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| Author: | TripleC*27 [ Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Michel Legrand's THE MOUNTAIN MEN |
I finally decided to buy this release, because of all the good reviews said about it. The samples really are exciting, and it's gonna be quite a listening experience. I mean, for Legrand to score an action movie in a way, unlike most typical methods of scoring to an exact mili-second, that's almost balletic would make for an engaging listen. Also, this will be my first Michel Legrand score to own. |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:46 am ] |
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