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INTRADA Announces:



CAHILL: UNITED STATES MARSHAL
Composed and Conducted by ELMER BERNSTEIN
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 229

Elmer Bernstein had been in high demand for western film scores since his work on 1960’s The Magnificent Seven, and from 1961 to the end of John Wayne’s career, Bernstein scored more westerns for Wayne than any other composer. Like True Grit, Cahill: United States Marshal boasted a song, although this one is not featured in the film’s opening credits. “A Man Gets To Thinkin’” was written to Bernstein’s melody by lyricist Don Black and performed by Charlie Rich. Bernstein’s wistful melody had to do more than simply provide the robust, feel-good vibe and energy typical of the composer’s main titles for the Duke’s films—in Cahill the melody not only characterizes the marshal’s indomitable spirit, it also provides a thoughtful illustration of his relationship with his sons and the backbone for the Charlie Rich song, with its lyrics of regret and familial longing.

Bernstein opens Cahill: United States Marshal in typically boisterous fashion, as Cahill faces down a hostile party of five outlaws. After asking the men if they want to surrender, Cahill easily shoots down four of them, and the main title begins on a freeze frame of gunfire bursting from his shotgun as he takes aim at the fifth. After a horn fanfare and an energetic rhythmic figure spun off from his main melody, Bernstein’s warm theme for Cahill takes over and accompanies the marshal as he rides down from the mountains with his injured captives in tow.

This album features a brand new stereo mix of the score derived from 2″ 16-track elements—which results in stereo separation and instrumental detail that are quite unusual for a score from this period. Some of Bernstein’s unusual orchestration effects, like the use of a slide whistle and an electric organ late inare more discernable due to the advanced recording techniques. Bernstein’s music bursts with energy and melodic flair -- his inimitable western style has never sounded better.

Wayne plays J.D. Cahill, a rugged lawman and widower whose dedication to the law has cost him dearly in his relationship with his two sons. While Cahill is off tracking down some thieves in the mountains, Danny and Billy Joe become involved with a gang of bank robbers led by Fraser (George Kennedy). Fraser arranges for Danny to be jailed with his gang after a bar fight and has Billy Joe set a diversionary barn fire and free the gang so that they can rob a bank in the ensuing confusion. Freeing and deputizing Danny, Cahill eventually uses his sons to flush Fraser and his gang out in the open before a group of innocent men can be hanged for the robbery.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 229
Retail Price: $19.99
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Very cool! Thank you so much for unearthing this little gem; Bernstein is always welcomed in our house. So, with that, let's thank Elmer, first and foremost. He was such a great man and a fantastic composer! Thank you, Intrada team--Jeff Bond, Joe Sikoryak, Roger, Doug, all others involved. Thank you, Warner Bros., for making the tapes available. And of course, a big thanks to the producers of the film and its director, Andrew V. McLaglen.

Can't wait.

Now that is perfect sound quality for a soundtrack most deserving of it.

Yet another previously unreleased treasure. Intrada makes this look all too easy.

Wonderful release, thanks Intrada! Ordered!

Forgot to be on last night when you announced, but it's a great way to start the day by sampling the tracks and putting my order in for this and the two Siegel scores.
Thanks to Doug and all the Intrada crew for yet another couple grails up on the shelf. You're the best.

Another great Elmer score. Hopefully it won't be too long before Sons of Katie Elder sees the light of day.

Great to see some more Elmer.
The Duke, McQueen & Eastwood all on the same day, what's not to like.

Great release, Keep them coming!

Very excited about this release. Been hoping for this one for a long time.

Terrific Bernstein score, and the sound is absolutely superb. Now that we have this ultimate edition of the original, I rather doubt I'll be pulling out my Varese Bernstein re-recording with the Utah Symphony Orchestra too often. The energy of this original performance and the film session miking just leaves the concert hall ambient Varese in the dust.

Thanks to Doug, Roger, Lukas et al for a welcome release. And thanks for the incredibly fast shipping from California to the currently snowy climes of Wisconsin, with a shoutout to Jeffy Johnson--still miss "Filmed, Not Stirred." (I know, I should have showered raves on you and Lisa at Itunes when I had the chance.)

It was a real pleasure listening to the complete soundtrack. This presentation provides a full-bodied sound and every little detail can be heard. The "Killers" cue is particularly intense and represents prime Elmer Bernstein scoring.

This joins The Great Escape and The Black Cauldron as most exciting Bernstein scores that have received a flawless Intrada treatment.

*Comedic Typo Alert*

In the Cahill booklet, page 9, last two paragraphs reference a "Billy Joel." Once, even starting a fire...

Thanks for another great release!

I finally "pulled the trigger" on this today, along with North by Northwest, The Mountain Men, and Battlestar Galactica Vol. 4. Can't wait for their arrival. The hamsters already mailed them to me.

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Jerry Goldsmith conducting the Detroit Symphony and nearly knocking me through the back wall with Air Force One....priceless.