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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Announces ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ |
INTRADA Announces: ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ Composed and Conducted by JERRY FIELDING HELL IS FOR HEROES Composed and Conducted by Leonard Rosenman INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 236 From the pitted war zone of the Siegfried Line to the rough-hewn cliffs of Alcatraz Island, few directors equaled Don Siegel when it came to navigating the stark landscape of masculine cinema, frequently populated by tough men under extreme duress. This new release from Intrada features two such scores: Jerry Fielding's Escape from Alcatraz and Leonard Rosenman's Hell is for Heroes. Hell is for Heroes was inspired by a true story from World War II about a small squad charged with holding an indefensible position along the Siegfried Line. The impressive ensemble cast included Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Harry Guardino, James Coburn and Nick Adams, along with Bob Newhart as an out-of-his-depth private. But the star of the show was Steve McQueen as Reese, a rough outsider with a tarnished past who speaks bluntly and acts independently. Leonard Rosenman was no stranger to war pictures, having previously scored such films as Pork Chop Hill (1959) and The Outsider (1961). Following Hell Is for Heroes, Pirosh would hire him to score the television series Combat! in much the same vein as his score for this feature. Rosenman’s sparsely spotted score makes the most of its relatively brief moments in the picture using skittering low strings and scattered piano figures to create a bleak portrait of war as a state of constant unease and agitation. The studio archived Hell Is for Heroes on three-track 35mm mag, allowing for a present-day true stereo mix. Based on true events, Escape from Alcatraz focuses on the prison in June 1962, when three convicts managed to create dummies for their beds, dig through their cell walls and escape into San Francisco Bay. Unconfirmed sightings fostered rumors that they had survived the treacherous waters. Alcatraz prison closed less than a year later. It immediately became apparent that the film required an unconventional, amelodic approach. Fielding opted for musique concrète, an electro-acoustic form, involving sonic manipulations beyond the normal spheres of melody, harmony and meter. Using techniques developed in his personal studio, Fielding dramatically altered the speed and pitch of individual instruments (as well as sound effects from the film) to achieve an intensely eerie atmosphere. A result of Fielding’s creative vision, however, is that the score only exists in the finished mixes, archived on three channels of 4-track ½˝ tape. Some cues are monaural, some are multiple monaural (grouping instrumental sections for dubbing purposes, but not reflecting the physical layout of an orchestra), and some are mostly monaural with isolated effects. This premiere CD presents the tracks in varying forms of stereo and artificial stereo for optimal listening purposes. INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 236 Retail Price: $19.99 Available Now For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7970/.f |
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| Author: | Azella [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ |
What a set. I love Escape from Alcatraz, and I really enjoy Fielding and Rosenman, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to put the needle down--put it down!  It seems a great paring. Thank you so much, Intrada. Paramount--keep throwing these to us. We appreciate them all.
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| Author: | bruce marshall [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ |
what is this "rumours" that they escaped nonsense? they absolutlley made it - no doubt about it! thanks Intrada! |
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| Author: | T. Newman Fan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ |
In my opinion, this is the best Intrada double-header release since The Seven-Ups/The Verdict. This is truly great stuff. |
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| Author: | John Takis [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:47 pm ] |
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| Author: | MRAUDIO [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:32 pm ] |
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I'm looking forward to getting this one - many thanks to Intrada for getting this fine release out on CD... 
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| Author: | chriss [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:27 am ] |
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| Author: | chriss [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:27 am ] |
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| Author: | HuckF [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:06 am ] |
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Nice. I'm always down for some Rosenman, but after hearing those Alcatraz samples I think it's time to properly get into Fielding. |
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| Author: | vinylscrubber [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 6:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ |
I'm actually astonished to learn there was that much music in ESCAPE FROM ALACATRAZ, but very grateful you folks have released it at long last. And HELL IS FOR HEROES is a nice pithy meal of Rosenman in his COMBAT mode. |
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| Author: | H TRAIN [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:35 am ] |
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These are both amazing releases. Congrats to Doug & Paramount for breaking them out. Keep those Eastwood classics coming. |
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| Author: | bruce marshall [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:36 am ] |
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| Author: | bruce marshall [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:49 am ] |
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I always wondered if Fielding heard Ingram marshall's tape piece "FoG Tropes" before he composed EFA. It was premiered in San Francisco in 1979 so JF might have atended the concert. John?  check out the orchestrated version conducted by John Adams on Albion label. |
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| Author: | GoblinScore [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:20 pm ] |
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| Author: | John Takis [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:01 pm ] |
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