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INTRADA Announces:



ULZANA'S RAID
Music Composed and Conducted by FRANK DeVOL
INTRADA ISC 448

Intrada announces the first-ever release of Frank DeVol's intense score for the 1972 Universal Pictures film Ulzana's Raid. While DeVol anchors the score with an old-fashioned cavalry march, he infuses everything else with terse, aggressive music underscoring the intense western battle action. The score features two principal themes, the aforementioned march and a pensive theme for the Apache based more or less on historical Native American structures. For two highlight action set pieces, DeVol writes vividly with crisp rhythms and staccato punctuation in the brass, especially in some highly charged—and difficult to play—virtuoso intervals for the trumpets. In these two exciting cues, DeVol’s complete absence of prominent string writing and his focus instead on challenging parts scored for brass and woodwinds is strikingly original. It's a challenging score for what, in 1972, would have been a challenging film.

This premiere release was sourced from the 1/2″ 3-channel masters vaulted at Universal and provides a distinct and clear stereo spread, featuring the complete 53-minute score plus an additional 7 minutes of extras.

In the film, Ulzana (Joaquin Martinez) escapes from an Arizona reservation and launches a bloody guerilla campaign against the region’s settlers. Captain Gates of the U.S. Army (Lloyd Bochner) dispatches a green cavalry lieutenant, Garnett DeBuin (Bruce Davison), to evaluate the scope of the problem and quell Ulzana’s war party. Assisting him is McIntosh (Burt Lancaster)—a grizzled scout who has taken a native wife and works with an Apache partner. Directed by Robert Aldrich, the film is an allegory for the Vietnam War.

INTRADA ISC 448
Barcode: 720258544803
Retail Price: $19.99
Ships: Week of 5/18
Note: Due to local restrictions related to the pandemic, shipping time may be slower than usual
For track listing and sound samples, please visit the Ulzana's Raid soundtrack page at http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12181/.f

Great sound. The powerful brass comes through wonderfully. It's interesting how Universal score tapes from the 60s and 70s usually have a distinct sound to them. I suppose the method of preservation can partially be attributed to this?

Anyway, I'm very glad you guys had this on your release list of Universal titles.

Just wanted to chime in to say that "Ulzana's Son" is my favorite action cue discovery in quite some time! Magnificent! Just a dynamite score overall, with some really strong themes and development.

This is one of the most dynamic sounding albums in some time. I guess most of those who complained about Rocketeer's dynamic range are not customers of this fine score. Good, if that means allowing the music to be presented as naturally as possible. Intrada should be the only label allowed to touch these Universal scores.