INTRADA Announces Don Ellis' THE SEVEN-UPS

Gordon Pym · **Posted:** Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:59 am

Just received the CD this morning. Thanks, Intrada!! This is a really great listen. Don Ellis' score has to be one of the most exciting, grittiest score I've heard in a long while. Loving Jerry Fielding and Jerry Goldsmith, this one makes me feel right at home.

And Johnny Mandel's end title from The Verdict ? Well, that's a goose bumps moment. Pure and simple. His choral writing is noble and haunting, a bit of reminiscent of John Barry's quiet moments from The Lion in Winter.

Listening to Don Ellis' The Seven-Ups, I'm pleasantly surprised by the similarities between his string writing and some of Howard Shore's early scores like The Brood and Scanners. Both studied jazz extensively. So maybe there's a (French?) connection there.

Doug, Roger, and the whole Intrada team: you're the best! Really.

ajhintrada · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:55 pm

My experience with Don Ellis is Electric Bath Orchestra. That's a classic jazz of the 70's now, gives me great pleasure. I'm eager to see how Ellis tackles film scoring. So French Connection and Seven-Up's is in my sights.

After watching I Want To Live, I've now got even more of an appetite for Johnny Mandel.

I'm way behind.

ajhintrada · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:21 am

ajhintrada · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:46 pm

I didn't think I'd like this one as much as I do. Mandel's Verdict offers a nice contrast to Ellis' raw Seven-Ups intensity. Excellent listening experience from start to finish, particularly well combined set of scores with direct/indirect links. Who says non-thematic work is the lesser?

MWRuger · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:31 pm

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