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INTRADA Announces:



THE 7 MAGNIFICENT GLADIATORS
Composed and Conducted by DOV SELTZER
INTRADA Signature Edition ISE 1033

A ruthless bandit and his henchmen attack a small village year after year, killing townspeople and stealing their harvest. Finally the townspeople decide to take action, and find heroes willing to defend their homes and drive the villains away for good -- heroes henceforth known as the 7 Magnificent Gladiators. The film of the same name is a sword and sandal (or peplum genre) version of the Seven Samurai (or its western counterpart, The Magnificent Seven). Cannon's 1983 film was influenced by the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Conan the Barbarian and hired his real-life rival from Pumping Iron, Lou Ferrigno, to star as Han, a spectacularly muscular gladiator who defends the village from evil thug Nicerote (Dan Vadis).

Versatile composer Dov Seltzer, although not well known in the United States, is considered a ground-breaking musician in his native Israel. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Seltzer wrote hundreds of popular tunes and many of Israel’s most successful musicals. He began composing film scores in 1964 and has scored over 45 films to date. While most of his work has been in Israeli films, he has worked on several American films as well, including moving compositions for Hanna’s War, The Assisi Underground and The Ambassador. He also wrote the music for Ferrigno’s Sinbad of the Seven Seas, as well as operas and classical works. For The 7 Magnificent Gladiators, Intrada presents the complete score in true stereo -- unlike the mono recordings of those early-sixties Italian “peplum” films where muscles rippled, swords flashed and ancient armies clashed. This film and score recall that nearly defunct genre, but with dramatically improved sound. In the musical traditions of Enzo Masetti, Piero Piccioni, Francesco de Masi, Angelo Lavagnino, Carlo Rustichelli and many others, Dov Seltzer’s score for The 7 Magnificent Gladiators is a clear tribute to that exciting age of movies. And in stereo! From the original session masters housed at MGM! And available for limited time only in a pressing run of 1000 copies!

INTRADA Signature Editions ISE 1033
Retail Price: $19.99
SHIPS 10/13/2009
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6324/.f

And this is my second Dov Seltzer CD ! Ordered. Thanks for this batch !!!

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Rame Tep! Rame Tep! Rame Tep!

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

I had the Silva disc with the suite from this, and I was therefore quite excited when I saw the title here. Then I listened to the samples, it sounds like the disc will have better sonics than the suite. More importantly, the music seems to be rather buoyant. It may seem random to some, but I for one am glad that Intrada pulled this one out of the ether!