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SQUANTO: A WARRIOR'S TALE
Composed and Conducted by JOEL McNEELY
INTRADA Special Collection Volume 179

The latest Intrada release from the Walt Disney catalog features the premiere appearance of Joel McNeely's 1994 score for Squanto: A Warrior's Tale. The story's historical canvas features characters and scenarios that are painted with broad, forceful strokes: Squanto is unremittingly noble, Sir George is irredeemably loathsome, and Brother Daniel is unassailably virtuous. McNeely responds with powerful and direct emotional writing, propelling the drama forward through the energy of his music. This is especially apparent in the score’s dynamic action cues, and although his score is rooted solidly in Western orchestral tradition (the expected sound for big-screen family entertainment, at the time), McNeely weaves Native American flavor into the music through the use of traditional percussion and wood flutes, and by the occasional incorporation of pentatonic melodic lines. The result is a highly thematic, often soaring, emotional epic score which is seldom heard in film today.

Squanto was the latest entry in a long line of Disney productions (both animated and live-action) to draw from the rich tapestry of American history and legend to bring popular folk heroes to life. Squanto represented another cinematic milestone: the first major studio production to tell the story of a historical Native American, portrayed by a Native American actor (Adam Beach, a member of the Saulteaux branch of the Ojibwa nation in Canada), and told almost exclusively from his point of view.

This release is limited to 1500 units.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 179
Retail Price: $19.99
AVAILABLE NOW
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7218/.f

ORDERED ! Thank you so much for this magnificent adventure score. You chose the poster from Drew Struzan (that I love so much) for the cover, as usual !

Aaaaaand ORDERED! Blind purchase here, simply because there's not enough Joel McNeely on CD.

Thanks, amigos!

Very true, more McNeely is always welcome. Ordered once I've finished listening to the samples (beautiful and compelling so far - haven't see the movie before, but the music very much paints a picture).

"The result is a highly thematic, often soaring, emotional epic score which is seldom heard in film today" this exactly, the samples alone are incredibly rich (though one of the samples reminded me a bit of Jerry Goldsmith's Judge Dread Trailer music)

Intrada & Disney together *swoon*

Fantastic!! Waited so long for this one!

Thank you so much!

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Sounds great. I normally don't watch movies of this nature, so it is wonderful to be introduced to a score like this that I otherwise would have ignored.

Ordered! Fantastic CD, and McNeely deserves this release. Thanks, Intrada and Disney for making this happen.

Beauty, I'm in, what Basil said

McNeely has a bad rap among the 'elite' but I've always been
entertained by his music and think he's a very good conductor
as well. Wish he got more gigs, he is one of those unsung guys
(Chris Boardman jumps to mind too) that has a way with an
orchestra, doesn't (or didn't) get to use it as much.

Thx guys!!!

Curious that i'ts a Special Collection release without the Special Collection artwork.

I ordered it. Along with Patton and Great Escape FINALLY. (Watch them show up on Amazon in a few weeks -lol)

I was so thankful when this showed up. I saw the movie in the theater and have always wanted this score.
Hopefully we will see more McNeely in the future!

I miss the ISC logo too. It was just part of the series and now, it seems incomplete and not that special

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