INTRADA Announces Jerry Goldsmith's THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA
Announces:

THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH
INTRADA MAF 7115

For the 1979 United Artists' film The Great Train Robbery, composer Jerry Goldsmith was offered a chance to score abundant action in a jolly, mischievous mode. In fact, Goldsmith’s score is instrumental in maintaining a playful, upbeat mood and providing an ornamental sophistication in keeping with the elegant expectations of the Victorian setting. His multiple instrumental lines aren’t just complex in and of themselves: Goldsmith also wrote graceful little introductions and concluding flourishes for each line, an approach which adds enormously to the score’s sense of character and its idiosyncratic feel. The Great Train Robbery was Goldsmith’s third collaboration with director Michael Crichton, after his rock-vibe score for Crichton’s telefilm Pursuit and his clanging, Bartok-flavored score for Coma.

At the time of the film's release, United Artists Records released a program that barely reached 28 minutes, and featured some absurdly long pauses between tracks. This same program (minus those pauses) was released on CD and paired with Goldsmith's earlier Wild Rovers. A subsequent, partially expanded release from Varese Sarabande premiered some striking omissions from the original LP program, including "Over the Wall," but also featured a different mix and omitted "Dead Willy," an aggressive action cue missing at the time. For this release, Intrada worked from the complete elements, restoring every note recorded for the score, including "Dead Willy," alternates, and source cues recorded by the composer and featuring a crisp, front-and-center sound. This is contained on the first disc. Disc two contains the original LP program as an added bonus from the original UA LP masters featuring Goldsmith's assembly.

In 1979, Crichton delivered something altogether different with The Great Train Robbery: an elegant and droll Victorian adventure with Sean Connery as an indomitable criminal genius, Donald Sutherland as a top-hatted British “screwsman” (a thief specializing in stealing and copying skeleton keys) and Lesley-Anne Down as a female criminal with a penchant for disguise—a trio embarked on history’s first-ever great train robbery.

INTRADA MAF 7115
Retail Price: $19.99
Available Now
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7372/.f

crwdfwtx · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:33 pm

This looks amazing. Ordered and can't hardly wait!

henry · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:37 pm

Ordered! Thank you Intrada!

DeviantMan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:43 pm

Wow, that much music was missing??? :shock:

Excellent, and thank you for MAFing this release.
I have other priorities (LLL), but this is a must have release and I promise to buy this soon.

Had to get Rapture and Wolfen this time. :wink:

sifr2 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:47 pm

Absolutely gorgeous release - love the Lesley-Ann...cover. I mean I like the cover. Ahem.

It's going to have to go on the backburner for just a little, as there's another 4 or so Intrada limiteds I want to grab asap, as well as other companies releasing so much I want. But it's on the list, and if not before the end of the year, it'll be a top priority going into 2012.

Thanks for the work on this, I look forward to hearing it eventually!

niall · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:51 pm

Another great Intrada release, well done! I remember when they were shooting this film in Ireland. I always liked the film...and always absolutely loved the wonderful score by Jerry. Thanks!

Hangover Square · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:59 pm

Impressive!

redokt64 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:04 pm

Awesome... A great Goldsmith score... with a marvelous main theme...

alexcope · **Joined:** Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:13 pm **Posts:** 25

I was afraid when the Varese release came out with its flat sound that that was the last word on this score, and I'm thrilled to see that that's not the case. This is one of my very favorite Goldsmith scores. A roaringly good score that deserves the best presentation possible.

RM Eastman · **Joined:** Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:51 pm **Posts:** 361

From the allowed clips it sounds sensational plus the added clues makes this a no brainer. ORDERED!! Thanks, Doug,Roger, Jeff!!!!!

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

ScottDS · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:42 pm

Purchased!

Is there a url for the second album cover?

davidinberkeley · **Posted:** Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:44 pm

What a nice surprise this one is!

Having seen this film many, many times (on laser video, that's how long I've had it), I can place nearly every cue but one.

Can someone "place" for me cut CD1-33 "Source Medley"? I don't remember any other source music than the ones in the other cuts (the Mozart was the piano duo behind the theft in the wine cellar, and the Handel was for the fireworks - surprise, surprise).

Eh Tar · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:23 am

The clips sound fantastic !!! That's a little miracle. Thank you Intrada, thank you MGM and of course, salute to the artist, the mighty Jerry G. !

And that's not december yet! I really wonder what will be the final titles for this year...

orbital · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:28 am

Ah, this is perfection. I will *very* gladly order this along with PATTON in the *very* near future. Thanks a million, Intrada!

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