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BRIDE OF VENGEANCE/CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A.
Composed by HUGO FRIEDHOFER
Conducted by IRWIN TALBOT
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 225

Intrada returns to the golden age with a Paramount double feature: Bride of Vengeance (1949) and Captain Carey, U.S.A, both with scores composed by Hugo Friedhofer. Bride of Vengeance (1949) tells of Lucretia Borgia (Paulette Goddard), the legendary schemer who marries Alfonso d’Este (John Lund), the Duke of Ferrara, to help her brother Cesare (Macdonald Carey) form a military alliance and then poisons him in retaliation for “murdering” her second husband. Fanfares abound throughout the score, including musical announcements for Alfonso’s court and the royal hunt. Friedhofer extracts the first five notes of the Borgia’s masculine, minor-mode fanfare to use as Cesare’s menacing calling card. Though Lucretia feels little affection for Alfsono, Friedhofer supplies a haunting string love theme. “I used a lot of closed forms, a sort of quasi- Renaissance type thing,” Friedhofer said. “There was a long passacaglia in one place and the Renaissance dance type things.” The passacaglia accompanies the music for “The Foundry” and Alfonso’s secret construction of a massive cannon to defend his kingdom against Cesare’s plot.

Captain Carey, U.S.A. features a lush primary love theme for Carey and Giulia that soars over the “Prelude” and weaves its way judiciously and sparingly throughout the score. Friedhofer’s most subtle contribution to the score is his use of the first four notes of “Mona Lisa” in a minor mode as the beginning of the Nazi theme. Friedhofer peppers this cloak-and-dagger whodunit with the expected musical elements for the genre—chromatic melodic and harmonic progressions, string tremolos and plenty of stinger chords.

Captain Carey, U.S.A. stars Alan Ladd as a former member of the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA) during World War II who returns to post-war Italy to track the traitor who betrayed him to the Nazis, resulting in the death of his girlfriend (Wanda Hendrix) and a fellow O.S.S. officer

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 225
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These are two Friedhofers I'm unfamiliar with, but how can I resist any Friedhofer. (And, I do want to encourage Intrada to keep throwing bones to us Golden Age folk!)

I never pass on anything by Hugo Friedhofer. I was introduced to his music by Intrada back when they released BOY ON A DOLPHIN. I know it wasn't that long ago, but it was my first taste and I was hooked ever since.
I'm thinking this might be my Christmas gift to myself.
Thanks!

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Chris

An absolutely wonderful release! Thank you so much Intrada folks!

I hate to be nitpicky, but the times on the extras for Bride of Vengeance don't add up. Unless the track times are incorrect, the total of that section is slightly over 4 minutes long. Looking forward to this cd, another top notch Friedhofer release.

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

Just listened to Bride of Vengeance. Wonderful!

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I'm finally gonna give the great Hugo Friedhofer a chance, and maybe I'll be surprised by this release. And maybe sometime down the road, if I like this one, I'll search for the earlier release of Two Flags West/North to Alaska by him and Lionel Newman.