Intrada Soundtrack Forum

INTRADA Announces:



THE DOVE
Composed and Conducted by JOHN BARRY
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 313

For the 1974 Paramount film The Dove, composer John Barry composed a carefree, breezy score to follow the adventures of a boy sailing around the world. The choppy waters of rumbling marimbas over a dark, low bass note lead into a serene, cyclical guitar figure (infused with an appropriately ’70s spirit) that propels the main title—a romantic, lyrical string theme that sails through the film’s dramatic, episodic voyage. Punctuated with glinting French horn phrases, the theme glides with an elegant, unflagging energy—upbeat in mood, with moments of typical Barry melancholy. The score’s other major theme is first presented as a song, “Sail The Summer Winds,” which Barry wrote with longtime James Bond lyricist Don Black. Sung by English pop singer Lyn Paul, the song is an ode to youthful exploration and the hippie spirit.

To present John Barry’s beautiful music for The Dove, Intrada— after some years of digging—located the unmixed eight-channel scoring session takes for the soundtrack album that first appeared on the ABC label in 1974 and were thought to be lost. Having these masters allowed us to recreate Barry’s original mix but with greater clarity than before, as well as presenting the two tracks that included sound effects without those effects as bonus tracks. Intrada was also given access to the original mono music stems vaulted at Paramount Pictures, allowing for the inclusion of eight additional, previously unreleased John Barry cues, totaling another 16 minutes.

The film tells the true story of Robin Lee Graham, a 16-year-old high school dropout, who in 1965 launched out of San Pedro (in Southern California) on a 24-foot sloop named “The Dove”—and over the course of the next five years he became the youngest person to sail solo around the globe.

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Both THE DOVE's main theme and the "Sail the Summer Winds" song are absolutely gorgeous Barry melodies. I never watched the film; but somehow I didn't expect it would live up to the score as heard on its album. And now, to get to hear this music (which I've loved for 40 years) for the first time not sounding as if there's some plug of dust stuck on my stylus needle -- well, this is just great, team! Thanks so much for spending the years hunting down those masters! Plus the unreleased cues?

Instant buy.

Instantly purchased, thanks. A much wanted score.

Excellent release - The sound quality is fantastic!

Thus far, this year has to be one of best for the selection of scores released by Intrada. Overall you guys are crushing the other labels. Keep up the Great work!

Couldn't be more elated!

The Dove contains some of Barry's most appealing work, rife with a sense of adventure, lyricism and youthful exuberance. Thank-you Intrada!

Nice to see another Barry score get a definitive edition, and I appreciate all the extra hard work that must've gone into this one. A perfect presentation.

Yavar

I'm gonna order this, and just ordered Barry's KING KONG!

I can confidently say that this is among the best sounding John Barry recordings; it's brim with detail. Thankfully, the now pristine quality original album is a great representation of the score, thus not needing the film stem presentation (for my purposes, at least).