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INTRADA Announces



FACE OF A FUGITIVE
Music Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH
INTRADA ISC 466

Intrada announces the premiere release of Jerry Goldsmith's score for Face of a Fugitive, the recording of which was long thought lost. Goldsmith's music for this 1959 Columbia western was one of the earliest in his theatrical career (and first color project!), preceded only by Black Patch and City of Fear. It was, however, his first use of the full resources of a standard symphony orchestra, since prior scores relied on his savvy for using selective ensembles due to limited budgets. Goldsmith was determined to produce a score that would grab the audience's attention right from the first notes. The score opens with an urgent brass fanfare, then takes that fanfare through a series of tortured variations. It's just the start of a tense, percussive score, with moments of warmth, lilting romance throughout and gripping action writing—all hints of where the composer would go with his budding theatrical career.

While the recording sessions had been elusive for years, as luck would have it—a lot of luck—the print takes for the film showed up in crisp mono sound courtesy of the Sony Pictures vaults. Given the age, the sound quality is excellent, with only minor degrees of wear and tear.

The story starts as safecracker Jim Larsen (Fred MacMurray) is escorted to prison by a friendly deputy sheriff. Larsen manages to turn the tables on the deputy in a bid to escape, only to find his brother Danny (Roy Hayes) arriving with his own intentions to free Larsen. In the confusion Danny and the deputy exchange gunfire, the deputy is killed and Danny gravely wounded. The Larsen brothers board a train to the next town, but Danny dies en route, leaving Larsen a fugitive saddled with the murder of the deputy. Larsen passes himself off as a mining inspector in the next town and befriends the local sheriff. The town is involved in a conflict with a ruthless cattle baron who has claimed government land by illegally fencing it. With the town cordoned off and knowing that wanted posters bearing his likeness will soon reveal him as the escaped fugitive, Larsen hides in plain sight, backing the sheriff against the cattle baron and his gang.

INTRADA ISC 466
Barcode: 720258546609
Retail Price: $21.99
Starts Shipping Week of 3/22
For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11724/.f

And here's the special Goldsmith Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight episode with Doug and Roger!

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com ... itive-1959

Enjoy.

Yavar

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMSjXiRpOI

I don’t think we play any full cues in the clear (that wouldn’t really be fair to Intrada, now would it?) — but we do play a LOT of substantial samples to illustrate what we are discussing. I think it’ll give you a great idea of the score and whether it is worth acquiring, for your taste.

Yavar

Amazing to see these rare unreleased Goldsmith scores coming out after all these years. This one in particular seemed too much to expect. Well done Intrada and Columbia for making Goldsmith fans dreams come true.

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Jason Needs
Webmaster, Jerry Goldsmith Online

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujMSjXiRpOI

We play a generous variety of music throughout the show; you will definitely be able to assess whether it's a worthwhile purchase for you.

Yavar

There are samples for 8 different tracks on Intrada's product page

http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11724/.f

For a score recorded in the last month of 1958, the finished product sounds wonderful. Divorced from the SFX, the score really shines as the product of a young up-and-comer. Anybody notice that John Williams is credited on piano? I know he did similar duty on STUDS LONIGAN but Intrada's notes for CITY OF FEAR do not list the musicians so no way to tell if their working relationship goes that far back.

Thanks to Doug, Roger and all involved in this treat from the early days of Goldsmith.