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Jerry Goldsmith at 20th Century Fox
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Co-Conducted by:
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Lionel Newman
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Album Produced by:
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Nick Redman
Robert Townson
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Release Date:
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February 10th, 2004
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Availability:
The set is a "Limited Collector's Edition" of 1,500 copies and was available only through the label's site for $130 each before selling out. Copies continue to be available in short order (and at higher prices) from online soundtrack specialty outlets and online auction houses. Catalog number: VCL 0204 1028
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Awards:
Several Academy Award nominations (and Goldsmith's one Oscar win) are represented on this album.
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Filmtracks Recommends:
Buy it... only if you are an extreme Goldsmith collector or if you are
seeking a sure investment.
Avoid it... if your interest is confined to only one or two of the
scores on the set and your finances won't allow for such a huge sacrifice.
Filmtracks Editorial Review:
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Jerry Goldsmith at 20th Century Fox: (Jerry Goldsmith)
In one of the most comprehensive compilation sets ever to be released in the
genre of film music, the Varèse Sarabande label has built a 6-CD set
based on the vast collection of material written by composer Jerry Goldsmith
for films of the studio 20th Century Fox. According to the label, the set is
kicking off a year-long celebration of Goldsmith's 75th birthday by
Varèse Sarabande (which already announced in late 2003 that they will
be releasing an SACD of Goldsmith's rejected Timeline score). Before
diving into the debate about the concept of the 6-CD set itself, as well as
the circumstances of its release, a summary of its contents may help you
decide if it is worth the enormous expense. The set does not include all of
Goldsmith's work for Fox (there are six exclusions, with Capricorn
One and Sleeping with the Enemy most notable in their absence),
but does offer at least one cue (and often many more) from Goldsmith's 39
other projects for Fox to date. For a comprehensive track listing, browse
further down this page. All of the material on the first three albums has
been released before, with the first album showcasing Goldsmith's war/action
music, the second album containing Westerns, and the third album limited to
suspense and horror. A considerable amount of the material on the first two
albums has been recently released by Film Score Monthly in its limited
Silver Age series. The third album contains a strong collection from The
Omen Trilogy. The three latter CDs are the ones that will likely
interest the collector of more obscure Goldsmith scores. Among the more
notable first-time releases are cues from Von Ryan's Express, Fate
is the Hunter, The Agony and the Ecstasy (the original
recording), and Alien, from which the original main titles and a
medley of unreleased cues is offered for the first time. While most had
never been heard even on commercial LP albums, The Chairman is making
the transition for the first time. Although many of these scores have been
bootlegged, a few of them (such as Fate is the Hunter) are truly new
to the ears of even the most saavy Goldsmith collectors. More modern
collectors will recognize The Vanishing as the only recent new
inclusion, and that title had a decent bootleg on the market for a long
time. In sum, however, there are 79 previously unreleased tracks between
those final CDs.
As a workable set, this Varèse Sarabande product is
completely different from any other. When it originally sold from the
label's web site, it cost nearly $140 (including shipping). It sold out in
two weeks, and on the secondary market, it is likely to fetch considerably
higher prices. So is this set worth $150? $200? More? There is a distinct
reason why only 1,500 of these sets were produced; the market aim for it is
very, very narrow. Even within the film music collector genre, only a few of
the most avid Goldsmith collectors will likely have the money or need to
seek this set. As a visual and aural product, the set is outstanding. The
64-page booklet maintains the label's highest standards of their other
"Club" releases. The sound quality has been mastered with great attention to
detail on the older material (and a positive difference can be heard on the
most recent unreleased score, The Vanishing, which even has material
beyond the bootleg). Everything about this product is spectacular, and you'd
have been wise to buy a few and leave them sealed as an investment. The set
is very obviously a labor of love for executive Robert Townson and everyone
at Varèse Sarabande. A debate continues, however, about the viability
of the set, however. If someone only wanted Fate is the Hunter and
nothing else, then that person would pay extraordinary sums for just four
cues from that one score. The same applies to the 14 minutes from
Alien. Frankly, those collectors are simply screwed; the set was
meant to be a complete package. Additionally, the set sold out so quickly
(and can thus be marked up astronomically) that there was no chance for
reviews of the product before the sell-out date. The set was announced on
the 10th of February, sold out by the end of that month, and shipped in late
March, leaving the less Internet-capable collectors, or those who wanted to
read reviews about it, in the dark. A logical argument has already been made
that the desired music would have been much more attainable by avid, but
less rich Goldsmith collectors had it been offered in three limited 2-CD
sets for $44.99 each (for instance). As it is now, many of the sets will sit
in boxes by people who bought several of them as investments. There are
those people, of course, who think that spending $150 on any set of CDs is
absurd, and to an extent, those people have a good argument. At what point
does a tribute simply lose all of its practicality? If you already have
most, if not all, of the Goldsmith music you want, then there's really no
point in trying to locate a copy of this set. If you love and value
Goldsmith's career as the folks at Varèse Sarabande do, however, then
this product is for you. ***
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Viewer Ratings and Comments:
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Disc One (77:05)
Patton:
• 1. Main Title (3:08)
• 2. First Battle (2:49)
• 3. Attack (3:14)
• 4. German Advance (2:31)
• 5. Pensive Patton/End Titles (2:19)
Tora! Tora! Tora!:
• 6. Main Title (3:02)
• 7. Chancellery (1:04)
• 8. Pre-Flight Countdown (2:07)
• 9. On the Way (1:39)
• 10. The Final Message (4:51)
The Sand Pebbles:
• 11. Overture (2:17)
• 12. Main Title (2:57)
• 13. Getting Acquainted (3:53)
• 14. Death of a Thousand Cuts (4:47)
Morituri:
• 15. Main Title/Tokyo Assignment (2:09)
The Blue Max:
• 16. Main Title (2:19)
• 17. First Blood (2:22)
• 18. The Attack (6:29)
Planet of the Apes:
• 19. Main Title (2:12)
• 20. The Clothes Snatchers (3:09)
• 21. The Hunt (5:10)
Escape From The Planet of the Apes:
• 22. Main Title (2:27)
Our Man Flint:
• 23. Our Man Flint (1:52)
• 24. You're a Foolish Man, Mr. Flint (2:06)
In Like Flint:
• 25. Where the Bad Guys are Gals (2:42)
• 26. Mince and Cook Until Tender (2:39)
Disc Two (77:47)
Bad Girls:
• 1. The Hanging (3:17)
• 2. My Land (6:50)
Take a Hard Ride:
• 3. Main Title (2:16)
• 4. The Snake (2:09)
• 5. The Wagon (5:53)
Rio Conchos:
• 6. Main Title (2:33)
• 7. Bandits Ho! (6:01)
100 Rifles:
• 8. Main Title (1:24)
• 9. Escape and Pursuit (3:52)
• 10. I'll Go Back (1:33)
Stagecoach:
• 11. Main Title (2:30)
• 12. A New Passenger (1:44)
• 13. Family History (4:33)
The Flim Flam Man:
• 14. Main Title (1:38)
• 15. No Rest for the Wicked (3:47)
A Girl Named Sooner:
• 16. Main Title (3:06)
• 17. Making a Difference (2:14)
Ace Eli and Roger of the Skies:
• 18. Main Title (2:11)
• 19. Off to Monument (2:23)
• 20. Final Flight (4:46)
Justine:
• 21. Justine (2:35)
• 22. The School (3:38)
The Stripper:
• 23. Main Title (2:24)
• 24. Sunday Dinner (2:08)
• 25. End Title (1:29)
Disc Three (69:33)
The Edge:
• 1. Lost in the Wild (2:59)
• 2. Deadfall (6:12)
• 3. The Edge (2:54)
Chain Reaction:
• 4. Meet Eddie (4:52)
• 5. Ice Chase (5:50)
Magic:
• 6. Main Title (2:02)
• 7. Corky's Retreat (2:54)
• 8. Appassionata (2:07)
The Other:
• 9. Main Title (1:32)
• 10. The Brothers (3:26)
• 11. The Flight (2:15)
The Mephisto Waltz:
• 12. Main Title (2:27)
• 13. A Night in Mexico (2:16)
• 14. End Title (3:45)
The Omen:
• 15. Ave Satani (2:31)
• 16. The New Ambassador (2:32)
• 17. The Killer Storm (2:53)
Damien: Omen II:
• 18. Main Title (5:03)
• 19. Runaway Train (2:38)
The Final Conflict:
• 20. The Hunt (4:01)
• 21. The Final Conflict (3:44)
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Disc Four (60:16)
The Agony and the Ecstasy:
• 1. Prologue - The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (12:23)
i. Rome
ii. Florence
iii. The Crucifix
iv. The Stone Giants
v. The Agony of Creation
Shock Treatment:
• 2. Main Title (2:31)
• 3. Home Work (0:57)
• 4. Broken Glass (0:38)
• 5. Night Scene (3:44)
• 6. Nelson's Seduction (2:02)
• 7. Shot in the Neck (2:34)
• 8. Nelson's Escape (3:00)
• 9. Hot Money #2 (3:44)
• 10. End Titles (0:48)
Fate is the Hunter:
• 11. Main Title (1:17)
• 12. The Room (2:06)
• 13. Fate is the Hunter (vocal: Jerry Write) (1:05)
• 14. Finale and End Titles (2:16)
Von Ryan's Express:
• 15. The Compound (3:31)
• 16. Fire Sale (3:51)
• 17. The Trek Begins (0:53)
• 18. The Ambush (2:54)
• 19. The Train (2:15)
• 20. Dead End (2:28)
• 21. End Titles (0:46)
• 22. Fire Sale (bonus track - alternate) (3:49)
Disc Five (65:19)
S*P*Y*S:
• 1. Main Title (3:02)
• 2. Anybody Got a Key? (2:49)
• 3. The Mannequin (1:44)
• 4. New Friends (1:40)
• 5. Who's Paying? (1:03)
• 6. Dog-Gone Par's (1:56)
• 7. Tools of the Trade (1:20)
• 8. The Buy (2:52)
• 9. End Title (2:22)
The Chairman:
• 10. Suite (13:25)
The Detective:
• 11. Main Title (1:35)
• 12. Joe (1:47)
• 13. The School Dance (0:44)
• 14. A New Love (1:06)
• 15. A Family Affair (1:56)
• 16. Beach Scene (0:38)
• 17. The Ball Game (0:38)
• 18. Karen's Story (1:09)
• 19. Night Talk (1:59)
• 20. The Safe Cracker (2:00)
• 21. McIver's Story (2:16)
• 22. Joe's Decision (2:19)
Alien:
• 23. Main Title (Film Version) (4:09)
• 24. Suite (10:13)
Disc Six (71:07)
Damnation Alley:
• 1. Main Title/The Missile Site (2:05)
• 2. After the Holocaust (2:21)
• 3. Into the Valley (1:42)
• 4. The Land Master (1:49)
• 5. Cockroach Attack (4:30)
• 6. Finding Billy (1:22)
• 7. The Realignment (1:24)
• 8. Blue Sky (2:17)
• 9. Finale (1:36)
Anna and the King:
• 10. Main Title (0:47)
• 11. Anna Arrives (1:43)
• 12. March of the Royal Children (0:47)
• 13. My Secret (2:17)
• 14. The Throne Room (1:13)
• 15. Anna Decides (1:21)
• 16. Better Ways (1:15)
• 17. A Royal Child (1:25)
• 18. No Marriage (1:17)
• 19. You Lose (2:55)
• 20. A Practical Woman (0:35)
• 21. End Titles (0:32)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn:
• 22. Main Title (1:36)
• 23. A Warm Day (1:07)
• 24. No Tree (1:50)
• 25. When My Ship Comes In (1:34)
• 26. The Cake (1:11)
• 27. Don't Touch Me (1:15)
• 28. Father's Girl (2:41)
• 29. A New Tree (3:01)
The Vanishing:
• 30. The Couple (2:14)
• 31. A Beginning (3:44)
• 32. Diane (2:40)
• 33. Burial Ground, Resolution & Coda (12:07)
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The set has even more than the usual standard of excellent, in-depth analysis of the scores and films seen in these 'Club' releases. The 64-page booklet has insights about each score, and overview of Goldsmith's career, several photos of the composer, and elegant package art and design by Matthew Joseph Peak.
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