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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
INTRADA Announces: ON THE WATERFRONT Composed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN INTRADA MAF 7141 The 1954 Columbia Pictures' film On the Waterfront features musical giant Leonard Bernstein's lone movie score. Producer Sam Spiegel asked Bernstein to write the score and the composer, who had emerged over the previous decade as one of the most well-known and respected classical musicians in America, initially declined. Flush with work—as a composer, a pianist, a teacher and, especially, a conductor—he doubted he would have time. But after witnessing Brando's stunning performance and seeing the power of the film, he could not resist the opportunity to add his own musical dimension to the story. In Leonard Bernstein’s On The Waterfront: A Film Score Guide, musicologist Anthony Bushard identifies and labels five major themes: Dignity, Love, Violence, Pain and Riot. Bernstein’s Dignity theme mirrors the conflict and resolution of the film’s story arc. Bernstein introduces the Love theme, featuring an achingly lovely contour, serving as a reminder that the composer was, at heart, a master melodist. The Violence theme reflects the brutality of the men who control life on the docks with harsh, dissonant, fortissimo chords, dizzying syncopations and pounding, asymmetrical rhythms. The Pain theme first appears superimposed over the Violence theme, Bernstein giving it a particularly modern and urban sensibility by introducing it on alto saxophone. And lastely, the Riot theme overlays a buzzing string ostinato with sharply accented chords in brass and woodwinds. While the poetry of Bernstein’s work is palpable, its underlying architecture is no less masterful, interrelating all the themes. The Oscar-nominated score has only previously been available as a rerecording in suite form. For this premiere release of the original tracks, Intrada was provided with all the tracks stored at Sony Pictures and thus commenced the restoration effort. The bulk of this release is sourced from acetate transfers of the sessions, preserving almost every cue, including material not heard in the finished film. To supplement those near complete disc transfers, Sony also located the music-only stems, allowing Intrada to include every other musical sequence not present on the acetates—primarily the source music cues from reel five, set in the saloon. In the film, Marlon Brando plays the reluctant antihero Terry Malloy , a former boxer in his late twenties, now a longshoreman. His elder brother, Charley (Rod Steiger), helps mob technical connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Cobb) control the dockworkers’ local. Terry is shaken at the beginning of the film when Friendly dupes him into being an unwitting accomplice to the murder of a fellow worker, Joey Doyle, who had been about to talk to the Waterfront Crime Commission. INTRADA MAF 7141 Retail Price: $19.99 Available NOW For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.9197/.f |
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| Author: | sans sense [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Author: | EUGENE IEMOLA [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
Wow! I'm stunned by this release, never expecting to see it or hear it or owning a copy of it. I'm so proud of you guys. |
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| Author: | crwdfwtx [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
This really is a historical moment. And a very, very happy one for me personally! Thanks, Intrada! |
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| Author: | RM Eastman [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
Holy Moly this is one to shout about! A great film and a great film score by Leonard Bernstein finally released by the wonderful Intrada- WOW!! |
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| Author: | Yavar Moradi [ Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
Awesome release and good call on making it MAF! I hope you get some of these out to the classical crowd too...if they knew about it I think a ton of people would buy it. I'll try and talk Mike at Joel's Classical Shop into placing an order to carry it... Yavar |
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| Author: | Louis [ Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
A fantastic release ! Many thanks to Doug, Roger and everyone at Intrada for this "hidden gem" ! |
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| Author: | H TRAIN [ Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
This & the AVA collection are quite possibly your finest releases of 2014. Needless to say ORDERED.  Thank you all at Intrada for this wonderful score & making this year a great listening experience. Cant wait to see what you have in store for us next year. Already looking forward to The Last Starfighter 
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| Author: | orbital [ Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
Wow. Thanks, Intrada. So looking forward to hearing this in its entirety. Needless to say: ordered. |
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| Author: | WorkingWithKnives [ Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
Those with an interest in the history of American film and music will certainly consider this moment a special one. With all the countless recordings of film music being released only a few tower above all others. Nice. |
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| Author: | krankyboy [ Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
I just heard the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Disney Hall perform the suite from On the Waterfront. Needless to say, the music was great and the audience seemed to love it. The alternating tam-tam and gong strikes at the end were something else. So I'm tempted to pick this up.
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| Author: | Yavar Moradi [ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: INTRADA Announces Lenoard Bernstein's ON THE WATERFRONT |
I saw that they'd performed it. I wish I was still working at the L.A. Phil store, because I'm sure Intrada's recent release of the complete original tracks would have been the necessary impetus for my boss to let me set up an account with Intrada as I'd been wanting to do there (at least I did get some FSM and Tribute CDs on the shelves thanks to some other concerts). I'm sure whoever is there now is completely ignorant of Intrada's release and just brought in recordings of the suite. Oh well. Yavar |
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