INTRADA Annnounces Paul Smith's 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Roger Feigelson · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:47 pm **Posts:** 3415

INTRADA

Announces:

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
Composed and Conducted by PAUL SMITH
INTRADA/WALT DISNEY RECORDS D001415702

For the third release in our series of co-branded albums with Walt Disney Records, Intrada announces the premiere CD release of Paul Smith's score to the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. For one of Disney's most famous live-action films, Paul Smith provided a striking, colorful score to complement the underwater adventures of Captain Nemo and his sleek submarine. The score features many highlights, one beautifully described by composer John Debney in his notes: "The appearance of the Nautilus is represented by the downward plunge of the low brass and woodwinds and darkly descending strings. And we know at this moment all is not well underneath the crest of the imposing waves." Such is the carefully crafted score, carrying the wonders and excitement of high sea adventures, yet with dark undercurrents representing the mystery of Nemo's true intentions.

One of the highlights of this release is, in fact, John Debney's reflections on the score in his liner notes and its pivotal influence on his life:

"The quality of Paul’s composition for this film and the many others he composed for Disney cannot be overstated. Paul Smith was a “composer’s” composer. There are very few of these. Mr. Smith ranks as one of the greatest and yet perhaps most underrated film composers. While listening to those opening strains of music, I believe an unconscious decision was made: that I strive to become what Paul was, a film composer. And that’s exactly what I did."

The deluxe packaging also includes producer Randy Thornton's detailed story of how the tapes were restored and getting it released to CD for the first time.

20,00 Leagues Under the Sea features James Mason and Kirk Douglas about a ship sent to investigate a series of mysterious sinkings, only to discover an an underwater submergeable boat called the Nautilus under the command of the mysterious Captain Nemo.
INTRADA/WALT DISNEY RECORDS D001415702
Retail Price: $19.99
AVAILABLE NOW
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7230/.f

Goldelf · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:10 pm

A Must Have Purchase - Ordered

Gizmo · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:19 pm

One of my Disney's fav of all time, what a treasure !!!

WorkingWithKnives · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:22 pm

Damn!

Is this the first Paul Smith score to be released on CD? I have a couple of his recordings on vinyl.

JohnnyUtah · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:26 pm

Man, Intrada/Disney co-brand knocks another one out of the park - ordered!!

Thanks Disney and Intrada

Basil · **Joined:** Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:40 pm **Posts:** 402

Excellent release! I'll pick it up, but later on - I'd like to see what else is coming out before I take the plunge.

Gary S. · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:37 pm

Ordered. I practically wore out my story album for this movie.

One question, what happened to the Disneyland logo on this and The Black Hole?

DeviantMan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:00 pm

The Spirit Of Adventure
The Cygnus
The Nautilus

all mine!! :mrgreen:

Can't wait for the next Disney release, thank you hamsters! :wink:

redokt64 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:03 pm

Another awesome release... thanks to all involved... great release to one of my favorite films of all time.

Creepshow2 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:05 pm

A monumental release!

Intrada and Disney DO IT AGAIN.

Neil · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:06 pm

Another Disney Grail to tick-off!

Cheers, Hamsters! :mrgreen:

American Nightmare · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:13 pm **Posts:** 114

Ordered immediately, along with Explorers. Thanks, guys!

This Intrada/Disney collaboration is the most exciting thing to happen to film score releases since the resurrection of the Varese CD Club. A whole new world of possibilities has opened up, and I can't wait to see (and hear) what treasures from the past the future holds.

Douglass Fake · **Joined:** Sat Nov 19, 2005 3:48 pm **Posts:** 2773

DemonStar · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:50 pm

Great to see yet another classic get a proper CD release. Congrats!

Anakin McFly · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 1:29 am

Wow, such a vintage classic on CD ! I can't realize this music has waited for 57 years to have a complete soundtrack album ! Amazing, and ordered ! The people at Walt Disney Records had become my heroes when they were releasing those fantastic remastered soundtracks in the 90's and early 2000's (conducted by Randy Thornton). They had sadly lost my trust when they began to produce poor digital downloads in the 2000's. Now I can love them just like in the past. They're producing amazing soundtracks, and Randy Thornton must be really happy to produce those CDs again ! Thanks to them, and to Intrada of course !

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