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INTRADA Announces:



CLASH OF THE TITANS
Composed and Conducted by LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
Performed by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
INTRADA Special Collection Volume 150

Laurence Rosenthal’s powerful and exciting score for the 1981 feature Clash Of The Titans remains the pinnacle of his lengthy and distinguished career. Exhilarating, soaring, colorful...it's every bit as dynamic and effervescent as a fantasy score should be. Originally released on LP by the Columbia Records label and subsequently on CD by PEG, the score had yet to be presented in its complete form, omitting, among other things, the darker, more aggressive side of the score. Amongst the treasure-trove of riches offered in this 2-CD release: the entire “Medusa” sequence, the lengthy “The Quest” music, sparkling ideas for the weapons given to Perseus and several action cues written for fight scenes between Perseus and various Ray Harryhausen creations—all presented for the first time. Of particular interest are several cues that most fans of the film ostensibly will have never heard before—subtle “a cappella” choral pieces full of complex, shifting harmonies, written for the Olympus cloud sequences with Zeus and the gods -- mixed to an almost subliminal level in the film, blended beneath wind and dialogue and virtually impossible to detect without knowing for what to listen. The album opens with Rosenthal's unreleased original and considerably lengthier prologue and features the end title sans Laurence Olivier's (Zeus) narration. (The version with narration is included in the extras section along with the album version of the prologue.)

For this release, Intrada remixed the entire score from the 24-track music masters stored at Warner Bros., revealing a detail and clarity not previously heard.

Clash of the Titans stars Harry Hamlin as the demigod Perseus, colorfully chronicling his quest to slay the Gorgon Medusa and rescue the princess Andromeda from a terrible sea monster. It was the last film by Ray Harryhausen, also known for the fantasies The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts.

This release is limited to 3000 units.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 150
Retail Price: $29.99
AVAILABLE NOW
For track listing and sound samples, please visit
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6860/.f

Oooooh myyyy freeaaakiiiin' Lawrd!!!

Ordered

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Jerry Goldsmith conducting the Detroit Symphony and nearly knocking me through the back wall with Air Force One....priceless.

Nice Covers... I ordered this along with Sunset BLVD since I really want that one.

Ordered! This is a wonderful Christmas gift. Those covers are AWESOME! Thanks Intrada.

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Chris

What a great release. Order, of course!

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Randy Wilson
Dallas, TX

Okay, this is just awesome!!!

It should be mentioned that there were two PEG editions; one only had the LP program, the other added a few cues. It made a really good listen, but scores of this genre have a tendency to play better in a more extended form, in my opinion. I am most eager to hear the further variations and I'm very curious about the unused choral sequences (no, I won't listen to the samples; I want to hear it fresh and whole when it gets here, just like I did the glorious presentation of my beloved Patton LP).

I also wanted to mention that I really haven't gotten enough of A Raisin In the Sun yet. What a truly gripping emotional experience that score is! Intrada has been a great champion of Laurence Rosenthal's music. I'm still kicking myself for having missed out on Heart Like A Wheel.

Magnifico- ORDERED!

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Robert M Eastman

Ordered

Not to nit-pick, but unless someone forgot to tell me my notes were rejected, Mr. Bond did not do the liners for this. Must be Karma getting me back for having been mistakenly credited in the initial PR for George Washington.

I was the first person to guess this release correctly!

ORDERED! (along with POLTERGEIST)

why two covers?

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Karl Morton IV

"Enjoy every sandwich."
-- Warren Zevon

Thanks you Thank you!! Intrada Team. This is by far one of my all-time favorite 80's scores.

What a way to close out the year!

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Top 10 Grails: Revenge of the Ninja/Less Than Zero/Making Contact/Cobra/Over the Top/Highlander/Time Bandits/Top Gun/Listen to Me
Last 5 purchased: Jaws/Jaws 2/Back to the Future II/Back to the Future III/Nightmare Elm Street Box/Amityville Horror

I have never heard this score before, so I can proudly say that I have ordered this!