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Homeward Bound & Desert Fury

Added on Tuesday, August 04, 2015   Posted by Tim Horemans

Homeward Bound & Desert Fury

New releases Intrada

Intrada has released two new soundtracks this week. The first is Bruce Broughton's Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. The second one is Miklos Rozsa's Desert Fury.

One of Intrada's earliest Bruce Broughton soundtracks gets a complete makeover! More than twice the music now! Broughton scores this Walt Disney Pictures classic, Duwayne Dunham directs, Robert Hays, Kim Greist star, Michael J. Fox, Don Ameche, Sally Field provide voices for two dogs and one cat. Warmhearted 1993 tale is a remake of Disney's own 1963 live-action adaptation of Sheila Burnford's novel chronicling the incredible journey three house pets make to reunite with their owners. Broughton anchors outdoor tale with expansive, diatonic main theme, but judiciously holds back on it until perilous journey gets underway. Ideas both humorous, dramatic play first and throughout. Initial 30-minute CD release captured several highlights but necessarily omitted many sequences. Amongst new material is powerful 'Sassy In The River', dramatic 'Shadow's A Hero', complete dog pound escape sequence with rousing interpolation of Lalo Schifrin's 'Mission: Impossible' theme, intense 'Shadow's Fall', wild 'Birdzilla', many others. Entire CD presented from two-track digital stereo session masters made by Armin Steiner at 20th Century Fox Studios Scoring Stage in November 1992, vaulted in pristine condition courtesy Disney. Informative liner notes by Jeff Bond plus flipper-style booklet design and colorful graphics from Joe Sikoryak. Bruce Broughton conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remain!

Track list

01. My Name Is Chance (4:45)
02. Sassy’s Shrimp (1:09)
03. The Cake (0:45)
04. Flying Pussy (2:05)
05. Left Alone (1:32)
06. Shadow’s Confusion No. 1 (0:28)
07. Birdzilla (0:56)
08. The Note (0:38)
09. The Journey Begins (2:59)
10. Where’s The House? (2:23)
11. Gives Me The Creeps (1:48)
12. Breakfasting With Bears (1:12)
13. Fording The Stream/Sassy In The River (5:21)
14. Shadow’s Confusion No. 2 (0:27)
15. Breakfast (0:58)
16. The Kids Find Out (1:09)
17. Sassy Wakes Up (0:43)
18. The Cougar! (Original) (4:17)
19. Reunion (1:56)
20. You Got My Lip!! (0:33)
21. Who Made These? (2:52)
22. Shadow’s A Hero (1:54)
23. We Found Them (0:56)
24. Mission: Impossible+ (3:42)
25. A Funny Feeling (0:52)
26. We Made It (1:11)
27. Shadow’s Fall (3:18)
28. Reunited (4:23)
29. Homeward Bound (Revised) (5:03)
Total Time: 61:21

The Extras
30. The Cougar! (Revised)* (4:17)
31. Homeward Bound (Original)* (5:03)
Total Extras Time: 9:23

*Not Featured In Film
+Contains “Theme From Mission: Impossible” written by Lalo Schifrin

Rozsa fans take delight! Rare 1947 soundtrack finally surfaces and is worth the wait! Desert Fury was one of Burt Lancaster's first three pictures (all scored by Rozsa!) but remains the most obscure. Hal Wallis produces, Lewis Allen directs, Robert Rossen scripts, Burt Lancaster stars with Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak, Mary Astor and then-newcomer Wendell Corey. Filmed outdoors on gorgeous Arizona locations in Technicolor but centering on 'noir' complications of a small-town love triangle, Rozsa imbues his masterful score with both dark-edged overtones of drama and soaring ideas for locale. At center is Rozsa's signature, angular thematic 'noir' style but he affords several splendid, emotionally rich elements in beautiful balance. As with our release of Rozsa's The Lost Weekend, this CD was made possible courtesy Paramount Pictures release of 35mm transfers of the optical music tracks made many years ago but only recently discovered. Almost all of the score survived in excellent condition, save approximately ten minutes of material lost to the ages. In balance, however, some eight minutes of never-before-heard alternates did survive those seven decades! A total of 56 minutes of powerhouse Rozsa now available for the first time ever! Part of Paramount Picture's ongoing Historical CDs preservation efforts. Artwork courtesy Universal Pictures. Informative liner notes from Frank K. DeWald, colorful graphic design by Joe Sikoryak. Eugene Zador orchestrates, Miklos Rozsa conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!

Track list

01. Prelude (revised)/The First Meeting (3:02)
02. A Mother’s Advice (revised) (3:20)
03. A Strange Likeness (1:05)
04. Bronco Broken (2:39)
05. Bridle Trail (insert) (1:57)
06. Tom’s Proposal/Paula’s Flight/Paula Returns in Love (8:24)
07. Everybody’s Manners Stink (1:48)
08. A Domestic Paula? (3:15)
09. Fireside Chat (with inserts) (3:19)
10. Eddie’s Decision (0:58)
11. Paula’s Lock Up Montage (4:11)
12. Paradise Lost (1:49)
13. On to Vegas (0:40)
14. Johnny’s Story/The Chase/Blazing Wreck/Cast of Characters (11:05)
Total Score Time: 48:08

The Extras
15. Prelude (original version) (1:01)
16. A Mother’s Advice(original version) (3:20)
17. Fireside Chat (original version) (3:21)
Total Extras Time: 7:48

 



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