The Blue Max


Movie | Released: 2010 | Film release: 1966 | Format: CD
Limited edition: 2500 copies
 

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# Track   Duration
1.Main Title2:22
2.The New Arrival1:23
3.A Toast to Bruno1:40
4.The Balloon0:53
5.First Blood/First Victory3:02
6.The Captive/The Victim4:17
7.The Cobra1:38
8.The Attack6:31
9.Love Theme from "The Blue Max"1:50
10.A Small Favor0:57
11.A Lonely Hero1:15
12.The Rivals0:25
13.Finale to Part 11:03
14.Prelude to Part 21:39
15.The Bridge3:13
16.Stachel's Confession1:33
17.Retreat7:34
18.Stachel to Berlin/Food Riot2:25
19.Nothing Needed0:40
20.Kaeti Has a Plan3:29
21.Stachel's Last Flight1:57
22.End Title2:36
23.Finale to Part 2 (Exit Music)1:11
 
Bonus Source Music - Adapted by Jerry Goldsmith and Arthur Morton, Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
24.Pour Le Merite March (Traditional)2:13
25.Student Song Medley (Traditional)2:07
26.Presentiar March (Traditional)1:25
27.Artist's Life (J. Strauss)0:54
28.Gloria March (G. Piefke)0:26
29.Watch on the Rhine (K. Wilhelm)1:40
30.Deutschland Uber Alles (J. Haydn)0:48
 63:06
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The Blue Max - 09/10 - Review of Tom Daish, submitted at
Of all Jerry Goldsmith's top scores, The Blue Max is the one I suspect most fans of the music are unlikely to have seen. Starring George Peppard, James Mason and Ursula Andress, it's a film of German flying aces seeking to win a medal, the Blue Max of the title. Aside from Goldsmith's score, the film is not well remembered today, although almost every review of the film mentions the music in a very positive light. If the dogfight sequences were reportedly used by George Lucas to suggest to ILM how he wanted Star Wars' final Death Star battle to play out then John Williams' barn storming music surely owes some debt to Goldsmith's rousing, if often harsh and militaristic score. As the Germans are not playing the role of the villain, there isn't any scope for a Nazi march (wrong war, in any event) but the mixture of snare drums and brass is certainly brutal and gives the action sequences are thrilling edge.
One of the most engaging aspects is musical spectacle to accompany the thrill and beauty of flight, which is an extremely fetching contrast to the action sequences themselves. Sometimes the two sides to flight are juxtaposed, notably at the outset of The Attack where a moment of abandon is suddenly trumped by a brutal assault of percussion. The Attack, together with First Blood, The Bridge and Retreat are the score's centrepiece cues, all thrilling in their own way, although the complexity and energy of Retreat just about edges out the strong competition and is seven and a half minutes of Goldsmith action as only he could. Perhaps the most notable passages, outside of the action high spots, are those featuring the Love Theme which is surprisingly tender and intimate; a strong contrast to the bravado elsewhere.

The final few score cues are surprisingly introspective and solemn, bringing the listen down from the thrilling high of Retreat. A few pieces of source music close out the album which are of most interest from a completist point of view and after Goldsmith's score, a little redundant. Almost every Goldsmith concert used to feature either the suite from Planet of the Apes or The Blue Max as its centrepiece and having been lucky enough to hear both live, The Blue Max is the one that perhaps benefits from a fine symphony orchestra firing on all cylinders. Naturally, a score from 1966 isn't going to sound pristine and the power of the live experience is a touch difficult to shake off. When layers of brass, percussion and high end strings are piled on top of one another, it does leave one longing for the full range of modern digital stereo, but the performance of the National Philharmonic Orchestra is still a marvel and Goldsmith's music is still a thrilling and sublime achievement.
At last! World premiere release of Jerry Goldsmith's complete soundtrack, widely regarded as an all-time great. Intrada gains access to all original stereo mixes made at Shepperton Studios in London plus multi-track mixes made at 20th Century Fox, presents previously unreleased cues, correct takes & assemblies plus best stereo imaging to date. Previous releases were incomplete plus either processed sound to address hiss (reducing stereo image) or assembled with incorrect mixes (resulting in jarring edits). Intrada CD improves both, also presents first release of 'The Balloon' (where Stachel takes initial assignment to shoot down observation balloon) plus introduces final 'Exit Music' intended for roadshow presentations. Also hear 'Love Theme' as composer intended for first time since 1966 Mainstream LP, with orchestral intro, coda plus composer's preferred assembly of 'First Blood/First Victory' as he composed it. Graphics by Joe Sikoryak, detailed notes by Julie Kirgo complete package. Jerry Goldsmith conducts. Intrada Special Collection release limited to 2500 copies!

Other releases of The Blue Max (1966):

Blue Max, The (1966)
Blue Max, The (1985)
Blue Max, The (1995)
Blue Max, The (2011)
Blue Max, The (1995)
Blue Max, The (2014)
Blue Max, The (1966)

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