The Secret of NIMH Expanded & I'll Follow You Down

New releases Intrada

Intrada has released two new soundtracks this week. The first is an expanded version of Jerry Goldsmith's score to The Secret of NIMH. The second release is Andrew Lockington's score to I'll Follow You Down.

Expanded release of richly melodic, highly exciting Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack for popular Don Bluth animation film from Robert C. O'Brien novel 'Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH', with voices of Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Peter Strauss, John Carradine. Original 1982 album offered generous 48-minute program featuring all of the major cues save one lengthy dramatic sequence entitled 'At Your Service' and a few shorter bits. For some three decades, complete session elements have been lost and sadly remain as such. But exhaustive search did yield significant reward: Len Engel's actual first generation 1982 dbx-encoded album master plus 3 rolls of 1' and 1/2' multi-track tape offered complete album - and at last! - the previously unreleased 'At Your Service'. Three additional demo theme recordings featuring both Paul Williams and Sally Stevens were also present on masters. Jerry Goldsmith fashioned his music in epic-scale for large orchestra plus chorus with nods to classic styles of Debussy, Stravinsky as well as his own landmark Poltergeist. Resulting score offers magical moments, beautiful theme, awe-inspiring colors plus incredibly ferocious action music. Another big asset: several sequences are quite lengthy. Total score now runs 53 minutes. Ten additional minutes of demos bring CD up to 63 minutes. Courtesy MGM, Intrada re-mastered CD now offers nearly-complete program in dynamic stereo. Informative liner notes from Jeff Bond plus flipper-style cover artwork and interior package design by Joe Sikoryak add rich graphics to compliment Goldsmith's legendary score. Recorded May 4-7, 1982 at CTS Studios in London. Jerry Goldsmith conducts National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers. Intrada Special Collection CD release available while quantities and interest remain!

Track list

1. Main Title 3:15
2. Allergic Reaction/Athletic Type 2:42
3. Flying Dreams Lullaby Sally Stevens 3:18
4. The Tractor 3:00
5. The Sentry Reel/The Story Of NIMH 6:05
6. At Your Service* 3:39
7. Escape From NIMH/In Disguise 5:02
8. Flying Dreams Paul Williams 3:21
9. Step Inside My House 4:43
10. No Thanks 2:03
11. Moving Day 8:00
12. The House Raising 4:36
13. Flying High/End Title 2:39

The Extras
14. Flying Dreams, End Title Demo Sally Stevens 3:15
15. Flying Dreams, Demo Paul Wlliams 3:21
16. Flying Dreams, Demo (Piano Duet)* 3:24

Original soundtrack from sci-fi/mystery directed by Richie Mehta, starring John Paul Ruttan, Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Haley Joel Osment, scripted by director Mehta. Composer Andrew Lockington (Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters) creates richly textured score for strings, piano, harp plus percussion and select winds. First half develops numerous ideas courtesy deliberately-paced lines. Seven-note melodic idea with tinge of wistful romance takes center stage. Accessible yet still austere harmonic vocabulary keeps mystery in focus. Gentle thoughts for piano trade with more complex figures, then during second part of 'Dreams Of Absence', new melodic ideas emerge with striking, major-chord sonorities. Near mid-point of score ('Death And Sunlight'), new rhythmic figures in cellos usher in momentum. 'Timeline' furthers rhythm while forward motion of 'To Meet Einstein' solidifies new direction of score. Subsequent cues balance both mysterious ideas, rhythmic elements. 'Time Traveller' deserves special spotlight for allowing cello rhythms to remain ever-present underneath piano chords, upper string lines. Cool sound! When all is said and done, Lockington brings all of his ideas into play with impressive closing sequence, 'Home Early' before wrapping with gentle piano figure and quiet string unison. Beautiful! Recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios (London). Andrew Lockington composes, Nicholas Dodd orchestrates, conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!

Track list

01. Chess (2:41)
02. Tree Whispers (1:14)
03. Back Of The Drawer (1:18)
04. Princeton (1:08)
05. Dreams Of Absence (2:49)
06. Parallel Universe (4:19)
07. How We Met (3:15)
08. Night Whispers (3:27)
09. Death And Sunlight (5:14)
10. False Hope (1:30)
11. Timeline (1:05)
12. To Meet Einstein (4:05)
13. I’ll Stop (3:29)
14. Earthquake (3:27)
15. Time Traveller (2:30)
16. Safeguards (1:53)
17. Home Early (5:18)