Veröffentlichung Intrada Records: 2 Les Baxter Scores: THE COMEDY OF TERRORS & BLACK SABBATH

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COMEDY OF TERRORS, THE

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 218

Date: 1963

Tracks: 15

Time = 41:53

World premiere release of spooky 'n' kooky Les Baxter score for American International fright picture, directed by esteemed Jacques Tourneur, starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone. Quartet of iconic stars should be enough to attract attention but add Richard Matheson script, story about undertaker needing fresh "supplies" to keep business afloat and ingredients for fun are built in. Les Baxter keeps that in mind, writes music with equal parts fun, fear. Rare for Baxter/AIP projects, MGM vaults happily contained complete score as recorded in mono, with all rolls in beautiful condition. Baxter writes for orchestra with economy in mind. Everything plays briskly to keep pace with picture, remains transparent in keeping with light touch. For enthusiasts, wacky (intentionally) out-of-tune song "He Is Not Dead" is included where positioned in film as it is integral to musical continuity of score. Feel free to program piece at end of album or...? Fun cover art. Interior of booklet offers complete cue assembly details. Les Baxter conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains!

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01. The Mourners 3:36

02. Meet Cleopatra 1:19

03. Hearse Of A Different Color 7:44

04. Atmospheres 1:44

05. Two Birds 1:23

06. Up We Go 2:25

07. Abra-Cadaver 3:55

08. A Tisket A Casket 1:17

09. He Is Not Dead 2:19

10. Play It Straight 5:38

11. The Axe 4:39

12. Par For The Corpse 1:30

13. Waltzing 1:01

14. Never Say Die 0:49

15. That's All 2:17

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BLACK SABBATH

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 215

Date: 1963

Tracks: 4

Time = 58:53

World premiere release of U.S. score for American International Pictures horror film directed by Mario Bava, starring Boris Karloff. Many prints of film feature Italian score but MGM vaults did yield complete Les Baxter scoring masters for all but final reel (roughly five minutes). Fortunately, M&E elements (music & effects without dialog) were available, allowing entire score to be presented in excellent mono as recorded for film. Though happily without dialog, those last few minutes do have requisite footsteps, doors, horses, whatnot. (Remaining 53-minutes of score play from excellent condition scoring session rolls). Film divides into three separate tales with separate scores for each tale as well. Interestingly, Baxter writes each score with attention to overall architecture of music, allows numerous smaller pieces to connect by key, motivic structure or color perfectly from one piece to the next. Three rich, cohesive suites are the result. "The Drop Of Water" offers complex, involved score with exposed ideas for strings, woodwinds getting spotlight. "The Telephone" offers dramatic score in symphonic jazz mode with generous amount of music dropped from final production of film. "The Wurdalak" is longest score, with powerful ideas, florid Eastern Europe flavor and rich symphonic colors getting attention. Action, vampire terror, rich love theme are all on display! Great cover art plus complete cue assembly details inside booklet add to nice package. Les Baxter conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains!

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Main Title 1:48

Main Title

Introduction

02. The Drop Of Water 9:19

Ripples

Lily Horn

Card Table

That Medium

Possessed

Drop Of Water

The Ring

The Corpse

Burial Dress

03. The Telephone 17:33

The Telephone

Click

The Voice

Cry In The Night

The Shadow

Frank Is Dead

Sedative

Light In The Window

Dawn Intruder

Strangulation

04. The Wurdalak 30:03

The Wurdalak

The Homestead

The Bandit

The Dagger

Gorka Returns

Severed Head

Restless Count

Pursuit

Child Wurdalak

Gregor's Decision

Transformation

Escape

Refuge

Compulsion

Gathering Clan

Back Home (M&E)

The Bedroom (M&E)

Conversion (M&E)

Movie Set (M&E)

End Credits

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[Mephisto]

Irgendwie habe ich ja was für Baxter übrig und besonders Intrada hat neben Kritzerland und Lalaland viel für den Komponisten in den letzten Jahren getan. Dass ich die Zusammenstellung für "Black Sabbath" für mehr als besch...eiden halte, dürfte klar sein. Die beiden CDs werden im Laufe der nächsten Monate höchstwahrscheinlich bestellt.