Veröffentlichung BSX: Beastmaster 2 (Folk) & The Touch (Poledouris)

[Alexander Grodzinski]

Zwei neue Titel von BSX:

 

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records will be releasing the soundtrack for BEASTMASTER 2: THROUGH
THE PORTAL OF TIME, featuring music composed and conducted by Robert
Folk (TOY SOLDIERS, POLICE ACADEMY, THERE BE DRAGONS) for the 1991
fantasy film produced and directed by Sylvio Tabet and starring Marc
Singer (V, THE BEASTMASTER, DALLAS), the lovely Kari Wuhrer (SLIDERS,
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, KING OF THE ANTS), Sarah Douglas (SUPERMAN II,
CONAN THE DESTROYER, RETURN OF SWAMP THING), Robert Z’Dar (MANIAC COP
series, TANGO & CASH) and Wings Hauser (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS,
VICE SQUAD, SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA) in the role of Arklon.


The character of Dar, valiant warrior who can telepathically communicate
with animals, was introduced in Don Coscarelli’s 1982 fantasy film, THE
BEASTMASTER. Very loosely based on concepts in Andre Norton’s 1959
science fiction novel of the same name, Coscarelli’s film transposed
Norton’s extra-planetary adventure novel to a barbaric sword-and-sorcery
world not far removed from that of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, which had
preceded BEASTMASTER into production and was released some months
earlier in the same year, launching a new but short-lived trend of
heroic fantasy movies. While the film did not enjoy huge success at the
box office, it did develop quite a strong cult following, thanks to
frequent screenings on cable television and this prompted the filming of
a sequel nearly a decade later, helmed this time by Sylvio Tabet, who
served as executive producer on the original film. Filmmaker Jim
Wynorski and his frequent collaborator R. J. Robertson came up with the
story and drafted the first screenplay, which was then revised by Tabet
along with Ken Hauser and Doug Miles. The story had little connection to
the events of the first film and the tone is definitely much lighter.


BEASTMASTER 2: THROUGH THE PORTAL OF TIME finds Dar (Singer) confronted
by his half-brother Arklon (Hauser) and a sorceress named Lyranna
(Sarah Douglas) who have opened a dimensional portal to present day Los
Angeles. When the portal opens on our side, it accidentally captures
trendy L.A. girl Jackie Trent (Kari Wuhrer), propelling her into
Arklon’s world. Befriended by Dar, the Beastmaster brings her back
through the portal to Beverly Hills, in pursuit of Arklon and Lyranna
before they can obtain a neutron bomb, with which Arklon plans to return
and rule their own world.

To compose the music for BEASTMASTER
2, Sylvio Tabet brought in composer Robert Folk after having been
impressed by his musical contributions to the cult horror film TREMORS.
From the very beginning, Tabet made it clear to the composer that he
was under no obligation to reflect the music from the first BEASTMASTER
film in his sequel score, as the new story was quite different from the
original film. Folk’s music gives the film a tremendous amount of
energy, playing straight man to the film’s humorous elements and lending
credibility to its formulaic plot. The story’s mix of primitivism and
modernity is reflected in the score’s abundant sense of musical
contrast, as Folk flavors Dar’s barbaric world with broad musical
strokes and violent orchestral interaction, emphasizing the
Beastmaster’s confidence while designing more sympathetic melodies for
Jackie once she’s become stranded in his primitive home. The BEASTMASTER
2 score was recorded with a 96-piece orchestra in former East Berlin -
the reunification of East and West Germany having brought down the Wall
that divided the city in October, 1990.

Robert Folk is a
graduate and former faculty member of the famed Juilliard School in New
York City. Since completing his doctorate, Mr. Folk has composed and
conducted the musical scores for over 65 feature films, including ACE
VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS, NOTHING TO LOSE, TREMORS, THE NEVERENDING
STORY II: THE NEXT CHAPTER, TOY SOLDIERS, POLICE ACADEMY, KUNG POW!
ENTER THE FIST, BOAT TRIP, BACK IN THE DAY, AMERICAN PIE: BAND CAMP and
most recently, ELEPHANT WHITE, UNDERGROUND, THE SECRET VILLAGE and THERE
BE DRAGONS.

Mr. Folk has also composed and conducted numerous
concert works including Symphonic, Vocal and Chamber music compositions.
His Ballet “To Dream Of Roses,” composed for the Osaka World’s Fair,
was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Folk is a member of
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
He is a prolific
songwriter and producer, and has conducted many prominent orchestras
including: The London Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, The Berlin Radio Orchestra, The Munich Symphony, The Dublin
Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the London
Sinfonia.

Previously released on compact disc in 1991 and out
of print for many years, BUYSOUNDTRAX Records brings BEASTMASTER 2:
THROUGH THE PORTAL OF TIME back to compact disc with remastered sound by
Digital Outland. The booklet includes new liner notes by author Randall
Larson, including new insights from composer Robert Folk on this
exciting large scale orchestral score.

BEASTMASTER 2: THROUGH THE PORTAL OF TIME is a limited edition release of 1000 units. The first
100 copies will be autographed by composer Robert Folk.

1.     Main Title (1:52)
2.     Dar The Hero (9:49)
3.     Creature's Story (2:22)
4.     Through The Portal (5:09)
5.     Jackie Alone On Desert (1:29)
6.     Swamp Creature Attacks (2:35)
7.     Travel Montage (3:08)
8.     Mind Suck (2:05)
9.     Police Escape (1:06)
10.     Jackie Gets Some Sleep (0:51)
11.     I.D. Badges (4:25)
12.     Get Arklon (1:47)
13.     The Great Escape 04:26)
14.     Sharawk Leads The Way (3:32)
15.     Neutron Detonator (5:40)
16.     Key To The Heart (5:32)

Total Time: 55:48

Price: 15.95$

 

 

 
BUYSOUNDTRAX
Records will be releasing THE TOUCH, featuring music composed and
conducted by Basil Poledouris (CONAN THE BARBARIAN, LONESOME DOVE, THE
BLUE LAGOON) for the 2002 martial arts adventure film directed by Peter
Pau, starring Michelle Yeoh (TOMORROW NEVER DIES, CROUCHING TIGER,
HIDDEN DRAGON) along with Ben Chaplin (THE THIN RED LINE, STAGE BEAUTY,
WORLD WITHOUT END) and Richard Roxburgh (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, MOULIN
ROUGE, SANCTUM).

THE TOUCH tells the story of a Chinese family
of martial arts acrobats who are, in secret, the guardians of a holy
treasure. Their ingrained acrobatic skills (their unique “touch”) allow
only them to access the hidden relic. When a ruthless treasure hunter
(Roxburgh) kidnaps a member of the family in order to procure the
object, the rest of the family, including the eldest daughter’s American
ex-boyfriend (Chaplin), pursues him in order to rescue their sibling
and recover the treasure.

The film was co-produced by star
Michelle Yeoh, who was eager to make a big English language film after
starring in Ang Lee’s CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, which had been a
huge success at the time. She also hired the filmmaking team, including
selecting Peter Pau as the director after he had served as
cinematographer on CROUCHING TIGER. The international success of
CROUCHING TIGER was a key factor in prompting the mainland China
government to support Yeoh in producing the country’s first
English-language feature film.

Director Peter Pau was looking
for a composer to write a large scale orchestral score for the film,
along the lines of Jerry Goldsmith or John Williams. Editor Marshall
Harvey was an acquaintance of composer Basil Poledouris and after
showing him some footage from the climax of the film, the composer
became interested in becoming part of the project.

While the
director wanted a large symphonic musical score, he also asked the
composer to incorporate some ethnic instruments – the er-hu (Chinese
two-string violin), pipa (Chinese lute), and xiao (an end-blown Chinese
flute) – in order for the score to evoke the fictional legends that lay
at the heart of the story. While he was in Hong Kong, Poledouris also
wrote and arranged an end title song, “The Touch,” which was recorded by
Cantopop diva Kelly Chen (alternately credited as “Kelly Chan”) in Hong
Kong’s Moon Studio.

The score for THE TOUCH was recorded in
Beijing at Oasis Studios and performed by members of the China
Philharmonic Orchestra. Aside from the Chinese soloists, the score was
designed for a standard Western symphonic orchestra, enhanced by layered
percussion tracks, which were recorded ahead of time in L.A. and to be
mixed in later with the orchestral recordings.

Basil Poledouris
was born on August 21, 1945 in Kansas City. He started taking piano
lessons when he was 7 years old. Eventually, he went on to become a
student at USC, where he studied directing, cinematography, editing,
sound and music. In over two decades of scoring motion pictures, he has
proven himself a master of melody and emotional power, forging rewarding
creative relationships with directors such as Paul Verhoeven, John
Milius, Randal Kleiser, Simon Wincer and John Waters. Basil has composed
music for films such as BIG WEDNESDAY, THE BLUE LAGOON, CONAN THE
BARBARIAN, RED DAWN, ROBOCOP, FLESH AND BLOOD, QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER, THE
HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, LES MISERABLES, STARSHIP TROOPERS and FOR LOVE OF
THE GAME. For television, he composed music for the epic miniseries
AMERIKA and LONESOME DOVE, for which he won an Emmy in 1989.


Released in the US by Miramax in 2002, THE TOUCH was far from the
success that Yeoh and Pau had hoped for but all parties involved agreed
that the score was a masterpiece. The music was issued twice on CD in
Hong Kong and once on a 5.1 mix on DVD in China over a decade ago and
all previous releases became immediately scarce.

BUYSOUNDTRAX
Records presents THE TOUCH on compact disc again for its first release
in the USA. The music has been remastered for much improved sound, along
with bonus tracks not available on the previous CD releases. The
booklet includes exclusive new liner notes by author Randall Larson,
including new insights from Poledouris colleagues Tim Boyle and Eric
Colvin, along with the film’s editor, Marshall Harvey on the creation of
this unique score, one of the last scores in Basil Poledouris’
filmography.


THE TOUCH is a limited edition release of 2000 units.

1.     Legend Of The Touch (2:16)
2.     The Monkey King Enthralls (1:44)
3.     The Loveable Thief (0:32)
4.     The Heart Of Don Huang (1:37)
5.     In The Heart Of The Night (2:43)
6.     Memories Of Days Gone (3:38)
7.     Trouble Under Blue Skies (5:31)
8.     To The Rescue (0:51)
9.     "Who Will Know?" (1:39)
10.     Glimpses Down The Path (2:10)
11.     A Light Dimmed (2:29)
12.     Farewell King Soul (1:47)
13.     Healing Of Hearts (3:20)
14.     Thru' The Forest (3:11)
15.     Secrets Revealed (4:23)
16.     "I'll Never Leave You" (4:48)
17.     Destiny Awaits (12:49)
18.     I Believe (4:30)
19.     Time To Choose 03:28)
20.     The Touch (3:56)
vocal by Kelly Chen

 

Price: 15.95$

[Aldridge]

Beides interessant. Steht da irgendwo, wann das rauskommt und wie viel das kosten soll?

 

Edit: Hat sich erledigt. Gerade bestellt.

Bearbeitet 14. Februar 2013 von Aldridge

[Alexander Grodzinski]

Erhältlich ab sofort, Preis habe ich ergänzt.

[Handstand]

THE TOUCH, super! Überüberfällig.

[Lars Potreck]

The Touch wär auch was für mich. ich mag ja asiatische abenteuerscores. die clips hörn sich gut an, auch der end song.

[ronin1975]

BEASTMASTER ist nette flotte Abenteuermusik, sehr überborbend... wo da das Budget für den Score bei so nem Film herkam? Hut ab... war ne zeitlang mal echt viel Wert...

 

THE TOUCH fand ich ziemlich dröge ehrlich gesagt, ein schöner Cue, aber Rest verliert sich in endlosen unspannenden Passagen fand ich... aber gut, bin auch kein Poledouris-Fan.

[Aldridge]

Dafür, dass Robert Folk oftmals bei irgendwelchen halbseidenen Komödien oder besseren B-Filmen zum Einsatz kam, wundere ich mich immer wieder, welche Qualität er da abgeliefert hat. Spitzenreiter ist für mich immer noch "Toy Soldiers" - was wäre der Film nur ohne den Score gewesen?! Insofern auch verwunderlich, dass Folk nicht mal bei anderen Produktionen zum Einsatz kam.

[Handstand]

Ich habe mir gerade noch mal das, was ich bislang von THE TOUCH habe, angehört. Dabei war dann doch nicht zu überhören, dass der Klang schon suboptimal war. Höhen klangen wiederholt gepresst, manchmal sogar verzerrt, fast so, als wäre hier mit Verlust komprimiert worden. Ich hoffe, die neue Veröffentlichung hält das Versprechen von "much improved sound" (oder es lag an meinem Tonträger ).

[Gast]

Beides sehr erfreuliche Re-Releases für die, die die alten Alben nicht haben. Beastmaster 2 ist einer der besseren Folk-Scores. Schön symphonisch. The Touch hatte ich hier kürzlich sogar noch erwähnt. Die BSX ist zwei Minuten länger als meine CD. Aber deswegen nochmal kaufen: nein. Vor allem nach der grausamen Enttäuschung, die ich jüngst trotz der angeblich toll remasterten Tonqualität bei einer BSX-CD erfahren musste. Ich hoffe für Euch, dass die diesmal nichts versemmeln.

 

@Urs: ich weiß nicht, was Du von The Touch hast, aber als echte CD ist das ohne Makel gewesen.

[Aldridge]

Mal eine kleine Nebenfrage: Ich habe jetzt zum ersten Mal bei BSX direkt bestellt. Auf was muss ich mich einstellen?

[Gast]

8 Wochen Lieferzeit, eventuell erhältst Du die falsche CD. Wenn überhaupt.

[Aldridge]

Na wunderbar. Das macht Mut.

 

Liegen die acht Wochen an denen oder am deutschen Zoll?

[Handstand]

Als bei mir mal was falsch lief, bekam ich dann allerdings (zusätzlich zur eigentlichen Bestellung) kostenlos noch eine von William Ross signierte andere CD als Entschuldigung von BSX.

[Gast]

Na wunderbar. Das macht Mut.

 

Liegen die acht Wochen an denen oder am deutschen Zoll?

Wir haben einen BSX-Thread, in dem die Schauermärchen dargelegt werden. Der Versand geht bei denen eigentlich ziemlich rasch raus, was der Poststempel beweist, dauert aber manchmal. Bei denen läuft es halt oft doof.

[Aldridge]

Oha, habe gerade mal den BSX-Thread aufgesucht. Sieht ja abenteuerlich aus. Allerdings sind die Einträge auch schon recht alt. Ich warte es mal ab.

 

Edit: Oh, Hilde, da haben wir uns gerade überschnitten...

Bearbeitet 15. Februar 2013 von Aldridge

[JuergenH]

Ich schätze Beastmaster 2 sehr - zumindest musikalisch - "Dar the Hero" allein schon ist absolut fantastisch.

[Aldridge]

Wir haben einen BSX-Thread, in dem die Schauermärchen dargelegt werden. Der Versand geht bei denen eigentlich ziemlich rasch raus, was der Poststempel beweist, dauert aber manchmal. Bei denen läuft es halt oft doof.

Um die Geschichte mal weiter zu drehen: Die Bestellung hatte ich am 14. Februar aufgegeben, am 15. bekam ich dann die Bestellbestätigung mit folgendem Versprechen: Your current order is being processed and will be shipped out shortly.

Vergangene Nacht kam dann jetzt die Benachrichtigung, dass die CDs verschickt wurden. Sauber. Wenn die schon einen Monat brauchen, um die beiden Scheiben überhaupt in die Post zu stecken, bin ich mal gespannt, wie das jetzt weitergeht.