Veröffentlichung Die 50. CD-Veröffentlichung von Music Box: Lalo Schifrin - Golden Needles

[Trekfan]

 

For more than three years, Music Box Records has been offering us high quality soundtracks, adding each month to a catalog as rich as it is eclectic, and which allows us to make some wonderful discoveries. To celebrate its 50th album, Music Box releases for the first time ever the score composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin for Golden Needles.

 

Golden Needles was directed by Robert Clouse, who brought along Schifrin from their last successful collaboration, Enter The Dragon. The music is the perfect accompaniment for the east-meets-west scenario and in many ways, it can be viewed as the close cousin of Schifrin’s incredibly influential soundtrack for Bruce Lee’s last film. Featuring cool percussion, infectious jazz licks, epic action set pieces and even a tender love theme, Schifrin’s music for Golden Needles is as great as it is largely forgotten in the shadow of its more esteemed peers - at least until now.

 

This CD marks the premiere release of Golden Needles. The only piece of music that has been released from the film was a re-recording on Schifrin’s 2000 compilation album Jazz Goes To Hollywood. This soundtrack presents all the music in mostly chronological order and is accompanied by an 8-page booklet with liner notes by Gergely Hubai who discusses the film and the score. Golden Needles may lack the name recognition of Bullitt or the cult factor of Enter The Dragon, but the score definitely delivers everything you’d expect from the composer at the top of his game - and it certainly doesn’t disappoint fans of Schifrin or martial arts movies in general. You can already discover some sound clips above, before the release scheduled of June 2.

 

01 The Golden Statue (0:46)

02 Golden Needles (Main Title) (3:03)

03 Acupuncture #1 (4:12)

04 Flames / Lin Toa (2:18)

05 Love Theme (1:25)

06 Fortune Teller / Snake Shop / Snakes (4:21)

07 Felicity (2:59)

08 Mongolian Supper (0:56)

09 Chinese Paintings (1:20)

10 Empty Hangers / Attack On Kwan / Chinese Cemetery (3:23)

11 Airports / Street Fight (2:16)

12 Winters’ Mansion / Winters / It’s Time (2:01)

13 Taxi (2:02)

14 Antique Shop / Health Club (2:27)

15 Health Club Fight (1:44)

16 Acupuncture #2 (4:11)

17 Menace / Hong Kong Street (1:43)

18 Heavies Approach / Harbor Sequence (1:54)

19 Harbor Chase / Crowds / Conclusion (9:34)

20 Golden Needles (End Titles) (2:48)

21 Finzie’s Piano #1 (2:29)

22 Chinese Street Source (0:58)

23 Finzie’s Piano #2 (4:12)

24 Golden Needles Of Love (5:46)

 

Durée totale / Total time : (69:50)

 

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[Oliver79]

Sehr hübsch und überraschend. Wer hätte gedacht, dass davon noch etwas überlebt hat.