veröffentlichung Intrada: Craig Safan - SON OF THE MORNING STAR

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SON OF THE MORNING STAR (2CD)
Craig Safan

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 428
Film Date: 1991
Album Date: 2019
Time: 101:10
Tracks: 72

Perhaps Craig Safan’s finest score, certainly his most emotionally powerful, finally expanded! Mike Robe directs massive 2-part ABC mini-series from Evan S. Connell novel chronicling rich examination of George Armstrong Custer. Robe provides most detailed look at legendary soldier ever made by Hollywood. Gary Cole brings Custer to vivid life, Rosanna Arquette plays wife Elizabeth, Rodney A. Grant is Sioux leader Crazy Horse, other cast includes Dean Stockwell, David Strathairn. Melissa Mathison scripts, focuses on last decade of Custer’s life, climaxing with fateful Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. As does book and film, Safan finds inspiration in Custer as man, not myth, neither hero nor villain. Score anchors with not one but several primary thematic ideas, all of them colored with degree of sorrow: lean, wide-interval solo trumpet line with nods to military and solitude of Custer, incredibly moving string orchestra theme highlighting Custer’s actions and place in history, haunting melody (heard first in brass but typically on oboe) for “Libby”. Strings dominate much of score, woodwinds carry intimate solo lines, Americana colors carry weight… but always the mournful trumpet hovers, cries, pierces. Keynote everywhere is sadness. Fans of composer’s action-heavy The Last Starfighter score also get their day with numerous aggressive brass-led cues underscoring vivid warfare between U.S. Army and Sioux warriors, culminating at Little Big Horn. Safan also wrote several pieces for Native American flute, accompanied sparingly by tom toms, deer-hoof rattles plus synthesizer drones. Independent of orchestral material, these are none-the-less used beautifully as score underlining scenes of Sioux life. In addition, Safan fashions handful of Irish period pieces functioning as score plus adapts key “Garryowen” tune that became basis for Custer’s own marching song as he went into battle. Highlights in 100-minute score are numerous, but emotional spotlight goes to tragic strings of “Washita Massacre”, passioned and emotional final parting sequence, “The Big Goodbyes”, propulsive action of cues focusing on Little Big Horn. Extra special spotlight goes to brief but powerful “A Good Day To Die”, underlining beautifully directed sequence of Sioux warriors readying for battle juxtaposed with image of Custer leading charging 7th Cavalry inexorably into history. As the tragic theme swells, (eloquently described by author Frank K. DeWald in his compelling notes), Safan commands his brass to the fore in a magnificent orchestral peroration in the major, a rare sonority in this minor-key dominated masterpiece! Intrada first visited Safan’s work in a single CD of highlights after the film’s 1991 premiere. For this oft-requested return to the beloved classic, Intrada expands the music across 2-CDs, presenting everything in film sequence with all original Native American and Irish cues appearing as composer intended. Entire project was produced and prepared with composer in attendance at Intrada. Handsome packaging designed by Kay Marshall compliments Safan’s memorable music. Dennis Sands engineers, Craig Safan composes, conducts. Intrada Special Collection 2-CD set available while quantities and interest remain!

CD 1 01. Main Title – Part One (2:03) 02. Mistakes Were Made (1:32) 03. Irish Band No. 1 (0:38) 04. Young Crazy Horse (1:52) 05. Fetterman Massacre (3:11) 06. Bad News (0:51) 07. Deserters (0:54) 08. To Libby (2:27) 09. Trial (1:35) 10. No Water Shoots Crazy Horse (1:02) 11. Trial Aftermath (0:48) 12. In The Attic (0:46) 13. Garryowen No. 1 (Traditional, arr. Craig Safan) (0:33) 14. Custer’s Return (1:13) 15. Broken Promises (1:31) 16. Garryowen No. 2 (Traditional, arr. Craig Safan) (0:25) 17. Thoughts (1:03) 18. Irish Band No. 2 (1:20) 19. Training Montage (2:07) 20. Washita Prelude (0:29) 21. Washita Massacre (3:03) 22. Burn (1:17) 23. Meotzi And Custer (0:58) 24. Even If I’m Wrong (2:55) 25. Hostages (0:43) 26. Lies And Expansion (2:51) 27. The Hand (0:25) 28. Burial Site (2:04) 29. Custer (1:18) 30. End Credits – Part One (1:06) CD 1 Time: 45:13 Quelle: http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.11843/.f

CD 2 01. Main Title – Part Two (2:01) 02. Goodbyes (0:51) 03. Prior To 1849 (0:15) 04. A Blow To Custer (0:42) 05. Grant Ponders (1:04) 06. Jewel Waltz (arr. & adapt. Craig Safan) (0:27) 07. Coffin (0:20) 08. Forward (1:48) 09. The Big Goodbye (3:49) 10. Sitting Bull (1:05) 11. Prophecy Of War (0:31) 12. Painting Dead Blue Coats (0:34) 13. Custer’s Motor (1:28) 14. Skeleton (2:00) 15. Sun Dance (2:34) 16. Tonight (2:03) 17. Big Village No. 1 (1:21) 18. Big Village No. 2 (0:42) 19. Chant Overlay (0:39) 20. Been Spotted (0:38) 21. Twenty-Nine Thousand (1:38) 22. Singing Overlay (1:35) 23. Reno Charges (3:14) 24. It Begins (1:27) 25. Charge! (0:17) 26. A Good Day To Die (1:13) 27. Reno’s Rout (2:01) 28. Little Big Horn (2:10) 29. Custer Hit (2:27) 30. Custer Dies (3:00) 31. Scavengers (2:24) 32. Libby Finds Out (5:14) 33. End Credits – Part Two (0:54) The Bumpers 34. Bumper No. 1 (0:08) 35. Bumper No. 2 (0:06) 36. Bumper No. 3 (0:06) 37. Bumper No. 4 (0:08) 38. Bumper No. 6 (0:08) 39. Bumper No. 7 (0:06) 40. Bumper No. 8 (0:06) 41. Bumper No. 9 (0:08) 42. Bumper No. 10 (0:07) CD 2 Time: 55:57

 

 

 

[Mephisto]

Der interessiert mich sehr! Reiht sich ja schön in die ganzen anderen TV-Mini-Serien-Musiken à la GEORGE WASHINGTON oder NORTH AND SOUTH und THE BLUE AND THE GREY ein.

[ronin1975]

Fand Sadan schon immer total überbewertet. Rudis Resterampe is das leider für mich nur... die alte CD reichte garantiert total aus.

[sami]

Klingt erstmal ganz patent, habe das vorher nie wahrgenommen.

[Stefan Schlegel]

Das ist auch ein durchaus anspruchsvoller Score, der weniger  typische Westernklänge beinhaltet und mehr von getragen-elegischer Natur ist. Die Vorbilder wie Barbers "Adagio for Strings" oder Vaughan Williams` "Thomas Tallis Fantasy" klingen teilweise durch, auch ein bißchen der zwei Jahre davor entstandene "Born on the Fourth of July" von Williams..
Ich habe die alte Intrada-CD schon an 1992 gekauft und war damals recht angetan und auch überrascht davon. Es ist allerdings auch mein einziger Safan-CD-Kauf geblieben, da sich die Musik von allen anderen seiner mir bekannten Arbeiten ziemlich abhebt.
Allerdings war die damalige CD mit 60 Minuten schon ziemlich lang, eigentlich schon fast zu lang,  denn es hätte es auch ein klein wenig kürzer getan. Von daher würde ich mir die jetzige Doppel-CD mit gar 100 Minuten sowieso nie zulegen und das erübrigt sich für mich vollkommen..

[Gast Stefan Jania]

Sehe ich ähnlich. Ich mag den Score, empfand die alte Intrada-CD aber auch schon als "zu lang". Wenn ich mir das aktuelle Tracklisting anschaue, ist das unter anderem noch gestreckt mit Source Music zwischendrin. Schade, dass Intrada von Safan nichts Aktuelleres ausgräbt. Er hat in den letzten Jahren eine Handvoll Stummfilme rescored (Chaplins The Kid oder gerade erst Chaneys Phantom Of The Opera, der am 11. Juli live-to-picture aufgeführt wurde). Das wäre ein hübscher Sampler - den zweifellos auch nur sehr wenige kaufen würden. Aber ein paar von denen kenne ich.

[scorefun]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb Stefan Jania:

Aber ein paar von denen kenne ich.

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