NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: LAST VIKINGS / DR. LEAKEY AND THE DAWN OF MAN

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 20
Dates: 1972 / 1966
Tracks: 29
Time = 60:19

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Two scores from National Geographic presentations. "The Last Vikings" looks at modern descendants of famed warriors along coast of Norway. Ernest Gold offers stirring music with emphasis on brass. Main "Viking" theme is surging line with complex shifts in harmony underneath. Also find exciting whaling episodes, gentle ideas for fishermen of Dyb, powerful music illustrating fierce Viking history. Ernest Gold conducts. "Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man" traces famous anthropologist through decades of work at Olduvai Gorge (Africa), culminates in landmark human skull discovery. Leonard Rosenman musically explores vast history, supplies incredibly dramatic score that joins raw, primal world of ancient man with intense, modern sensibility. Leonard Rosenman conducts. Limited to 1500 copies. SOLD OUT!

THE LAST VIKINGS 01. Opening Fanfare/The Last Vikings/      National Geographic Main Title 2:22 02. Modern Vikings 2:37 03. A Warrior Past 3:51 04. Ancient Festival/      Monument to the Past 1:49 05. Whaling Memories/The Last      Expedition/The Whale Catch/      The Cost of Whaling 6:19 06. Ghosts of the Past 0:42 07. Modern Fishermen 1:49 08. Family Heritage 0:47 09. The Faeroe Islands 0:43 10. Grindabod/Aftermath 2:24 11. Shepherds (Revised) 1:17 12. Shepherds (Original) 1:17 13. Men of the Faeroes 1:11 14. Epilogue 2:02 15. The Last Vikings Theme 0:43 Time = 30:25

DR. LEAKEY AND THE DAWN OF MAN 16. Prologue/National Geographic Main Title 3:50 17. Dr. Lewis Leakey 0:59 18. Leakey's Early Years 4:17 19. Olduvai Gorge 1:58 20. Descending Into the Past 0:58 21. Bottom of the Gorge 0:39 22. Bumper/Nairobi 1:01 23. African Wildlife 2:32 24. Stalking Lions 0:39 25. Uncovering the Past/Historic Discovery/      Making Headlines 4:49 26. The Face of Ancient Man 1:47 27. The Ancient World of Man 4:01 28. Epilogue 0:41 Time = 28:56 29. National Geographic End Credits 0:54