MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND

Label: TWP-202W58ST-01
Date: 1969
Tracks: 34
Time = 51:56

Original soundtrack from ultra-low budget Eddie Romero, Gerardo de Leon horror film with John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn. Tito Arevalo scores for modest ensemble that includes strings but favors woodwinds, small brass section plus percussion. Arevalo writes with economy but spreads instrumental voices to a degree, gives scale to his efforts. Orchestrations are clear, concise - never thick. Small chorus joins abundance of xylophone, timpani, other drums to illuminate primitive Philippine locales, tribal activities. One striking color is muted trumpet playing amongst woodwinds, another striking color is electric guitar underneath woodwinds, brass. Interestingly, Arevalo creates scary musical scenario not just with expected dissonance but via tonal material with somewhat elusive harmonic center. Unsettling! Labor-of-love CD presentation by Tim Ferrante offers entire score in mono from surviving master elements plus notes, colorful graphics. Tito Arevalo conducts. Limited release of 1000 copies!

1. Pre-Title (1:08) 2. Title Music (1:27) 3. Number 20 (3:20) 4. Dance, Part 1 (1:33) 5. Number 9 (1:18) 6. Number 27 (2:11) 7. Number 11 (2:21) 8. Number 13 (0:31) 9. Number 16 (0:24) 10. Number 21 (2:44) 11. Number 28 (2:22) 12. Number 23 (1:11) 13. Number 24 (1:07) 14. Distant Drums (0:58) 15. Number 12 (1:52) 16. Dance, Part 2 (1:37) 17. Number 31 (3:06) 18. Number 8 (1:56) 19. Number 10 (0:20) 20. Finale (1:46) [Bonus Tracks] 21. Title Music (Take 1)(1:50) 22. Dance, Part 1 (Take 1)(2:06) 23. Dance, Part 1 (Take 2)(1:32) 24. Number 7 (2:00) 25. Number 14 (0:18) 26. Number 15 (0:19) 27. Number 17 (0:40) 28. Number 19 (0:38) 29. Number 22 (2:04) 30. Number 25 (1:10) 31. Number 26 (Edited)(1:11) 32. Number 29 (0:40) 33. Number 30 (0:54) 34. Finale (Take 1)(2:08)