7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, THE (2 CD SET)

Label: Prometheus PCD 168
Date: 1958
Tracks: 38
Time = 107:05

CD from Belgium.

2-CD set from original soundtrack to legendary Ray Harryhausen effects masterpiece, directed by Nathan Juran, starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant. Equally legendary score by Bernard Herrmann matches colorful on-screen fantasy with dazzling orchestral display. Album is assembled extremely well but myriad sources for individual tracks is noticeable: stereo, mono, music editor copies with levels that move up and down where dialog would go (especially noticeable during "The Stone Gate"), so forth. Customary for label, no information about tape sources or technical matters is provided. Liner notes by Jeff Bond do offer wealth of information about film production and score, however. CD 1 offers complete score, CD 2 offers original Colpix (and later Varese Sarabande) album selections. Major asset: contrary to rumors, Prometheus edition does offer full main title at start of CD 1, as it should be. (Edited version appears on CD 2, recreating edited version of Varese CD.) Long version is reprised at end of CD 2 as well. Reportedly, Herrmann recorded score at Shepperton Studios in London. Without a doubt, his efforts resulted in a bullseye!

DISC ONE: THE COMPLETE SCORE
1. OVERTURE / THE FOG 3:58 2. THE PRINCESS / THE STONE GATE / THE CYCLOPS 6:13 3. THE TRUMPETS / BAGDAD 2:59 4. SULTAN'S FEAST / THE VASE / COBRA DANCE 3:34 5. THE PROPHECY 1:11 6. THE POOL / NIGHT MAGIC 2:10 7. TINY PRINCESS 2:04 8. STREET MUSIC 1:14 9. SINBAD AND PRINCESS 1:42 10. THE SHIP / THE FIGHT 3:00 11. THE RETURN 1:10 12. THE SKULL 1:29 13. THE CLUB 1:05 14. THE CAVE 0:50 15. THE CAPTURE 0:45 16. CAPTURED - PART II 0:48 17. IN CAGE 0:59 18. THE LATCH 2:01 19. THE FIGHT WITH THE CYCLOPS / CYCLOPS' DEATH 3:04 20. THE CLIFFS 1:02 21. THE EGG 1:18 22 THE REQUEST / THE GENIE'S HOME / THE FIGHT WITH THE ROC / THE NEST / THE DRAGON 11:38 23. DOOR SLAM 1:12 24. TRANSFORMATION 2:52 25. THE SKELETON / THE DUEL WITH THE SKELETON / THE SWORD 2:53 26. DRAGON AND CYCLOPS / THE CROSSBOW / THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON / FINALE 8:44

DISC TWO: THE 1958 SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
1. OVERTURE / BAGDAD 3:50 2. SULTAN'S FEAST / THE VASE / COBRA DANCE 2:33 3. THE CYCLOPS 3:36 4. NIGHT MAGIC / TINY PRINCESS / STREET MUSIC 3:34 5. THE FLIGHT / THE BATTLE WITH THE CYCLOPS 3:16 6. THE ROC / THE NEST 4:09 7. THE DRAGON 2:13 8. TRANSFORMATION 2:02 9. THE SKELETON / THE DUEL WITH THE SKELETON / THE SWORD 2:54 10. THE DEATH OF THE CYCLOPS / THE CROSSBOW / THE DEATH OF THE DRAGON 3:20 11. FINALE 2:19

12. OVERTURE (Long Version) 1:54