WOLFEN (UNUSED SCORE)

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 206
Date: 1981
Tracks: 14
Time = 60:42

Before young James Horner scored classic 1981 Michael Wadleigh horror movie with Albert Finney, filmmakers engaged also-young Craig Safan to tackle the music. He responded with incredibly intense, complex orchestral score. Tiny three-note germ anchors work, expands into variety of complicated musical ideas - but always stays within reach. Neat, sophisticated musical architecture! Highlights are many but deserving special attention is massive build-up to final confrontation on Wall Street ("Wall Street And Wolfen Finale".) Safan engages all of his advanced harmonic vernacular, follows path already forged, then instead climaxes in closing moments with series of powerhouse fortissimo major chords, lending brief heroic feel to hour-long work. A goosebump moment! Safan composes a major work with such strong shape that it plays like a massive concert piece for large orchestra. All film music should be so lucky! Another asset: extremely well-performed, crisply recorded sessions are presented in dynamic stereo from original three-channel stereo masters courtesy Warner Bros. If you're a fan of Horner's exciting score (also released on Intrada), enjoy its "big brother", born first from the pen of Craig Safan. Craig Safan conducts. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remains!

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01. Main Title And First Killings 9:26 02. The Body 2:23 03. The Morgue 4:11 04. Run To Church 2:21 05. Run From Church 5:25 06. Wilson And Pearl 2:10 07. Thinking Of The Kill 4:50

08. Shape Shifting 2:14 09. At The Zoo 3:50 10. The Dream And Love Scene 3:55 11. Whittington Gets Snuffed 6:13 12. Indian Bar 4:17 13. Discovery And Penthouse 3:45 14. Wall Street And Wolfen Finale 5:21