Long-awaited restoration of full, action-packed Alan Silvestri soundtrack on 2 CDs! Danny Cannon directs, Sylvester Stallone stars, sizzling action in dystopian future abounds! Drawn from British comic magazine, movie literally bristles with excitement. Silvestri takes cue from hardcore-style action in film, creates masterful score with unusually strong, heroic major-key theme for Dredd, darker minor-key choral material for background story, pulsating orchestral rhythms to punctuate profuse, violent action. Dredd theme typically gets noble French horn, trumpet for leads but is flexible, also plays softly on flute in select sequences. Still, with action the name of the game, composer keeps momentum going throughout. Incredibly, Silvestri recorded some two hours of music for a picture ultimately running just 96 minutes! Explanation: He recorded lengthy score in London, selections of which appeared on Epic label in 1995 (paired with several songs) but post-production edits to film required him to make changes and record most of his score again! This time, sessions were held in Los Angeles - it is these performances that appear in finished film. New Intrada 2-CD set features both London, Los Angeles sessions! Courtesy Walt Disney and Sony Music, a treasure-chest full of previously unreleased music is the reward! Highlights are many but spotlight goes to revised finish to score: here, Silvestri concludes with heroic fanfare familiar from 1995 album but introduces all-new treatment for brief moment of optimism that adds weight, emotion to last scene before wrapping with magnificent fortissimo coda. One of the great film score endings! CD 1 offers score as heard in picture (including powerful "revised" Main Title), CD 2 offers 45 minutes of early takes, alternates plus 4 tracks from original 1995 album in which unique assemblies were prepared. As a special "extra", riveting original soundtrack performance of "Judge Dredd - Trailer" by Jerry Goldsmith makes powerhouse finish to CD 1. Informative liner notes about entire film production by Tim Greiving, colorful graphic design by Joe Sikoryak, complete cue assembly details, musician lists for both Silvestri's Los Angeles sessions, Goldsmith's trailer sessions round out dynamic package. This one packs a punch! Alan Silvestri conducts his score, Jerry Goldsmith conducts his trailer. Intrada Special Collection release available while quantities and interest remain!
CD 1
01. Main Title – Revised (5:00)
02. Block War – Revised (5:01)
03. I’ve Heard It All – Revised+ (2:23)
04. Aspen – Revised (3:25)
05. It Ends (0:41)
06. The Law (1:54)
07. Pawn Shop (1:43)
08. Parking Penalty (0:54)
09. Dredd’s Arrest (1:32)
10. Say It Ain’t So (2:23)
11. Judgement Day+ (4:23)
12. Hidden Photo (0:39)
13. Shuttle Crash (2:37)
14. Access Denied (1:03)
15. Angel Family Values (6:01)
16. We Created You (3:46)
17. New Order Montage (2:12)
18. Hershey’s Close Call (0:18)
19. Janus! (0:57)
20. Council Chaos – Revised (7:30)
21. Hershey’s Apartment (1:14)
22. Twice You Owe Me+ (1:17)
23. Griffin Gets It (0:58)
24. Send In The Clones (1:15)
25. New World – Revised (7:47)
26. Judge Dredd – Trailer (Jerry Goldsmith) (0:47)
CD 1 Total Time: 68.22
CD 2 The Extras
Original and Alternate Takes
01. Main Title+* (4:56)
02. Block War+ (3:05)
03. I’ve Heard It All+ (0:36)
04. Dredd And Fargo+ (0:33)
05. You’re A Legend+ (0:23)
06. Aspen+ (2:27)
07. Aspen – Alternate+ (2:27)
08. I Judged Him+ (0:56)
09. Hershey Objects+ (0:21)
10. Bon Appetite+ (1:42)
11. Brief Reunion+ (1:32)
12. Council Chaos+* (5:46)
13. Choose+ (5:17)
14. Choose – Alternate+ (4:42)
15. Choose – Revised+ (5:14)
16. New World+ (2:25)
17. New World – Alternate+ (2:25)
Total Time : 45:23
THE EXTRAS
Original 1995 Soundtrack Assemblies
18. Judgement Day+ (5:53)
19. Block War+ (4:39)
20. Angel Family+ (5:36)
21. New World+ (9:13)
Total Time: 25:31
CD 2 Time: 71:00
+Not featured in film *Previously released
Composed by Alan Silvestri. Recorded on June 7, 8, and 9, 1995, at Sony Scoring Stage, Culver City, California.
VIOLIN Stuart Canin
Richard Altenbach
Karen Elaine Bakunin
Margaret Batjer
Arnold Belnick
Jacqueline Brand
Robert Brosseau
Darius Campo
Ron Clark
Mario De Leon
Joel Derouin
Bruce Dukov
David Ewart
Ronald Folsom
Juliann French
Armen Garabedian
Berj Garabedian
Julie Gigante
Karen Jones
Miran Kojian
Isabella Lippi
Rene Mandel
Peter McHugh
Greg Moore
Ralph Morrison III
Robin Olson
Claudia Parducci
Rafael Rishik
Rachel Robinson
Jay Rosen
Anatoly Rosinsky
Sheldon Sanov
Mari Tsumura Botnick
Roger Wilkie
Kenneth Yerke
Galina Zherdev Golovin
VIOLA Dan Neufeld
Denyse Buffum
Brian Dembow
Marlow Fisher
Rick Gerding
Miriam Granat
Keith Greene
Carrie Holzman-Little
Patricia Johnson
Carol Kleister-Castillo
Janet Lakatos
Victoria Miskolczy
Maria Newman
Robin Ross-Chineduh
Linn Subotnick
CELLO Dennis Karmazyn
Robert Adcock
Vage Ayrikyan
Jodi Burnett
Antony Cooke
Matthew Cooker
Christine Ermacoff
Todd Hemmenway
Judith Johnson Henderson
Paula Hochhalter
Barbara Hunter
Armen Ksajikian
Roger Lebow
Dane Little
David Low
Christina Soule
David Speltz
John Walz
BASS Charles Domanico
Ann Atkinson
Timothy Barr
Steve Edelman
Richard Feves
Edward Meares
Bruce Morgenthaler
Susan Ranney
Paul Zibits
FLUTE Louise DiTullio
Geraldine Rotella
David Shostac
Sheridon Stokes
James Walker
OBOE Phillip Ayling
Earle Dumler
Barbara Northcutt
CLARINET Dominick Fera
Emily Bernstein
Gary Bovyer
Jon Clarke
Gary G. Gray
Debra Kanter
James Kanter
Ralph Williams
BASOON Kenneth Munday
Charles Coker
Rose Corrigan
John Steinmetz
FRENCH HORN Brian O'Connor
James Thatcher
Mark Adams
Steven Becknell
Carol Drake
Ronn Kaufman
Daniel Kelley
Todd Miller
John Reynolds
Kurt Snyder
Richard Todd
Phillip Yao
TRUMPET Gary E. Grant
Larry Hall
Jerry Hey
Warren Luening
TROMBONE Richard Nash
Bruce Fowler
Alan Kaplan
Charles Loper
William Reichenbach
Phillip Teele
TUBA J. Tommy Johnson
DRUMS/PERCUSSION Dale Anderson
Alan Estes
Michael Fisher
Gregory Goodall
Daniel Greco
Peter Limonick
Steven Schaeffer
Donald Williams
Robert Zimmitti
HARP Katie Kirkpatrick
KEYBOARD David Bifano
William Ross
Randy Waldman
ORCHESTRATORs John Eidsvoog
Conrad Pope
William Ross
Scott Smalley
COPYISTS Jo Ann Kane
Phil Azelton
Russell Bartmus
Vincent Bartold
Joanna Beck
Thomas Brown
Tom Calderaro
Robert Calderwood
Lars Clutterham
Douglas Dana
Julia Eidsvoog
Katherine Fields
William Francis
Daniel Gold
Ron Gorow
Ellen Gray
Jim Hoffman
Jon Marquart
Ladd McIntosh
Roberta McIntosh
Deborah Mitchell
Howard Segurson
Karen Smith
Steven Smith
Aime Vereecke
Barbara Watts