It’s here! World premiere release of the complete soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein for Cecil B. DeMille’s all-time greatest epic and box-office champion! Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, John Derek, Vincent Price and many others bring powerful and inspiring story of Moses to vivid life. A lot of hands put in several years to make this release possible: Paramount, Universal Music Group, MGM, Intrada. Six CDs, three premiering the entire original two and a half hour soundtrack for the first time ever - much of it in stereo, also for the first time ever! Every cue appears, including all of the myriad fanfares, processions, court dances, authentic shofars (eight of them!), percussion tracks, harp sequences, Theremin and Novachord overlays… everything right down to the tiniest tiple, a rare member of the guitar family. All of Bernstein’s magnificent and justifiably famous masterpiece appears intact and uncut, including numerous sequences edited from the finished film! And after the complete score, another 40 minutes of never-before-heard alternates and unused music! Trailer cues! And if all of this doesn’t make the first three CDs ample proof of Bernstein’s genius, enjoy Bernstein himself introducing and playing his major themes in an ultra-rare, recently unearthed 12-minute piano demo prepared for DeMille at the start of the scoring process. CD 4 presents the original one hour soundtrack as released by Dot Records in mono in 1957, CD 5 gives you the then-newly re-recorded 1960 album issued by Dot to meet the growing demand for a stereo performance - this version being newly conducted by Bernstein to closely approximate the original 1957 album - and CD 6 offers the CD premiere of the 1966 United Artists stereo album recorded by Bernstein using new arrangements made by his long-time orchestrators Leo Shuken and Jack Hayes… all of the last three discs are presented from the original album master tapes stored in pristine condition in several studio vaults. Lavishly illustrated 60-page booklet designed by Joe Sikoryak includes full color reproductions of various album cover designs, authoritative notes by Frank K. DeWald about the production and scoring sessions including dates on the various releases, musician rosters, cue assemblies, pre-production artwork and more. Expert audio restoration work done by Chris Malone. Yes, fans of those glorious epic-era “roadshow” movies with their majestic and opulent scores and just plain ordinary music lovers of all types - rejoice! Elmer Bernstein conducts all 6 CDs. “So let it be written… so let it be done!”
CD 2 – Part 2 01. Song For Jethro’s Daughters (0:35) 02. Defending The Well (0:52) 03. Mountain Of God (3:30) 04. Jethro’s Daughters’ Dance (1:33) 05. Moses Chooses Sephora (3:23) 06. Sethi’s Death Chant/Royal Falcon (3:02) 07. Burning Bush (1:39) 08. Organ (I Am That I Am) (2:26) 09. Word Of God (End Act 1) (2:17) 10. Overture – Act 2 (Part A)/Overture – Act 2 (Part B) (2:16) 11. The Power Of God – Part 1/The Power Of God – Part 2 (4:08) 12. Well Of Strangers/Royal Barge (Revised) (2:23) 13. Joshua And Lilia/The Shrine Of The River Gods (1:49) 14. The Red River (1:28) 15. God Of Slaves (1:51) 16. Lilia’s Song/Lilia’s Song (Harp Chord) (0:27) 17. Pestilence (1:00) 18. Shadow Of Death (1:16) 19. The Dying Boy (3:02) 20. Lord Of The Underworld (2:21) 21. Shofars/Exodus – Part 1/Dathan’s House/Nubian Drums/Exodus – Part 2 (7:31) 22. Fanfare (Alternate No. 1) (0:15) 23. Fanfare (Alternate No. 2) (0:16) 24. Fanfare (0:10) 25. Exodus – Part 3 (3:10) 26. Death Gongs (0:28) 27. A Hardened Heart/Fanfare/Chariot Assembly/Ready For Battle Fanfares (2:39) 28. Mission Of Vengeance (0:59) 29. Shofars & Fanfares (0:37) 30. Pillar Of Fire/The Red Sea – Parts 1, 2 & 3 (7:40) 31. The Red Sea – Part 4 (0:59) CD2 Total Time: 66:45
CD 3 The Extras – Alternates And Unused Cues 06. Moses (Alternate) (0:23) 07. Moses And Nefretiri (Alternate)/New City Underway (Alternate) (3:55) 08. Temple Grain (Alternate) (1:12) 09. Memnet’s Murder (Alternate) (3:22) 10. Memnet’s Murder (Revised) (2:16) 11. The Royal Barge (Alternate) (3:23) 12. Court Dance (Alternate) (2:22) 13. Baccha’s Garden No. 1 (2:16) 14. Baccha’s Garden No. 2 (2:15) 15. Baccha’s Garden No. 3 (2:01) 16. Song For Jethro’s Daughters (Alternate) (0:31) 17. Defending The Well (Alternate – Long) (2:17) 18. Jethro’s Daughters’ Dance (Alternate) (1:57) 19. Exodus – Part 3 (Short Version) (1:37) 20. Shofars & Fanfares (Alternates) (0:56) 21. Exit Music – Part 2 (Alternate) (1:45) Alternates and Unused Cues Time: 32:54
Additional Cues 22. The Red Sea – Part 3/Song Of Joseph (Film Edit) (2:00) 23. The Red Sea – Part 4 (Early Version) (1:34) 24. Exodus (Early Version) (3:12) 25. The Lord’s Side (Brass) (0:15) 26. The Royal Barge (Short Source Alternate) (0:16) 27. Tiple (Wild) (0:31) 28. Drums No. 1 (Wild) (0:26) 29. Drums No. 2 (Wild) (0:30) 30. The Finger Of God – Part 1 (Early Version) (0:37) 31. Trailer No. 1 (0:57) 32. Trailer No. 2 (0:30) Additional Cues Time: 11:01
Elmer Bernstein ’s Original Piano Theme Demos 33. Theme Of Egypt/Nefretiri’s Theme/Bithia’s Theme/Hebrew Theme/ Theme Of Moses/Possible Short Identifying Themes For Moses/ Sephora-Bedouin Theme/Song Of Joseph – Exodus Anthem/ Joshua-Lilia Love Theme/Joshua-Lilia Love Theme In A Major Key/ Theme Of God/Theme Of Evil (12:36) Extras Total: 54:40 CD3 Total Time: 76:01
CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Original 1957 Dot Soundtrack Album (Mono) COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein 01. Prelude (5:43) 02. In The Bulrushes (3:23) 03. The Bitter Life (2:09) 04. Love And Ambition (3:53) 05. The Hard Bondage (2:12) 06. Egyptian Dance (2:47) 07. The Crucible Of God (3:15) 08. And Moses Watered Jethro’s Flock (2:17) 09. Bedouin Dance (1:57) 10. I Am That I Am (3:52) 11. Overture (2:13) 12. Thus Says The Lord (3:45) 13. The Plagues (2:11) 14. The Exodus (6:40) 15. The Pillar Of Fire (2:45) 16. The Red Sea (2:35) 17. The Ten Commandments (5:22) 18. Go, Proclaim Liberty! (3:20) CD Total Time: 60:44
CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Original 1960 Dot Soundtrack Album (STEREO) COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein 01. Prelude (5:07) 02. In The Bulrushes (4:01) 03. The Bitter Life (2:05) 04. Love And Ambition (4:03) 05. The Hard Bondage (2:03) 06. Egyptian Dance (2:52) 07. The Crucible Of God (3:07) 08. And Moses Watered Jethro’s Flock (2:13) 09. Bedouin Dance (1:56) 10. I Am That I Am (3:13) 11. Overture (2:06) 12. Thus Says The Lord (3:39) 13. The Plagues (2:51) 14. The Exodus (6:00) 15. The Pillar Of Fire (2:45) 16. The Red Sea (2:30) 17. The Ten Commandments (5:40) 18. Go, Proclaim Liberty! (3:20) CD Total Time: 59:56
CECIL B. DeMILLE’s THE TEN COMMANDMENTS Original 1966 United Artists Re-Recorded Album (Stereo) COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED By Elmer Bernstein 01. Overture Act I (4:15) 02. Nefretiri (2:36) 03. Court Dance (3:03) 04. Sephora (2:10) 05. The Burning Bush (3:44) 06. Overture Act II (2:06) 07. The Exodus (3:04) 08. Dance Of Jethro’s Daughters (2:02) 09. The Red Sea (2:36) 10. Finale (3:29) CD Total Time: 29:14
Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein. The Ten Commandments Original motion picture soundtrack recorded on April 5, 23, 26, May 7, 8, 26, 31, June 2, 9, 22, 30, July 5, 6, 9, 30, November 9, 14 and 17 1955, and January 17, February 14, 15-17, 20, 21, March 5-7, 22, 27, 29, April 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, may 8, 24, june 18, 21, 22, 27, July 2, 9, 10, 13 and August 21 1956, at Paramount Studios Recording Stage, Culver City, California.
VIOLIN Toscha Seidel
Isreal Baker
Harold Ayres
James Getzoff
Nathan Kaproff
Isadore karon
Zelik Kaufman
Caesar Kersten
Alexander Koltun
Robert Konrad
William Kurasch
Leonard Malarsky
Amerigo Marino
Ralph Schaeffer
Sidney Sharp
Arnold Belnick
Elizabeth Dean
Harold Dicterow
Laura Griffing
Davida Jackson
Robert Levine
Alfred Lustgarten
Lily Mahler
William Miller
Lester Spencer
Robert Sushel
Henri Tomianka
Eunice Wennermark
VIOLA Spinoza Paeff
LeRoy Collins
Albert Falkove
Stanley Harris
Maxine Johnson
Norman Botnick
Gareth Nuttycombe
Robert Ostrowski
Sally Peck
Milton Thomas
Joan Vandenburg
CELLO George Neikrug
David Filerman
Emmet Sargeant
Olga Zundel
Justin DiTullio
Edwin Geber
Charlotte Harris
Armand Kaproff
Odal Saleski
William Vandenburg
BASS Anton Torello
Aaron Guterson
Ray Siegel
Simon Green
Abraham Luboff
Peter Mercurio
William Torello
FLUTE Harold Lewis
Burnett Atkinson
Donald Renfrew
OBOE Charles Strickfaden
Joe Rizzo
Rosario Rizzo
Vincent Schipilitti
CLARINET Joseph Krechter
Mahlon Clark
Justin Gordon
Jerome Kasper
Ryland Weston
BASSOON Jules Seser
Carl Jeschke
FRENCH HORN Willard T. Culley
Charles Peel
Gale Robinson
Francis Hellstein
Norman Bartold
Huntington Burdick
Sam Cassano
Wendell Hoss
Douglas Norris
Richard Perissi
Alan Robinson
Irving Rosenthal
Sam Shatkin
Henry Sigismonti
TRUMPET Frank Zinzer
Donald Fagerquist
Sidney Lazar
W.M. Ferguson
Thomas C. Jones
TROMBONE Thomas Bassett
Joe Colvin
George Arus
Vernon Friley
TUBA Sam Rice
George E. Green
PERCUSSION Bernie Mattinson
Roland Hallberg
John Boudreau
Forrest Clark
Robert Conzelman
Harry Myhr
Al Rich
Harry Stitman
HARP Aida Dagort
Mary Hogan
Cambern Janice Fenimore
PIANO Harry Sukman
John Crown
Ignace Hilsberg
GUITAR Luarindo Almeida
Jose Barroso
Noel E. Boggs
George M. Smith
TIPLE Perry Botkin
H.J. Timbrell
BONGO Frank Guererro
CELESTA Harry Sukman
MARIMBA Daleth (Del) Roper
ORGAN Chauncey Haines
THEREMIN Samuel Hoffman
SHOFAR Henry Bornstein
Benjamin Klatzkin
Walter Machlan
Isaak Nadel
Jerry Rosen
Philip Schroit
William Spiegelman
Maurice Weiss
Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein. The Ten Commandments 1960 Dot Re-recorded Album Recorded on August 27, September 2 and 3, 1960, at Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood, California.
VIOLIN Anatol Kaminsky
Israel Baker
Robert Barene
Thelma Beach
George Berres
Herman Clebanoff
David Frisina
Benny Gill
Mort Herbert
Nathan Kaproff
George Kast
Marvin Limonick
Dan Lube
William Miller
Alex Murray
Erno Neufeld
Irma Neumann
Lou Raderman
Ambrose Russo
Myron Sandler
Eudice Shapiro
Felix Slatkin
Joseph Stepansky
Leon Trebacz
VIOLA Milton Thomas
Dorothy Colton
Allen Harshman
Virgina Majewski
Robert Ostrowsky
Joseph Reilich
Sanford Schonbach
CELLO Armand Kaproff
Justin DiTullio
Victor Gottlieb
Raphael Kramer
Edgar Lustgarten
Kurt Reher
Eleanor Slatkin
BASS Abe Luboff
Harold Brown
Milton Kestenbaum
Peter Mercurio
FLUTE Martin Ruderman
Sylvia Ruderman
Arthur Gleghorn
OBOE Arnold Koblentz
Gerald Fried
Bert Gassman
Gordon Schoneberg
CLARINET Merritt Buxbaum
Mahlon Clark
Dominick Fera
Mitchell Lurie
BASSOON Jack Marsh
Norman Herzberg
FRENCH HORN Vincent DeRosa
John Cave
James Decker
William Hinshaw
Herman Lebow
Sinclair Lott
James McGee
Richard Persissi
Gale Robinson
TRUMPET Maurice Harris
Emanuel Klein
Manuel Stevens
Joseph Triscari
TROMBONE Raymond Klein
Richard Nash
Richard Noel
George Roberts
Herb G. Taylor
Lloyd Ulyate
TUBA John Bambridge
Sam Rice
PERCUSSION Dale Anderson
Hubert Anderson
John Boudreau
Milton Holland
Shelly Manne
Bernie Mattinson
Lee Perrin
Louis Singer
HARP Catherine Gotthoffer
Ann Stocton
PIANO Raymond Turner
GUITAR Laurindo Almeida
Jose Barroso
THEREMIN Paul Tanner
MANDOLIN Max Gralnick
Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein. The Ten Commandments 1966 United Artists Re-recorded Album Recorded on March 21 and 22, 1966 at RCA STUDIOS, Hollywood, California.
VIOLIN Anatol Kaminsky
Thelma L. Beach
Herman Clebanoff
Sam Freed
David Frisina
Irving Geller
Mort Herbert
Nathan Kaproff
George Kast
Varoujan Kodjian
Robert S. Levine
Alexander Murray
Erno Neufeld
Irma Neumann
Joseph Stepansky
Dorothy M. Wade
VIOLA Virginia Majewski
Cecil Figelski
Allan Harshman
Myra Kestenbaum
Robert Ostrowsky
Sanford Schonbach
CELLO Marie Fera
Elanor Slatkin
Justin DiTullio
Raphael Kramer
Edgar Lustgarten
Kurt Reher
Emmet Sargeant
BASS Abe Luboff
peter A. Mercurio
Ray Siegel
FLUTE Sylvia Ruderman
June Russo
OBOE Arnold Koblentz
Gordon Schoneberg
CLARINET Mitchell Lurie
Dominick Fera
BASSOON Lloyd W. Hildebrand
Norman Herzberg
Jack Marsh
FRENCH HORN Herman Lebow
David Allan Duke
William Hinshaw
Henry Sigismonti
TRUMPET Emanuel Klein
Robert L. Divall
Maurice Harris
TROMBONE Harold Diner
Hoyt Bohannon
George M. Roberts
