Basil Poledouris follow-up to his 1980 original makes it to CD at last!
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Basil Poledouris follow-up to his 1980 original makes it to CD at last! Columbia Pictures presents, William A. Graham directs, Leslie Stevens scripts from elements of Henry De Vere Stacpoole’s The Blue Lagoon successor novel, The Garden Of God, Brian Krause & Milla Jovovich play the now-teens. Poledouris draws upon stylistic elements from his first score but rarely uses material from the first work, instead fashioning all-new material with an emphasis on rich, surging new themes, broad dramatic material and larger-scale action. Highlights abound: “Sarah Sails Alone” includes powerful brass variants on the main theme, leading to dynamic churning material for full orchestra. “After The Storm” affords beautiful moments for both celli and horns in quotes of the theme, “The Children Pray” showcases clarinet and strings in a solemn, moving sequence. In contrast are rousing sections for tutti orchestra: “Hog Play”, “Water Play”. Danger lurks as well, with “Shark On The Reef”, “Richard vs Shark On Reef” raising the musical stakes. Multi-faceted score even contains music with cerebral, mysterious color: “Richard Enters Jungle (Revised)”, augmenting the orchestra with ghostly synth over strings, woodwinds and percussion. Deserving the spotlight: “Evil Quinlan And Fight Sequence”, with Poledouris emphasizing pulsating orchestral rhythms, swirling Herrmann-esque figures for strings and vibrant trombone lines against percussion. Exciting! CD also includes end credit song “A World Of Our Own”, performed by Surface, mastered from the digital two-track master mixes of the full-length version. Provided courtesy Columbia Pictures, the 1/2” three-channel Dolby SR scoring session masters and live DAT session mixes also contained several alternates which are included in the extras, as well as a number of “Cannibal Drumming” cues and alternates, all scored by Poledouris as source music. John Takis provides informative liner notes, Kay Marshall designs colorful flipper-style booklet and packaging. Score recorded by Tim Boyle at MGM Studios Scoring Stage in May 1991. Greig McRitchie orchestrates, Basil Poledouris composes and conducts. Intrada Special Collection CD available while quantities and interest remain!
01. Legend And Main Titles (2:48) 02. Dinghy Adrift (1:52) 03. Cholera Scare (1:29) 04. Night Sailing (0:47) 05. Sarah Sails Alone (5:00) 06. Richard’s Toy Boat (1:00) 07. After The Storm (3:51) 08. Sarah Reacts To Distant Drumming (1:25) 09. Hog Play (0:50) 10. Water Play (1:06) 11. Shark On The Reef (2:53) 12. The Children Pray (2:11) 13. The Easter Egg Hunt (Alternate) (1:06) 14. Richard Dives For Pearl (Alternate) (0:51) 15. Richard Looks At Lilli (1:57) 16. Richard Spies (Original) (1:04) 17. Richard vs. Shark On Reef (0:43) 18. I’ll Move My Bed (0:45) 19. First Menstruation (0:22) 20. Richard Enters Jungle (Revised) (1:42) 21. Love Montage (2:53) 22. Ship To Shore (1:24) 23. Water Cask Work Party (1:49) 24. Lilli Is Jealous (2:17) 25. Evil Quinlan And Fight Sequence (5:20) 26. Lilli Pregnant (1:39) 27. “A World Of Our Own” (Performed by SURFACE) (4:47) Total Time: 54:24
The Extras – Alternates and Additional Cues 28. The Easter Egg Hunt (Original) (1:04) 29. Richard Dives For Pearl (Original) (0:51) 30. Richard Spies (Revised) (1:09) 31. Richard vs. Shark On Reef (Alternate) (0:41) 32. 8M1 (0:19) 33. Richard Enters Jungle (Original) (1:41) 34. Beach Meeting (0:29) 35. Quinlan Spots Pearl (Original) (0:12) 36. Quinlan Spots Pearl (Alternate) (0:14) Total Alternates Time: 6:49
The Extras – Cannibal Drumming Source 37. Distant Cannibal Drumming (0:56) 38. Distant Drumming Continues (1:35) 39. Distant Drumming Continues (Alternate) (1:03) 40. Distant Drumming Continues (Irregular) (1:45) 41. Out Of Rhythm Drums (2:29) 42. Distant Drumming (1:22) 43. Distant Drumming (Alternate No. 1) (1:11) 44. Distant Drumming (Alternate No. 2) (1:37) 45. Cannibal Party Drums No. 1 (0:54) 46. Cannibal Party Drums No. 2 (0:55) Drumming Source Time: 13:52
Tech Talk From The Producer…
Basil Poledouris revisited the world of The Blue Lagoon (1980) with his music to Return to the Blue Lagoon in 1991. But this was an all-new story and he created all-new music, avoiding use of his earlier score in favor of composing with a larger palette, fashioning grander new themes and even allowing for exciting moments of his trademark rhythmic action material.
There has never been a commercial release of any of the score to Return to the Blue Lagoon. For its premiere, Intrada was provided access to the complete 1⁄2” three-channel scoring session masters as well as the live two- track session mixes on DAT.
The score appears first, with some very brief scoring cues and several alternates in the subsequent extras section of this CD. Poledouris also wrote a considerable number of percussion sequences for the numerous cannibal scenes in the movie and devoted an entire session to recording the ver- sions heard in the film as well as several alternates. All of these cues appear in the final portion of the extras.
The closing credits song, “A World Of Our Own,” performed by Surface, was mastered from digital two-track master mixes of the full-length version.
—Douglass Fake
Composed and Conducted by Basil Poledouris. Return to the Blue Lagoon Recorded on May 8, 9, 15 & 22, 1991, at MGM Studios Scoring Stage, Culver City, California.
VIOLIN Endre Granat
Patricia Aiken
Rebecca Barr
Margaret Batjer
Mari Botnick
Jacqueline l. Brand
Andrea Byers
Darius Campo
Tamara L. Chang
Lily Ho Chen
Ron Clark
Joel Derouin
Assa Dori
Ronald Folsom
Berj Garabedian
Pamela Gates Henderson
Jeffrey Gauthier
Julie Ann Gigante
Gwen R. Heller
Alexander Horvath
Jennifer J. Johnson
Lisa M. Johnson
Patricia Johnson
Leslie Katz
Peter Kent
Connie Jupka Speltz
Neal Laite
Kathleen Lenski
Linda Lipsett
Rene M. Mandel
Michael B. Markman
Yoko Matsuda
Constance Meyer
Jayme Miller
Ralph Morrisson III
Carolyn Osborn
Sid Page
Claudia Parducci
Katia K. Popov
Debra Price
Christopher Reutinger
Rachel Robinson
Linda N. Rose
Anatoly Rosinksy
Sheldon Sanov
Steve L. Scharf
Robert D. Wilkie
North Wood
Jennifer S. Woodward
TUBA J. Tommy Johnson
James M. Self
VIOLA
Brian Dembow
Donald McInnes
Dmitri Bovaird
Denyse N. Buffum
Kara Chang
Keiko Elegino
Rick Gerding
Pamela Goldsmith
Miriam Granat Meyer
Carrie Holzman-Little
Roland Kato
Carole Kleister-Castillo
Laura Kuennen-Poper
Janet Lakatos
Victoria E. Miskolczky
Cynthia Morrow
Carole S. Mukogawa
Dan Lionel Neufield
Kazi Pitelka
Barbara Porter
Robin R. Ross
Nancy K. Roth
John Scanlon
Harry Shirinian
Linn Subotnick
Raymond J. Tischer II
Laury J. Woods
CELLO Stephen P. Erdody
J. Anthony Cooke
Ron Cooper
Douglas L. Davis
Christine Ernacoff
Marie C. Fera
Barry R. Gold
Rowena Hammill
Paula Hochhalter
Barbara Jane Hunter
Suzie Katayama
Roger Lebow
Dane R. Little
Earl Madison
Miguel Martinez
Nils Oliver
Steven Richards
David Shamban
Christina Soule
HARP Katie Kirkpatrick
Dorothy Remsen
Gayle Levant
Jo Ann Turovsky
BASS Drew D. Dembowski
Annette C. Atkinson
Timothy C. Barr
Daniel Carlin
John Clayton
Steve Edelman
Arni Egilsson
Donald V. Ferrone
Christian C. Kollgaard
Stephens LaFever
Edward Meares
Oscar Mesa
Bruce P. Morgenthaler
Susan A. Ranney
Margaret A. Storer
David Young
FLUTE Sheridon W. Stokes
Louise M. DiTullio
Susan Greenberg
Stephen Kujala
James R. Walker
Gary Woodward
OBOE Earle D. Dumler
Barbara Northcutt
John C. Winter
CLARINET Dominick Fera
Emily Bernstein
Gary G. Gray
Debra Lee Kanter
James M. Kanter
Ralph Williams
BASSOON Michael R. O’Donovan
David W. Riddles
Charles Coker
Rose Corrigan
Ronald Jannelli
Patricia Kindel-Heimerl
PERCUSSION Larry Bunker
Robert Fernandez
Steve Forman
Joe Porcaro
Emil Radocchia
Donald J. Williams
Jerry D. Williams
FRENCH HORN James W. Thatcher
Richard J. Todd
Mark L. Adams
Steven B. Becknell
Joseph Meyer
Todd L. Miller
John A. Reynolds
Calvin Smith
TRUMPET Mario Guameri
Roy L. Poper
TROMBONE William C. Booth
Alexander Iles
J. Alan Johnson
Andrew T. Malloy
Loren Marsteller
Richard Nash
Phillip Teele
Lloyd E. Ulyate
Craig E. Ware
KEYBOARDS Michael Boddicker
Randy M. Kerber
COPYISTS Robert Bernstein
Phillp W. Azelton
Julia A. Eidsvoog
Emmet Estren
Jeffrey Joyt Jones
Margaret J. Maryatt
Roberta McIntosh
Victor Sagerquist
