Sensational Maurice Jarre score from landmark TV event Shogun gets mammoth world premiere 3-CD set!
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Sensational Maurice Jarre score from landmark TV event gets mammoth world premiere 3-CD set! Legendary 1980 12-hour mini-series airing for five consecutive nights on NBC grabbed gigantic ratings that were second only to Roots. Many celebrated names became attached to top-drawer production: Director Jerry London, screen writer/producer Eric Bercovici, cameraman Andrew Laszlo, actors Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, narrator Orson Welles, famed author James Clavell - and - Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre. Set during 1600’s, Jarre launches sprawling journey with Englishman Blackthorne (Chamberlain) and crew of the Erasmus blown off course, landing in village of Anjiro, heading deep into Japan and dramatically different culture - Jarre leading all the way. Tensions, captivity, meeting with powerful Toranaga, romance, earthquake, elevation to rank of Samurai, hostage crisis, assassin attacks, many other events become part of Blackthorne’s experiences, with all of them highlighted by magnificent orchestral music! Ultimately two confrontational civilizations are joined in stirring manner and Jarre wraps his score in powerhouse fortissimo manner. Highlight abound throughout all five parts: exciting Main Title, initial meeting with Toranaga, richly beautiful love theme for Mariko, dramatic prison sequence, intense earthquake cue, many many more. Jarre scores epic work for equally large orchestra. Spotlight often goes to huge brass section with emphasis on stunning low trombone and tuba colors. Percussion flavors also abound. Jarre’s forte for ethnic scoring shines as well with sounds of the shamisen, biwa, koto, shakuhachi and taiko drums. In fact, every instrumental family of the symphony orchestra is given tour-de-force writing! RSO label issued a 38-minute LP of highlights with pinched sound in 1980 (subsequently premiered on CD by Intrada) but discovery of original 2” 16-track session masters allows world premiere new stereo mix of all five parts of mini-series, including all-new mastering of original album plus bumpers, source pieces and wealth of alternates - over 230 minutes of music in audio quality never-before-heard! Easily amongst the most ambitious scores by Maurice Jarre ever written. Recorded by Garry Ulmer over span of three months (late May - early August 1980) at Paramount Studios Recording Stage M in Hollywood. Entire 3-disc project produced by Lukas Kendall, John Takis. Latter offers informative liner notes on film production, scoring. Assistant to Maurice Jarre: Richard Bowden. Maurice Jarre composes, conducts. Intrada 3-CD set available while quantities and interest remain!
PART I 02. Erasmus (2:11) 03. Reef (2:04) 04. Wakening in the Japans (2:20) 05. In the Village (1:14) 06. Yabu's Arrival (1:22) 07. One of You Is to Die (0:51) 08. I'm Not the One to Go (2:47) 09. Boiling Torture (0:52) 10. A Slave Ship (1:18) 11. Do It, Ingles (1:13) 12. Men Make Mistakes (2:17) 13. After the Rescue (0:46) 14. I Got Drunk Last Night (0:39) 15. Naga (1:21) 16. On the Way to Meet Toranaga (4:47) 17. Sent to Prison (2:35) 18. In the Cellblock (3:41) 19. Anjin-San (1:46) Total Time: 34:38
PART II 20. Put Them On (2:45) 21. Blackthorne and Mariko (0:56) 22. Alvito (0:59) 23. Something Unexpected (0:35) 24. Amida Tong (3:18) 25. Kasiji Yabuka (1:00) 26. You Will Burn in Hell* (2:31) 27. A Big-Hatted Person (1:41) 28. Ishido's Letter* (3:34) 29. A Honeyed Tongue (1:46) 30. The Ambush (5:21) 31. To the Galley! (4:42) 32. An Easy Target (1:46) 33. Come Aboard (2:10) 34. A Nice Deal (3:50) 35. Coming Back to Anjiro (1:24) 36. Only Japanese Ways (0:41) Total Time: 39:25 37. End Credits (alternate) (0:53) Total CD Time: 77:07
PART III 02. Challenging Omi (2:47) 03. Seppuku (2:57) 04. Tonight (1:24) 05. Training (0:58) 06. Nocturne (2:08) 07. Confrontation (2:37) 08. Wife Beating (2:39) 09. Please Don't Do This (2:13) 10. Punishment (0:56) 11. Elegy (1:04) 12. Earthquake (2:18) 13. A Casualty (1:09) 14. Toranaga's Camp (1:44) 15. Samurai (3:07) Total Time: 28:18
PART IV 16. Kiku (1:20) 17. To Yedo (4:25) 18. Before the Ceremony (0:34) 19. Tea Ceremony (5:29) 20. Swear to Me (3:25) 21. Unhappy Lovers (0:46) 22. Learning Japanese (1:32) 23. Kinjiru (1:30) Total Time: 19:15
PART V 24. Blackthorne and Fujiko (1:36) 25. Samurai's Oath (1:13) 26. Erasmus Towed (1:52) 27. Preparing for Mariko's Suicide (2:19) 28. Yabu Trapped (1:10) 29. Yabu's Betrayal (1:07) 30. Yabu and Ninja (2:07) 31. Mariko's Funeral (1:13) 32. Christian Samurai (1:47) 33. Vinck's Madness (3:06) 34. Mariko (unused) (3:04) 35. Finale (3:53) Total Time: 24:42 36. End Credits (0:53) Total CD Time: 76:24
CD 3 THE ALBUM 01. Shōgun (2:38) 02. The Japans (2:23) 03. Tea and Jealousy (5:29) 04. Nocturne (2:07) 05. Toranaga (2:15) 06. To the Galley! (3:08) 07. Mariko (3:04) 08. Ceremonial (2:11) 09. Despair and Madness (3:06) 10. Anjiro (2:16) 11. Blackthorne (2:57) 12. Escape From Osaka* (3:34) 13. Finale (2:38) Total Time: 38:05
THE EXTRAS 14. Bumpers (0:26) 15. Wakening in the Japans (original version) (2:12) 16. Decapitation (0:49) 17. Blackthorne Taken in the Pit (0:28) 18. The Shortest Straw (1:26) 19. Pieterzoon's Death (0:40) 20. After the Night of Screams (0:37) 21. Cleaning Humiliation (1:18) 22. A Good Bath (0:46) 23. Kiku-San (2:50) 24. Do It, Ingles (original version) (1:12) 25. Do It, Ingles (pickup A) (0:09) 26. Do It, Ingles (pickup B) (0:09) 27. Blackthorne at the Wheel (original version) (0:56) 28. So I Owe You My Life, Ingles (0:35) 29. I Got Drunk Last Night (original version) (0:46) 30. Blackthorne Obeys Naga (0:26) 31. Sake to Me (2:46) 32. Stripped (0:16) 33. Put Them On (pickup) (0:14) 34. Moon Over Osaka (3:30) 35. Melancholy Shamisen and Shakuhachi (2:53) 36. Shamisen Source (2:16) 37. Tono (0:42) 38. Blackthorne's Dance (unused)* (0:46) 39. You Will Burn in Hell (alternate A) (0:15) 40. You Will Burn in Hell (alternate B) (0:13) 41. Night March (0:18) 42. To the Galley! (original version) (3:09) 43. Any Closer, And… (0:26) 44. Now! (0:57) 45. Elegy (alternate) (1:06) 46. To Yedo II (short version) (1:19) 47. An Empty Cup (1:36) Total Time: 39:15 Total CD Time: 77:28 *Contains “Blackthorne's Shanty” by Eric Bercovici
