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WILLOW (2CD)

WILLOW (2CD)
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    James Horner
    Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume ISC 476
    Film Date: 1988
    Album Date: 2022
    Time: 108:14
    Tracks: 18
    At last! Magnum opus fantasy score by James Horner receives expanded 2-CD set!

    Price: $30.99

     
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    • At last! Magnum opus fantasy score by James Horner receives expanded 2-CD set! A LucasFilm Production, Ron Howard directs, scripted by Bob Dolman, story by George Lucas who also executive produces with Val Kilmer, Warwick Davis sharing majority of the screen time with Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, Jean Marsh all nearby. Evil sorceress Bavmorda imprisons all pregnant women in her domain to prevent birth of a baby prophesied to bring about the end of her reign. Said baby is born and cast adrift, with Bavmorda, her vicious Nockmaar Hounds and her army in pursuit. Enter Willow Ufgood and the Nelwyns, who find the infant. A perilous adventure ensues that involves the Brownies, a fairy queen, an aging enchantress… and flamboyant rogue and expert  swordsman Madmartigan. James Horner took inspiration from rousing action and swordplay as well as fantastic special effects made by ILM, including landmark early use of digital morphing technology, a CGI breakthrough. Film unfolds with generous amount of dazzle dazzle and derring-do but also offers darker side to fantastic tale, especially in latter battle and climactic duel sequence. Horner showcases his energetic youthful big-orchestra vernacular on one hand while balancing with his newly-maturing severe, intense musical vocabulary, resulting in incredibly wide-ranging score. Richly drawn main theme anchors, makes key appearances, shares time with exhilarating theme for Madmartigan, takes back seat to ferocious sequences, then ultimately brings score home. Besides colorful array of material, score is also notable for several lengthy cues, amongst the longest of the composer’s career. Massive pieces often play as movements of a symphony, developing ideas with cohesion, complexity, generating considerable tension, then relief - no easy feat: “Canyon Of Mazes” (7 minutes), “Tir Asleen” (10 minutes), “Bavmorda’s Spell Is Cast” (18 minutes), “Willow The Sorcerer” (12 minutes) are massive, masterful works for large symphony orchestra. Generous original 1988 album featured over 70 minutes of music but film’s wall-to-wall scoring included over 100 minutes of music! Finally, on this Intrada 2-CD presentation, some 107 minutes of music by Horner appears, with a wealth of previously unavailable cues, including aggressive, fierce “Death Dogs”, colorful and fantastic “Enchanted Forest”, and riveting and florid “Sled Ride”, all courtesy LucasFilm and Disney, mastered from original digital stereo mixes made by Shawn Murphy at the scoring sessions and beautifully preserved by engineer Simon Rhodes. Front cover art by John Alvin, package design by Kay Marshall, booklet notes by Frank DeWald. Score recorded in January & February 1988 at Abbey Road Studios. Greig McRitchie orchestrates, James Horner composes, conducts. Intrada Special Collection 2-CD available while quantities and interest remain!

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      CD 1
      01. Elora Danan (9:45)
      02. The Nelwyns (2:41)
      03. The Nelwyns No. 2 (2:35)
      04. Death Dogs (2:26)
      05. Willow’s Journey Begins (5:26)
      06. Bavmorda’s Castle (1:21)
      07. Airk’s Army (3:26)
      08. The Enchanted Forest (5:31)
      09. Escape From The Tavern (5:04)
      10. The Island (5:10)
      11. Willow Captured (1:59)
      12. Arrival At Snow Camp (1:17)
      13. The Sled Ride (7:56)

      CD 1 Total Time: 55:16

      CD 2
      01. Willow’s Theme (3:54)
      02. Canyon Of Mazes (7:52)
      03. Tir Asleen (10:47)
      04. Bavmorda’s Spell Is Cast (18:11)
      05. Willow The Sorcerer (11:55)

      CD 2 Total Time: 52:58

    • WILLOW • MUSICIANS ROSTER
      LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

      Engineer: Shawn Murphy
      January 25–28, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 9 & 12, 1988
      Abbey Road Studio 1


      FIRST VIOLIN
      Arbuckle, Ashley (Leader)
      Brightman, Robin
      Broadbent, Nigel Lister
      Clark, Robert
      Colter, Sydney
      Findlay, Gillian Anne Helen
      Gaines, Dennis
      Goodall, David
      Humphrey, Michael
      Mackenzie, James Lennox
      Nixon, Joyce
      Renwick, Colin John
      Retallick, Robert Henry
      Reuben, Cyril
      Snell, Dominie Juliet
      Spencer, Michael John

      SECOND VIOLIN
      Hill, Warwick Collen (Principal)
      Artis, Samuel
      Brown, William Paton
      Castle, Stanley           
      Clarke, Norman John
      Creese, Geoffrey
      McDonough, Ian Robert
      Morton, (Paul) Terence
      Pollock, Andrew
      Rowlinson, Stephen
      Swift, Thomas
      Thomas, M.
      Watson, Neil A.
      Williams, David

      VIOLA
      Taylor, Alexander (Principal)
      Burns, Duff
      Clarke, Brian
      Forrester, J.
      Holttum, Richard John
      Hooley, M.
      Hooley, Patrick
      Hume, David
      Mack, Brian
      Mountfort, L.
      Norris, Peter
      O'Neill, Caroline
      Sumpton, William
      Vermont, Patrick
      Welch, Jonathan C.

      CELLO
      Cummings, Douglas (Principal)
      Adams, Raymond
      Bergin, Mary Patricia
      Bradshaw, Noel
      Brown, Jennifer Mary
      Cole, Joanne
      Gethin, Nicholas G. F.
      Jones, Hilary Susan
      Law, Kenneth
      McGrath, Roderick John
      Saunders, Francis Patrick
      Truelove, Amanda

      BASS
      Mollison, Bruce (Principal)
      Cooper, John
      Eyres, Ian
      Griffiths, Arthur B
      Hetherington, Simon Edward
      Hill, John
      Laurence, Patrick Aynsley
      Marrion, Paul
      Newson, Gerald Keith
      Worters, Nicholas A. C.

      FLUTE
      Edmund-Davies, Paul (Principal)
      Nolan, Francis (Piccolo)
      Parry, Martin

      OBOE
      Carter, Roy (Principal)
      Browne, Geoffrey
      Lawley, John
      Pendrill, Christine (English Horn)

      CLARINET
      Marriner, Andrew (Principal)
      Jowitt, Roy
      Kelly, Thomas
      Moore, Ronald
      Stenhouse, John (Bass Clarinet)

      BASSOON
      Gatt, Martin (Principal)
      Bourton, Robert
      Francis, Peter (Contrabassoon)
      Hunka, Nicholas

      FRENCH HORN
      Seenan, Hugh (Principal)
      Brown, James
      Clarke, Roger
      Haskins, William
      Lipton, Jonathan
      Reading, Stephen

      TRUMPET
      Murphy, Maurice (Principal)
      Hall, Malcolm
      Reynolds, George
      Smith, Malcolm

      TROMBONE
      Wick, Denis (Principal)
      Crees, Eric
      Groves, Roger
      Harvey, Peter (Bass Trombone)
      Mathison, Frank (Bass Trombone)
      Wills, Simon

      TUBA
      Harrild, Patrick Terence (Principal)

      TIMPANI
      Goedicke, Kurt-Hans

      PERCUSSION
      Frye, Michael (Principal)
      Allen, E.
      Northcott, Raymond Stanley
      Nutty, Kevin
      Thomas, Chris
      Wardle, S.

      HARP
      Ellis, Osian
      Vaughan, Moira Karen

      PIANO
      Noble, Robert (Principle)
      Elms, R.
      Leech, J.
      Round, Michael
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