BASIL POLEDOURIS
COMPOSER CONDUCTOR
MAN, SEA AND MUSIC
THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION
SCORES COMPLETS,
RARETÉS, INÉDITS...
COLLECTION ORGANISÉE AUTOUR DE l'OEUVRE DE BASIL POLEDOURIS. CONÇUE EN 4 VOLUMES PAR L'ÉDITEUR BSX. C'EST LA PREMIÈRE GRANDE ANTHOLOGIE EN CD ET TÉLÉCHARGEMENT DÉDIÉE AU
COMPOSITEUR DEPUIS SA DISPARITION.
BSX
R E C O R D S
BSX BSXDG8944
COL.VOL.1
Behold Hawaii
1 Ocean Quest 3:08
2 Pristine Hawaii 2:57
3 The Ancient Gift 2:19
4 Waterfall Climb 0:55
5 River Run 0:53
6 The Village 0:54
7 Lono Processional 1:37
8 Love Theme 1:11
9 Surf 1:32
10 The Fight 3:40
11 Hula 2 :19
Conan The Barbarian
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12 The Anvil Of Crom
Producer, Arranged By – Larry Hopkins
Producer, Arranged By – Larry Hopkins 2:35
13 The Orgy (Vocalese)
Arranged By, Producer, Performer – Joohyun Park
Vocals – Zoë Poledouris Roché*
Arranged By, Producer, Performer – Joohyun Park
Vocals – Zoë Poledouris Roché* 4:09
Flyers
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14 The Carrier / Coming Home 4:14
15 Stunt Work / More Stunt Work 2:30
16 Aerial Ballet 1:07
17 Night Flight / The Canyon 3:35
18 We'll Talk / Coming Home II 1:38
19 The Test 3:51
20 Soaring 1:40
A Whale For The Killing
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1 Main Title 1:59
2 The Whalers 2:31
3 Whaler Attack Aftermath 0:32
4 Caught In The Storm 0:59
5 Sailing Into Barris 1:50
6 Sailing Into Barris (Alternate) 0:39
7 A Promise 0:22
8 Unloading The Boat 0:45
9 Walk To The Lagoon 0:49
10 It's A Deal / Whalers 0:56
11 Graduation Ceremony 0:22
Fire0:22
13 Meet The Whale 3:17
14 Doc And Charles 0:41
15 No Joy In Barris 2:26
16 Pillow Talk 0:45
17 Charles Takes A Walk (Alternate) 1:42
18 A Whale For The Killing (Vocal) 3:49
19 Cease Fire Shanty3:02
20 Bickle Attacks The Whale 1:59
21 Choices 0:44
22 Fighting To Breathe 0:50
23 A Whale Of A Tale 2:56
24 End Credits 0:53
25A Whale For The Killing (Instrumental) 3:47
Three Themes For Solo Piano
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26 The Blue Lagoon: Emmeline
Producer, Performer – Mark Northam
Producer, Performer – Mark Northam 3:59
27 - Big Wednesday : Three Friends
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Producer, Performer – Mark Northam
Producer, Performer – Mark Northam 2:40
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28 It's My Party: End Credits
Producer, Performer – Mark Northam
Producer, Performer – Mark Northam 3:12
Misfits Of Science
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29 Main Title Song
Lyrics By – Steve Schiff
Vocals – Karen Lawrence
Lyrics By – Steve Schiff
Vocals – Karen Lawrence 5:36
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A Whale For The Killing
30 She's Not Gone, She's Free (Damaged)
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BSX Records presents THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION, VOL. 1, featuring music composed by the great Basil Poledouris. For this special 2 CD collection of rarities, BSX Records showcases a blend of extended original soundtrack presentations of some of the composer’s lesser-available works along with a selection of newly-recorded interpretations of his more popular scores.
THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION
VOL. 1 includes never-before-released music from the IMAX films BEHOLD HAWAII, and FLYERS, a complete presentation of the score to A WHALE FOR THE KILLING, along with new recordings of music from CONAN THE BARBARIAN, BIG WEDNESDAY, THE BLUE LAGOON and IT’S MY PARTY and, finally, a rare demo produced by the composer for the television show MISFITS OF SCIENCE.
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Dragon’s Domain Records, to be distributed through buysoundtrax.com, THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION, VOL. 2 includes never-before-released music from PRISON FOR CHILDREN (1987) and SINGLE BARS, SINGLE WOMEN (1984).
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Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION, VOL. 2, featuring previously unreleased music from PRISON FOR CHILDREN and SINGLE BARS, SINGLE WOMEN, mastered from the composer’s own elements by James Nelson of Digital Outland.
Prison For Children
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1 Main Title 3:37
2 Wild Mustangs / An Accidental Death 2:25
3 Evicted 3:14
4 Arrested / Funeral 1:28
5 Sentenced / Arrival At Sierra Vista2:23
6 Chaser's "Party" / "Who Raped This Boy?" /
Questions 1:39
7 John And The Donkey / Shovel 1:34
8 Royce's Comfort 2:33
9 Hole In Fence 1:03
10 "You Can Consider Yourself Gone" :57
11 Boyden's Escape Attempt 2:18
12 You Were Put In This Place For The Wrong Reason 1:42
13 John Takes On Chaser /
"They're Taking Us To Dennison" 1:23
14 The Escape8:09
15 A Cattle Ranch By The Rockies / End Title 2:09
16 Bumper Suite 0:27
Single Bars, Single Women
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17 Main Theme 0:57
18 Elsie Departs 0:59
19 Going Home 0:43
20 Frankie And Gabe 2:03
21 Reconciliation 3:42
22 Finale / End Credits 2:50
23 Last Call (Source Cue) 6:00
THE BASIL POLEDOURIS COLLECTION, VOLUME 3, featuring two previously unreleased scores composed by Basil Poledouris during his early days
as a film composer.
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1977’s TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK is renowned in bad movie circles, but contains an excellent score. While the title of this Mexican exploitation movie promises JAWS-like terror and suspense, the actual film is not really so much about killer sharks but about two guys who spend their time hunting and bedding warm, willing women and only briefly actually hunting and snuffing cold, hungry sharks.
1979’s DOLPHIN is an ecological documentary about the plight of the dolphins in the late ‘70s, really one of the first documentary films to recognize and examine the intelligence of these oceanic mammals and promote the notion that they should not be regarded as commodities for our entertainment or the by-catch of the Tuna industry.
Tintorera: Killer Shark
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1 Main Title (Final) 2:04
2 Seaplane/Sunset (Not Used) 1:17
3 Shark Hunting 1:57
4 Binoculars 0:56
5 The Fiona Montage / The Ruins 1:49
6 Romantic Interlude / First Shark Attack 6:18
7 Sunrise / Full Boat 3:42
8 First Bed / Mini-Montage 1:21
9 Boredom Montage 1:26
10 The Miguel Chomp 2:55
11 She Leaves3:42
12 Woombas And Shark Groans 3 :45
13 Finale 3:33
14 Together Until Goodbye (Mexican Version) 3:01
Tintorera : Killer Shark (The Lost Album)
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15 Main Title (Final) 2:05
16 Together Until Goodbye (Mexican Version) 3:00
17 Seaplane 1:06
18 The Fiona Montage /
Talkin’ Too Much About My Baby 4:02
19 Romantic Interlude / First Shark Attack 2:19
20 Boredom Montage / Danny Disco 4:02
21 Full Boat 3:27
22 First Bed / Giving It Plenty 1:33
23 Mini-Montage / Woombas 3:15
24 She Leaves 3:38
25 When You’re Coming Home / Finale 3:56
Dolphin (Original Score)
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1 Main Title 1:54
2 History Of Dolphins 1:24
3 Dolphin Games 1:22
4 Dolphins And Tuna 2:39
5 Iki Massacre 1:09
6 Relationships With Dolphins / To Hawaii / Spinner Dolphins / Underwater Concert 3:39
7 Swimming With Dolphins 1:31
8 Flipper Sea School / Life At Flippers 2:06
9 Radio Source / Act Out 0:50
10 Searching For Wild Dolphins5:03
11 Sailing Along 1:21
12 Getting Ready 3:52
13 Underwater Beauty 3:42
14 Moving Along 1:15
15 Dolphin Romp 3:56
16 Dolphin Song (Edit) 1:12
17 Dolphins Swimming With Humans 5:22
18 Dolphin Song 5:04
19 Final Narration 0:56
20 Main Title (Alternate) 1:53
21 Dolphins And Tuna (Alternate) 2:40
Tintorera: Killer Shark (Bonus Tracks)
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22 Main Title (Original) 1:59
23 Watercraft 1:06
24 Seaplane 1:07
25 Binoculars (Alternate) 0:56
26 Full Boat (Alternate) 3:29
27 First Bed / Mini-Montage (Alternate) 1:18
28 She Leaves (Alternate) 3:42
29 Acoustic Guitar Source 0:41
30 Together Until Goodbye (Alternate Version) 3:01
Dragon’s Domain Digital presents a very special release of composer Basil Poledouris’s original piano sketches and demos that were recorded in his home studio as he was creating the score for 1980’s THE BLUE LAGOON.
With this unique release, listeners are given the unprecedented opportunity to listen, like a fly on the wall in Basil Poledouris’ home studio, as the composer works through his themes and musical interludes on the piano in 1979.
Via cassette recordings made by the composer while working, the creative process of developing this film score from his initial piano noodlings to his far more developed and confident treatments is audibly documented. As themes both familiar and unrecognized are created and discarded during the course of composition, a major film score is born.
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Released in 1980, Randal Kleiser’s THE BLUE LAGOON was Poledouris’ second major film score and largest breakthrough, leading to his magnificent score to CONAN THE BARBARIAN in 1982. Basil’s score for THE BLUE LAGOON was straightforwardly romantic and tropically lush, recorded with a full symphony orchestra. It provided an eloquent, yet far from pretentious, melodic sound that treated the characters’ emotional drama quite honestly and sympathetically. With this remarkable opportunity to hear the late composer at work, you’ll hear the score come together as it happens through these preserved and meticulously mastered recordings.
1 Emmeline (Demo)2:57
2 Sketch #1 - Main Theme 3:03
3 Baroque Motif (12/5/79) 4:28
4 Sketch #3 - Two Takes On A Theme 3:06
5 Sketch #4 - Two Takes On An Alternate Theme 1:17
6 Sketch #2 - Main Title 4:51
7 Main Title (Demo For Director) 1:02
8 Sketch #5 - Part 1, Full Tonic Statement 2:27
9 Emmeline (Demo For Director) 2:27
10 Sketch #6 - Shark Scene 2:41
11 Main Title A Section Demo 3:55
12 Main Title B Section Demo 2:56
13 Sketch #5 - Part 2, Dramatic Motif 6:32
14 Main Title Full Demo 3:28
15 Alternate Main Theme Demo 5:14
16 Emmeline Full Demo 3:01
Bonus Track
17 Composer And Director Interact
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W I N D
BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents A WHALE FOR THE KILLING, featuring music composed by Basil Poledouris for the 1981 television movie directed by Richard T. Heffron, based on the book written by Farley Mowat, starring and co-produced by Peter Strauss, along with Dee Wallace, Kathryn Walker, Bruce McGill and Richard Widmark. Also included is the composer’s score for WIND, the 1992 drama directed by Carroll Ballard, written by Rudy Wurlitzer and Mac Gudgeon, starring Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson and Stellan Skarsgård.
THE TOUCH
BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents THE TOUCH on compact disc again for its first release in the USA. The music has been remastered for much improved sound, along with bonus tracks not available on the previous CD releases. The booklet includes exclusive new liner notes by author Randall Larson, including new insights from Poledouris colleagues Tim Boyle and Eric Colvin, along with the film’s editor, Marshall Harvey on the creation of this unique score, one of the last scores in Basil Poledouris’ filmography.
