CD: WILLOW Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2 CD EXPANDED INTRADA James Horner NEW

Lucasfilm & Disney's

WILLOW

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK

NEWLY EXPANDED AND REMASTERED

2 CD SET

NEW AND SEALED

2CD DISCS + FULL COLOUR BOOKLET

* IMPORT *

MUSIC BY JAMES HORNER

NOTE: I have also posted a few pictures of an opened copy from my collection. However, this new edition WILLOW CD for sale is NEW and SEALED.

INTRADA SPECIAL COLLECTION presents WILLOW Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

ISC 476

Quoted from INTRADA: " * At last! Magnum opus fantasy score by James Horner receives an expanded 2-CD Set!

* A LUCASFILM Production. Ron Howard directs, scripted by Bob Dolman and story by George Lucas, who also executive produces with Val Kilmer. Warwick Davis shares majority of screen time with Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty and Jean Marsh.

* 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 a darker side to the fantastic tale, especially in the latter battle and climactic duel sequence. Horner showcases his energetic youthful big-orchestra vernacular on the one hand, while balancing with his newly-maturing severe, intense musical vocabulary. This results in an 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 the score home.

* Besides a colourful array of material, this 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 and 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) and Willow The Sorcerer (12 minutes) are massive, masterful works for a large symphony orchestra.

* The initial generous 1988 album featured over 70 minutes of music, however the film's wall-to-wall scoring included over 100 minutes of music!

* Finally, on this new INTRADA 2-CD presentation, some 107 minutes of music by Horner appears, with a wealth of previously unavailable cues, including aggressive, fierce Death Dogs, colourful and fantastic Enchanted Forest, and riveting and florid Sled Ride, all courtesy of 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 and February 1988 at Abbey Road studios. Greig McRitchie orchestrates, James Horner composes."

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