Quartet Records has announced several new soundtrack albums including a new 3-CD set featuring the complete scores for the last three films in the original The Pink Panther franchise directed by Blake Edwards: 1982’s Trail of the Pink Panther, 1983’s Curse of the Pink Panther and 1993’s Son of the Pink Panther. The Pink Panther Final Chapters Collection features remastered versions of the scores for Trail & Curse composed by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Charade, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Thorn Birds, The Great Mouse Detective,Victor/Victoria) on the first two discs and the composer’s complete expanded score for Son of the Pink Panther (including previously unreleased music) on the third disc. Visit the label’s online store for the full album track list, to listen to audio clips and to order the 3-CD set.
The label has also announced a new soundtrack for the 1964 epic war drama Zulu directed by Cy Enfield and starring Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Lilla Jacobsson and Michael Caine. The album features the remastered and slightly expanded original score from the Paramount Pictures release composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun, Body Heat, Somewhere in Time, Octopussy). Visit the label’s official website for the full track list, to check out audio samples and to order the CD.
Quartet’s other new releases include an expanded soundtrack for Federico Fellini’s 1955 feature Il Bidone (music by Nino Rota) and a 50th Anniversary remastered soundtrack edition for 1971’s Maddalena (music by Ennio Morricone).