La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1997 historical drama Amistad directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Morgan Freeman, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, NDavid Paymer, Nigel Hawthorne, Pete Postlethwaite and Stellan Skarsgård. The album features the remastered and expanded original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), including previously unreleased music from the movie, as well as fourteen bonus tracks featuring source music, concert arrangements and alternate tracks. The 25th Anniversary Expanded Edition 2-CD set is limited to 5,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s website on November 29. Amistad is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD.
Here’s the track list of the album:
Disc 1:
1. Introduction And Retribution (4:40)
2. July 4, 1839 (4:04)
3. Steering East (1:27)
4. The Capture (5:00)
5. Introducing John Quincy Adams (5:15)
6. Meeting Of The Minds (3:58)
7. Counsel Meets Client (1:36)
8. The Ship Remembers (5:32)
9. Visiting Adams (1:32)
10. What Is Their Story? (3:44)
11. Learning To Count (1:57)
12. Tale Of The Lion’s Tooth (5:48)
13. The Capture Of Cinqué (4:03)
14. The Crossing (4:41)
15. Tales Of Horror (7:40)
16. Discovering The Bible (5:05)
17. Prisoners’ Song (1:33)
18. The Letter To Massachusetts (2:09)
19. Cinqué’s Legal Mind (2:26)
20. African Violet (5:33)
Disc 2:
1. Adams’ Address To The Court (7:21)
2. Adams’ Summation (Film Version) (3:01)
3. The Verdict (5:10)
4. Liberation Of Lomboko: Dry Your Tears, Afrika (2:17)
5. Going Home (2:05)
6. Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Reprise) (3:37)
7. The Long Road To Justice (3:19)
Additional Music:
8. Cinqué’s Theme (4:13)
9. Introduction (Alternate) (1:12)
10. The Capture (Alternate) (5:02)
11. Harbor Tavern (3:05)
12. Cinqué’s Theme (Solo Flute) (2:07)
13. Meeting Of The Minds (Instrumental Version) (3:45)
14. The Ship Remembers (Alternate) (5:26)
15. What Is Their Story? (Alternate) (3:33)
16. The Crossing (Alternate) (4:23)
17. Tales Of Horror (Alternate Excerpt) (3:19)
18. Discovering The Bible (Alternate) (5:11)
19. Cinqué’s Memories Of Home (2:39)
20. Going Home (Alternate) (2:06)
21. Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Alternate) (3:35)
