Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring six previously unreleased scores composed by Paul Chihara (China Beach, Death Race 2000, The Bad News Bears Go to China). The album features four tracks from the composer’s music from the 1986 psychological thriller The Morning After directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges and Raul Julia. Other titles included on the release are John Korty’s 1986 television movie Resting Place, Graham Baker’s 1984 sci-fi thriller Impulse, Anthony Wilkinson’s 1987 TV movie The King of Love, Glen Jordan’s 1985 drama Toughlove and the 1983 CBS sci-fiction family adventure seres Whiz Kids. The Paul Chihara Collection – Volume 6 is available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website and is now also available to stream on Amazon and most other digital music services. Also listen to the four The Morning After “variations” below. The Morning After is now available on VOD, Blu-ray and DVD.
Here’s the album track list:
Resting Place
1. Opening Titles (3:49)
2. The Funeral (1:28)
3. Memories and Grief (4:29)
4. Memories of Dwight (3:29)
5. Montage (1:49)
6. Guilt (3:28)
7. Finding the Truth (1:35)
8. The Last Letter (1:21)
9. Honor Guard (1:02)
10. Rest in Peace (1:56)
11. The Silver Star (0:41)
12. Remembering a Lost Son (1:25)
The Morning After:
13. 1st Variation (1:31)
14. 2nd Variation (1:31)
15. 3rd Variation (1:27)
16. Final Variation (1:13)
Impulse:
17. Improvisation Based on Chopin (1:44)
18. The Madness Begins (2:23)
19. Improvisation – “Manic Scales” (1:24)
The King of Love:
20. Tico Tico – Zequinha de Abreu (arr. Paul Chihara) (1:42)
21. Poinciana – Neil Diamond (arr. Paul Chihara) (2:42)
22. The Love Samba (2:14)
Toughlove:
23. Interlude (1:19)
Whiz Kids:
24. Main Theme (2:26)
25. A New School (1:05)
26. Here Come the Bad Guys (5:04)
27. Hacking Time (1:23)
28. A Little Mozart Please – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Paul Chihara) (1:42)
29. This Is Very Bad… (1:56)
30. Hacking Montage (2:24)
31. Cracking the Case (2:27)
32. Mozart With a Beat – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Paul Chihara) (0:46)
33. Closing Theme (1:05)