La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1966 spy thriller Torn Curtain directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hansjörg Felmy, Tamara Toumanova, Wolfgang Kieling and Ludwig Donath. The album, which is being released as part of the Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by John Addison (A Bridge Too Far, Sleuth, Tom Sawyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), including around 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. Also included is the unused score recording by Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver, Marnie). The CD is limited to 3,000 copies and will be available to order on the label’s official website at noon today.
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Expanded ‘Topaz’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1969 spy thriller Topaz directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, Claude Jade, Karin Dor, Michel Subor, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret. The album, which is being released as the 18th title of Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection, features the film’s expanded and remastered (and in stereo for the first time) original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Maurice Jarre (Lawrence of Arabia, Ghost, Doctor Zhivago, Gorillas in the Mist, No Way Out, Witness, Jacob’s Ladder), including previously unreleased music. The CD is limited to 2,000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.
Bernard Herrmann’s ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ Score to Be Released
Intrada Records has announced the details of the label’s world premiere release of the original score from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 James Stewart- & Doris Day-starring thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much composed by Academy Award winner Bernard Herrmann (Vertigo, Psycho, Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, Taxi Driver, Marnie, Obsession). The album also features the composer’s score for the 1951 drama On Dangerous Ground directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Ward Bond. Both scores were newly recorded with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by William T. Stromberg earlier this year.
Complete ‘North by Northwest’ Soundtrack Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1959 thriller North by Northwest starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin Landau. The album features the original recording of the complete score in stereo from new masters. The music is composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. To check out the full album details, listen to audio clips and to order the album, visit Intrada’s website. North by Northwest received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Editing and Writing.