Quartet Records has announced the premiere CD release of the soundtrack album for the 1981 crime drama Prince of the City co-written and directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Foronjy and Bob Balaban. The limited edition album features the film’s original music composed by Paul Chihara (Death Race 2000, China Beach, The Bad News Bears Go to China, Romance and Cigarettes). The soundtrack is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details. Varese Sarabande & TER Records have previously released a vinyl edition of the album in 1981 and a digital version is available from JAY Records.
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World Premiere Release of Paul Chihara’s ‘The Morning After’ Score Announced
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 Bad News Bears’ Trilogy Soundtrack Announced
Quartet Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for The Bad News Bears trilogy. The 3-CD set features the score from the original 1976 sports comedy directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Walter Matthau & Tatum O’Neal composed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch, Escape from Alcatraz, The Gambler), the music from the 1977 sequel The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training composed by Craig Safan (The Last Starfighter, Cheers) and the score for 1978’s The Bad News Bears Go to Japan composed by Paul Chihara (China Beach, Death Race 2000). The soundtrack is now available for pre-order on Amazon and the label’s website, where you can also check out the full album details and listen to audio samples.