Mercury Records has released a digital version of the soundtrack album for the 1965 drama The Slender Thread directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Ed Asner and Steven Hill. The album features the film’s original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Quincy Jones (The Color Purple, Roots, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Italian Job, Mackenna’s Gold). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon (and most other major digital music services), where you can also check out the track list. Also listen the composer’s main theme after the jump. Jones’ score has previously been released as a vinyl edition when the movie opened in theaters in 1965 and as part of the The Cinema of Quincy Jones 6-CD set in 2016.
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Expanded ‘Out of Africa’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 romantic drama Out of Africa directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer. The album features the complete original score from the film composed and conducted by John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Somewhere in Time, Moonraker, Body Heat, Mary, Queen of Scots), including previously unreleased music, as well as alternate tracks and source cues. The composer received his fourth Academy Award for his score for the movie. The CD 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. MCA Records has previously released the 1985 original soundtrack album, while Varese Sarabande has released a re-recording featuring additional tracks in 1997.
Remastered and Expanded ‘Sabrina’ Soundtrack Album Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1995 romantic comedy drama Sabrina directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, John Wood and Nancy Marchand. The album features the expanded and remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), including previously unreleased music and alternate cues. Also included are the songs from the movie performed by Sting & Michael Dees, instrumental versions of the songs and a collection of classic melodies conducted by Williams for the film’s party sequences.
Expanded ‘The Scalphunters’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1968 western The Scalphunters directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Telly Savalas and Ossie Davis. The album features the expanded original music from the MGM Studios production composed by Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, Ghostbusters, To Kill a Mockingbird, Airplane, Far from Heaven, Stripes, Animal House), including a remastered version of original album recording and the previously unreleased original score as heard in the film. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details, to check out audio samples and to order the CD, which is limited to 1,000 copies.