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Jerry Goldsmith
The Last Run (1971 Film) / Wild Rovers (1971 Film)
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
1. Main Title
2. Border Crossing
3. Spanish Coast
4. Claudia Says Yes
5. Rickard Escapes
6. The Last Run
7. Double Cross
8. Yo Te Amo
9. Claudie's Stockings
10. The Trap
11. End Title
12. The Last Run [Vocal Version] - Jerry Goldsmith, Curb, Mike
13. Early Morning/The Wild Rover
14. Wild Rovers
15. Snow Country
16. Old Times
17. The Knife
18. Bronco Bustin'
19. Sleepless Night
20. Saturday Night
21. Final Destination/Texas Rangers
22. End Title

CD Details

All Artists: Jerry Goldsmith
Title: The Last Run (1971 Film) / Wild Rovers (1971 Film)
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chapter III Records
Original Release Date: 7/25/2000
Release Date: 7/25/2000
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 667603013525

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Though he's garnered a reputation of innovation and excellence in his sci-fi scores, composer Jerry Goldsmith has informed any number of other genres with his masterly writing and arranging technique. Richard Fleischer's elegiac 1971 caper affords Goldsmith the opportunity to produce an elegant, if distinctly Euro-flavored, score; perhaps a telling tribute to the widespread influence of Ennio Morricone during the period. Conversely, Blake Edward's would-be comical, if somewhat half-baked, 1971 take on the Western allows Goldsmith to again exercise his skills in a genre where his contributions have sometimes been unjustly overlooked. The composer responds with a score that combines many of the familiar expectations of genre with a Copland-esque modernism, sense of space, and dramatic drive that far outshines its cinematic inspiration. --Jerry McCulley

CD Reviews

Strange Combination of Good Moody Scores

René van Os | Beek & Donk Netherlands | 09/15/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Jerry Goldsmith has been in the business for longer than most of his contemporary listeners. The Wild Rovers and The Last Run are two outings of the very early 1970s that explore very moody atmospheres with nicely developed orchestrations with fluent melodic material. The Wild Rovers, a western that suffered the fate of being heavily recut, enjoys a beautifully melodious opening theme, which later reappears as a main theme. (It was also vocalized into an effective song with nice backup orchestration.) Jerry's other thematic material clearly indicates the nature of a western with joyful and at times appropriately exciting rhythms. The Last Run was a low budget melodrama starring the late George C. Scott that was supported by an equally melodramatic score. At times it is reminiscent of the works of Ennio Morricone yet it has at it's core the inherent qualities that Jerry brings to his music. Previously only available as an LP, this CD is a welcome collection to anyone's collection, even if the scores themselves score higher separately than together on this combination CD. Nice work from thirty years ago."