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This doubleheader features two Colpix Records LPs: Lord Jim (1965) and The Long Ships (1963). Both are melodic symphonic scores from historical adventures.

Lord Jim was filmmaker Richard Brooks' adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a disgraced British seaman (Peter O'Toole) who seeks redemption in the furthest reaches of Southeast Asia. Bronislau Kaper's transcendent score—one of the last major works from the composer of Mutiny on the Bounty and other epics—features a powerful main theme and beautiful secondary melodies for Jim's spiritual journey and romance with a native girl (Daliah Lavi). The balance of Kaper's score features symphonic action music as well as authentic source cues for gamelans.

The Long Ships was a Viking adventure directed by renowned cinematographer Jack Cardiff. Somewhat goofy in tone, it starred Richard Widmark as a flippant Norseman and Sidney Poitier as a Moorish sheik in a race for a "Golden Bell" which contains the lion's share of the world's gold. The score by Yugoslavian composer Dusan Radic is an exciting sword-and-sandal-style effort with a stirring main theme and rhythmic setpieces.

FSM’s premiere CD of Lord Jim/The Long Ships features each LP program remastered from the original 1/4" stereo album tapes. New liner notes are by Jeff Bond and Lukas Kendall.

Lord Jim
01. Prologue -- Lord Jim Theme 3:31
02. Patna 3:27
03. The Fire 3:41
04. River Journey 3:23
05. Compassion 3:27
06. Intermission 3:06
07. The Girl From Patusan 3:00
08. Sunrise, Victory and Celebration 5:25
09. A Man in Search 2:45
10. Father and Son 1:57
11. Four Generations 2:43
12. The Color of Love (Kaper-Russell) 3:02
13. Epilogue 2:42

The Long Ships
14. The Long Ships -- Main Title 3:04
15. Testing the Long Ships 3:28
16. Midnight in Skandia 2:57
17. El Mansuh 3:20
18. El Ghazel 2:13
19. In Search of the Golden Bell 2:46
20. The Pillars of Hercules 3:41
21. The Mare of Steel 3:10
22. Maelstrom 2:51
23. The Golden Bell 2:44
24. Ambush in the City 2:22
25. The Long Ships -- End Title 2:46