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World premiere release of two Hugo Friedhofer scores to Paramount films directed by Mitchell Leisen.

First is 1949 costume adventure about 15th-Century Borgia family, starring Paulette Goddard. Friedhofer took opportunity to write serious Renaissance-style score using several established "closed forms" including the passacaglia plus offering regal fanfares, courtly music, battle sequences, more. Score is rousing, profuse with period color.

Second score is 1950 WWII espionage thriller with Alan Ladd. Here Friedhofer provides several action cues plus gorgeous love theme used judiciously in score. Famous Oscar-winning Jay Livingston/Ray Evans song "Mona Lisa" was featured in film as instrumental accordion piece warning O.S.S. officers of Nazi activities and this instrumental cue also appears on CD. Score here is dark-edged, dramatic with riffs of violence.

Both scores appear in crisp mono sound from original Paramount elements. Hugo Friedhofer composes, Irwin Talbot conducts.

The Bride Of Vengeance Album

01. Prelude 1:09
02. The Bull Strikes 1:32
03. Cesare Or Nothing/The Black Pearl 3:06
04. Return From The Hunt 1:04
05. Borgia Court Music No. III/The Ring/Ferrara Calls 4:13
06. Michelotto's Bait/The Foundry 2:30
07. Failure 1:18
08. The Nightingale And The Rose (Victor Young & Clemence Dane, arr. Friedhofer) 1:54
09. Second Failure 1:05
10. The Foundry No. II 1:44
11. Wedded Bliss 1:12
12. The Gun/Oh, Cesare 1:47
13. The Potion 2:13
14. Tempered Metal 0:59
15. Cesare Marches/Borgia Camp 2:12
16. What Devil 2:42
17. Fanfare/Open Gates/The Attack/Defeat 5:59
18. Happy Ever After/Bride Of Vengeance Cast 1:32
Bride Of Vengeance Album Total Time: 36:49

The Captain Carey, U.S.A. Album

19. Prelude/Guitar No. 1 1:54
20. A Close Call 2:07
21. Carlo/Betrayed/Trapped 5:26
22. An Old Memory/A Job Of Murder 1:04
23. Reprisals 1:21
24. St. Christopher’s Medal/Luigi’s Murder/Unwelcome Visitor 3:02
25. The Local Detective/Sandro’s Assist/The Barefoot Man (Inc. Carnival of Venice) 2:48
26. Another Murder 1:06
27. Search Party/The Chase 2:23
28. A Rioting Crowd/The Betrayer Part 2 2:05
29. Too Long/Cast 2:01
Captain Carey, U.S.A. Album Total Time: 25:44

The Captain Carey, U.S.A. Extras
30. Mona Lisa (Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) 1:31
31. Accordion No. 1 1:05
32. Piano #1 (Brahms)/Piano #2 (Schumann) 0:48
Captain Carey, U.S.A. Extras Total Time: 3:28

The Bride Of Vengeance Extras
33. Borgia Court Music No. II 0:39
34. Street Dance 1:26
35. Ferrara Court Music No. I 1:59
Bride Of Vengeance Extras Total Time: 6:22