La-La Land Records and 20th Century Studios proudly present a new collection of classic Jerry Goldsmith scores for film and television composed for 20th Century Fox: GOLDSMITH AT 20th. This collection will feature new authoritative liner notes and unified packaging sure to please avid collectors but also serve as a perfect gateway for listeners experiencing this music for the first time.

Volume 1 is a 2-CD presentation of the composer’s scores from two large-scale period war dramas – 1965’s WWII-era VON RYAN’S EXPRESS, starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard, and directed by Mark Robson, and 1966’s WWI-era THE BLUE MAX, starring George Peppard and James Mason, directed by John Guillermin. Filmmaker Rod Lurie proclaims Goldsmith as “the greatest composer for military films,” and this handsome release more than proves that claim, serving up soaring orchestral might that powerfully enhances these wartime epics.

Both out-of-print scores return here with all-new art design by Jim Titus and new in-depth liner notes by writer Jeff Bond. The 2-CD re-issue is produced by Mike Matessino and Neil S. Bulk, mastered by Daniel Hersch, and is limited to 2000 units.

DISC ONE

VON RYAN’S EXPRESS

SCORE PRESENTATION
1. Meet Von Ryan :24
2. Stolen Goods – Part I 2:32
3. Stolen Goods – Part II :44
4. Fire Sale 4:01
5. The Freedom Marchers :53
6. The Resting Place 1:36
7. Ambushed 1:22
8. Shot In The Back :51
9. Welcome To Rome 1:46
10. Farewell To Rome :47
11. A New Crew :44
12. The Love Birds :51
13. Mission Accomplished :32
14. The Clock Watcher 2:38
15. Dead End – Part I 1:40
16. Dead End – Part II :51
17. Signals 1:55
18. End Of The Line :48

Total Score Time: 24:55

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
19. Welcome To Rome (Mono Version) 1:47
20. Funeral Sequence 1:48
21. Fire Sale (Alternate Take) 4:13

Total Additional Music: 7:48

Total Time / Von Ryan’s Express: 32:43

THE BLUE MAX

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
22. Main Title – The Blue Max 2:26
23. Love Theme From The Blue Max 1:47
24. Retreat 1:25
25. First Blood 3:04
26. Waltz 1:11
27. Confirmed Kill 4:19
28. The Lonely Victor 3:32
29. Intermission Title :43
30. Bridge Duel 3:17
31. Battle 7:40
32. Food Riot 2:29
33. End Title 2:37
34. Watch On The Rhine 1:45
35. Pour Le Mérite March 2:18
36. Deutschland Uber Alles (German National Anthem) :51

Total Original Soundtrack Time: 39:24

ADDITIONAL SOURCE MUSIC
37. Student Song Medley 2:11
38. Polish Girl :43
39. Freut Euch Des Lebens 1:29
40. Artist’s Life No. 1 :46
41. German Parade March :30
42. Artist’s Life No. 2 1:01
43. Gloria March :25

Total Additional Source Music: 7:05

Total Time / The Blue Max: 46:29

Total Disc 1 Time: 79:36

DISC TWO

THE BLUE MAX • SCORE PRESENTATION

1. Main Title – The Blue Max 2:26
2. The New Arrival 1:26
3. A Pretty Medal 1:45
4. First Blood (Film Version) 2:25
5. The First Victory :43
6. The Captive 1:49
7. The Victim 2:36
8. The Cobra 1:41
9. The Attack 5:32
10. Dinner Party :57
11. A Small Favor :58
12. Love Theme From The Blue Max (Film Version) 1:19
13. A Good Man :28
14. Intermission – Play Out 1:08
15. Intermission – Play In 1:43
16. Bridge Duel 3:17
17. Stachel’s Confessions 1:36
18. The Retreat – Part I 3:16
19. The Retreat – Part II 4:29
20. Stachel In Berlin – Part I 1:19
21. Stachel In Berlin – Part II 1:16
22. Nothing Needed :43
23. Kaeti Has A Plan 3:33
24. Stachel’s Last Flight 2:00
25. End Title And Cast 2:43

Total Score Time: 51:20

ADDITIONAL MUSIC
26. The Attack (Original Version) 5:31
27. First Blood (Revised Opening) :57
28. First Blood (Discrete Version) 2:27
29. The Attack (Alternate Edit) 6:32
30. The Retreat – Parts I and II (Intended Film Edit) 7:41
31. End Cast (Alternate Take) 1:15

Total Additional Music: 24:23

Total Disc 2 Time: 75:51

Total Two-Disc Time: 2:35:27