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Name: QUARTET RECORDS
Number: QR499

RED SONJA (EXPANDED) (CD)
Composed by: Ennio Morricone

Quartet Records, in collaboration with Studio Canal, presents an expanded, remastered edition of Ennio Morricone’s classic sword-and-sorcery score for the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle RED SONJA (1985), directed by Richard Fleischer and also starring Brigitte Nielsen as Sonja.

Initially conceived as a kind of continuation of the Conan saga started three years earlier by the same producer, Dino de Laurentiis, the original idea was to tie in Sonja’s character with the rest of the Conan universe and create a trilogy featuring the hulky Cimmerian. But the picture eventually became just a loose appendage to the franchise, although it kept the same director as CONAN THE DESTROYER and Schwarzenegger as the main star.

Ennio Morricone, who took over after Basil Poledouris scored the first films, provides a powerful and exciting score dominated by an epic march as the main theme, far away from the Poledouris style. The score also features a beautiful love theme, fierce action cues, adventure music and dark and mystical passages.

RED SONJA was originally released by Varèse Sarabande on an LP (and later on CD) featuring two extremely long tracks labeled “Symphonic Suite for Chorus and Orchestra – Part I & II,” although the music was organized like a regular album—just without separate track titles. In 2010, Perseverance Records released a new edition of the CD, cutting up the suites into tracks and organizing them into mostly chronological order, but not adding new material. This new edition contains all the music from the original album program in stereo (also reorganized in film order) and then the complete score in mono (from the only elements available). Both versions of the score have music that’s not heard in the other—for instance, the main battle theme from the album (“Fighting the Soldiers”) is never heard in such a developed version in the film, while other bits and pieces (like the music for Varna’s escape) were not included on the album. By combining the two programs, this is as complete as RED SONJA can get.

Produced, restored and mastered by Chris Malone, the package comes with a 16-page full-color booklet including in-depth liner notes by Gergely Hubai discussing the film and score. Two-sided cover art features the original poster and the new one created for the 4K restoration in 2022, both designed by the great artist Renato Casaro. -QUARTET

ALBUM STEREO TRACKS
1. Prologue (1:28)
2. Main Title (2:22)
3. The Talisman (1:11)
4. Temple Raid (1:58)
5. Touch It (1:12)
6. Sonja and the Sword Master (1:53)
7. Varna’s Death (2:02)
8. The Gate of Brytag (1:49)
9. Sonja vs. Brytag (1:15)
10. Fighting the Soldiers (3:37)
11. The Talisman II (1:10)
12. The Chamber of Lights (2:02)
13. Sonja Teaches Tarn (1:32)
14. Treasure in the Cavern (2:08)
15. Sonja and Kalidor (1:46)
16. A Fair Fight (1:52)
17. Entering the Castle (2:11)
18. Sonja Defeats the Queen (1:31)
19. End Credits (3:44)
20. Sorcery (0:51)

THE FILM SCORE (MONO)
21. Magic Call / Main Title / The Talisman (4:49)
22. Gedren Attack (2:05)
23. The Talisman II / A Way Out (1:40)
24. Varna Getting Away (1:05)
25. Magic Call II (2:06)
26. Varna’s Death (2:02)
27. Sonja Arrives (1:59)
28. Duel I (1:16)
29. Broken Promise (1:54)
30. Sonja Saves the Prince (1:13)
31. The Talisman Arrives (2:16)
32. The Prince Asks / Sonja is Watched (2:34)
33. Duel II (1:33)
34. Sonja and Kalidor (1:32)
35. Sonja and Kalidor Enter the Castle (1:30)
36. Battle (1:14)
37. Silence (1:05)
38. Duel Continues (1:56)
39. Medieval Dawn (End Titles) (4:32)
40. Belly Dancer (bonus track) (0:25)

  
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Posted by Robert Coran on August 26, 2022 11:24 AM
Great cd. Nicer then the first one issued. Well worth getting.

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