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La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures proudly present a remastered CD reissue of renowned composer John Williams’ original motion picture score to the 1977 dramatic feature film thriller BLACK SUNDAY, starring Robert Shaw and Bruce Dern, and directed by John Frankenheimer.

A white-knuckle suspense thriller chronicling a diabolical terrorist attack on the Super Bowl via airborne blimp needed a score to wind the film’s ticking clock tension with precision. At the time, Williams’ recent FAMILY PLOT and legendary JAWS scores made him a perfect choice to tackle BLACK SUNDAY. His score to the film is pitch-perfect – a winding tapestry of percussion and ominous atmosphere that had the audience on the edge of their seats, while the inner conflicts of the characters are explored through emotionally resonant melodic material. The composer’s remarkable ability to balance action and suspense with human drama is on full display within this remastered presentation of the Maestro’s few forays into the political thriller genre.

Reissue Producer Mike Matessino has newly mixed and mastered the score from first-generation 16-track analog scoring elements, transferred in high resolution by Paramount Archives. Following the main Score Presentation, tracks of Additional Music feature three pieces of source music Williams composed for the film and the original end credits composition, “The End,” without the percussion track. This was considered as an alternative before it was decided to track tense action music over the credits. The program concludes with the music as presented for the ending of the picture, opening with the revised ending of “The Explosion.” This short cue was recorded long after the main scoring sessions. As no master element could be located, the cue is presented from the original mono dubbing stem for the film, processed for stereo.

This Limited Edition CD re-issue of 3000 units features all new, in-depth liner notes from writer Jeff Bond and winning new art direction by Jim Titus.

SCORE PRESENTATION 56:04
01 Beirut :37
02 Commandos Arrive 1:15
03 Commando Raid 5:32
04 It Was Good / Dahlia Arrives / The Unloading 3:13
05 Speed Boat Chase 1:51
06 The Telephone Man / The Captain Returns 2:15
07 Nurse Dahlia / Kabakov’s Card / The Hypodermic 3:31
08 Moshevsky’s Dead 1:58
09 The Test 1:57
10 Building The Bomb 1:57
11 Miami / Dahlia’s Call 2:28
12 The Last Night 1:31
13 Preparations 2:45
14 Passed :31
15 The Flight Check 1:51
16 Airborne / Bomb Passes Stadium 1:46
17 Farley’s Dead 1:34
18 The Blimp And The Bomb 3:13
19 The Take Off 1:44
20 Underway :41
21 Air Chase (Part 1) 1:15
22 Air Chase (Parts 2 And 3) / The Blimp Hits 7:21
23 The Explosion 2:38
24 The End (Theme From ‘Black Sunday’) 2:17

ADDITIONAL MUSIC 8:58
25 Hotel Lobby (Source) 1:48
26 Fight Song No. 1 (Source) :52
27 Fight Song No. 2 (Source) 1:46
28 The End (Alternate Mix) 2:17
29 The Explosion (Revised Ending) / End Title (Film Edit) 2:11

TOTAL DISC TIME • 65:06