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COOGAN'S BLUFF
Composed and Conductd by LALO SCHIFRIN
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 223
The overall shape of Lalo Schifrin’s score to the 1968 Universal Pictures film Coogan's Bluff is one big arch, similar to what takes place on screen. The music encompasses a variety of idioms from western to eastern, journeying through outdoor desert to the urban sprawl of the Big Apple, through jazz-rockfunk and the underground dance scene right into the sixties counterculture replete with tabla and sitar. Two dynamic vocal numbers, composed and conducted by Schifrin with full big band accompaniment, get prominent main title credit. Like the film, the score ultimately comes down to an exciting chase, with Schifrin bringing his orchestra back in bravura style. Coogan’s Bluff proved to be terrific training ground for Clint Eastwood and Lalo Schifrin, whose Dirty Harry series was on the horizon a few years down the line.
For this album, Intrada was given access to the complete, original 1/2˝ three-channel stereo scoring session masters, housed in the Universal Pictures vaults in mint condition.
In the film, Coogan’s (Clint Eastwood) superiors send him to Manhattan to extradite James Ringerman, a drug addict wanted for a murder committed in Arizona. Expecting an in-and-out visit to the Big Apple, Coogan is frustrated by big city bureaucracy and is expected to cool his heels indefinitely until the prisoner is released to him from Bellevue. Coogan bluffs his way into the hospital to retrieve Ringerman, only to lose his prisoner—and his gun. He makes his way through New York’s seedy underbelly in search of his prey, both helped and hindered by two women. Coogan manages to capture Ringerman in a lively motorcycle chase and finally submits to the bureaucratic delays before taking his prisoner back to Arizona.
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 223
Retail Price: $19.99
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Composed and Conducted by BASIL POLEDOURIS
INTRADA MAF 7123
Basil Poledouri's score to the 1982 Universal film Conan the Barbarian remains the most impressive amongst his body of work. Poledouris delivered an impressive schematic of driving rhythm, charged strings and muscular brass that propelled the movie forward like the hammer of the gods. For almost the first thirty minutes the music appears continuous, the various themes and motifs ebbing and flowing, dovetailing seamlessly. Playing for long stretches against dialogue-free visuals, the score completely creates the sound of Cimmeria—a credible world for Conan to inhabit, the music representing his inner turmoil, confusion, and rage.
For this new, definitive release of Conan The Barbarian, Intrada’s 3-CD set is a box of delights even for those who know this fabulous music inside and out. Recorded in Italy by two separate orchestras and remixed from the original 24-track multi-track masters, it is now presented in a way that would make even Basil proud; it shines with a new clarity, a resonance and breadth of scope that makes the whole experience feel fresh and vibrant. The original soundtrack album and its subsequent reissues from 1/4" masters always had a “pinched” quality to them. And this definitive Intrada set contains a host of alternates and unheard treasures. Just in time for the 30th anniversary of the film’s release, this new collection of everything Basil recorded for the film is an emotional high—pure joy for collectors and cultists everywhere.
In the film, Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) leads a charge on Conan’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) village and the young Conan watches while his father is eaten alive by dogs, and his mother is beheaded. Conan is taken into slavery and harnessed to the Wheel of Pain where he pushes the mill’s grindstone, endlessly building his muscles and anger. Freed under mysterious circumstances, he pursues his thirst for revenge, and in cahoots with Subotai (Gerry Lopez) and Valeria (Sandahl Bergman), he plots the downfall of Thulsa Doom.
INTRADA MAF 7123
Retail Price: $29.99
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For track listing and sound samples, please visit
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