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Discovery Records
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Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), the dean of American music, composer of Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Fanfare for the Common Man, Lincoln Portrait, El Salon Mexico, Billy the Kidd and so many more remarkable and now legendary works, held film composition in high regard. Copland himself composed scores for eight films, most notably The Red Pony, Of Mice And Men and The Heiress (for which he received an Academy Award). One of Copland's finest scores was also his last, a little known film from 1961 called Something Wild.
The film starred Carroll Baker (Baby Doll, Giant) and was directed by Jack Garfein. Mary Ann Robinson (Baker), a young woman living in The Bronx, New York, with her neurotic, overbearing mother and kindly but ineffectual stepfather, is raped while walking home one night. Keeping the attack to herself, Mary Ann runs away, hoping to lose herself in Manhattan by renting a seedy flat and taking a job in a dime store. Overwhelmed by people's hostility and her own despair, Mary Ann tries to jump off the Manhattan Bridge, only to be "rescued" by Mike, a garage mechanic who takes her back to his modest basement apartment nearby. At first appreciative of Mike's kindness, Mary Ann becomes terrified when he refuses to let her leave.
It is not overstatement to refer to Copland's score as one of remarkable genius. Copland himself thought so highly of his work on this picture that he incorporated some of the material into his concert piece Music for A Great City. Amazingly, however, it has taken forty-two years for the original film soundtrack recording to receive it's first ever release. SOMETHING WILD never even received an LP release! But now, Copland's brilliant score, at turns harsh, violent, harrowing, touching, delicate and beautiful can finally be heard. Featuring the score as conducted by Copland himself, unpublished liner notes by the composer as well as a new note from director Garfein, the release of SOMETHING WILD is a major event.
CD packaging features original artwork by Saul Bass and Al Hirschfeld. |
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Track Listing for Something Wild (OST)
1. NEW YORK PROFILE 2:45
2. PARK AT NIGHT 1:25
3. SUBWAY JAM 2:12
4. MARY ANN RESIGNED 1:57
5. INCARCERATION AND NIGHTMARES 7:03
6. ESCAPE THROUGH THE CITY 7:21
7. LOVE MUSIC 1:53
8. WALK DOWNTOWN 3:06
9. EPISODE ON THE BRIDGE 4:49
10. MOTHER ALONE 0:56
11. REUNION 1:05
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