[ Silva Screen / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 23 November 2009
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Highly acclaimed World Premiere recording of the complete score from the 1961 Charlton Heston Epic EL CID. "A towering achievement" - Empire Magazine (5 stars)
Highly acclaimed World Premiere recording of the complete score from the 1961 Charlton Heston Epic EL CID.
Winner of International Film Music Critics Association Award for BEST RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE in 2008.
"A towering achievement" - Empire Magazine (5 stars)
One of the largest score restoration projects ever undertaken, this 2CD set utilises 91 musicians and a large choir, and totals over 140 minutes of music including themes omitted from the film. The CD booklet includes notes from director Martin Scorsese and Rózsa's daughter Juliet.
"The scope, passion and grandeur of my father's music are captured exquisitely" - Juliet Rózsa
"Rózsa himself thought that El Cid was one of his finest scores. I would put it more generally: it's one of THE finest film scores" - Martin Scorsese
DISC 1:
1. OVERTURE(3:42)
2. PRELUDE(2:53)
3. BEN YUSSUF (5:22)
4. DESTINY / BURGOS(3:10)
5. PALACE MUSIC(1:25)
6. BAD NEWS(4:52)
7. ENTRY OF THE NOBLES(2:16)
8. THE MEETING(4:33)
9. THE SLAP(0:48)
10. COUNT GORMAZ / COURAGE ANDHONOUR / GORMAZ' DEATH / HONOURAND SORROW(7:43)
11. THE COURT OF FERDINAND(1:20)
12. THE GAUNTLET (0:31)
13. THE FIGHT FOR CALAHORRA(3:33)
14. THE KING'S CHAMPION(1:29)
15. CHIMENE'S DECISION(1:57)
16. INVESTITURE(0:33)
17. THE EXPEDITION(1:46)
18. BETRAYAL /AMBUSH(3:58)
19. THE WEDDING(0:44)
20. WEDDING SUPPER(1:35)
21. THE WEDDING NIGHT(5:39)
22. THE ROAD TO ASTURIAS / THIRTEENKNIGHTS(2:56)
23. RIDE TO VALENCIA(1:45)
24. AL KADIR'S DELIGHTS(0:36)
25. SANCHO'S DEMAND(2:09)
26. DOLFOS' MISSION / SANCHO'S END(6:01)
27. CORONATION(2:22)
Disc 2:
1. ALFONSO'S OATH(0:39)
2. BANISHMENT / FORGIVENESS(6:13)
3. FRIENDSHIP(1:33)
4. THE BARN - LOVE THEME(5:06)
5. FOR SPAIN! / FAREWELL (6:47)
6. ENTRA'CTE: THE EL CID MARCH
7. RODRIGO'S MEN(1:09)
8. THE TWINS(2:40)
9. RODRIGO'S DOUBTS(1:53)
10. UNITY(1:26)
11. MOORISH FEAST (1:27)
12. THE SIEGE OF VALENCIA / RODRIGO'SENCAMPMENT (2:34)
15. BATTLE PREPARATIONS/STARVATION/ REVOLT (7:37)
13. DESPERATE LOVE(1:52)
14. UNITED AGAIN(1:21)
16. VALENCIA FOR THE CID! (3:20)
17. ORDONEZ' DEATH(0:52)
18. FOR GOD AND SPAIN! / BATTLE OFVALENCIA(8:45)
19. THE ARROW / THE PROMISE(4:16)
20. THE CID'S DEATH(4:13)
21. THE LEGEND AND EPILOGUE(5:42)