'TWO FOR THE ROAD'
1967 movie starring AUDREY HEPBURN and ALBERT FINNEY
COMPOSED BY 'HENRY MANCINI'
'SOLD OUT' MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CD
KRITZERLAND RECORDS
2017 LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 [NOW SOLD OUT]
At
the time of Two for the Road, Mancini was one of the most in demand
film composers working. In addition to the Audrey movies listed
above, he’d also written classic scores for The Great Imposter,
Experiment in Terror, Hatari, Days of Wine and Roses, Soldier in the
Rain, The Pink Panther, A Shot in the Dark, Dear Heart, The Great
Race, Arabesque and others. And, of course, subsequent to Two for the
Road, he continued to write one great score after another.
In
Two for the Road, Mancini came up with one of his most heartfelt and
beautiful main themes, which perfectly captures everything about the
marital journey in the film, from its joys to its sorrows, to its
recriminations, betrayals, and rebounds. Nobody wrote this kind of
score better than Mancini. It is suffused with warmth, sadness, fun,
and joy. Leslie Bricusse wrote a lyric to the main theme and that
song has had a long life in recordings and cabaret acts.
At
the time of the film’s release, there was the usual Mancini
re-recorded album, really meant for a pop market. This is the first
release of the actual soundtrack of the film, taken from the elements
in the Fox vaults – a mono back-up copy, thankfully saved. It’s
classic Mancini and the kind of score no one really would be allowed
to write today.
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