Lionheart: The Deluxe Edition (2-CD)
Original Motion Picture Score
Jerry Goldsmith
UPC: 888072250079
Release Date: 04/30/2021
Jerry Goldsmith reinvented himself numerous times over his storied
career, but one of his most popular periods was for the 1980s wave of
large-scale symphonic scores. Lionheart (1987) came at the crest of this
glorious period, and saw his rousing symphonic style—with glorious
melodies, dazzling orchestrations, and synthesized embellishments—tackle
a young-adult adventure in the Crusades.
Lionheart marked
Goldsmith’s final collaboration with his friend and most prolific
director collaborator, Franklin Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Patton,
Islands in the Stream). The film starred Eric Stoltz as the leader of a
Children’s Crusade of orphans against Gabriel Byrne as an evil Black
Prince. Little-seen today, the project is perhaps best-known for
Goldsmith’s magnificent score, which he recorded with the Hungarian
State Symphony Orchestra; its stirring, noble main theme made its way
into Goldsmith’s concert repertoire.
Varèse Sarabande’s album
producers in 1987 adored the Lionheart score so much that they released
not one but two volumes of vinyl LPs. Most, but not all, of the tracks
were released on a single CD compilation in 1994. Now, this 2CD Deluxe
Edition presents the complete contents of both LPs, in film sequence,
and adds two additional, previously unreleased cues. Because the new
cues are sourced from reference material, they are labeled as “bonus
tracks” at the end of a shorter-than-expected disc one, so as to remain
in chronological order. The new liner notes are by Tim Greiving.
Limited Edition of 1500 Copies
Disc 1
1. The Castle (1:26)
2. The Ceremony (2:49)
3. Bring Him Back (2:39)
4. Failed Knight (3:21)
5. The Circus (3:07)
6. Robert And Blanche (3:49)
7. Bondage (1:51)
8. Black Prince (1:55)
Disc 2
1. Children In Bondage (5:02)
2. The Future (1:58)
3. Gates Of Paris (2:09)
4. Paris Underground (4:09)
5. The Road From Paris (2:04)
6. The Banner / The New Court (5:58)
7. The Dress (2:23)
8. Mathilda (5:57)
9. The Plague (5:33)
10. Forest Hunt (7:45)
11. The Lake (3:37)
12. The Wrong Flag (3:16)
13. Final Fight (3:14)
14. King Richard / End Title (8:36)
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