A little something for your stocking: it's the final Soundtrack Spotlight of 2020! Douglass Fake of Intrada Records joins Yavar and Jens for an exploration of Intrada's latest reissue of Jerry Goldsmith's rich, thrilling score for the ill-fated 1981 war movie Inchon. Over the course of this installment, the guys discuss Intrada's long-term relationship with this particular Goldsmith score, the process of remastering the album in a hi-res format, the unusual environment the score was recorded in, the gradual critical rehabilitation of the score over the years, and much more! Plus, you'll hear some choice excerpts from Goldsmith's score along the way. Enjoy, and we wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!

Fact check: Yavar says Intrada reissued Inchon in 2010, when it was actually 2013. Doug confuses "Task Force" for "The Ships" and says the original 1982 album is on disc two of the reissue, when it is on disc one. Jens remains faultless.

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Earlier this year the good folks at Intrada Records served up the world premiere release of Jerry Goldsmith's lively score for the 1963 comedy Take Her, She's Mine, and that album is now getting its own Soundtrack Spotlight! Yavar and David are joined by three of the album's key participants: Mike Matessino (who produced the album), Chris Malone (who did the painstaking restoration work), and John Takis (who provided the liner notes). You'll receive a full portrait of just how much effort went into the creation of the album, learn why the timing was right for this particular release, and hear generous excerpts of Goldsmith's entertaining music along the way. Click the download button and take her, she's yours!

And here is your friendly, neighborhood Take Her, She's Mine Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight  track list!

Featuring appearances by the music from The Stripper, Anna and the King, Von Ryan's Express, The Detective, Shock Treatment, Fate is the Hunter, Bachelor Flat, The Gunfighter, Prince of Foxes, Monsignor, Minority Report, The Towering Inferno, Planet of the Apes, The Legend That Walks Like a Man, Silver Streak, Morituri, The Sand Pebbles, Superman: The Movie, Lonely Are The Brave, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint, The Blue Max, Flaming Star, Mr. Baseball, Explorers, The Trouble with Angels, Thriller - Late Date, The List of Adrian Messenger, Lilies of the Field, A Gathering of Eagles, The Prize, Seven Days In May and Take Her, She's Mine.

Also brief interview clips from the 2002 Interview with Jon Burlingame, 1998’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, and a 1989 BBC Cinema 2 interview, and clips from Peck's Bad Girl, CBS Radio Workshop “A Pride Of Carrots, or Venus Well Served,” and Take Her, She's Mine.

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After joining us for what turned out to be a full-blown Odyssey Interview, composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (currently earning widespread acclaim for his fine work on the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit) was kind enough to stick around for an examination of the Goldsmith-scored Rawhide episode "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere." It's a dynamic, exciting effort that both foreshadows later western scores like Rio Conchos and offers an instantly memorable main theme. Employing his considerable skills as a musician and educator, Carlos takes your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark on a full-blown guided tour of the score's assorted themes and motifs, breaking them down for us in remarkable detail in advance of our cue-by-cue journey. So when you have three hours to spare, just click play, then let it keep rollin', rollin', rollin'.

Cues from Rawhide - "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere":

• Opening:  Clipped from Lady in Trouble
• 0:12:57  -  Main Title (Dimitri Tiomkin)
• 1:11:16  -  1. The Night (Russell Garcia, arr. Goldsmith) 
• 1:14:46  -  Waltz #1 (Chopin, arr. Goldsmith?)  
• 0:16:28  -  Flute Solo (unknown source)
• 1:22:25  -  2. The Old Man  
• 1:31:27  -  3. The Ambush / The Indians / The Warning 
• 1:38:18  -  4. The Saloon  
• 1:44:44  -  5. The Trio 
• 1:49:02  -  6. Lady in Trouble  
• 1:53:44  -  7. New Rider 
• 1:55:45  -  8. Barbara's Story  
• 2:06:07  -  9. The Story Teller 
• 2:07:55  -  10. Midnight Meeting   
• 2:14:33  -  11. Attack
• 2:16:42  -  12. Dead Man
• 2:22:10  -  13. The Long Ride
• 2:22:31  -  14. Lost Party
• 2:25:24  -  15. Indian Guide
• 2:27:49  -  16. Benny Bites the Dust
• 2:28:58  -  17. Mackay’s Camp
• 2:30:41  -  18. End of the Trail
• 2:34:46  -  19. The Prisoner (Parts 1-3)
• 2:52:31  -  Can Can #s 1 & 2 (Offenbach, arr. Goldsmith?) 

There are too many external sources to list here. You can find a full Goldsmith Odyssey Rawhide - Incident in the Middle of Nowhere track list in this Google Doc.

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In their historic second episode of Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight, Doug Fake joins Yavar to discuss Intrada Records' latest expansion of a classic Jerry Goldsmith score, written for Rod Lurie's 2001 military prison drama The Last Castle. So pour yourself a glass of whiskey, sit back in your comfortable armchair overlooking Fort Leavenworth, turn on your vintage sound system, and let Doug regale you with the tale of how The Last Castle's precarious position in American history caused Jerry Goldsmith a great deal of trouble. Doug also expounds why The Last Castle is one of his favorite Goldsmith scores, from its somberly beautiful trumpet solos to its carefully calculated dramatic build to its explosion of propulsive action music. It's an episode - and a score - that you won't want to miss.

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The Odyssey team is thrilled to welcome a very special guest: film composer (and bona fide Goldsmith enthusiast) Carlos Rafael Rivera, whose music for the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit ranks as one of the year's most compelling original scores. When your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark began recording this episode, our intention was to interview Carlos for about thirty minutes, then move into an examination of of the Rawhide episode "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere." However, Carlos had so many fascinating things to say that we simply couldn't cut things off at the half-hour mark, and we hope you'll enjoy what turned out to be a two-hour conversation about a host of different topics (the Rawhide stuff is coming soon, we promise). You'll hear Carlos tell us about the first Jerry Goldsmith scores he fell in love with, being mentored by Randy Newman, stories behind his assorted creative decisions on The Queen's Gambit, how Alfred Newman's score for The Robe came to play a pivotal role in the first episode, working on the western miniseries Godless, and much more! Check it out, and stay tuned for the follow-up installment coming soon!

Featuring music from Carlos Rafael Rivera's soundtracks A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Queen's Gambit, and Godless, as well as his classical pieces "Concierto de Miami - Finale", "Popol-Vuh II. Birth of the Hero Twins", "Plegaria y Canto (al Bodre de la Mar)", and "Cumba-Quin." Also featuring music from Jerry Goldsmith's Rawhide, Poltergeist, The Great Train Robbery, and Twilight Zone: The Movie, as well as James Horner's 48 Hours, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and Avatar, plus John Williams's E.T., Ennio Morricone's Cinema Paradiso, Randy Newman's The Princess and the Frog, Alfred Newman's The Robe, Cliff Eidelman's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 Romantic, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and the "Ave Maris Stella" choral. Full Goldsmith Odyssey Interviews Carlos Rafael Rivera track list here.

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We're late, we're late
For a very important date
No time to say hello and welcome to The Goldsmith Odyssey
A chronological journey through the filmography of Jerry Goldsmith
In this episode, your humble hosts Yavar, David, and Clark
Take a look at the Thriller installment "Late Date"
A sharply-directed (if intermittently frustrating) hour of television
Featuring one of the most devilishly complex Goldsmith scores we've covered thus far
No, most of this doesn't rhyme or even follow the basic melodic structure of the tune used as inspiration for this description
But, uh, it's art, stop trying to impose rules on my art, man
Agh, fine, let's just do the show, we've already missed the thing
And then we'll say goodbye, hello
We're late, we're late, we're late!

Also late, by about a year?  Your helpful Goldsmith Odyssey Episode 27 Late Date Track List!  Which is now available.

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There is a vast estate. Within that estate, there is some moorland. Within that moorland, there is an old castle. Within that old castle, there is a well. Within that well, there are your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark, splashing and fumbling in the dark, searching for a way out. To achieve this goal, they must explore a particularly moody episode of “Thriller,” and uncover the many secrets of its effectively ominous Jerry Goldsmith score. Can they find their way within a mere three hours? Click play to find out!

Oh, and here's your Goldsmith Odyssey - Thriller: Well of Doom episode track list!

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The Goldsmith Odyssey is thrilled to present a brand new sub-series! In our very first Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight, Yavar chats with Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson of Intrada Records about their forthcoming release of Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1973 crime drama The Don Is Dead. Over the course of this half-hour chat, you'll hear about the movie's place in pop culture history, the score's distinctive instrumentation, the album production process, Jerry's first artistic collaboration with his wife Carol, and more. Along the way, you'll be treated to some wonderful samples from the new album. You can purchase your own copy of the score at intrada.com. Enjoy!

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The latest Odyssey Interview is our longest single episode to date, but we believe it's well worth the time. Mastering Engineer Chris Malone joins Yavar and David for a detailed, wide-ranging conversation about the myriad complexities of film music restoration, memories of tackling his first restoration project for Film Score Monthly, working on Goldsmith soundtrack releases like Take Her, She's Mine and Archer/Warning Shot, the joys and challenges of restoring scores by composers like Henry Mancini, Nino Rota, and John Barry, and much more. It's an interview loaded with both educational insights and memorable stories, and is sure to fascinate film music enthusiasts of all sorts. You can consume the whole thing in one big helping, or you can break it up into a half-dozen modest portions, but you won't want to miss it. Enjoy!

For specific tracks used in both parts of this interview, consult this Google Doc for a thorough Odyssey Interviews Chris Malone track breakdown.

Cover photo courtesy of Chris Malone, featuring him with legendary recording engineer Eric Tomlinson (Tora! Tora! Tora!, Ransom, Take a Hard Ride, The Omen, High Velocity, Damien: Omen II, The Boys from Brazil, Alien, Caboblanco, Outland, Night Crossing, Supergirl).

Includes music from Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, You Only Live Twice, Goldfinger, Dave Grusin’s Mountain Dance album, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Swarm, The Boys From Brazil, Logan’s Run, Chinatown, Alien, Capricorn One, Fallen Angels’ The Rip, I Spy, Eye of the Devil, Stagecoach, Hatari, The Twilight Zone, Princess Mononoke, Days Of Wine and Roses, White Dawn, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Silver Streak, Sometimes a Great Notion, The Party, Santa Clause, La Dolce Vita, Amarcord, The Leopard, La Passerella Di Otto E Mezzo, Romeo and Juliet, Sunset Sunrise, The Taming of the Shrew, Sebastian, The Trouble With Angels, Poltergeist, Seconds, Warning Shot, The World of Suzie Wong, Return of the Jedi, Leith Stevens’s Paramount Noir Scores, I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Will Penny, When Worlds Collide, Star Trek: The Original Series, The Prize, The Egyptian, The Atomic City, Spellbound, WarGames, Superman, Superman II, The Towering Inferno, War of the Worlds, The Satan Bug, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, When Worlds Collide, Shane, Destination Moon, Then Came Bronson, Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed, The Last Valley, White Buffalo, Raise the Titanic!, Out of Africa, The Red Balloon, The Ten Commandments, The Red Pony, The Heiress, On Dangerous Ground, From Russia with Love, The Legend That Walks Like a Man, and The Furies.

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Ever wonder what a ballet set to the music of Capricorn One might be like? For our latest Gold Nugget, Jens sits down with film critic and film music enthusiast Bryan Erdy, who talks about his pair of first-hand encounters with Jerry Goldsmith, conversations with other notable film composers (including Michael Giacchino, Danny Elfman, and Tom Holkenborg) who expressed admiration for Jerry, frightening Hans Zimmer, witnessing the aforementioned ballet Belling the Slayer, and writing a memorial tribute to Jerry that reached a far wider audience than anticipated. This one is full of entertaining stories and touching memories, so give it a click!

• 0:00:00 - Psycho: A Suite For Strings - Prelude (Bernard Herrmann)
• 0:01:33 - Psycho II - Mother’s Room (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:02:20 - Patrick - Suite (Brian May
• 0:08:28 - Star Trek (2009) - Enterprising Young Men (Michael Giacchino)
• 0:10:00 - Basic Instinct - Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:14:00 - Gremlins - The Gremlin Rag (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:15:21 - Hoosiers - Theme From Hoosiers (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:17:41 - The Lonely Guy - House Hunting (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:20:18 - Meet the Robinsons - The Year 3000 (Jonas Brothers covering a song by Busted)
• 0:23:13 - The Dark Knight Symphony - Put A Smile On That Face (Hans Zimmer)
• 0:27:25 - 300: Rise of an Empire - Marathon (Junkie XL aka Tom Holkenborg)
• 0:30:43 - Rambo: First Blood Part II - Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:31:31 - Total Recall - The Dream (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:40:30 - Star Trek: Voyager - Main Theme (Concert Version) (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:44:52 - Capricorn One - Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:47:44 - Capricorn One - The Message (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:49:48 - Capricorn One - Break Out (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:52:12 - The Illustrated Man - Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 0:53:50 - Medicine Man - Rae’s Arrival (Jerry Goldsmith)
• 1:01:18 - The Salamander - Funeral: Requiem for a General (Jerry Goldsmith and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
• 1:06:41 - Masada - Main Title (Jerry Goldsmith)

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