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David Raksin - Laura: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1944) Limited CD Release 2013 [Re-Up]
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David Raksin - Laura: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1944) Limited CD Release 2013
EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 258 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Kritzerland | # KR 20024-9 | Time: 01:04:28
EAC | FLAC (Image) + cue.+log ~ 258 Mb | Mp3, CBR320 kbps ~ 162 Mb | Scans included
Soundtrack, Score | Label: Kritzerland | # KR 20024-9 | Time: 01:04:28
For the first time on CD, the magnificent and complete score for 'Laura'. The previous CD release on Arista was missing about ten minutes of cues. Additionally, what was presented was compiled into a twenty-seven minute suite with no track breaks - one long track. That release was taken from a reel-to-reel tape, but for this complete release the original elements were used. Additionally, included as a bonus are some test demos and the entire suite from the previous release. In total, eighteen tracks of prime David Raksin, and a score that truly stands the test of time. 'Laura' is a limited edition printing of only 1000 copies.
Laura—both the 1944 film and the immortal David Raksin score that supports and, in the opinion of some, lends it classic status—is the ultimate in noir-ish Hollywood glamour: a dark masterpiece that somehow transcended all the difficulties strewn along its path to production to become one of the great exemplars of the accidental artistry of a largely commercial studio system. With a brilliant cast, including Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, and Judith Anderson, and sublime direction by Otto Preminger, Laura, based on the novel by Vera Caspary, is as iconic a film noir as there ever was. The film is filled with classic bon mots, most of them coming from Clifton Webb as the acerbic Waldo Lydecker. “I should be sincerely sorry to see my neighbor’s children devoured by wolves,” or “I don’t use a pen, I write with a goose quill dipped in venom,” or “I cannot stand these morons any longer. If you don’t come with me this instant I shall run amok.”
The film, which runs a brisk eighty-eight minutes, was nominated for four Academy Awards – Clifton Webb received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and the others were for screenplay, director, art direction, and photography. It took home the prize for Joseph LaShelle’s velvety beautiful black-and-white photography. But what becomes a legend most? In the case of Laura it is clearly one of the greatest movie themes ever written. Laura was David Raksin’s first major composing assignment and he delivered the goods, with a breathtakingly beautiful monothematic score that fits Laura like a glove. Shockingly, there were twenty best score nominations in 1944 and Laura was not one of them. But the theme and the score have endured and grown even more popular over the years. Many singers have recorded the song (with its lyric by the great Johnny Mercer), and there have been an equal number of instrumental and jazz covers – in fact, during Raksin’s lifetime it was said to be the second most recorded song in history.
In tandem with the film’s release on Blu-ray, we are thrilled to present for the first time on CD, the complete score for Laura. The previous CD release on Arista, which has been out of print for many years, was missing about ten minutes of cues. Additionally, what was presented was compiled into a twenty-seven minute suite with no track breaks – one long track. That release was taken from a reel-to-reel tape, but for this complete release the original elements were used. Additionally, we include as a bonus some test demos and the entire suite from the previous release. In total, eighteen tracks of prime David Raksin, and a score that truly stands the test of time.
Laura – a movie and musical masterpiece.Kritzerland
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David Raksin at Allmusic
David Raksin at Wiki
Film at IMDB
Film at Wiki
Tracklist:
01. Main Title (02:17)
02. The Phonograph (00:23)
03. The Cafe (04:05)
04. Waldo Walks Away (00:59)
05. Theatre Lobby (01:26)
06. Night (03:03)
07. The Cafe / Waldo's Apartment (Including 'You Got To My Head') (04:12)
08. Laura Leaves (00:57)
09. The Portrait (03:21)
10. Mark (01:03)
11. Apartment House (01:19)
12. Radio (01:23)
13. The Party (03:39)
14. Outside Waldo's Door (01:25)
15. Waldo (04:28)
16. End Title (01:19)
17. Laura Theme (Test Demos) (01:40)
18. The Laura Suite - Theme And Variations (27:20)
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David Raksin - Laura: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1944) Limited CD Release 2013 [Re-Up]
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David Raksin - Laura: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1944) Limited CD Release 2013 [Re-Up]
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