Charade

I wish I could award more than five stars -- this CD set is way beyond fantastic! Some years ago, I made the mistake of trying to replace my vinyl movie soundtrack with PATTON/TORA! TORA! TORA! because this was the only CD offering of the Patton soundtrack then available. I was so disappointed by both the music selected and the recording quality that I quickly sold the CD and paid to have my worn LP transferred to a CD! This CD set offers the complete 1970 LP soundtrack, including the Scott's rendering of the Patton speech, with crisp, flawless quality. The second CD offers some of the same cuts (one can never have too much of a good thing!) but also adds cuts -- for example, "The Cemetery", "The Prayer", "An Eloquent Man" and "Pensive Patton" -- not found on the other disk. Here, again, the sound quality is astounding! My only quibble, and it is a very minor one, is the inclusion of bonus track 18, the "Echoplex Session", on the first CD. This five-and-a-half minutes is just plain strange, and I generally just skip over it if I'm listening in my car. This movie soundtrack is a classic, and this CD does it justice.

Great CD with the original LP and the rest of the soundtrack added.

At an early age, Mancini's soundtracks for Peter Gunn and Mr. Lucky introduced me to what I would learn later was called California Jazz. Likewise, his soundtrack for Charade offers some great jazz-based scene cues and a title song that became very popular. However, it was not until Intrada produced this new comprehensive CD release that I was finally able to really enjoy this music. The CD's audio quality is superb so it is easy to hear just how well Mancini's compositions set the mood in Stanley Donen's excellent romantic mystery thriller. Recommended.

I never saw this movie but had the Mancini 1963 condensed version for years on vinyl and then on CD. Now we have the entire score which is one of Mancini's best. Only drawback is that it's all in mono sound. Good sound, but mono. The intensity and creativity of a great artist outshines this minor drawback. It would be nice of some team did a complete re-recording in stereo. Re-recordings, if done right, as they were with some of Bernard Herrmann's scores, are a must have for any collector. But this "Charade" is spectacular all the same. You forget about the mono as the disc plays on.

Go no further, buy this one. This is THE real Patton soundtrack from the movie, the other re-performances are pale imitations. Sadly, this is not currently available digitally (outside of Jobsland), and for years was not even available on CD, only the old cassette tape edition, and I gradually wore out my stack year after year. It is worth the price for the two-minute "Patton March"/"Entr'acte" alone, the song that played at the end of the intermission in the original theatrical release. On earlier releases it is called "Entr'acte," but has been retitled "Patton March" more recently. This piece is your two-minute touchstone for the life of GSP Jr. Although the movie doesn't really get at the courage and humanity of the historical Patton (preferring, as Coppola admits, to make him a mystery), it was partially based on Ladislas Farago's Patton: Ordeal and Triumph . In keeping with that title, "Entr'acte"/"Patton March" encapsulates the story of Patton's life, keeping faith in his destiny through the adversity and lean times until history was ready for his life to culminate as the leader of the liberating Third Army.

Patton was a great movie, for many reasons. A great actor, George C Scott; engaging script; beautiful cinematography. But what many casual viewers do not know is that it has one of the best all time instrumental scores of any movie. There are there primary themes, which you might recognize from their use in commercials. If you like stirring musical scores, such as "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Great Escape," this may appeal to you. It has two CDs. which provide additional version of the music, not used in the movie.

Best of everything two disk set. Patton without the music you get the feeling of being Patton himself is there in the room with you. its both the score and soundtrack. My only grip is too little music. however two of the best quotes from the movie are in this set. opening scene quote and one where the horses a drawing the dead with horses. score and soundtrack will save you money. But once you read the inside cover about how they came up with music its perfect direction of music and film and teamwork one the best director music and film teams out there. Patton is pain in the neck but he did his duty. I didn't pick you Ike picked you. .

At last Intrada has given us the complete original soundtrack to Henry Mancini's score for Stanley Donen's great film, Charade. This is a beautifully mastered edition of the entire high fidelity mono soundtrack, and it sounds glorious. At last we can hear Mancini's cues for such scenes as the rooftop fight and the tense finale. A must-have for Mancini fans and film buffs. Excellent liner notes are included.

ジェリー・ゴールドスミスの名曲ですね。全編聴いていて飽きない。ところで、「B.O.F」って何の略語ですか？

This is an excellent recording and I recommend it as one to buy for all those who like Henry Mancini's soundtrack music. Apart from the main title music, I particularly like the track " Metro Chase", which is very evocative of the scene where Cary Grant chases Audrey Hepburn on and off the classic Metro trains and where she hides in a phone booth in a Metro ticket hall.

This cd is excellent in every way. Long overdue on the soundtrack scene. Previous releases have now been surpassed. This music is a longtime favourite. Very pleased!

Just what I required Brilliant !

内容はとても良い。 メインテーマは遠方から鳴り響くトランペットで始まるマーチ。 全体を構成する曲もよく、ジェリー・ゴルドスミスとしても出色の出来である。 録音も良好で、オリジナル・サウンドトラック盤とスコア盤が入っているのも ご機嫌だ。 しかし、二枚組にしたのはなぜだろう。 二枚組の全収録時間は77分45分で十分一枚に入る時間だ。 例えば同じ intradaの「シャレード」は一枚で77分53秒になっている。 本作は二枚組で高価なこともあり、購入にすぐには踏み切れなかった。 intradaに理由を聞きたいものである。