CREATURE
FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (and other jungle pictures) contains a 35-minute
suite from one of the greatest monster movies of all-time, with
a score that conjures both the beauty and horror of the Gill-Man’s
Amazonian world. While other albums have contained a few cues
from this legendary 1954 Universal-International classic, this
CD offers all the previously-unreleased music and the best pieces
that this brilliant score has to offer. Included are the first
17 cues in the picture, none of which have ever been released
before!
In addition, the suite contains all the music that was tracked
into Creature From The Black Lagoon from earlier Universal pictures,
such as Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid, City Beneath The Sea, East
Of Sumatra, Ride Clear Of Diablo, and others.
Some of the studio’s greatest composers, including the legendary
Henry Mancini and Herman Stein, contributed some of their most
memorable ‘50s monster music to this film, with ample support
from Milton Rosen, Hans Salter, and Robert Emmett Dolan.
Also on the album is a 5-minute suite featuring almost all the
orchestral music music written for M-G-M’s famous TARZAN
films of the 1930s and ‘40s starring Johnny Weissmuller,
Maureen O’ Sullivan, and everyone’s favorite chimp,
Cheeta! These vine-swinging movies had very little music in them,
making the cues that were used very memorable. The seven pieces
include the wonderfully outlandish “A Cannibal Carnival,”
which served as the Main Title for Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan Finds
A Son!, Tarzan’s Secret Treasure, and Tarzan’s New
York Adventure. And of course, the suite closes with the gorgeous
“My Tender One,” which ended four of the films on
a triumphant note after Tarzan, Jane, Cheeta, and Boy vanquished
their enemies and resumed their normal routine of day-to-day jungle
living.
As if that’s not enough, the album also contains Irving
Gertz’s brilliant swampy score from the always enjoyable
THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE.
The suite conjures all sorts of moods, and fans of the great composer’s
music for The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Deadly Mantis, and
The Monolith Monsters will enjoy this major work for a not-so-major
film. This 16-minute suite offers almost all of Gertz’s
thematic material.
The 40-page liner book features striking cover art by Robert Aragon,
21,000 words of information about the films, their scores, and
the composers who wrote them, as well as a lagoon-full of jokes.
The book also contains 33 photos (some in color), including never-before-seen
copies of the music manuscripts and close-ups of musical examples.
The liner book text includes timings that match the digital read-out
on your CD player -- so you can follow along with the music while
you read.
The M-G-M Tarzan
films (1934 - 1942)
(Tarzan And His Mate, Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan Finds A Son!, Tarzan's
Secret Treasure,Tarzan's New York Adventure)
Music by Herbert Stothart, Sol Levy, William Axt, David Snell,
Daniele Amfitheatrof
1. Fanfare (Snell)/A Cannibal Carnival (Levy) (1:35)
2. In The Woodland (Stothart) (1:16)
3. Tarzan Montage (Snell) (:26)
4. End Title (Amfitheatrof) (:13)
5. New End Cast (Stothart) (:30)
6. My Tender One (Axt) (1:07)
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Music b y Herman Stein, Henry Mancini, Milton Rosen, Hans Salter,
Robert Emmett Dolan
7. Main Title (Stein) 1:17
8. Prologue (Stein) 1:48
9. The Webbed Hand (Stein) :33
10. The Diver (Mancini) 1:07
11. Marine Life (Mancini) :30
12. Almost Caught (Salter) 1:19
13. Digger’s Failure (Mancini) 0:48
14. Unknown River (Mancini) 1:09
15. Tale Of The Mermaid (Dolan) 1:06
16. Salvage Of The Lady Luck (Rosen) 4:05
17. Duke’s Little Helper (Mancini) :34
18. Kay And The Monster, Part 1 (Stein) 2:35
19. Kay And The Monster, Part 2 (Stein) 1:51
20. Tony Visits Port Royale, Part 1 (Stein) 1:50
21. Brad Rescues Tony, Part 2 (Rosen) 1:22
22. Henry’s Trap (Rosen) :50
23. Clay Meets A Badman (Rosen) 2:25
24. That Hand Again (Stein) 1:02
25. Monster Caught (Mancini) 1:04
26. Minyora’s Plan (Mancini) 0:59
27. Monster Gets Mark, Part 1 (Mancini) 2:14
28. Monster Gets Mark, Part 2 (Mancini) 2:49
29. End Title (Salter) 1:54
30. End Cast (Stein) 0:27
The Alligator People
Music by Irving Gertz)
31. Main Title 2:00
32. Truth Serum 1:51
33. Shocker (Part II) :47
34. Dark Memories :59
35. The Swamp 1:12
36. Cobalt Bomb 1:11
37. His Mother 1:05
38. Shocker (Part I) 1:24
39. Get That Gator :21
40. Alligator Head 1:54
41. Paul’s Death, Part I :46
42. Paul’s Death, Part II :57
43. The End :17
44. Alligator Piano 1:28
Valeria Kellyova, solo piano
Terry Glenny, electric violin
BONUS TRACKS
Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
45. Unknown River (alternate)
(by Henry Mancini)
The Alligator People (1959) by Irving Gertz
46. Main Title
47. His Mother
48. Alligator Head
49. Paul's Death, Part 2)
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samples in MP3 format
