‘Laurence Rosenthal – Music for Film and Television’ Album Announced

Film Fest Gent has announced the new album Laurence Rosenthal – Music for Film and Television featuring music by recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s World Soundtrack Awards, including all-new studio recordings of selected scores by the composer performed by the Brussels Philharmonic and conducted by the festival’s music director Dirk Brossé. Titles featured on the album include Becket (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), The Miracle Worker, The Return of a Man Called Horse, Clash of the Titans and the miniseries Mussolini: The Untold Story. Also included is a revised version of the finale from A Raisin in the Sun and a new  arrangement of Rosenthal’s theme from Fantasy Island, as well as several previously unreleased tracks, including the suite from the documentary Michelangelo: The Last Giant (for which he won his first Emmy Award) and the suite from Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies. The CD will be released during the 50th edition of Film Fest Gent in October and is now available to order on the festival’s website. The soundtrack licensed to Silva Screen Records is also expected to be available in other music stores next month.

Here’s the track list of the album:

1. The Return of a Man Called Horse (Suite): I. The Great Plains , II. Training for War , III. The Buffalo Hunt & IV. The Great Plains (Reprise)
2. The Miracle Worker (Suite): I. Prologue: Helen Alone , II. First Meeting & III. The Miracle at the Pump
3. Michelangelo: The Last Giant (Suite): I. David , II. San Pietro
4. Brass Target: Mara
5. Billy the Kid: Main Title
6. Clash of the Titans (Suite): I. Flight to Mount Olympus, II. The Lovers & III. Joppa
7. Fantasy Island: Theme
8. Mussolini: The Untold Story (Suite): I. Echoes of Rome: Ave Caesar!, II. Claretta: Chat by the Window & III. Off to Capri
9. Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna: Berlin Bridge
10. Requiem for a Heavyweight: Main Title (Revised Version)
11 Meteor (Suite): I. End Credits & II. Dubov’s Rage
12. A Raisin in the Sun: Today, He Came into His Manhood
13. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Theme
14. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: “Ireland, April 1916” (Suite): I. Welcome to Ireland & II. Fight in the Bakery
15. Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies (Suite): I. Welcome to Hollywood, II. Sunset & III. Runaway Wagon
16. Becket (Suite): I. Prologue and Arrival of the King at Canterbury, II. Triumph in France & III. Epilogue