One of our favorite Charles Bronson's films is The Mechanic, directed in 1972 by Michael Winner. The plot has Bronson as a master assassin for hire who is training his protege, Jan Michael Vincent - until a bloody series of double crosses begins to wreak deadly havoc. Jerry Fielding's score is now available in a definitive version from Intrada Records. The CD is a limtied edition of 1500. Here is the text from the product description:
World premiere 1972 release of complete Jerry Fielding score for
Michael Winner thriller takes all 27 minutes of music from earlier
albums, then offers additional 50 minutes of music previously
unreleased! Fielding takes cue from methodical hitman played by Charles
Bronson, creates incredibly complex work for orchestra. Chilling tone
clusters for piano, knife jabs for brass, startling percussion... and
cold, cerebral strings spell Fielding at his most intense! But composer
is calculated, adds tiny wisp of warmth, keeps everything just out of
balance. Intrada CD presents entire score from original multi-track
stereo session masters, courtesy of MGM. CD also includes exciting big
band source cues composer wrote for film plus alternate end titles.
Authoritative text from director/composer expert Nick Redman plus
musical analysis from FSM's Lukas Kendall illuminates every complicated
moment! Arguably Fielding's most dramatic work! Jerry Fielding
conducts. Intrada Special Collection release limited to 1500 copies! -
Douglass Fake, Intrada Producer
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