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Varèse Sarabande Records is thrilled to unveil its January 2021 CD Club titles: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (The Deluxe Edition) by Jerry Goldsmith and Babe (The Deluxe Edition) by Nigel Westlake, which are now available exclusively on VareseSarabande.com. The CD Club launched its official start in 1989 and has been a staple of the label ever since, relaunching titles from renowned composers such as John Williams and Ennio Morricone.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (The Deluxe Edition):
The final film score of Jerry Goldsmith’s legendary career gets a long-awaited CD Club treatment: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) reunited Goldsmith with director Joe Dante (GremlinsInnerspaceMatinee) for an insane musical journey befitting Warner Bros.’ classic cartoon characters, with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck starring in a live-action/animation hybrid alongside human characters played by Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton and Steve Martin.
The globetrotting adventure demanded one of Goldsmith’s zaniest scores ever, a sort of indescribable combination of slapstick, action and whimsy that lurches from high-energy symphonic chases to pop-influenced flourishes to Carl Stalling-styled “Mickey Mousing.” All of it has Goldsmith’s effortlessly melodic touch, with the special brand of left-field inspiration that always accompanied his work for Dante.
Previously released by Varèse Sarabande at the time of the movie, this comprehensive 2-CD set features not only Goldsmith’s vastly expanded score, but rewrites and additional music by John Debney, Cameron Patrick and a handful of others—as well as alternates and outtakes by Goldsmith and the complete 2003 album program. Packaging features new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger (incorporating new interviews with Dante, Debney and Patrick) and Goldsmith’s longtime friend and recording engineer, Bruce Botnick.
TRACK LISTING
DISC 1:
1. Looney Tunes Opening (What’s Up Doc?) / Rabbit Fire (1:09)
2. What’s Up? (1:25)
3. Another Take (:48)
4. Dead Duck Walking (3:14)
5. She Likes You (:46)
6. The Shimmy / Out Of The Bag / Save Dad / The Car (3:53)
7. Not A Billion (:45)
8. Blue Monkey (:58)
9. Extra Crispy (:36)
10. The Shower / Psycho Parody (1:15)
11. In Style (1:10)
12. The Bad Guys (2:57)
13. Hit Me (:30)
14. Car Trouble / Flying High (3:46)
15. Hurry Up (:25)
16. Nice Hair / Burning Tail (:55)
17. A Visit To Walmart / Free Drinks (:36)
18. Wrong Turn Coyote (:54)
19. The Launch (:27)
20. Thin Air (1:26)
21. Area 52 (Take 54) (1:29)
22. You’re Next (:25)
23. Wacky Marvin In The Jar (:49)
24. Hot Pursuit (2:26)
25. We’ve Got Company / Man And A Woman / I’ll Take That (3:21)
26. The Painting / The Scream / It Is Spring / Bugs with Mandolin (3:20)
27. The Red Balloon (:26)
28. Paris Street (1:22)
29. Free Fall (1:17)
30. The Hook / Africa (:33)
31. Tasmanian Devil (1:09)
32. Jungle Scene (1:42)
33. Pressed Duck (3:26)
34. Re-Assembled (:51)
35. Waiting For A Train (2:49)
36. A New Puppy (3:06)
37. To The Rescue (4:24)
38. Heroes (2:39)
39. Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That’s All Folks!) (:16)
40. End Title Suite (5:17)
DISC 2:
1. What’s Up? (1:29)
2. Another Take #9 (:53)
3. Trumpet Wa-Wa (:07)
4. The Shimmy (:12)
5. Out Of The Bag (1:17)
6. The Car, Part 1 (:15)
7. The Car, Part 2 (:12)
8. Psycho (:37)
9. Car Trouble (3:22)
10. Wrong Turn, Part 1 (1:14)
11. Wrong Turn, Part 2 (:25)
12. Wrong Turn, Part 3 (1:08)
13. The Launch (:30)
14. The Blue Danube / The Barber of Seville / Can Can (:36)
15 Vivaldi Concerto (:15)
16. The Hook (:29)
17. Pressed Duck (3:39)
18. Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That’s All Folks!) (:23)
The Original 2003 Soundtrack Album:
19. Life Story (:19)
20. What’s Up? (1:25)
21. Another Take (:48)
22. Dead Duck Walking (3:14)
23. Out Of The Bag (3:44)
24. Blue Monkey (:54)
25. In Style (1:09)
26. The Bad Guys (2:56)
27. Car Trouble (3:46)
28. Thin Air (1:26)
29. Area 52 (1:29)
30. Hot Pursuit (2:26)
31. We’ve Got Company (1:50)
32. I’ll Take That (1:22)
33. Paris Street (1:21)
34. Free Fall (1:15)
35. Tasmanian Devil (1:09)
36. Jungle Scene (1:40)
37. Pressed Duck (3:22)
38. Re-Assembled (:52)
39. Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That’s All Folks!) (:55)
Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
Additional Music by John Debney • Produced by Jerry Goldsmith • Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
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Babe (The Deluxe Edition):
Babe was a massive surprise hit in 1995. A children’s film starring a talking pig seemed to be the last thing anybody expected from visionary filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max). Writer-producer Miller adapted the 1983 book with director and cowriter Chris Noonan, and created a universally praised, moving film about a farm pig (a combination of animatronics and computer graphics) who longs to be a sheepdog. With a memorable lead performance by James Cromwell as Babe’s farmer-owner, Babe received glowing reviews and seven OSCAR® nominations, winning for Best Visual Effects.
A major part of Babe’s exquisite, perfectly pitched storybook tone is the charming, resonant symphonic score by Australian composer Nigel Westlake. Westlake interpolated a tapestry of classical works, most notably the maestoso section of Saint-Saëns’ third (Organ) symphony, to perfectly capture the human emotions of the film’s animal characters, while ironically treating the humans with an animal-like comedy and whimsy. (The Saint-Saëns melody had been adapted into the British reggae pop hit “If I Had Words” by Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley; a sped-up version is used in Babe’s end credits.)
Babe was released as a music-and-dialogue album at the time of the film. This CD Club edition features the expanded score as music only, packaged with a new essay by Tim Greiving featuring insights from Miller, Noonan, Cromwell and Westlake.
TRACK LISTING
1. Opening Titles (From The Motion Picture Babe) – Piggery (4:02)
2. Fairground (Extended Version) (3:16)
3. I Want My Mum / The Way Things Are (4:40)
4. Fly Would Never / Crime And Punishment (3:50)
5. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati (Extended Version) (3:21)
6. Repercussions / Into The Knackery (2:23)
7. Pig, Pig, Piggy / Mother And Son (2:28)
8. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (3:26)
9. Christmas Morning (Extended Version) (5:08)
10. Separate The Chickens / Round Up (2:37)
11. Babe’s Round Up (Extended Version) (3:59)
12. Mad Dog Rex (1:14)
13. The Sheep Pig (Extended Version) (1:47)
14. Dog Tragedy (1:36)
15. Hoggett Shows Babe / Maa’s Death (2:58)
16. Home Pig / Hoggett With Gun (2:48)
17. Pig Of Destiny / Up To Trouble (3:29)
18. The Cat / What Are Pigs For (2:26)
19. Where’s Babe / Hoggett’s Song (3:23)
20. Babe In The Kitchen / Help For Babe (4:32)
21. Baa Ram Ewe / Rex On Truck (1:46)
22. The Gauntlet / Moment Of Truth (Extended Version) (1:45)
23. Finale – That’ll Do, Pig, That’ll Do (1:39)
24. If I Had Words (2:54)
25. Toreador Aria (Excerpt) (:22)
26. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (With Vocals) (3:51)
27. Blue Moon (Excerpt) (:40)
28. Cantique de Jean Racine (Excerpt) (:41)
29. If I Had Words (Hoggett’s Song) (1:52)
Music Composed and Produced by Nigel Westlake
Performed by the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
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