He was then a 31-year-old musical phenomenon who was already well-known as a brilliant young composer and performer in classical music and jazz, and a pioneer of world music. In the 57 years since THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE went into release, it has become a cult classic for the stark beauty of its black-and-white photography for the mystification of its engrossing story line for the superb performances of its principal players for the dazzling, sure-handed direction of John Frankenheimer and, not least, for one of the most consummate scores ever created for a motion picture.That score was composed, orchestrated and conducted by David Amram in the spring of 1962. He is moved deftly, like a chess piece, toward his assigned mission – the assassination of a Presidential candidate – while his former superior officer on the captured patrol (Sinatra) tries desperately to discover the roots of their tortured minds and to avert a tragedy. after the war as an unsuspecting puppet whose mind and behavior could be manipulated by his former captors. Released in 1962 during the Kennedy years, it was the story of an American patrol that was ambushed, captured and brainwashed by North Koreans and Chinese, and how one of its members (Harvey) returned to the U.S. Richard Condon wrote the brilliant novel that gave Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury and Janet Leigh a vehicle for some of the finest work any of them ever did in film. Now thankfully his music, in America at least, is getting the exposure it so rightly deserves.”įrom the first, ominous moments of John Frankenheimer’s enduring, memorable film THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE audiences have known they were experiencing a classic psychodrama of suspense, one that remains in the mind years later like a mordant poem or a darkly bewitching painting.
“I have always regarded David Amram as one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century and I don’t just mean for the cinema.
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE SOUNDTRACK MOVIE
“David Amram’s haunting score drives the movie forward and emphasizes perfectly all the dramatic elements.” The score is exactly what I wanted for the film.” This limited release includes 10 jazz based tracks from the original score, with 5 more tracks available as a download, which will include all 15 tracks available together for the first time ever…! This groundbreaking score features jazz legends – Paul Horn, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Carmel Jones & Joe Gordon… Released for the first time on vinyl, in conjunction with Record Store Day 2019, Moochin’ About/PIAS is very proud to present David Amram’s innovative score to John Frankeneimer’s cult classic – The Manchurian Candidate …
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