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Poledouris: Hunt for Red October Original Soundtrack [IMPORT] [SOUNDTRACK]
 
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Poledouris: Hunt for Red October Original Soundtrack [IMPORT] [SOUNDTRACK]
~ Basil Poledouris (Composer), Original Soundtrack (Orchestra), Michael Boddicker (Performer)
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1. Hymn to Red October (Main Title) Listen
2. Nuclear Scam Listen
3. Putin's Demise Listen
4. Course Two-Five-Zero Listen
5. Ancestral Aid Listen
6. Chopper Listen
7. Two Wives Listen
8. Red Route 1 Listen
9. Plane Crash Listen
10. Kaboom!!! Listen

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  1. (The) Hunt for Red October
    Composed by Basil Poledouris
    Performed by Original Soundtrack
    with Michael Boddicker
    Conducted by Basil Poledouris


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The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide mark the swan songs of a long-standing genre: the cold-war-theme action thriller (and its subgenre, the nuclear-submarine-threat potboiler). Given the music here, composer Basil Poledouris must have sensed the end was nigh, for he pulls no punches. Poledouris (who seemingly wrote the score to Red Dawn as a warm-up exercise) has created a full-bodied orchestral swashbuckler with a male chorus (singing in Russian, of course) to boot; a modern take on the Erich Korngold/Errol Flynn film sensibility that ably demonstrates there's still life in those traditions. --Jerry McCulley

 
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4.0 out of 5 stars A superb CD, featuring a wide variety of atmospheric music., 10 Aug 2001
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'The Hunt For Red October' contains a pleasingly diverse selection of music, whilst always staying in the same mood. The CD contains ten tracks, brought from several moments throughout the original motion picture, some dark and atmospheric, others action-packed and exciting.

The first tune, 'Hymn to Red October', is undoubtedly the best on the disc. It contains the grandeur of an imperious choir, at first mixed with the noticeable, but not overpowering, whine of the violin, then the hurrying low tones of the deep brass. The quality of music is unsurpassed in this slow, but proud, grand piece. One can almost visualise the rows of singing sailors as the tune breaks into the Soviet anthem, the vocals once more at the forefront of the tune.

This is well followed by the second track, a seven-minute exploration of sub-aqua themes, the splendour of 'Red October' and finally, the action of underwater combat. The change from the subtle to the dramatic is made with ease and again to the pomp of the choral part of the piece. This tune incorporates part of the previous track, well mixed into the adrenalin-pumping fast music of action.

The CD then moves to two shorter pieces, both less than a minute. Though the time is lessened, the quality is not. The dark musings of 'Putin's Demise' lend a more atmospheric tone to the music. 'Course Two-Five-Zero' is, sadly, over as soon as it starts, but contains a fantastic mix of voice and orchestra, followed by a tune that is at the same time both sinister and innocent, yet strangely enjoyable.

From this point the disc becomes slightly less good, though still enjoyable. The final six tracks contain the biggest mix of all. In 'Ancestral Aid', there is fantastic choral music once more, joined with the anxious tones of the orchestra, as well as more dark music, to suit the sinister depths of the oceans. There is also lots of quick action in 'Chopper', 'Plane Crash' and 'Kaboom'. 'Two Wives' is a hopeful orchestral piece and 'Red Route One' contains one of the best themes on the disc, again with an orchestra to display it.

The disc is well presented, with some excellent music of a very high quality. Though it is more understandable if one has watched the film, it is by no means needed, in order to enjoy the CD. A must for fans of choral music, the album is worth buying by anyone who appreciates good music, especially atmospheric-style tracks. The Hunt For Red October is one of the best film scores of its period, with a diverse array of style, instruments and mood, as well as some first-rate composing and playing.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Poledouris, 4 May 2003
By A Customer
Basil is certainly not Fawlty in this score. As usual, we get a very short album selection of Poledouris' score (a common trend with his scores). There is a large amount of his Red October score not on the offical release. But what we do get is nice. For many, the opening title hymn is the only thing they buy this for, before switching it off. It's a shame. This is not due to any fault with talent. It's simply because Red October is a score which is utterly fantastic within the movie, yet stands alone quite badly outside of it as a listening experience because Poledouris did'nt take a leaf out of Goldsmith and Williams book by making a suite of his short themes. Instead, we are given some tiny 22 second clips of certain pieces used again and again in the movie. Great when coupled with a huge widscreen shot of a nuclear submarine underwater. But as a listening experience, just leave you wishing it had continued for another 6 and a half minutes at least because it's wonderful. The best lengthy track (at around 7 minutes) we get is "Nuclear Scam". A wonderful action cue that incorporates synth with the same skill of subtlety that Jerry Goldsmith has. Overall, Red October is a wonderful score. But not one that stands alone very well as a CD. Best heard within the context of the movie really. Either that, or we someday get a proper full release of it on CD (which i cannot see happening soon). Many of Poledouris scores are hard to obtain, or are no longer in print. Two easily available ones i quickly recommend are Robocop (original), and Conan the Barbarian (the expanded Varese Sarabande edition) for 2 truly great scores from the 80's. Btw : Apparently the hymn heard in this score is not the Soviet National Anthem, but rather the Anthem of the Soviet "Navy".
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