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Track Listings
| 1. Main Title |
| 2. Premature Plans |
| 3. Cooler Mole |
| 4. Blythe |
| 5. Discovery |
| 6. Various Troubles |
| 7. Hendley's Risk |
| 8. On The Road |
| 9. The Chase |
| 10. First Casualty |
| 11. Hilts Captured |
| 12. Road's End |
| 13. Betrayal |
| 14. Finale |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The fact that The Great Escape (1963) has become perennial Bank Holiday TV fare shouldn't obscure it's status as a cinematic classic; nor should it blind us to the virtues of Elmer Bernstein's dynamic, forthright score. Everyone can whistle the main title march theme on demand--its one of those truly inescapable tunes--but that would be to ignore the harmonic and contrapuntal complexity of Bernstein's musical architecture: this apparently simple march actually contains four principal motifs that are developed throughout the rest of the score. And the rest of the score is a marvel itself: from the pastoral "Blythe" (which in a masculine, male-bonding sort of way is the movie's only love theme) to the propulsive action of the climactic motorbike chase (which is developed from a motif heard in the opening march). Although the (mono) original soundtrack is available from Rykodisc, Elmer Bernstein remains a faithful interpreter of his own score some 35 years on and he elicits from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra--now expert and experienced hands at movie music--a vigorous and spirited performance of this wonderfully kinetic music. The album's skimpy presentation, which contains only a standard biog of the composer and no notes whatsoever about the music, is the only real disappointment. --Mark Walker
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