This is the Australian reissue of the Fox DJ promo LP. Contains extra music (including the hokey version of the Fox fanfare, and an unused opening sequence!) and no dialogue. Mono, except for side A, cue 3, and side B, cues 1 and 5, which are stereo.
The movie (1965, dir. Ken Annakin) featured an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi.
Condition
VINYL: EX. Superbly clean on visual inspection. No hairlines, marks or scuffs on either side. Played just pre-listing and sound clarity is superb throughout. The lightest of static at run-ins but no surface noise during playback of either side. A fabulous example of this landmark score.
OUTER SLEEVE/COVER: G+. Colours are unfaded and clean. Disc ring outline impression lightly visible at top. A few veinlike creases in from edges and on right. Sellotape reinforcement on edges at spine and bottom. Corners show some scuffing and wear with tiny peeling in bottom right corner. Edges are clean and unmarked and spine in fair shape under sellotape with split in centre. Light nicks to aperture but nothing major. Reverse side has some dark scuffing round disc ring and at top. A few other marks but text is all readable and clear. Overall a very good example.
INNER SLEEVE: EX. Clear poly sleeve. D-shaped. Minor creases/folds through usual handling but intact.
Tracklist
A1. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
A2. Arizona
A3. The Great Air Race (or... Last One in Paris is a Monkey's Uncle!)
A4. The Dance Of The Intrepid Airmen (or... 55 Years before the Beatles)
A5. A Most Serious Talk
A6. Meanwhile Back At The Airfield (or... Yes, But Will It Fly?)
B1. The Darlings of 1910
B2. Arizona (Reprise)
B3. The Flying Frenchman (or... Pierre Sure Gets Around!)
B4. Ah, So-Mein Herr
B5. The Railroad Song (or... How Did This Ever Get in an Airplane Movie?)
B6. The Incredible Time (or... They'll Never Break This Record!)
Review
This score has it all, a Title Song that also provides the adventurous Main Theme, soaring flight music, a wonderful Love Theme, marches, a campy Folies Bergère Theme, a hilarious Chase Theme and nationalist anthems and themes for the German, French, British, Italian, American, Japanese and Scottish teams.
Goodwin found the balance between the comedic and the dramatic and was able to expertly integrate numerous outrageous sound effects into the score. I cannot understate the creativity, genius and complexity of this score where many of its cues feature a wondrous interplay between the themes.
Regretfully, Rod Goodwin is terra incognita for too many of us and a finer introduction to his canon cannot be recommended than this classic score.
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