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12-30-2012, 03:27 AM
Point Blank is a landmark of 1960s American cinema, a neo-noir thriller set amidst the steely, impersonal architecture of Los Angeles. The film was influenced by the French new wave, turning the book's simple story into a kind of avant garde fable that is possibly a revenge fantasy: Walker, shot and left for dead by his friend Reese (John Vernon), awakens to wreak havoc through the criminal organization that has wronged him.
Scoring Point Blank was Johnny Mandel, a widely acclaimed composer and arranger whose film credits include The Sandpiper and MASH. Mandel's score is a singular achievement: he uses the twelve-tone system of atonal composition not for shocks but for emotion in the style of Alban Berg, creating a type of trance-like cage in which Walker mechanically but artfully tears through the underworld. Combined with chamber-style accompaniments particularly for woodwinds (a Mandel trademark) and gorgeous, tonal variations for Walker's romantic relationships, the score has virtually no peers. FSM's premiere presentation features Mandel's complete work (including unused cues) along with source cues and Stu Gardner's "Mighty Good Times" from the film's nightclub sequence.
Music Composed and Conducted by Johnny Mandel
Song: "Mighty Good Times" by Stu Gardner, Performed by the Stu Gardner Trio
Opening/Main Title 2:38
Trackdown 0:50
Unquestioned Answers 2:00
Nostalgic Monologue 2:01
Nightmare 0:43
At the Window/The Bathroom 2:03
Joy Ride/Mighty Good Times 2:34
Chris to Reese's Lair 1:40
This Way to Heaven 2:23
I'll Slip Out of Something Comfortable/Reese Gets His 5:08
Reese's Wake 2:13
The Money Men 0:53
The Payoff 3:09
Back to Chris 1:07
Count Source 1:53
Chris Scores 1:41
To Fort Point 1:33
End Title 4:32
Total Time: 39:38
Leader (Conductor):
Robert Armbruster
Violin:
Robert Barene, Harry Bluestone, Henry Arthur Brown, Bette Byers (La Magna) (Marks), Elliot Fisher, Jacques Gasselin, Jerome Kasin, Murray Kellner, Bernard Kundell, Alfred Lustgarten, Joy Lyle (Sharp), Lou Raderman, Sally Raderman (aka Sarah Kreindler), Ambrose Russo, Heimann Weinstine
Viola:
Virginia Majewski, Reuben Marcus, Paul Robyn, Barbara A. Simons (Transue)
Cello:
Raphael "Ray" Kramer, Frederick R. Seykora
Bass:
Raymond M. "Ray" Brown, Monty Budwig, George "Red" Callender, James D. Hughart, Keith "Red" Mitchell, Joseph Mondragon, Robert King Stone
Woodwinds:
Gus Bivona, Gene Cipriano, Robert Hardaway, Harry Klee, Arnold Koblentz, Don Lodice (Logiudice), Jack Nimitz, Hugo Raimondi, C. E. "Bud" Shank
French Horn:
John W. "Jack" Cave, George W. Hyde, Arthur Maebe, Jr., Richard E. Perissi, Alan I. Robinson
Trumpet:
Marion "Buddy" Childers, Uan Rasey, George Werth, James C. Zito
Trombone:
Kenneth Shroyer
Tuba:
Mario Camposano
Keyboards:
Paul Beaver, William Mitchell Byers, Artie Kane, Ray Sherman
Guitar:
Thomas "Tommy" Tedesco
Harp:
Catherine Gotthoffer (Johnk)
Drums:
Hubert "Hugh" Anderson, Frank L. Carlson, Victor Feldman, Mel Lewis, Emil Radocchia (Richards), Charlie Shoemake
Orchestra Manager:
James C. Whelan
Copyist:
Donald J. Midgley, Edward E. Ocnoff, Fred Sternberg
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[This CD also came with Jerry Fielding's "The Outfit", but I don't have that.]