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Disney’s Robin Hood (1973) – The George Bruns Collection
FLAC:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/l0dnma8kesh3rou/RHFLAC.zip/file
https://mega.nz/#!ZOJhmYrb!z1R6ncC-zsqj8qICStinnnoahwF9iAwYN5OqOuL0Lws
MP3:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/iuamxufd2715udx/RHMP3.zip/file
https://mega.nz/#!8PJDDA6C!i_uLMz9RxxJGoTpOurx84chusEN0tq75ZRxeI92o_FM
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Composed and arranged by George Bruns
Tracks 3, 4, 5, 11, 20 and 24 feature music composed by Roger Miller
Tracks 7, 12, 14, 15 and 24 feature music composed by George Bruns and Floyd Huddleston
Track 16 features music composed and written by Milo Sweet & Glen Grant, and William T. Purdy & Carl Beck
Note: Track 20 is a shortened version of "Not In Nottingham", which featured both the musical number and the instrumental arrangement on the same track. The track now begins with the organ arrangement played in the church, followed by the orchestral cue that it’s named after (according to the notes on the Legacy Collection).
Special thanks go to Miss Purple, who was responsible for the original upload of the Legacy Collection, from which this upload is derived from: Thread 218374
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George Bruns was a film composer best known for his work as musical director at Walt Disney’s film studios from the 1950s to the 70s, scoring many of their live-action and animated films. Both Davie Crockett films (including co-writing "The Ballad of Davie Crockett"), The Jungle Book, The Love Bug, The Aristocats, The Absent-Minded Professor, 101 Dalmatians, and his adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty ballet for the 1959 film are among his more well known works – the man’s music practically defines nostalgia for at least a couple of generations who grew up with these movies.
Robin Hood was one of Bruns’ latter day works, and keeping in with director Wolfgang Reitherman’s anachronistic sensibilities, the score of the film plays around with expectations. Like how the film takes place in medieval-era England while featuring a cast that speaks with the kind of accents you’d hear in Westerns of the day, Robin Hood’s music features plenty of old school Golden Age music while also going off into Nashville-style country songs and the odd bit of funk (though the former is due more to the inclusion of various songs penned by country singer Roger Miller).
Despite the cult following the film earned over the years, the original score had never been released on its own – the closest we got was a soundtrack album that still featured the dialogue and sound effects from the film itself. Thankfully, that was rectified in 2017 with the release of the Legacy Collection, which included the entire score along with demo songs and arrangements featured from accompanying albums, allowing people to appreciate Bruns’ work in all its glory. Listening back to the music for this collection has helped me to appreciate various elements that I previously hadn’t noticed before, such as the use of "Love" as a leitmotif throughout the first half of the movie.
This collection features all orchestral cues composed and arranged for the film by George Bruns in chronological order, taking care to remove the musical numbers by Roger Miller and any tracks that doesn’t feature an orchestra. An orchestral arrangement of "Love", sung by Pete Renoudet, is included where the film’s version of that musical number would have taken place.
For anyone who has fondness for this style of Disney music, or enjoys listening to an old school score with some eccentric elements thrown in, this should hopefully bring a smile to your face. I hope you enjoy the music, and that you have a great day!
Cheers,
j