Sudden Impact [Original Score]

by Lalo Schifrin

Overview

Aleph Records, a label that has done a bang-up job of reissuing Lalo Schifrin's film music over the past five years -- in both sound and presentation -- offers listeners a full version of the composer's score for Sudden Impact. The work was arranged by Harvey Cohen and conducted by Schifrin with an enormous group of players, including a lovely horn section with all shapes and colors of the spectrum for his moody and often dramatic cues. And while it's true that most people are familiar with the scratching, hip-hop, and synthesized funk in the main title theme, it's perhaps the least evocative thing on the set. The delirious "Too Much Sugar," with its gorgeous noir setup, is followed by the tense, moody "Frisco Night," which gives way to a full-blown chase anthem. The long cues are especially wonderful for "Ginley's Bar" and the ever so freaky "Remembering Terror," which begins as a carnival nightmare and ends up on another planet, capturing almost every taut notion of dread, suspense, and violence from the film in a single piece. This is a great score and Aleph gets high marks again for its presentation. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2008
Label:	Aleph
UPC:	0651702636129
Rank:	57243

Tracks

1. Main Title
2. Murder by the Sea
3. Too Much Sugar
4. Frisco Night
5. Target Practice
6. The Road to San Paolo
7. Remembering Terror
8. Cocktails of Fire
9. Robbery Suspect
10. Ginley's Bar
11. Another Victim
12. You've Come a Long Way
13. Darkness
14. Crazy
15. Hot Shop Cop
16. Alby and Lester Boy
17. The Automag
18. Unicorn's Head
19. A Ray of Light
20. Stairway to Hell
21. San Francisco After Dark (End Titles)
22. Main Title

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lalo Schifrin   Primary Artist,Conductor
Gayle Levant   Harp
Ellen Segal   Violin
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Dennis Budimir   Guitar
Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash   Trombone
Jay DaVersa   Trumpet
Bob Payne   Trombone
Nathan Kaproff   Violin
Igor Horoshevsky   Bass
Irving Geller   Violin
Richard Perissi   French Horn
Bill Hybel   Violin
Joy Lyle   Violin
Thomas Shepard   Trombone
Ron Cooper   Cello
Alvin Sanders   Harmonica
Marvin Limonick   Violin
Carl LaMagna   Violin
Richard L. Noel   Trombone
David Pell   Woodwind
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Israel Baker   Violin
Bill Tole   Trombone
Bonnie Douglas   Violin
Kenny Shroyer   Trombone
Chuck Domanico   Bass
Harry Hyams   Viola
David Shifrin   Woodwind
Alan Estes   Drums,Percussion
Harris Goldman   Violin
Gloria Strassner   Cello
Myra Kestenbaum   Viola
Pavel Farkas   Violin
Joseph Livoti   Violin
Bernard Kundell   Violin
Joe Stepansky   Violin
Henry Sigismonti   French Horn
Robert Hardaway   Woodwind
Henry Roth   Violin
David D. Turner   Violin
Robert Adcock   Cello
Margaret Storer   Bass
Murray Adler   Violin
Louise di Tullio   Woodwind
Larry Bunker   Drums,Percussion
Paul Leim   Drums,Percussion
Brian Leonard   Violin
Ray Kramer   Cello
Allan Harshman   Viola
Gene Cipriano   Woodwind
Marie Fera   Cello
Ronnie Lang   Woodwind
Melvin Ragin   Guitar
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Milton Thomas   Viola
Jerome Reisler   Violin
Miguel Martinez   Cello
John Wittenberg   Violin
Arthur Maebe   French Horn
Armand Kaproff   Cello
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.   Bass (Electric)
Berj Garabedian   Violin
Arnold Belnick   Violin
Paul Shure   Violin
Nathan Ross   Violin
Emil Radocchia   Drums,Percussion
James Getzoff   Violin
Carole Mukogawa   Viola
Carl Fortina   Accordion

Technical Credits

Barbi Franklin   Copyist,Arranger,Orchestration
Daniel Hersch   Editing,Mastering
Joel Franklin   Copyist,Arranger,Orchestration
Theresa Eastman Schifrin   Design,Art Direction
Harvey R. Cohen   Copyist,Arranger,Orchestration
Donald K. Harris   Music Editor
Angela Morley   Copyist,Arranger,Orchestration
Dan Franklin   Copyist,Arranger,Orchestration
Nick Redman   Producer,Liner Notes
Donna Schifrin   Executive Producer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer