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Crossed Swords
Original Soundtrack
AKA: The Prince and the Pauper
Maurice Jarre
Label: Film Score Monthly
Date Recorded: 1978
Cat no. FSMCD Vol. 8, No. 14
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Notes
Crossed Swords (AKA The Prince and the Pauper) was a 1978 film adaptation of Mark Twain's novel by international film producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind, directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Mark Lester and an all-star cast. A lighthearted tale of mistaken identity and swashbuckling derring-do, Crossed Swords was the Salkinds' follow-up to their successful The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, and it featured the duo's usual collection of highly priced talent both in front of and behind the camera.
For music, this meant Maurice Jarre, composer of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. By 1978 John Williams had revitalized the symphonic film score with Star Wars and composers such as Jarre were given full license to apply their talents on appropriate projects. Jarre responded on the Crossed Swords soundtrack with a delightfully melodic, heroic and full-blooded orchestral score the likes of which used to flow from the pen of Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Max Steiner - here modernized by Jarre's inimitible melodic style.
The Crossed Swords soundtrack is a delightful symphonic score with multiple character themes. This CD features the soundtrack LP as released by Warner Bros. Records in 1978 (which was all that was available for license). The album runs a generous 40:16 and sequences the score's major themes and setpieces for optimal listening presentation, in fine stereo sound as performed by The National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Packaging & Liner Notes
Standard jewel case. Excellent booklet.
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Track Listing
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Main Title
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My King
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Royal Divertissement
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Crossed Swords
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Hendon Hall
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Canty's Fight
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Here Comes the King
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The Prince and the Pauper
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Coronation
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Ruffler's Men
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Fight on the Steps
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Gaillard
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Procession
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Tom or Edward
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Epilogue
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