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Music Conducted By
Jerry Goldsmith
Orchestrations By
Arthur Morton
Recorded By
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Performed By
The Hollywood Studio
Symphony
Album Produced By
Jerry Goldsmith
Label
La-La Land Records
LLLCD 1515
Previous Release(s)
Prometheus
PCR 517
WB LP (album edit)
Year Of CD/Film Release
2020/1978
Running Time
117:26
Availability
Limited Edition Release
Cues
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Timings
DISC 1: THE FILM SCORE
1. Main Title (Film Version) 4:26
2. Red Two Reporting 2:23
3. The Black Mass 2:33
4. What Happened? / The Picnic 2:13
5. The Bees’ Picnic (Film Version) 2:20
6. On Their Way :59
7. Get Him Out 2:13
8. Plastic Hives / Old Friends 3:14
9. Don’t Take Him (Film Version) 4:26
10. The Boys And The Bees 2:04
11. Oh Maureen / We’ll Come Back 2:26
12. Bees On Fire 1:31
13. Toward Marysville :37
14. The Lollipop :42
15. A Gift Of Flowers 2:01
16. The Bees Arrive (Film Version) 4:54
17. A Boy’s Story 1:51
18. The Park :41
19. Condolences :59
20. Empty Town 1:38
21. Train Attack 2:26
22. No Effect 1:11
23. Tommy’s Death (Film Version) 3:24
24. Exact Instructions (Film Version) 7:16
25. Departed Friend 1:15
26. The Glasses / Houston Headquarters 3:48
27. Burn ‘Em Out :44
28. Get Reinforcements 2:29
29. Bees Inside (Film Version) 5:23
30. End Title (Film Version) 3:07
TOTAL DISC 1 TIME: 75:17
DISC 2: THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
1. Main Title 3:42
2. A Gift Of Flowers 2:03
3. The Bees’ Picnic 2:20
4. Tommy’s Death 4:18
5. The Bees Arrive 5:51
6. Bees Inside 6:01
7. Don’t Take Him 2:30
8. Exact Instructions 4:39
9. A Boy’s Story 1:51
10. End Title 3:13
TOTAL ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM TIME: 36:30
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
11. Main Title (Original Version) 4:29
12. No Effect (Alternate Take) 1:10
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The
Swarm
Jerry Goldsmith's outstanding
score to one of the worst movies ever made is finally preserved
on CD. To be a little kind to Irwin Allen, cut an hour from the
running time and there may be a reasonable 70's disaster movie
here but in all its extended glory we have some of the most ridiculous
lines ever spoken and some of the worst over acting since the
birth of the morning soap. But joking aside Goldsmith's remarkable
music has survived intact remaining one of the finest adventure
scores ever recorded. Along with Damnation Alley and Twilight's
Last Gleaming, The Swarm is classic Goldsmith militaria
-a genre the composer seems to have invented in the space of
just two years. From the opening cue as the Air Force arrives
in force to a series of frenetic finale set pieces as the futile
US Military battle nature at its worst, Goldsmith steals every
scene propelling the movie to its finish. Virtuoso playing from
the string and brass sections as the swarms consume small town
USA is nothing short of jaw dropping and as the swarms murder
thousands, Goldsmith leads the onslaught with a series of spectacular
musical assaults.
In between the composer does his best to deal with the ludicrous
drama and love interests with a selection of delicate themes.
Actor Slim Pickens retrieving his son's body bag is a genuinely
moving moment thanks to Goldsmith's sombre music and remains
a score highlight while the unnecessary developing relationships
between the town's folk play much better with Goldsmith's touching
theme variations. And to finish Goldsmith's pay off is one of
the best end titles ever written as the composer resolves the
drama and the burning bees to rousing renditions of his exciting
themes. Quite simply a knockout score and style that remains
as potent today as it ever was. A film score may not be able
to save a picture but the score to The Swarm came frighteningly
close!
A must have, a piece of film music history
and required listening. Just don't mention the movie!
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