Rollerball [Soundtrack]

rollerball [soundtrack]

On this CD:

    Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37) Toccata
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Simon Preston

    Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 (Stalingrad) First Movement (excerpt)
    Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Rollerball, film score Glass Sculpture
    Composed by Andre Previn
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Rollerball, film score Executive Party
    Composed by Andre Previn
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Third Movement (excerpt)
    Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
    Composed by Tomaso Albinoni
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    with John Brown
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 Sleeping Beauty Waltz
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Rollerball, film score Executive Party Dance
    Composed by Andre Previn
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

    Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Fourth Movement (excerpt)
    Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich
    Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Andre Previn

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Director Norman Jewison's original 1975 Rollerball was an odd mix; half action thriller (about a future blood sport that crossbred the most violent aspects of roller derby and hockey), half futurist cautionary tale (about the dangers of all-encroaching corporate power and the decadent elite who wield it). In retrospect, it was all too prescient on both counts. It also marked one of the last major Hollywood forays of conductor-composer Andre Prévin, who conducted the film's pastiche of Bach (the ominous if clichéd Toccata and Fugue in D Minor served as the game's theme), Albinoni (the Adagio is the film's main theme), Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich. The soundtrack was produced in the wake of Kubrick's epochal uses of classical music in scoring his near-future epics 2001 and A Clockwork Orange, and the inspiration and intent here is obvious. Previn added three brief cues of his own (the evocative, modernist "Glass Sculpture" and the kitschy funk-exotica of "Executive Party" and "Executive Party Dance"). With the London Symphony under his baton, the veteran Previn produces an effective version of the Adagio and wrings appropriate drama from the Russian works as well. --Jerry McCulley

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Rollerball [Soundtrack]
Rollerball
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Executive Party
  • Great Album
  • Preston's Tocata IS the Tocata!
  • Finally!!!
  • Finally!!!
 Rollerball

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065V8J
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

  1. Bach: Toccata In D Minor
  2. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8: First Movement
  3. Previn: Glass Sculpture
  4. Previn: Executive Party
  5. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5: Third Movement
  6. Albinoni: Adagio
  7. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
  8. Previn: Executive Party Dance
  9. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5: Fourth Movement

Amazon.com

Director Norman Jewison's original 1975 Rollerball was an odd mix; half action thriller (about a future blood sport that crossbred the most violent aspects of roller derby and hockey), half futurist cautionary tale (about the dangers of all-encroaching corporate power and the decadent elite who wield it). In retrospect, it was all too prescient on both counts. It also marked one of the last major Hollywood forays of conductor-composer Andre Prévin, who conducted the film's pastiche of Bach (the ominous if clichéd Toccata and Fugue in D Minor served as the game's theme), Albinoni (the Adagio is the film's main theme), Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich. The soundtrack was produced in the wake of Kubrick's epochal uses of classical music in scoring his near-future epics 2001 and A Clockwork Orange, and the inspiration and intent here is obvious. Previn added three brief cues of his own (the evocative, modernist "Glass Sculpture" and the kitschy funk-exotica of "Executive Party" and "Executive Party Dance"). With the London Symphony under his baton, the veteran Previn produces an effective version of the Adagio and wrings appropriate drama from the Russian works as well. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Executive Party.......2004-10-07

I bought this album for the psychedelic lounge "Executive Party" and "Executive Party Dance" tracks. Everything else is classical soundtrack fodder. Two cool tracks does not a cool album make.

It's almost worth having in your collection just for the sake of being odd (a classical album with spiked-gauntlet roller derby warriors in the liner notes?), if that's your thing. Just don't expect to listen to it.

If somebody knows of albums that capture the sound of the two tracks I mentioned above... THAT album would be golden.

5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......2004-05-06

Previn scored a superb psychedelic funk track in "Executive Party Dance". Sparse, with great wah guitar and analogue synth, pick up this album for that track alone!!!

5 out of 5 stars Preston's Tocata IS the Tocata!.......2002-06-28

I've loved Rollerball since I was 10 years old. It's one of my favorite movies of all time and a 70's Sci-Fi classic - truly underrated! I have the DVD and I watch it regularly and it grips me everytime. The Jewison commentary is awesome!

I managed to get a vinyl copy of the album a couple years ago. It was badly scratched, but I did not care.

Why I like the album is one simple reason - Preston's rendition of Tocatta & Fugue in D Minor. In my opinion, it IS the Tocata. No other version by any other artist compares. It was worth the whole album just for that.

It also teaches me that there is good in every situation. Although the re-make of the movie was not received well, without the re-make, I don't know if this CD would ever have been re-released.

5 out of 5 stars Finally!!!.......2002-05-26

After hoping what seemed to be a pointless hope the soundtrack for the mid-70's masterful movie of the same name has reappeared out of nowhere. So Norman Jewison and others finally realized that movie soundtracks like this are hardly released anymore owing an exceptional quality to the enormous use of classical masterpieces on here? Once one knows the movie one relives the accompanying scenes upon playback. Bach's Tocatta in D minor played at nearly perfect pace( the piece is often sped up by organists the world over leaving out the reverberating omniscience of the chords), one imagines the clean silent rollerbal track before speed, blood, and power have been ridden over it. The soundtrack is worth it for this track alone. Several of Shostakovich's works, some more beautiful than others, as well as two seveties party-funk pieces composed by Andre Previn showing that the composer's talents were not only limited to the classical convervatorium of music, but that he also had a keen ear for the contemporary. One can imagine the decadent drugged out rollerballers and their girlfriends mingling with the executives in tuxedos with no-back dresses. The soundtrack is at once a homage to the tragedies of violence and power and their existential effects. The choice of music carries the sheer might of the game scenes as well the quiet reflections that pervade James Caan's character throughout the film.

5 out of 5 stars Finally!!!.......2002-05-26

After hoping what seemed to be a pointless hope the soundtrack for the mid-70's masterful movie of the same name has reappeared out of nowhere. So Norman Jewison and others finally realized that movie soundtracks like this are hardly released anymore owing an exceptional quality to the enormous use of classical masterpieces on here? Once one knows the movie one relives the accompanying scenes upon playback. Bach's Tocatta in D minor played at nearly perfect pace( the piece is often sped up by organists the world over leaving out the reverberating omniscience of the chords), one imagines the clean silent rollerbal track before speed, blood, and power have been ridden over it. The soundtrack is worth it for this track alone. Several of Shostakovich's works, some more beautiful than others, as well as two seveties party-funk pieces composed by Andre Previn showing that the composer's talents were not only limited to the classical convervatorium of music, but that he also had a keen ear for the contemporary. One can imagine the decadent drugged out rollerballers and their girlfriends mingling with the executives in tuxedos with no-back dresses. The soundtrack is at once a homage to the tragedies of violence and power and their existential effects. The choice of music carries the sheer might of the game scenes as well the quiet reflections that pervade James Caan's character throughout the film.
Rollerball
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Outstanding high energy music that won't STOP !
  • Awesome!!
 Rollerball
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000634UY
Release Date: 2002-03-26

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Album Details

Eric Serra's Stirring Soundtrack Once Again (He also Scored 'le Grand Bleu' (The Big Blue)) Augmented with Hard Rock Tracks from Slipknot, Lindy Layton and Steve P (Listed as Hard Knox), L.a. Sleaze Rockers Beautiful Creatures and Rappagariya.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding high energy music that won't STOP !.......2002-08-31

I too saw the movie and felt the sound track was worth the price. I was correct; This CD is excellent with a musical score to quicken the slowest pulse. The music bites and keeps on biting... excellent, excellent, excellent...

5 out of 5 stars Awesome!!.......2002-04-26

When I saw this movie and I heard the score and music I was Blown away!! It was and edgy style and I loved it!! I recommened it. If you like Ghosts Of Mars score, you will like this one. it's got the edgy type of style. AWESOME disc!!

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