The Prisoner: File #1 [Original recording remastered, Soundtrack]

Original Television Soundtrack - Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Soundtrack
• Label: Silva America
• ASIN: B00006SF9C
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,261 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Titles

2. What’s The Name Of This Place (Dialogue)

3. The Cottage Maid Is Seen

4. The Band Appears (Radetski March)

5. I Suppose You're Wondering (Dialogue)

6. Number 6 In The Cottage

7. The Band Concert

8. Afternoon Concert

9. I Will Not Make Any Deals With You (Dialogue)

10. Helicopter Escape Bid

11. Subject Shows Great Enthusiasm (Dialogue)

12. Unused Title Theme

13. I Am Not A Number (Dialogue)

14. Number 6 Hates The Tune

15. Night-Time Drink

16. Do You Still Think You Can Escape, No. 6 (Dialogue)

17. Number 8 Swims Off

18. Number 6 Chops Down The Tree

19. Village Curfew

20. There Are Some People Who Talk (Dialogue)

See all 30 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Silva & Ron Grainer set the standards for THE PRISONER", November 13, 2002

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prisoner: File #1 (Audio CD)

Can you imagine waking up in a strange place, walking over to a window, looking out seeing this beautiful but strange village. It's not a dream, but the suspenseful truth as you contemplate your next move. Your stand in this matter is you will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered ~ my life is my own. Thus we have "THE PRISONER", the cast for this Patrick McGoohan's classic of seventeen episodes from British television was a series to end all series. It had everything as it debuted in the summer of 1968, making this the most unusual and intriguing series ever brought to the small tube.

As you listen to one of the most recognizable themes composed by Ron Grainer, we hear in the foreground ~ "I am not a number, I am a free man!" ~ Every week this was the tune on this hit show featured on CBS, taking each of us into the realm of Number Six (The Prisoner), as he struggled to find the identity of Number One and escape the grasp of his captors. Where am I? Why was I brought here? Moreover, how do I get away and not be recaptured?

Silva Screen has taken the time and patience to bring three separate segments to this outstanding CD ~ "ARRIVAL", The Prisoner (McGoohan-Number Six) gets his first encounter at The Village, Who runs this place, why am I here and can I escape? The dialogue is important with each cue, setting the tone and mood with Grainer's score ~ "THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN", watch the new resident who may offer a plan to leave The Village, can she be trusted, does she bring hope where there was none before, only one clue will tell, what is it? ~ "A, B, AND C", can Number Six keep his sanity or will he crack, when he is drugged a dreamy party emerges, listen to the Lullaby and see if you can predict the final outcome.

Stand outs come to mind ~ "MAIN TITLE", grabs you immediately ~ "Engadine's Party", mood creative ~ "Number 6 Dances With 'B'", gets under your skin ~ "Number 6 Is Drugged", captures the tone of the scenes ~ "Dreamy Party", takes you on a journey you've been before yourself ~ "End Title", tops off the whole series and album with flare. Ron Grainer's score is supreme, completely takes you into the realm of McGoohan's character ~ THE PRISONER!

The gang at Silva Screen ~ Reynold da Silva (executive producer), David Stone and James Fitzpatrick (re-release co-ordination) and Rick Clark (mastered by) has shown each "film-score-buff" the road beyond The Village, with this ultra-rare release just as we remembered it back in the glory days of the '60s ~ gotta love it!

Total Time 55:51 on 30 Tracks ~ Silva Screen SSD-1144 ~ (2002)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Prisoner Sound track, November 15, 2002

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Deb McDougall (Shrewsbury, Shropshire. United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Prisoner: File #1 (Audio CD)

Very much improved sound. A huge improvement over previous releases. Put together in episode order (ie all the music from Arrival,then Chimes,AB&C etc, interspersed with atmospheric sound bites from each episode. A must for all Prisoner Fans. There are 3 volumes in total.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the avid Prisoner series fan, November 14, 2002

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D. David "dan" (LOMBARD, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Prisoner: File #1 (Audio CD)

Wonderful collection; looks like the first of a three-part CD collection. Includes excerpts of classic dialogue from episodes in the series--"...I will not be pushed, indexed...." The liner notes include minor but interesting trivia on the soundtrack creators such as Ron Grainer--paid 48 English pounds for the license to use the Beatles' "All you need is love" in the final episode. The sound quality in this collection could use further enhancements, but you get full versions of the background music used in various scenes of the series, which is really nifty.