Vol. 2-50 Years of the Music of Laurie Johnson [Import, Soundtrack]

Laurie Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 5, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Edsel Records Uk
• ASIN: B001AL6AS4
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Professionals Theme (Main Titles)

2. Theme Version A

3. Theme Version B

4. Sleuthing

5. On The Trail

6. Stopover (Sections A, B, C, D, E, F)

7. Fugitive (Sections A, B, C, D, E)

8. Foxhole On The Roof (Sections A, B)

9. Hijack (Sections A, B, C)

10. First Night

11. A Hiding To Nothing (Sections A, B)

12. Dead Reckoning (Sections A, B, C, D)

13. The Ojuka Situation (Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I)

14. Need To Know (Sections A, B, C, D, E)

15. The Gun (Section A)

16. The Gun (Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I)

17. The Professionals Theme

18. Jason King

19. Top Secret

20. Echo Four Two

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Laurie Johnson Primer, Part II, October 7, 2008

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johcafra (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vol. 2-50 Years of the Music of Laurie Johnson (Audio CD)

I direct the reader to my review of Volume 1, though I will also here emphasize that before my purchase I had heard very little of the contents of Volume 2. On balance the latter is the more satisfying collection.

The Discs 1 and 2 television show themes and background music are for those who know the shows (which I don't). Funky, in a word. The Disc 2 Early Singles are listenable.

The revelations begin with the Disc 2 Film Scores. The suite derived from Nathan Juran's First Men In The Moon instantly invoke pictorial memories of that film, with the peerless Lionel Jeffries and Ray Harryhausen's craftsmanship. That suite and the next, for Trevor Nunn's Hedda (which I've yet to view), reflect and underscore the composer's friendship with Bernard Herrmann.

Of the Concert Hall Works on Discs 2 and 3, the Concerto is a pleasurable surprise and complements Volume 1's "Synthesis" symphony. For the Royal Military Spectacular the Disc 3 Lautrec Suite is infectious, and Colours invites at least a repeat listen.

The genuine treat lies at the end of Disc 3. It might be better to categorize the nearly 25 minutes of The Battle of Waterloo (a "musical diorama") among the Royal Military Spectacular, but its pairing with The Wind In The Willows (Tone Poem) is brilliant counterpoint. Stateside listeners may recognize the voice of Waterloo's narrator from Alfred Hitchcock's remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much. Willows is a remarkable work that I listen to again and again...

This joins Volume 1 as the most surprising introduction I've had to a composer in a good long while, and very much worth the combined purchase.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much, September 30, 2009

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Nik Ranieri - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vol. 2-50 Years of the Music of Laurie Johnson (Audio CD)

It's a shame that you have to spend extra money on a 3 CD set when you're only interested in the first CD. This is like the others in the series (Avengers, New Avengers). Combining all these sets and releasing a 3 CD Set of just the TV work would be a better way to go.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great nostalgia, April 24, 2009

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Melvin Perez "Music Is My Game" (riverside, california United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vol. 2-50 Years of the Music of Laurie Johnson (Audio CD)

Laurie Johnson performed marvelously all those years; this is music you don't want to forget.