{"id":5361,"date":"2012-08-07T13:17:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T17:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2012-08-07T13:17:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T17:17:22","slug":"cd-liquidator-the-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"CD: Liquidator, The (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Rating: Excellent<\/p>\n

Label: Film Score Monthly<\/a>\/ Released: \u00a0November, 2006<\/p>\n

Tracks & Album Length: 24 tracks \/ (63:04)<\/p>\n

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Special Notes: 16-page colour booklet with liner notes and reproduced original LP liner notes..<\/p>\n

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Composer: Lalo Schifrin<\/p>\n

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Lalo Schifrin was still a year away from achieving immortality as the composer of TV\u2019s Mission: Impossible<\/strong>, but he\u2019d already scored a handful of films (Les Felins \/ Joy House<\/a><\/strong>) that showed his adeptness with orchestral jazz that was hip and refreshing for its ripe rhythms. The Liquidator <\/strong>was one of several spy films crafted after the James Bond franchise had become a global sensation. For MGM\u2019s more satirical poke at the super-spy genre, the producers craftily got Shirley Bassey to croon the tongue-in-cheek song which is a cheeky parody of the more famous Goldfinger<\/strong> (1964) theme.<\/p>\n

Fans of Schifrin will really relish his stylistic markers, including the sometimes ferocious orchestral action cues, the inventive colours (like bell chimes and bass) which share a similar exoticism with Schifrin\u2019s Enter the Dragon<\/strong> (1973), and source cues that actually contain lengthy improv sections. Being a jazz man, Schifrin can\u2019t write a bad jazz source cut; even the funky, rock-jazz dance number \u201cThe Bird\u201d runs over 3 minutes (epic for the era), and features great woodwind and electric guitar solos.<\/p>\n

Another highlight is Schifrin\u2019s theme variations, which range from a barely recognizable march heard in the pre-credit sequence to a Bossa Nova version with smooth vibes, and a rock-jazz rendition. There\u2019s also some marvelous use of flute (echoing heavier, cooler usage in Bullit<\/strong>), such flute and guitar duet in \u201cBikini Waltz\u201d and \u201cBoysie\u2019s Bossa,\u201d and \u201cCarry On,\u201d a superb, super-cool rhythm-based version with flute, ambient bass, and brief melodic statements from strings and a hip cluster of woodwinds.<\/p>\n

FSM\u2019s CD essentially replaces the prior MCA LP reissue, but to expand the content they had to make use of a sealed LP and \u00bc\u201d tape sources because as producer Lukas Kendall explains in the liner notes, all the album tracks were snipped out from the 3-track master tapes; they had superb quality copies of the unreleased cues<\/em>, but in lieu of a missing album master, other sources had to be used to facilitate this expanded CD release.<\/p>\n

Within The Liquidator<\/strong> there\u2019s a smooth balance between sources, although you can tell when we\u2019re back to the resonant 3-track masters, which sound fantastic. (A favourite example is \u201cThe Secret Act,\u201d where harpsichord, bass, and electric guitar are paired with a groaning bass clarinet; no frequency\u2019s been ignored in the CD mastering.) Filling out the disc are 3 bonus cuts featuring unreleased and LP theme & source versions.<\/p>\n

This is easily one of Schifrin\u2019s most fun scores from the sixties, and a perfect calling card which proved his adeptness in handing any genre with a great sense of personal style.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/p>\n

IMDB <\/a>— Soundtrack Album<\/a> — Composer Filmography<\/a><\/p>\n

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