{"product_id":"miklos-rozsa-eye-of-the-needle-the-deluxe-edition-2-cd-basil-poledouris-for-love-of-the-game-the-deluxe-edition-cd-bundle","title":"Miklós Rózsa - Eye of the Needle (The Deluxe Edition) - 2-CD + Basil Poledouris + For Love of the Game (The Deluxe Edition) CD Bundle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEye of the Needle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiklós Rózsa’s penultimate film score comes to a comprehensive two-disc Deluxe Edition featuring both the film recording (previously unreleased) and album version. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEye of the Needle was a WWII thriller based on a 1978 novel by Ken Follett, starring Donald Sutherland as a Nazi spy living in England. Stranded on a Scottish island while trying to return to Germany with vital war information, he starts a torrid romance with the unhappy and lonely wife (Kate Nelligan) of the local shepherd. Richard Marquand’s direction so impressed George Lucas that it won him the job of directing Return of the Jedi. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the early 1980s, Miklós Rózsa was the only major Golden Age composer still alive and laudably writing the same kind of timeless symphonic score that made him a Hollywood institution. His grand, sweeping music for Eye of the Needle is unabashedly romantic—vintage Rózsa—at turns suspenseful and brooding, pastoral and uplifting. It magnificently connects the film to its period while enhancing the emotion and drama. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRózsa recorded his music for Eye of the Needle twice: first for the film, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and then in an album version with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. While the 13-track, 42-minute album (on disc two) has been released by Varèse Sarabande, this is the premiere release of the 23-track, 61-minute film version (on disc one)—making for the ultimate Eye of the Needle release, with new liner notes by Rózsa expert Frank K. DeWald. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 2,000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Love of the Game:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Love of the Game (1999) reunited Kevin Costner with one of his most popular subjects—baseball—as he starred as an aging pitcher who throws a perfect game at Yankee Stadium while reflecting upon his long-term relationship. An unexpected choice of material for director Sam Raimi, the film was lauded for its depiction of the sport and its uplifting Americana score by Basil Poledouris.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy the late 1990s, Poledouris was renowned for his mastery of a film scoring genre that was, in a way, coming to its end: the romantic, orchestral depiction of masculinity. From barbarians to cyborg cops, cowboys to submariners, Poledouris found the beating heart of heroic male characters who upheld virtues of honor, loyalty and duty, while allowing themselves to be vulnerable to their loved ones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCostner’s Billy Chapel—pitching in his very last game—was an ideal protagonist, and Poledouris responded with a rich, warm, melodic score that goes from the grandeur and scope of America’s national pastime, to the romantic yearning and intimacy of its very human hero. The score navigates a range of orchestral size—from fully symphonic to heartfelt solos—as well as genre, with pop and R\u0026amp;B brought in for contemporary emphasis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor Love of the Game was released as 10-track, 33-minute CD from Varèse Sarabande at the time of the time. The program has been expanded to 35 tracks and over 78 minutes for this Deluxe Edition, with Daniel Schweiger’s liner notes incorporating interview material from Raimi, Poledouris, and the composer’s agent, Richard Kraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 2,000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Miklos Rozsa, Basil Poledouris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53253694914927,"sku":"MR-EOTN-2CD-BP-FLOTG-CD-BNDL","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/0840\/9399\/files\/CdClubJun24bundle_15_257a4cc3-394b-456b-8ed4-af71a1848d33.png?v=1785353652","url":"https:\/\/craftrecordings.com\/products\/miklos-rozsa-eye-of-the-needle-the-deluxe-edition-2-cd-basil-poledouris-for-love-of-the-game-the-deluxe-edition-cd-bundle","provider":"Craft Recordings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}