Maurice Jarre DR ZHIVAGO MGM Film Soundtrack LP STEREO David Lean Omar Sharif UK

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Decent British 1966 first pressing of the original soundtrack to 'Doctor Zhivago' (1965, dir. David Lean), composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre.

This epic movie starred Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Siobhán McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and Rita Tushingham.
Maurice Jarre ?– Doctor Zhivago (Original Soundtrack Album) (1966)

Condition (refer also to notes at bottom):
Vinyl: VG-EX. Both sides look superbly clean on visual inspection. No obvious signs of any marks, scuffs or hairlines on either side. Played just pre-listing and sound clarity is great. Some very mild surface noise at run-ins and some light static, most noticeable during quieter cues and between tracks. Plays with no skipping, jumping or sticking. A fabulous listen.
Outer Sleeve / Cover: VG-EX. Superb laminated front. Very light disc outline visible at top and a few short creases in from top edge. Corners, edges and spine in fantastic condition. Very light nicks and peeling to bottom of aperture and slight discolouration. No other obvious defects on front. Back of sleeve flipbacks all present and attached. Slight peeling on bottom flipback and soiling on inner band of top. Tiny pink splodge under Rita Tushingham in cast list but overall a fantastic example.
Inner sleeve: EX. White poly-lined paper with centre hole and blue printed text on one side. Clean and intact.


Label: MGM Records ?– MGM-CS-8007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1966
Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen, Folk, World, & Country, Pop, Jazz
Style: Soundtrack, Score, Contemporary, Easy Listening, Theme, Instrumental

Tracklist
A1. Overture From "Doctor Zhivago". 4:10
A2. Main Title From "Doctor Zhivago". 2:37
A3. Lara Leaves Yuri. 1:25
A4. At The Student Cafe. 1:30
A5. Komarovsky And Lara's Rendezvous. 3:49
A6. Revolution. 3:59

B1. Lara's Theme From "Doctor Zhivago". 2:50
B2. The Funeral. 3:05
B3. Sventytski's Waltz. 2:12
B4. Yuri Escapes. 2:16
B5. Tonya Arrives At Varykino. 3:39
B6. Yuri Writes A Poem For Lara. 2:35

This first pressing has 'stereo' at top right on front; period-style MGM logo on rear at lower left edge and 'Use NEW EMITEX' on the right.
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse, England

Conductor, Composed By – Maurice Jarre
Edited By – Bill Saracino
Orchestra – MGM Studio Orchestra
Producer – Jesse Kaye


Review:
Maurice Jarre wrote the central musical motif of his score for Doctor Zhivago, "Lara's Theme," in a few minutes in a hotel, amid a frantic five-week rush to score the 197-minute movie.

That theme made the Doctor Zhivago soundtrack album one of the biggest selling soundtrack of the 1960s, a considerable feat when one reckons in the competition from A Hard Day's Night, Never on Sunday, A Man and a Woman, Exodus, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The rest of Jarre's score is more in the realm of lushly textured Russian-themed mood music, filled with dark male choruses, folk and folk-like themes, and dense orchestrations, sort of faux-Tchaikovsky. The stereo separation is used to good effect, and the music as a whole forms a kind of romantic/exotic travelogue as much as a dramatic sketch of the movie's action.

The only drawback is that, given the length of the movie and the relatively short time that Jarre had to compose and record the score, there is a fair amount of repetition (one wishes that Jarre had been as lucky as Miklos Rozsa on Ben-Hur, with nearly a year to work on the music for that epic).


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ITEM CONDITION - items are graded according to Record Collector definitions - see below:

MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing.

VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

GOOD: The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.

FAIR: The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.

POOR: The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.

BAD: The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection filler.