Rare CHAMPIONS Film Soundtrack OST LP 1984 CARL DAVIS John Hurt Grand National M
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Here I have for sale the UK issue of the original film soundtrack LP to 'Champions' (1984) by Carl Davis.
Carl Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra ?– Champions (Original Soundtrack)
Despite its fame and popularity in the UK, the score for Champions has never been legitimately released on CD.
Label: Island Visual Arts ?– ISTA 7
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 1984
Genre: Stage & Screen
Vinyl: MINT. Clean on visual inspection. Plays superbly.
Cover and sleeve: NEAR MINT. Colours are unfaded and no tears on sleeve. A pristine example overall.
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Track listing:
A1. Champions Theme
A2. Soon It Will Be Too Late
A3. Jo's Theme
A4. A Day Out / A Walk With Jo
A5. Uncle Bobby Is Dying
A6. Interlude
A7. Dark Rider
B1. I'm Going To Live
B2. Recovery
B3. Kentucky Holiday
B4. Meeting An Old Friend
B5. Proposal
B6. Grand National
B7. We've Won
B8. Champions Finale
Piano – Howard Shelley
Producer – David Mackay
Music composed and conducted by Carl Davis.
Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestrations by David Cullen.
Recorded and mixed by John Richards and Alan Snelling.
Score produced by Carl Davis.
Review:
Despite its fame and popularity in the UK, the score for Champions has never been legitimately released on CD. Both Antilles Records and, later, Island Records released an LP and a cassette of the score in 1984, around the time of the film’s release; the Antilles release featured a bonus track, a song called “Sometimes” performed by Elaine Paige and based on Davis’s theme, while the Island release omitted the song, and instead showcased an orchestral concert arrangement of the theme.
However, other than an LP-to-CD bootleg in the early 2000s on the Movietrack Classics label, there has been no other digital release of the score – the only releases I am aware of are four cues which can be found on the Carl Davis compilation album ‘Those Liverpool Days’, and a superb performance of the theme which can be found on several compilations, notably an album entitled ‘Carl Davis: The World At War, Pride and Prejudice, and Other Great Themes’, which Davis himself recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996.
Despite its rarity and comparative obscurity, especially where American audiences are concerned, Champions cannot be praised highly enough, and unreservedly it is recommended to anyone with an ear for film music that unashamedly lavishes its audience with unrestrained emotion and passion.
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Postage and packaging FREE to UK. Will post worldwide. Europe £6.50; N and S America, USA, Canada £9; Asia, Australia, Japan £11.
Sorry but no returns accepted.
Payment by cheque (UK only) or Paypal please.
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Thanks for looking and happy eBaying!
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