Music
In late 1980 Lawrence Kasdan met with four composers of those works he had admired, but only John Barry told him ideas, which were close to the director's own. 10 demos were recorded on March 31 and Barry wrote the whole score during April & early May 1981. The composer provided several themes & leitmotifs - the most memorable was Main theme, heard during the main titles and representing Matty.
John Barry worked closely with recording sessions engineer Dan Wallin to mix the soundtrack album, but for several reasons J.S Lasher (who produced the limited-edition LP & CD) remixed multitracks himself without Barry's or Wallin's participation.
J.S Lasher's album was released several times: as a 45 RPM (Southern Cross LXSE 1.002) in 1983 and as a CD (Label X LXCD 2) in 1989. Both editions also included 'Ladd Company Logo' composed and conducted by John Williams.
In 1998 Varèse Sarabande released a re-recording by Joel McNeely and the London Symphony Orchestra. This CD contains several new tracks (versus J.S Lasher's editions), but still wasn't complete.
In August 2012 Film Score Monthly released a 2 CD-set definitive edition: complete score with alternate, unused & source cues on disk 1 and original, Barry-authorized album & theme demos on disk 2.
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