High Road To China (1983 Film)
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Composer: John BarryEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language)
Format: Import, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-08-13
Music Label: Import [Generic]
Soundtracks:
- Main Title Charliegets The Knife
- Airborne
- Love Theme
- Waziri Village Attack And Escape
- Farewell To Struts
- O'Malley And Eve
- Charleston
- Von Kern's Attack
- Flight From Katmandu
- Eve Finds Her Father
- Raid On Chang's Camp
- High Road And End Title
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Free Music Review: Barry's romanticism
Hit: 5 Stars
JB's strong suit has always been the lush, romantic melodies, with the trademark cellos, violins, along with with heavy use of brass. We can hear this in early use with Born Free, then in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (which may be Barry's richest Romantic score, full of dreamy, beatiful melodies), up to Moonraker, Hanover Street (a hidden gem), and Somewhere in Time. In HRTC, Barry has one of his most wisful, nostalgic scores, IMO very similiar to Alice's Adventures in it's ability to put the listener in that special mood that takes you someplace, and some time, another time in the past. It may conceded that Barry likely took the Bobby Vinton 1966 song "Mr. Lonely" as his inspiration for the lush melody of HRTC, but it's what the composer does with the material that matters. As an intro to John Barry's very special world, HRTC is a great start.
As an interesting aside, I've always thought that HRTC was the sister score to Out of Africa. If you listen carefully to the main melodies of both scores, you will find that OOA is a subtle re-working of HRTC. The 7-note main melodies of both are very, very similiar, the main differences being a lower 4th note and emphasis on the final note. So although Out of Africa would win Barry an Oscar a few years later, the seed of that music was planted in High Road to China!
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Reissue of John Barry's soundtrack to director Brian G. Hutton's 1983 action/ adventure film starring Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong and Wilford Brimley. 12 tracks, all composed & conducted by John '007' Barry. 1990 release.Soundtracks Music CDs
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