Track Listing
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
01. The River (4:29)
02. Growing Up (2:52)
03. The Pony Ride (3:16)
04. Love Theme From The River (4:55)
05. The Ancestral Home (4:31)
06. Rain Clouds Gather (3:06)
07. From Farm To Factory (2:46)
08. Back From Town (3:41)
09. Tractor Scene (2:19)
10. A Family Meeting (2:38)
11. Young Friends Farewell (2:42)
Total Time: 37:15
SCORE PRESENTATION
12. Main Title (Rain Clouds Gather) (3:08)
13. Leaving Home* (2:56)
14. The Family* (1:43)
15. The Kids Separate* (1:40)
16. The Garveys (1:24)
17. On The Dock (1:25)
18. Under The Tractor (2:21)
19. Dialing The Hospital* (1:32)
20. Telephone Call* (2:33)
21. The Hotel* (2:06)
22. Releasing The Doe* (1:05)
23. Back From Town (Film Version) (3:45)
24. The Ancestral Home (4:33)
25. End Credits (The River) (4:31)
THE EXTRAS
26. The Family (Alternate)* (1:39)
27. The Ancestral Home (Alternate)* 2:32)
28. Leaving Home (Film Version)* (2:55)
Total Time: 42:07
 
Expanded
release of long out-of-print John Williams classic! Mel Gibson, Sissy
Spacek, Scott Glenn star, Vilmos Zsigmond photographs, John Williams
composes Oscar-nominated Americana score for Mark Rydell’s
dramatic farming crisis film from Universal. Williams reunites with
director Rydell, who successfully teamed on earlier pictures The
Reivers, The Cowboys and Cinderella Liberty, each offering different
musical takes on the subject of Americana. Williams provides
beautifully languid yet sadly-toned main theme, typically featuring
solo trumpet, to anchor tale of economic collapse of family farming
industry in Tennessee during the early 1980’s that saw many
farmers forced to seek employment in steel factories, pitting them in
opposition to striking mill workers. Williams keeps overall grim
realism in focus but finds ample opportunity to fashion bright,
energetic ideas encapsulating spirit of determination that Rydell
spotlights through struggles to survive of Tom and Mae Garvey’s
farming family, played by Gibson and Spacek.
Williams highlights several
key sequences depicting the challenges portrayed but towering above all
is surging, powerful “The Ancestral Home” sequence
underlining and in many ways carrying climactic scene of desperate
families uniting to fashion large dam built from sandbags to stem tide
of rapidly rising flood waters of the titular river. Here, Williams
begins with major-key motif that gradually builds thematically into
massive orchestral crescendo, much in mannerism of his legendary
“Leaving Home” music from 1978’s Superman The Movie.
Hearing the epic peroration of this four-and-a-half minute piece,
landing at its peak with Williams’ signature leading tone
cadence, is a scoring highlight!
MCA Records released a strong
37-minute album in 1984 of musical highlights featuring meld of
original soundtrack recordings and newly recorded adaptations by
Williams of his film cues. Special Intrada presentation includes
re-mastered release of that classic album, plus world premiere release
of full original soundtrack recording, boasting some 20 minutes of
previously unreleased material. Entire project, courtesy Universal
Pictures and Geffen Records/UMG Recordings, was produced by Mike
Matessino from pristine masters. Matessino also contributes literate
notes for dramatic booklet designed by Kay Marshall. Score recorded in
August and September 1984 by Dan Wallin. John Williams composes,
conducts.
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