The Collector / David & Lisa
Intrada announces a double-header from the Mainstream and Ava record catalogs: Maurice Jarre's The Collector and Mark Lawrence's David & Lisa. Both films feature lead characters with psychological problems, one completely unchecked, the others in an institution. The 1965 Columbia film The Collector features relative new comers Terence Stamp and Samatha Eggar. Stamp plays the title character, which carries a double-meaning. He's a collector of butterflies, but he also collects a woman, abducting her off the street. The film shows how their relationship develops during her captivity. For this disturbiing film, Jarre composed a delicate, sometimes quirky score, and as described in the liner notes, sometimes "oddly nostalgic." While previously released on CD, this is the premiere release from the original LP masters without any alternations made to the original recording, resulting in crystal clear, dynamic sound. The 1962 film David & Lisa features Janet Margolin and Keir Dullea in the title roles, one schizophrenic, the other "morbidly" neurotic, and each attending a school/mental institution. Each is attracted to each other and their friendship helps each better manage their own afflications. Together the whole is really stronger than the sum of its parts. And for David & Lisa, composer Mark Lawrence wrote a subtle, sparse, score with just the right amount of emotion to portray the complexity of the personalities on screen. Half of the album presents the original score, while the other half presents outstanding jazz versions performed by Victor Feldman and his All-Stars, which is a separate highlight of this presentation altogether. When originally released on CD, paired with Jerry Goldsmith's A Patch of Blue, only the mono master had been used (and even omitted one cue). This release presents the complete program in stereo for the first time on CD!
Maurice Jarre  (Artist),     Mark Lawrence  (Artist),     The Victor Feldman All-Stars  (Artist)    &                   0                  more   Format: Audio CD
{"Package Dimensions": "5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches; 3.99 Ounces", "Manufacturer": "Intrada", "Item model number": "ISC 442", "Date First Available": "February 24, 2020", "Label": "Intrada"}