The Whisperers / Equus
The Whisperers was originally issued on a United Artists LP and had a prior CD release on Ryko. That release, as was the case with several Ryko issues, had dialogue tracks added between the score tracks, which, for most people, completely interrupted the wonderful flow of Barry’s original LP sequence. For this release, we have removed the added dialogue tracks and remastered the sound. The original United Artists LP of Equus, along with its prior CD release (also on Ryko – now long out of print), interspersed five of Burton’s monologues (and a scene with Firth) among the score cues. Some of the monologues retained their own track and had no underscore, and some were bookended with musical cues. The result was a very nice listen for the first couple of times – after that, one wished that the score could simply be listened to as a score, on its own. So, for this release, we’ve done exactly that for the first time. We present Bennett’s score first, and then the six dialogue tracks – a couple of which have underscore repeated from the score tracks. Listening to the score on its own is a fantastic experience and since the prior CD preserved the original sequence of the LP, we felt justified in presenting this in a new light. As with The Whisperers, we have also remastered the sound.
John Barry  (Composer, Conductor),     Richard Rodney Bennett  (Composer)    Format: Audio CD
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