Film Score Monthly has just announced two new CD titles in their Silver Age Classics series. The one that surely will have the biggest appeal to collectors is an Ennio Morricone spaghetti western score from 1969: The 5 Man Army, written for the film that starred Peter Graves and was directed by Don Taylor. While parts of the score has been available on LP and CD before, FSM writes that the complete score for the film was long believed to be lost, but was found in the Warner Bros. vaults. The complete score is presented in mono (with a light stereo reverb added). This album is Film Score Monthly’s third Morricone title. The disc’s total duration is just a little over one hour.

Sample: “Main Title” from The 5 Men Army (Ennio Morricone):

The other new FSM CD is Jeremiah Johnson, featuring a “folk-symphonic” score by John Rubinstein and Tim McIntire. The label writes in their presentation of the album that while the composer team is fairly unknown to soundtrack collectors and that Rubinstein and McIntire “were primarily actors but also musicians with a handful of composing credits” who “won the assignment after Rubinstein had a meeting [the film's director, Sydney] Pollack through his acting agent.” The film, which stars Robert Redford, was released in 1972. FSM’s album features over 70 minutes of music including demos, songs, additional score and “work tape”.

Sample: “Overture/Spirits Landings/’Jeremiah Johnson’ (Main Title)” from Jeremiah Johnson (John Rubinstein/Tim McIntyre)

Link: Film Score Monthly.