THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (RE-RECORDING)

A Special Collectors Edition 2 CD Set featuring one of the greatest film scores from the Composer of BEN-HUR * EL CID * SPELLBOUND * SODOM AND GOMORRAH * THE JUNGLE BOOK * QUO VADIS * KING OF KINGS * MADAME BOVARY * THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES * IVANHOE * JULIUS CAESAR

The Complete 120-minute Score including over 70 minutes of Previously Unrecorded Music
Plus an additional 30 Minutes of Bonus Material
Plus World Premiere of “The Love of the Princess” for Violin and Orchestra performed by Lucie Svehlova
Deluxe 2 CD Set with 28-page full-Colour Booklet including stills and posters from the movie
Gorgeous Cover Artwork by Jim Titus
Newly Recorded in Stunning and Dynamic 24-Bit 96kHz Digital Sound
Performed by the Acclaimed and Award-Winning City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Nic Raine, featuring vocals by Edita Adlerova, John Langley and Nik Stoter with the Mid Hertfordshire Youth Choir
Produced by Veteran Film Score Producer James Fitzpatrick of Tadlow Music for Prometheus Records
New Score & Orchestration Reconstructed from by Rózsa expert Leigh Phillips
Informative Sleeve Notes Frank K DeWald of the Miklós Rózsa Society
From the same team who recorded Rózsa’s complete scores for QUO VADIS * THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES * SODOM AND GOMORRAH * EL CID

Recording Produced by James Fitzpatrick for Prometheus Records
Executive Producer: Luc Van De Ven

CD 1:

1. Main Titles / Seaman’s Song (4:12)
2. Bagdad Harbour (2:38)
3. Jaffar and the Doctor (1:11)
4. The Thief’s Song* (1:00)
5. Ahmad Telling His Story / Thief Sequence (3:51)
6. The Market* (8:43)
7. Witnessing an Execution (0:58)
8. Jaffar’s Advice / Bagdad Night (4:10)
9. Ahmad and Abu Imprisoned / Abu Steals the Key / Ahmad and Abu Escape (3:08)
10. “I Want to Be a Sailor” / River Scenes* (4:02)
11. The Market of Basra (2:54)
12. Horsemen’s Fanfare (2:05)
13. Procession (2:00)
14. Love Song (1:37)
15. Love Scene / I Must See Her Again (5:17)
16. Waltz Song* (1:45)
17. Jaffar Arrives / The Sultan’s Toys / Miniature Acrobats / The Sultan’s Toys (4:38)
18. The Flying Horse (1:22)
19. The Sultan’s Toys (continued) / The Curse 5:22
20. Awakening (2:49)
21. The Princess Abducted (2:13)
22. The Curse Is Lifted / The Storm and Aftermath (8:29)
23. The Princess Asks to Return / The Deserted Garden (1:47)
24. Ballad* (1:34)

TT: 77:47

CD 2

1. The Silvermaid’s Dance (3:30)
2. The Djinn (3:11)
3. The Djinn’s Song* (0:55)
4. Abu Fools the Djinn / Abu’s First Wish / Abu’s Demands / The Flying Djinn (5:21)
5. The Skeleton Room / The Spider (6:08)
6. Theft of the Eye / Abu Uses the Eye / The Djinn Takes Abu to Ahmad (5:24)
7. Seduction and the Djinn Is Freed (4:48)
8. Palace Fight / Ahmad and the Princess, Captive / Ruby Montage (part 1) (4:12)
9. The Golden Tent (3:05)
10. The Flying Carpet / Ahmad to Be Beheaded / Arrow of Justice / Riot and the End of Jaffar (3:45)
11. Finale and End Cast (2:11)

BONUS TRACKS
12. Seaman’s Song (instrumental) (2:51)
13. The Thief’s Song (instrumental)* (1:00)
14. The Market (orchestral version)* (8:37)
15. Ahmad and Abu Imprisoned (alternative version)* / The Princess Escapes* (1:37)
16. “I Want to Be a Sailor” (instrumental) (2:02)
17. The Deserted Garden (alternative version)* 0:53)
18. Love Song (instrumental) 1:37
19. Waltz Song (instrumental)* 1:45
20. The Flying Horse (alternative version)* 1:55
21. The Flying Horse (alternative version 2)* 1:42
22. The Temple* / Ruby Montage (part 2)* 2:34
23. Ballad (instrumental)* 1:31
24. The Djinn’s Song (instrumental)* 0:55
25. The Love of the Princess for Violin and Orchestra*
World Premiere. Solo Violin: Lucie Svehlova (4:48)

TT: 76:35

*Not in film