Caldera Records

[Caldera]

Caldera Records proudly presents Roy Budd’s score for the action thriller “Zeppelin”.

The 1960s and 70s saw a flood of films depicting the horrors of the world wars as entertaining action fare, of which “Zeppelin” is one. Michael York plays a young lieutenant in the British Army who is sent on a secret mission to Germany. The Germans are building the LZ 36, a Zeppelin that can fly up to 12,000 feet and thus higher than any British aircraft. For the lieutenant it becomes a dangerous mission, one that threatens his life and the existence of his country.

The strongest element of the film is its score by Roy Budd, who provided a rousing and memorable soundtrack that stands as one of his most refined and accomplished works. It is an especially worthy achievement since Budd was still in his early 20s when he wrote it. While Roy Budd was able to flex his muscles writing dense action music, he also infuses the score with his trademark jazzy style, most notable in the quieter scenes featuring Geoffrey and Erika, as well as in the moments between Geoffrey and Stephanie, the woman with whom he is having an affair, who turns out to be a spy. The love theme that Budd uses for this romantic triangle is one of his most beautiful.

The release of Budd’s “Zeppelin” score almost didn’t see the light of day. For a long time, the recording tapes were considered lost. Budd’s widow Sylvia had one stereo tape of selected cues in her personal archive, but for decades the vast majority of the score was nowhere to be found. Then in early 2024, Roy’s cousin presented us with an acetate copy of several cues from the recordings. We have done our best to clean up the transfer. Unfortunately, several pieces are still missing and are unlikely ever to be found. Considering the circumstances, we are still glad to finally present a selection of his cues from his score for “Zeppelin,” and thus pay tribute to his talent and versatility. As a bonus, we included several instrumental demos Roy recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s that were previously unreleased.

The 65th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Richard Moore and produced by Stephan Eicke.

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Music Composed and Conducted by Roy Budd
Album Produced by Stephan Eicke
Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke
Album Art Direction and Design by Luis Miguel Rojas

Mono
1. Main Titles (2:19)
2. Showdown (4:36)
3. Approaching Balcoven/In Germany (1:57)
4. Trouble in the Sky (5:37)
5. LZ 36 (2:57)

Stereo
6. Erika Visits (1:13)
7. To the Boat (1:01)
8. Docking (1:19)
9. Reaching 12,000 Feet (1:44)
10. Descend! (2:15)
11. A Night with a Spy (3:09)
12. Erika Visits (alt.) (1:17)
13. Garden Party (0:43)

Bonus:
14. A Day Alone With You (3:04)
15. Roy’s Tune (2:52)
16. Someday Summertime Will Come (2:25)
17. Untitled Demo (2:35)
18. Give Me One More Chance (Demo) (4:09)

For more information and sound clips, please visit:
https://www.caldera-records.com/zeppelin

[Ballanmire]

Achat direct !

[Caldera]

Until you have the CD in your hands and enjoy the music, this might pass the time:

We at Caldera Records decided to try something new. Thus, we will upload a short video/reel on Instagram for every new album. In this reel, we will offer a glimpse behind the scenes by discussing our production work.

You may (or may not) find this interesting. We start with DAVID SHIRE'S SELECTED WORKS:


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[Lee Van Cleef]

Achat direct !

À quoi bon tergiverser, en effet ? La simple mention des mots "Roy Budd" et "action thriller", fanfaronnant côte à côte, aura suffi pour ma part à vitrifier le moindre embryon d'atermoiement. Comme ce fut le cas quelques années auparavant, quand Caldera flatta nos oreilles éperdues de gratitude du fumasse Wild Geese II.

[Ratatouille]

Dr. Lee voulez-vous dire ce titre ?


Merci ! Mon moral remonte...

[Caldera]

Thank you everybody for the kind words and support!

We have a new video about the challenging, adventurous production of Roy Budd's ZEPPELIN! You might enjoy this small-scale Indiana Jones story.

[Caldera]

Caldera Records proudly presents Zbigniew Preisner's score for Hector Babenco’s “Foolish Heart.”

The director, in 1998, put his personal experiences in a cloak of magical realism. The plot device for his film is daring: Juan is a young man who is drawn into the circle of Jacobo and Ana. Jacobo is a photographer who claims he can photograph people and capture their souls. When Juan agrees to participate in his unusual experiment, he is astonished at what he sees: while everybody’s souls are clearly discernible, Ana’s is a blur. Who is this mysterious, seductive woman? Juan embarks on a dangerous journey to find out.

For “Foolish Heart,” Zbigniew Preisner wrote a deeply emotional, sensitive composition for small orchestra and solo instruments such as piano and recorder. The former introduces the main theme, a brief phrase that is repeated throughout the score in various iterations and that is both wistful, melancholic, and mysterious. Rather than develop motifs for each character and thus follow a leitmotif method, the composer found a musical voice for Juan’s inner life as the young man is struggling with an impossible relationship and finding his true nature as an inspired artist.

There is an ominous tension running throughout the pensive compositions even as individual instruments, such as the saxophone, get their chance to stand out and shine. Although the soundtrack forms a delectable, harmonious and consistent entity, Preisner reassembled the different short cues to form a new work that stands on its own, outside the images.

The 66th CD-release of Caldera Records features a detailed booklet text by Stephan Eicke and elegant artwork by Luis Miguel Rojas. The CD was mastered by Leszek Kaminski and produced by Stephan Eicke and Zbigniew Preisner.

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Music Composed and Produced by Zbigniew Preisner
CD Produced by Stephan Eicke
Executive Producers for Caldera Records: John Elborg, Stephan Eicke
Album Art Direction and Design by Luis Miguel Rojas

Part I Beginning of the Story (2:06)
Part II Ana and Juan (4:14)
Part III Fascination (6:27)
Part IV Love (3:16)
Part V Drug Rush (5:31)
Part VI Juan and Father (4:03)
Part VII Ana in Psychiatric Hospital (5:56)
Part VIII Twenty Years Later (5:32)
Part IX Foolish Heart (4:29)

For more information and sound clips, visit our website:
https://www.caldera-records.com/foolish-heart

[DarkCat]

Youpi ! Adorant Zbigniew Preisner, un de mes compositeurs préférés, j'attends impatiemment de pouvoir écouter ce titre !

[Dadid]

Ze big new Preisner ! ça m'a l'air joliment reposant, très preisnerien, l'écoute des extraits m'a convaincu. J'aime beaucoup écouter ce genre de score intimiste tard le soir, sur enceintes, dans la pénombre. Les instruments prennent vie, pas besoin de pousser le son... et si tout va bien je ne m'endors pas avant la fin !

[Mortimer]

Tiens l'autre soir, je me suis revu Fairytale A True Story avec la brève apparition de Mel Gibson à la fin du film. Et la musique de Preisner est une franche réussite. Elle est facilement dans mon top 3 avec La double vie de Véronique et The Secret Garden.

[Alcibiade]

Je pense, pour ma part, que cela sera la seule B.O. achetée ces derniers mois, et ceci dit sans aucune malice, puisque rien ne me tente plus vraiment sinon encore Preisner.