Brian May - Turkey Shoot (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) '2021

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Dragon’s Domain Records presents TURKEY SHOOT, featuring music composed
by Brian May (MAD MAX, THE ROAD WARRIOR, CLOAK & DAGGER) for the 1982 science
fiction horror film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (THE MAN FROM HONG KONG,
STUNT ROCK, THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA, SAHARA), produced by Antony I. Ginnane
and William Fayman, John Daly, David Hemmings and Brian W. Cook during the boom
of the Australian New Wave of cinema in the late 1970s and early 1980s from a
screenplay written by Neill Hicks and Jon George, starring Steve Railsback,
Olivia Hussey, Lynda Stoner and Michael Craig.

Released in 1982, TURKEY SHOOT, also known as ESCAPE 2000, takes place in a
dystopian future where society is falling apart. Violent riots are shredding
cities to pieces. Free will is extinct and defunct and the free exchange of
ideas is a mere fantasy. Those who try to resist the current government are
herded into ‘re-education’ camps and forced to literally run for
their lives to be hunted by the guards and special guests for sport. If they can
survive the hunt, they can return to society.

Created during a period of brazen musical fearlessness in cinema, May’s
score for TURKEY SHOOT is an unique blend of various acoustic and electronic
textures that were wildly audacious for their time. The orchestral passages were
comprised of oppressively heavy marches and savagely bleating brass while his
synthesized concoctions pushed the boundaries of early 1980s genre scoring.

Born in Adelaide in 1934, Brian May (no relation to Brian Harold May of Queen)
was one of the first composers to achieve international acclaim as an Australian
composer and was best known as the composer of MAD MAX and THE ROAD WARRIOR (MAD
MAX II). May received his musical training as a pianist, violinist and conductor
at the Adelaide Elder Conservatorium. He joined the Australia Broadcasting
Company in 1957, where he formed the ABC Adelaide Big Band, an ensemble that
performed all manner of light music for broadcast, and May became a leading
figure in Australian light music as a result. He moved to Melbourne in 1970 to
arrange and conduct the ABC’s Melbourne Show band. Moving into film music
in a period of time when Australia’s film industry was just beginning to
take its place among international film circles, May composed such notable film
scores as RACE FOR THE YANKEE ZEPHYR, ROAD GAMES, CLOAK AND DAGGER, DEATH BEFORE
DISHONOR, MISSING IN ACTION 2, SKY PIRATES, STEEL DAWN, DR. GIGGLES,
FREDDY’S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHT MARE and BLINDSIDE. He won the Australian
Film Institute Award for best original score with MAD MAX; many other awards
followed, including the Golden Award from the Australian Performing Rights
Association. He continued to score films until 1993, composing music for more
than 30 films and many hours of television, most of which he orchestrated
himself. Sadly, the composer passed away in 1997 at the age of 63.

Previously released on a very rare compact disc release, Dragon’s Domain
Records is excited to bring the TURKEY SHOOT back to the marketplace, newly
remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland with much improved sound. The
booklet includes liner notes written by author and composer Brian Satterwhite,
including the participation of director Brian Trenchard-Smith.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Brian May - Opening Theme / Mountain Truckers (4:15) 
1.02 - Brian May - At the Camp / Clean the Fish/ Seeds of Romance (3:31) 
1.03 - Brian May - Compound Music / Punishment Theme (3:11) 
1.04 - Brian May - Network Television / Ritter’s Symphony (4:02) 
1.05 - Brian May - Escape at Dinner Time / Thatcher Loads Up (5:15) 
1.06 - Brian May - Jungle Pursuit / Stalk in the Grass (3:52) 
1.07 - Brian May - Break Back Sting / Ferrier in the Fernery (3:08) 
1.08 - Brian May - Snake in the Mud / Waterfall Observer (2:35) 
1.09 - Brian May - Burning Sensation (3:14) 
1.10 - Brian May - Ferrier Fries (2:11) 
1.11 - Brian May - Fight on the Sand (3:09) 
1.12 - Brian May - Love in a Jugular Vein / Breakout (3:14) 
1.13 - Brian May - Bombers Dive / End Credits (4:38) 
1.14 - Brian May - All Deviants Assemble Immediately in Centre Compound (Bonus
Track) (0:24)

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