Joel Goldsmith - The Joel Goldsmith Collection Vol. 2 '2022

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       Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE JOEL GOLDSMITH COLLECTION,
VOLUME 2, a second compilation of previously unreleased scores from film and
television composer Joel Goldsmith’s extensive filmography. Joel was the
oldest son of veteran composer Jerry Goldsmith and Sharon Hennagin. THE JOEL
GOLDSMITH COLLECTION, VOLUME 2 focuses on three little known projects from the
mid- and late-1990s .

Released in 1999, STEALTH FIGHTER was directed by Jim Wynorski (credited as
“Jay Andrews”), for whom Joel had previously scored the comedy
LITTLE MISS MILLIONS (aka HOME FOR CHRISTMAS on video) and the sci-fi horror
film VAMPIRELLA. The film follows a naval pilot who fakes his own death and
steals an Air Force stealth fighter in order to become a mercenary, targeting
military installations around the world. Goldsmith didn’t score STEALTH
FIGHTER but composed its main theme at the director’s request (a task
Joel repeated on Wynorski’s MILITIA and LOST IN THE WOODS). The movie was
scored by Alex Wilkinson, a composer Joel had worked with and mentored in the
past.  

From 1996, RATTLED is a TV movie of the nature-on-the-rampage ilk, as hundreds
of deadly rattlesnakes overrun a new housing project after dynamiting a nearby
hillside awakens them from hibernation. Designer Paul Donahue (William Katt) is
understandably concerned when his homestead is unexpectedly under siege by the
confused, rattling serpents. Based on a novel by Joseph Gilmore, the film was
directed by Tony Randel (HELLBOUND: HELLRAISER II, TICKS, FIST OF THE NORTH
STAR). Joel’s score is richly melodic and possesses some very effective
musical action and horror manifestations.

HAWKEYE was a single-season TV series, offering 22 episodes in syndication from
1994-95. The historical adventure drama is set in the Hudson Valley during the
French and Indian War (1754-1763), and follows the continuing adventures of
Hawkeye, the character created by James Fenimore Cooper in THE LAST OF THE
MOHICANS and other novels. Lee Horsley is Natty Bumppo (aka Hawkeye), with
Rodney A. Grant as his Native companion Chingachgook, and Lynda Carter as
Elizabeth Shields, owner of the local English trading post. The series focused
on Hawkeye, the indigenous woodsman he befriends, and the brave English woman
trying to free her husband from the French. Goldsmith scored the series
acoustically with an orchestra supplemented by flutes, harp, guitars, dulcimer,
shakers, voices, whistles, and various percussion that resonated well with the
series’ period and setting. Included here are some selections from
Joel’s score for the pilot episode.

Joel Goldsmith was born on November 19th, 1957, Los Angeles, California, the
third of four children of singer Sharon Hennagin and legendary composer Jerry
Goldsmith. Since his first cinematic composition, a collaboration with
then-newcomer Richard Band on the low-budget science fiction thriller,
LASERBLAST (1978), Joel scored a number of feature and television films
throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, including the sci-fi series SUPER FORCE
(1990), Roland Emmerich’s early sci-fi thriller MOON 44 (1990), and Jim
Wynorski’s gentle family comedy, LITTLE MISS MILLIONS (1993). After THE
UNTOUCHABLES, Joel went on to score the TV series HAWKEYE (1994), BAD BLOOD
(1994, aka VIPER), KULL THE CONQUEROR (1997), TV’s WITCHBLADE (2000),
HELEN OF TROY and several iterations of the STARGATE TV series (1997-2011). He
also provided synthesized sound effects for STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979)
and composed additional music for STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT (1996). 

Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE JOEL GOLDSMITH COLLECTION, VOLUME 2,
featuring previously unreleased music composed by Joel Goldsmith, mastered by
James Nelson at Digital Outland. The booklet contains liner notes written by
noted author Randall Larson.

Tracklist:
1 01. Joel Goldsmith - Main Title (From "Stealth Fighter") (01:40)
1 02. Joel Goldsmith - Logo / Main Title (From "Rattled") (03:25)
1 03. Joel Goldsmith - A New and Busy Day / Snakes in the Grass (From "Rattled")
(03:17)
1 04. Joel Goldsmith - On The Road / Goofy Love (From "Rattled") (05:20)
1 05. Joel Goldsmith - Little Girl / Snake Time (From "Rattled") (03:32)
1 06. Joel Goldsmith - Danger / Big Scare (From "Rattled") (02:06)
1 07. Joel Goldsmith - Herrmann Time / The Search (From "Rattled") (03:52)
1 08. Joel Goldsmith - Snake Pit / Flight (From "Rattled") (04:51)
1 09. Joel Goldsmith - Creeping Around (From "Rattled") (04:50)
1 10. Joel Goldsmith - Course of Action / Moving In (From "Rattled") (04:51)
1 11. Joel Goldsmith - Big Finish (From "Rattled") (08:18)
1 12. Joel Goldsmith - Finale (From "Rattled") (03:16)
1 13. Joel Goldsmith - Closing Credits (From "Rattled") (02:24)
1 14. Joel Goldsmith - Main Theme (From "Hawkeye") (01:03)
1 15. Joel Goldsmith - Hudson Valley and Attack (From "Hawkeye") (04:45)
1 16. Joel Goldsmith - Into The Settlement (From "Hawkeye") (00:49)
1 17. Joel Goldsmith - Natty Arrives (From "Hawkeye") (00:48)
1 18. Joel Goldsmith - Forest Encounter (From "Hawkeye") (03:15)
1 19. Joel Goldsmith - Elizabeth and Natty (From "Hawkeye") (01:29)
1 20. Joel Goldsmith - Confrontation and Escape (From "Hawkeye") (04:12)
1 21. Joel Goldsmith - Finale and Closing Theme (From "Hawkeye") (01:02) 

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