White Dawn

White Dawn

One of Henry Mancini's most involved, impressive scores (and a personal favorite of his) finally gets world premiere release! Philip Kaufman film was challenging project chronicling 1896 plight of three shipwrecked American whalers off coast of Northern Canada. Now through combined efforts of Intrada, Paramount Pictures, Henry Mancini Archives and Lukas Kendall of FSM, full presentation of entire score is possible, albeit orchestral cues, many layers of quasi-improvisational solos, vocal chants and percussion tracks were only mixed and vaulted in mono. Every precious tidbit is included but myriad elements exhibit considerable degree of hiss, even after restoration efforts. That said, careful preservation and presentation of masterful score yields important CD for seventies soundtrack fans and Henry Mancini collectors alike! Interesting to note Mancini adapted a brief suite of WHITE DAWN themes for concert performance, years later director Kaufman includes one such sequence from RCA concert recording in his epic THE RIGHT STUFF feature! 1. Arctic Whale Hunt 3:36 2. Main Title/Your Father's Ice Floe 6:32 3. Tricky Shaman Pt. I and II 3:09 4. Seal Scope and Little Indian Boy 3:15 5. The Lesson and Little Indian Boy 1:31 6. Trek to Warm Buns/A Goose for Daggett 3:35 7. Eskimo Pie 3:47 8. The Wooly Booger Hornpipe 4:24 9. The Stone Path 1:27 10. The Escape and Home Boys Home 2:21 11. Return to Paradise Pt. I and II 5:32 12. Snow Buns and Native Song and Little Indian Boy 2:30 13. New Bedford Igloo 0:48 14. Tricky Shaman-Act II/Shaman Gets His Rocks Off 1:45 15. Eskimo Wool 1:45 16. Bye Bye Sarkak 1:10 17. Panic Run 0:47 18. Dead Daggett 0:34 19. Old Woman's Song (Vocals by Akshooyooliak and Lou Gossett) 1:22 Bonus Tracks 20. Main Title (film version) 2:25 21. The Escape and Home Boys Home (film version) (Vocals by Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms and Lou Gossett) 2:20 22. Return to Paradise Pt. I and II (film version) (Vocals by Akshooyooliak and Lou Gossett) 5:30