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First Blood: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982 Film) | 
| Creator: Jerry Goldsmith
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 68278
Format: Original Recording Remastered, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 066155
UPC: 030206615524
EAN: 0030206615524
ASIN: B00004XSOC
Release Date: September 26, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Home Coming | | • | Escape Route | | • | First Blood | | • | The Tunnel | | • | Hanging On | | • | Mountain Hunt | | • | My Town | | • | The Razor | | • | No Power | | • | Over The Lcliff | | • | It's A Long Road | | • | It's A Long Road - performed by Dan Hill |
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First Blood (Jerry Goldsmith "Legend") May 31, 2008
Hi all,
I received First Blood Soundtrack CD one week ago. Jerry Goldsmith greatest music ever start from here, so if you didn't listen to the whole First Blood Soundtrack CD..... I can say that you didn't listen to real music before!!.
Regards,
Ibrahim
Legendary Film Score July 3, 2007
This is must have film music for any serious collector of scores. What Goldsmith did with this score is amazing. Capturing the essence of John Rambo's lonely walk in "Home Coming" immediately let's the audience know that this is no fairytale happy-ending story. There are a number of great themes throughout the album including "Escape Route" and "Over The Cliff". Rounding things out is "It's A Long Road" sung by Dan Hill in what has to be one of the finest "end credit" songs that I've ever heard. The lyrics fit the film perfectly and Dan Hill does a great job with the vocals.
In fact, the only complaint that I have about this album is the horrible arrangement of the tracks. The cues are mixed and matched in a random fashion that has little to do with the chronological order of the film. Other than that, this is still some of the best film music that you can get your hands on.
Espectacular y emotiva. May 6, 2006
Ser? breve. It's a Long Road, en sus versiones instrumentales y en la versi?n cantada de Dan Hill, hacen que merezca la pena comprar este disco.Una Joyita.
One of Jerry's best soundtracks December 13, 2004
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This soundtrack rates as one of Jerry Goldsmith's all-time best. Jerry really outdid himself in this soundtrack. It's too bad in the sequels the music was boring and nothing special.
What is so magical about this music is that Goldsmith has always been a MASTER at chase scenes. Basically, this whole movie is running, running, running (from the cops) and the score makes it suspenseful and exciting. The music transforms a movie that was somewhat ordinary into something extraordinary.
Particularly notable tracks are The Razor and Over the Cliff. Arthur Morton's orchestration is superb. He and Goldsmith collaberated on lots of films and they were a good team. Unfortunately, Morton has recently passed away.
This is one of Goldsmith's top 3 soundtracks. The others I would recommend are Poltergeist and Coma. Unfortunately, Coma is long out of print, and even had a re-issue that went out of print almost immediately after it was released. Coma is interesting because it ALSO has wonderful chase scenes in the music. Poltergeist, of course, has a beautiful and inspiring soundtrack all the way thru the movie.
It is actually a shame that although Goldsmith has done music for 100s of movies, most of his soundtrack music is "blah" and very very boring. These 3 are his best and the only Goldsmith soundtracks I own. I wish more of his movie music were more interesting like these 3.
Classic Goldsmith October 27, 2004
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Arguabley one of Jerry Goldsmith's best, if not, most recognizable scores.
The score to "First Blood" is an inspiration that has classic status written all over it, & every time hear the haunting opening theme to "First Blood", I can't help but think of all the veterans that have fallen in combat.
The best tracks are the opening credits (Rambo finds out about his fallen comrade), the escape (the sequence in the film where Rambo busts out of jail. David Morrell, the author of the book, states in the audio commentary of the DVD release to "First Blood" that the music cue where Rambo comes busting out of the door to the Sheriff's Dept. is one of his personal favorites in the film. I agree).
My only small gripe with the score is, it isn't consistent with the film, in the respects that, the score doesn't go through from beginning to end, but is sporadic with pieces of music put together to make one overall track (i.e. some small pieces of music that is at the beginning of the film is interspersed or blends into another piece of the score that is at the end of the film & vice versa).
The score is rounded out with the great Dan Hill track "It's A Long Road". I still can't figure out why this wasn't released as a single, it has so much potential (maybe somebody can do a remake of it?).
If your curious about great film composer's Jerry Goldsmith is not to be overlooked. This is a must score to have.
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