![]() ![]() ![]() While this was typical for the studio, less typical was the large number of 35mm reels recorded in separate sessions, intended for synchronization during the music mixing phase of production. The scoring sessions were captured on 35mm three-channel magnetic film. In addition to the many exciting moments for strings and woodwinds in the score's numerous chase and action cues, Mandel also maintained a light touch in keeping with the film's Disney brand. The theme is supported by churning rhythms from low strings and pounding brass accents, guitar and tambourine beatswith braying horns to represent the dogs chasing the animated children on screen. To accompany the film's stylized opening title sequence, Mandel composed an exciting piece of chase music centered around an ascending/descending title melody on high strings and woodwinds. Mandel scored the film for an orchestra of around 50 players, including Paul Beaver on synthesizer and harmonica player Tommy Morgan lending his talents both for source effects and musical lines and effects. ![]() When composer Johnny Mandel was hired to score the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain, he had never scored a fantasy or science fiction film and certainly never a Disney production. THE EXTRAS (Orchestra Cues Without Gimmicks): Thunderhead* ![]()
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