Perseverance Records to reissue Ennio Morricone's Exorcist 2: The Heretic

Perseverance Records first official announcement for their newly minted sub label, Perseverance Reissue, They bring to us Ennio Morricone's unique and frightening score to the sequel to the hit, The Exorcist, With Exorcist 2: The Heretic. The LP had been the only thing available from this score for many years and was a sought after collectable until Warner Bros. France reissued the score on CD ten years ago and barely showed up here in the U.S. except as an expensive import. So without further ado here is their announcement!

Ennio Morricone's

Exorcist II - The Heretic

Available for Pre-Order Now.

Perseverance Records PRR 042

Will ship the first week of December 2011.

Limited Edition of 3000 units. We are offering this album at the special price of only $12.98.

Perseverance Records is proud to announce the reissue of the soundtrack to Exorcist II: The Heretic. This is the first release from the Perseverance Reissue line as well as our first of many releases from the Warner/Elektra/Atlantic vaults.

Ennio Morricone is among the legends of film music composers. He has sold over fifty million albums worldwide and written music for over 500 movies, television shows and classical recordings over the course of 6 decades. His best known works include five Oscar nominations (as well as a lifetime achievement award) for Days Of Heaven, The Mission, Bugsy, The Untouchables and Malena. We are proud to reissue this album as well as lower the price to a really low $12.98. We here at Perseverance couldn’t be prouder that the first release in our new series is this particular soundtrack. We love the maestro’s work and felt that many people missed out on the Warner France reissue from the early decade.

Release Notes:

· The masters sound really good. Warner handed us remastered tracks for this reissue. I had my mastering engineer Chas Ferry go through and make sure everything was perfect. We are quite happy with the sound and feel you will as well.

· Liner notes by Randall Larson.

· This is a straight reissue using the track listing from the original LP and the Warner France CD. It’s a great representation of the music from the film.

· Priced to sell at $12.98. This is what I keep talking about when I say we will make CDs like this affordable to the film music community. There will only be 3,000 copies manufactured. We will not make any more after we reach that total.

· We used the original artwork and corrected what we felt was a major disappointment with the Warner France release. Many fans noted they did not like the artwork choices for that release. We love the look of the CD as it brings back the original LP’s front and back graphics.

· Please keep this in mind. Our deal for this album lasts for a specific period of years. With the market shifting dramatically to digital it is highly doubtful another label reissues this recording. Grab it while you can.

1. Regan's Theme (Finale) (2:55)
2. Pazuzu (Theme From Exorcist II) (2:50)
3. Interrupted Melody (2:43)
4. Rite Of Magic (2:35)
5. Little Afro-Flemish Mass (4:31)
6. Great Bird Of The Sky (1:33)
7. Magic And Ecstasy (3:01)
8. Seduction And Magic (1:14)
9. Regan's Theme (Floating Sound) (2:05)
10. Dark Revelation (1:19)
11. Night Flight (5:47)
12. Interrupted Melody (Suspended Melody) (2:55)
13. Exorcism (0:58)

Please enjoy. For anybody asking why this is being released the way it is, it’s simple. I want to make sure these kinds of releases get the light of day at reasonable prices. There are many other consumers out there who aren’t avid collectors and simply buy a film score because they saw the movie on TV or heard it someplace. They are the silent minority when it comes to film score sales. We want to provide you and them with a chance to own these releases at a reasonable price versus the crazy sums of money speculators try to charge.

To order, click here:

http://store.fortytwotradingco.com/soundtracks.html

The label also has their recent release of Simon Boswell's score to Lord of Illusions and they have two future releases which include a brand new album from Craig Safan and a classic Seventies jazz score. So there's alot to look forward to from the label in the future.

- Danny Gonzalez

Film Music Examiner New York-NYC