New CD Club titles from Jerry Goldsmith and John Debney

September 21, 2024

SUDDEN DEATH AND THE OTHER GET DELUXE EDITION EXPANSIONS

Varese Sarabande Records are thrilled to announce Deluxe Edition expansions of two long-awaited titles as our September 2024 batch of CD Club titles: The Other by Jerry Goldsmith, and Sudden Death by John Debney. Both releases are available to order from our U.S. and International stores now.

Sudden Death (1995) was the second of two Peter Hyams films starring “the muscles from Brussels,” Jean-Claude Van Damme. After 1994’s Timecop, Sudden Death was patterned on the durable “Die Hard in a…” premise: here, the contained space is Pittsburgh Civic Arena, wired to explode by terrorists at the conclusion of game seven of the Stanley Cup finals. Sudden Death was his first of Hyams’ three collaborations with John Debney (followed by The Relic and End of Days), receiving a pulse-pounding, orchestral tour de force from the young composer, which was previously only available in a 9-track, half-hour program. This Deluxe Edition expands the program to 28 tracks and 64 minutes, with Hyams and Debney newly interviewed by Daniel Schweiger for the liner notes.

One of Jerry Goldsmith’s most unusual horror projects comes to CD in complete form courtesy of our new Deluxe Edition. The Other (1972) used bucolic 1935 Connecticut to tell a truly disturbing story of twin boys with dangerous supernatural powers. Directed by Robert Mulligan (To a Kill Mockingbird) from a script and book by Tom Tryon, and costarring Uta Hagan and Diana Muldaur, the film has earned a cult reputation as a unique and affecting piece of 1970s horror. Long admired as one of Goldsmith’s most offbeat horror scores—made even more mysterious by the fact that cues were dropped from the finished film—The Other was released in an extended suite by Varèse Sarabande alongside The Mephisto Waltz in 1997. This Deluxe Edition features the complete stereo score in a new audio restoration by Chris Malone with liner notes by Tim Greiving. 

See details at Varese Sarabande Records – https://varesesarabande.com/collections/cd-club-and-limited-editions/products/sudden-death-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-the-other-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-deluxe-edition-cd-bundle