'Controversial' score?

Perhaps because it's nowhere to be found. I wish a complete score of this film would be released.

I would say "controversial" because of the short shrift it was given, both by Disney and later the record companies, as well as it's origins prior to the film.

Despite being nominated for an Academy Award, the score was never commercially released except in extremely hard to find limited editions (one of which even offered actual pages of the score!).

These CD's command top dollar when they come up for sale on E-Bay.

In the film itself the score is effectively buried beneath dialogue and sound effects, so that -even in Dolby stereo- it is effectively inaudible most of the time.

Many of North's best "flying music" was lost when the extended scenes of the dragon flying were cut out and re-dubbed with other music from elsewhere in the score, or left without music.

Finally, large portions of the score were originally written for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, but never used (LONG story there).

North re-cycled a major portion of the 2001 score into his score for SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN as well as into several of his subsequent concert works.

Hope that helps.

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