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Birdman of Alcatraz
Elmer Bernstein, 2006
(Varèse Sarabande – VCL 1106 1054)
Limited Collector’s Edition of 3000 copies

1. Main Title

2. The Letters

3. The Courthouse

4. Washington

5. Idleness

6. Flight

7. Bird Cart

8. Canaries Arrive

9. Bottle Bath

10. Apology

11. Cage Preparations

12. Cage Building

13. Godfather Feto

14. Runty Returns

15. No Cure

16. Runty Dead

17. Apie Dead

18. Peggy

19. Oldest Enemy

20. Second Prize

21. Partners

22. The Tigress

23. No Parole Fight

24. Stroud Drunk

25. Book Montage

26. Transferred

27. To Alcatraz

28. “D” Block

29. Bon Vivant

30. 23 Years

31. The Visitor

32. Saving Face

33. The Parting

34. Riot

35. Transfer Boat

36. Like A BIrd

37. To Springfield

38. End Credits

39. The Birdman

It was 45 years ago that Elmer Bernstein’s stirring and sensitive score for “Birdman of Alcatraz” evoked audiences’ compassion for a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in solitary confinement. Now, new audiences—and generations—can experience what is considered to be among Bernstein’s most important works.

Limited to 3000 copies, this first-time commercial CD release from Varèse Sarabande features complete versions of cues originally abbreviated in the film, as well as 11 additional cues never heard in the final cut.

For more information, or to purchase, please visit the Varèse Sarabande website.

Cover Art by Bob Peak