…Intrada revisits one of the most notable reissues of their catalogue as a tribute to the label’s 40th anniversary and the passing of its founder Douglass Fake last year, with a fresh new revisiting of Jerry Goldsmith’s score to First Blood.
One of his most respected scores of the ’80s, First Blood adapted David Morrell’s novel about John Rambo, a Vietnam veteran whose mistreatment by law enforcement in a small Washington town unlocks his capabilities as a ruthless Green Beret. Following a trio of Rocky films that elevated him as writer and star (and, for the latter two, director), First Blood offered Sylvester Stallone a second iconic character and franchise – one he reprised in four sequels between 1985 and 2019.
Goldsmith’s bold work was an early release as…

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