Exodus (soundtrack)

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Exodus
Soundtrack by Ernest Gold
Released	1961
Label	RCA Victor

Exodus is a soundtrack album by Ernest Gold with the Sinfonia of London from the 1961 film Exodus directed by Otto Preminger.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Awards and nominations 2.1 Academy Awards 2.2 Grammy Award 3 Soundtrack chart positions

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "Theme of Exodus"
2. "Summer in Cyprus"
3. "Escape"
4. "Ari"
5. "Karen"
6. "Valley of Jezreel"
7. "Fight For Survival"

Side 2

1. "In Jerusalem"
2. "The Brothers"
3. "Conspiracy"
4. "Prison Break"
5. "Dawn"
6. "Fight for Peace"

[edit] Awards and nominations

[edit] Academy Awards

• The music score, written by Ernest Gold won the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 1960 Oscars. The main theme from the film ("Theme of Exodus") has been widely remixed and covered by many artists such as Ferrent and Teicher, whose version went all the way to number 2 on the Billboard Singles Chart, Other version were recorded by Mantovani, Peter Nero, Connie Francis, and the Duprees, who sang the theme with lyrics written by Pat Boone, Other artists (such as piano player Anthony Burger for the Homecoming titled "I Do Believe"), remixed by techno-crossover pianist Maksim, even being used as the sample for the T.I. song Bankhead, and the original version was used as theme song for professional wrestler "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig. Trey Spruance of the Secret Chiefs 3 rescored the theme for "surf band and orchestra" on the album 2004 Book of Horizons. Another professional wrestler, Bill Goldberg, used a version of the main theme as his entrance music while in WCW as a nod to his Jewish heritage. Furthermore, Howard Stern tends to use it for comedic effect when discussing aspects of Jewish life.

[edit] Grammy Award

• Ernest Gold won Best Soundtrack Album and Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1961 for the soundtrack and theme to Exodus respectively. It is the only instrumental song to ever receive that award to date. Oddly, the first notes of the great dramatic theme are identical to the opening theme of a somewhat obscure orchestral piece by Quincy Porter, New England Episodes, premiered in 1958 in Washington, DC.

[edit] Soundtrack chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1961	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) (mono and stereo)	1

Preceded by Wonderland by Night by Bert Kaempfert	Billboard 200 number-one album (mono) January 23 - February 12, 1961	Succeeded by Calcutta! by Lawrence Welk
Preceded by String Along by The Kingston Trio	Billboard 200 number-one album (stereo) January 23 - March 12, 1961 May 22 - July 9, 1961	Succeeded by Calcutta! by Lawrence Welk