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Dragon's Domain Records presents the premiere release of EXTREMITIES, featuring music from the original score composed by J.A.C. Redford (ST. ELSEWHERE, A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, CONAGHER) for the 1986 psychological thriller directed by Robert M. Young, written by William Mastrosimone, starring Farrah Fawcett, James Russo, Alfre Woodard, Diana Scarwid, Sandy Martin, Eddie Velez, Tom Everett and James Avery.
Released in 1986, EXTREMITIES was adapted from the acclaimed stage play by William Mastrosimone, who also wrote the screenplay. The original play generated enormous controversy because of its disturbing themes and graphic depiction of violence against women. Yet beneath its shocking surface was a serious examination of fear, empowerment, and the moral consequences of revenge. The motion picture retained much of the claustrophobic intensity of the stage production.
Fawcett plays Marjorie, a young woman living in Los Angeles with two roommates (Alfre Woodard and Diana Scarwid). She survives a terrifying attempted sexual assault at the beginning of the story. The attacker, Joe (Russo) abducts and nearly murders her before she manages to escape. Marjorie is left emotionally shattered, consumed by paranoia and fear that the man may return. Her roommates try to support her, but they cannot fully grasp the depth of the psychological damage she has suffered. Joe is able to track Marjorie to her home and assault her again because she had left her purse behind during her escape. This time, however, she manages to gain the upper hand by blinding him with wasp repellent and turns the tables on him. She imprisons him within her fireplace and begins psychologically and physically tormenting him while debating whether to castrate him... Fawcett's performance has been widely praised for its courage and intensity — earning her a Golden Globe nomination.
The score by J. A. C. Redford plays a subtle but highly effective role in shaping the film's oppressive atmosphere. Rather than overwhelming the drama with aggressive thriller music, Redford composed a restrained and unsettling score that emphasizes psychological tension and emotional fragility.
J.A.C. Redford is a composer, arranger, orchestrator and conductor of concert, chamber and choral music, film, television and theater scores, and music for recordings. Redford has written the scores for more than three dozen feature films, TV movies or miniseries, including THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING, WHAT THE DEAF MAN HEARD, MAMA FLORA'S FAMILY and Disney's OLIVER & COMPANY, NEWSIES and THE MIGHTY DUCKS II and III. He has composed the music for nearly 500 episodes of series television, including multiple seasons of COACH and ST. ELSEWHERE (for which he received two Emmy nominations).
Collaborating with other artists, Redford has orchestrated, arranged or conducted for Academy Award-winning composers, James Horner, Alan Menken, Randy Newman and Rachel Portman and John Williams, as well as for Terence Blanchard, Danny Elfman, Simon Franglen, Mark Isham, Thomas Newman, Marc Shaiman, and Cirque du Soleil's Benoit Jutras, on projects including , and m THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE PERFECT STORM, WALL-E, AVATAR, SKYFALL, BRIDGE OF SPIES, 1917 and most recently AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, A MAN CALLED OTTO, and ELEMENTAL. He orchestrated and conducted Adele's Oscar-winning title song for SKYFALL, wrote arrangements for Joshua Bell's VOICE OF THE VIOLIN, AT HOME WITH FRIENDS and MUSICAL GIFTS recordings, Anne Akiko Meyers' SERENADE: THE LOVE ALBUM and has written for and recorded with other Grammy Award-winning artists Steven Curtis Chapman, Bonnie Raitt and Sting.
Dragon's Domain Records presents EXTREMITIES, featuring music composed by J.A.C. Redford for the first time on compact disc. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by Scott Davis.
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