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The Caretakers: Deluxe Edition / The Young Doctors 
By Elmer Bernstein
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Original Motion Picture Soundtracks

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Music Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein

Paging Doctor Bernstein.

Elmer Bernstein has a blast in this emergency room double feature! Not only do we give Deluxe Edition treatment to his classic score from 1963’s The Caretakers, we pack the CD to the brim by including the world premiere release of his knockout score for 1961’s The Young Doctors. Both scores are again thanks to Elmer’s own tape archive, which saved them from being lost forever. While both scores are mono, the sound is good and punchy. And the scores themselves pack considerable punch!

Robert Stack and Joan Crawford are caretakers, warring over the proper care and treatment of a mentally ill patient in this "flawlessly directed (film) building to moments of chilling suspense" (The Hollywood Reporter). When Lorna Melford (Polly Bergen) is committed to an institution for the mentally insane, she becomes the unwitting pawn between a crusading psychiatrist (Stack) who believes in kindness and group therapy, and an old-fashioned head nurse (Crawford) whose idea of care includes straitjackets and padded cells. Caught in the middle, Lorna is subjected to an unending series of therapies and procedure from which "The Caretakers" will determine her ultimate fate, eventual release or permanent incarceration. Featuring Oscar-nominated Cinematography and a provocative musical score by Elmer Bernstein, The Caretakers is a "searing, emotionally charged motion picture of unusual quality and striking impact" (Motion Picture Herald).

Starring Ben Gazzara, Fredric March, Dick Clark, Ina Balin, Eddie Albert, Phyllis Love and George Segal, The Young Doctors was directed by Phil Karlson, from a novel by Arthur Hailey. The film’s narrator was none other than Ronald Reagan!

When young Dr. David Coleman (Gazzara) arrives at a large New York hospital to join the pathology staff, he is greeted with hostility by aging chief pathologist Dr. Joseph Pearson (March), who regards Coleman's arrival as a personal criticism of his competence. The drama of life and death, along with personal relationships, hospital politics and ego is played out in compelling fashion. This largely unknown score by Elmer Bernstein will be a revelation for most, from the blistering Main Title to the ravishing Waltz!

This one is a classic Bernstein double-feature!

THE CARETAKERS

1. Main Title (3:11)
2. Newsreel (2:00)
3. To Seclusion (1:49)
4. Unbound (:29)
5. Connie (1:07)
6. 2M3 (Unused) (1:14)
7. Awake (1:22)
8. Lorna In Hell (1:12)
9. Electric Therapy (2:39)
10. Blues For A 4-String Guitar (2:56)
11. Black Straitjacket (2:34)
12. Party In Ward (2:22)
13. Birdito (2:31)
14. Juke Box (1:59)
15. Picnic 1 (1:25)
16. Picnic 2 (1:57)
17. Picnic 3 (1:44)
18. Lorna Lost (1:42)
19. Radio In Men’s Ward (1:15)
20. Lorna’s Father (1:18)
21. Day Hospital (1:03)
22. Donovan’s Father (1:25)
23. Donovan’s Father, Part 2 (1:18)
24. Finale (2:39)
25. End Title (1:17)

THE YOUNG DOCTORS

26. The Oath (:53)
27. Main Title (1:56)
28. Beginning (:26)
29. 1M3 / 2M1 (Unused) (2:14)
30. Blood Sample (:50)
31. Phoney Ankle (2:26)
32. Young Doctors In 4/4 (:30)
33. Ad Lib Pathology (1:26)
34. He’s Human (1:59)
35. Mortui Vivos Docent (1:36)
36. Young Doctor’s Waltz (3:08)
37. Rock With Doc (1:55)
38. Ex-Ray (:36)
39. Turmoil (3:11)
40. 8M2 (Unused) (1:54)
41. Apology (1:06)
42. Commitment (2:23)
43. Blue Baby (:54)
44. Nothing For Nothing (:46)
45. Resolution (1:19)
46. End Title (1:32)

Please click the following links to listen to the sound tracks:
01. Main Title (Caretakers)
02. Newsreel (Caretakers)
03. Connie (Caretakers)
04. Blues For A 4-String Guitar (Caretakers)
05. Party In Ward (Caretakers)
06. Donovan’s Father, Part 2 (Caretakers)
07. Main Title (Young Doctors)
08. He’s Human (Young Doctors)
09. Young Doctor’s Waltz (Young Doctors)
10. Turmoil (Young Doctors)