Robin & Marian

No commercial release

1976

Bootleg LP: Sherwood SH 1500
Bootleg LP: Sherwood PRO 4345
Bootleg CD: Sherwood 500 AX2

Re-recording

2001

CD: Silva 354

Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic, Conducted by Nic Raine

1. Main Title
2. The ride To Sherwood/The Ride To Nottingham (film version)
3. Robin And Marian Meet/Fight & Recognition/"He Was My King"
4. Dawn In Sherwood
5. Over The Wall/Escape
6. First Love Theme
7. Trapped
8. Nuns
9. In The Church/This Way
10. Second Love Theme
11. The Ride To Sherwood/The Ride To Nottingham (original version)
12. In Position/Preparation For Battle
13. Third Love Theme
14. The Fight Must Go On
15. John Bursts In/The End

The Movie

Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn played geriatric Robin Hood and Maid Marian in this film about their twilight years. I saw it decades ago on late-night tv, so I remember almost nothing except that I liked it.

The Music

I've got the Sherwood bootleg LP in storage. I don't have the rerecording yet. I'll comment when I do and get to hear it again.

Release Notes

This is arguably Barry's most bootlegged score, though The Black Hole may beat it if you count CD-Rs. The most common bootlegs are the two Sherwood (get it? Sherwood Forest?) LPs, which I'm told were sourced from the recording sessions and include out-takes. I have one of the Sherwoods (I think SH 1500) and each side is presented as one long, untitled track. The more recent CD bootleg, Sherwood 500 AX2, I am told was sourced from the laserdisc. I haven't heard it so I can't make any comparisons.

So it was with great joy that Nic Raine released a rerecorded score.

If that's not enough, two pieces ("John Bursts In" and "The End") are available on the CD Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn (Big Screen 9 24503-2). A piece called "Robin & Marian" shows up on A Tribute to Sean Connery by Orchestra Seattle, and Nic Raine has a version on his The Collecton. And a suite of music by Nic Raine is on The Classic John Barry.