LUCKY LUKE: DAISY TOWN / THE BALLAD OF THE DALTONS / TV SERIES 2 (REISSUE)

3-CD Box Set. Newly remastered reissue.
12-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Gilles Loison.

In collaboration with Dargaud Media, Music Box Records is pleased to reissue the soundtracks from the Lucky Luke animated films composed and conducted by Claude Bolling in a 3-CD box set: Daisy Town (1971), La Ballade des Dalton (The Ballad of the Daltons, 1978) and 1990's French television series (Lucky Luke, TV Series 2).

Lucky Luke is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris, and for one period written by René Goscinny. Set in the American Old West, it stars the title character Lucky Luke, the singing cowboy on a white horse known as the "man who shoots faster than his shadow", largely inspired by westerns, American cartoons and Hergé’s Tintin. Morris drew no less than seventy albums of the adventures of Lucky Luke, 300 million books have been sold and the stories of the lone cowboy have been translated into 29 languages. It is one of the most popular and best-selling comic-book series in continental Europe.

Goscinny, the creator of Astérix, directed and co-produced the French-Belgian animated Lucky Luke films. Goscinny and Morris engaged the services of Pierre Tchernia (French cinema and television producer, screenwriter), whom Goscinny had known since 1965 and with whom he shared a great interest in the world of Walt Disney. In 1990, a new series of 26 episodes is produced with the collaboration of Morris.

This present edition showcases Claude Bolling's creative versatility for the two feature-length cartoons and the TV series. The three lively scores offer a wide array of musical styles and genres: western film music, Hollywood musicals, blue grass, tijuana music, jazz music in the Count Basie big band style, some iconic songs such as the famous ‘‘I’m a Poor Lonesome Cowboy’’. 

This special 3-CD reissue has been newly remastered from the composer’s original master tapes. The package includes a 12-page booklet with liner notes by Gilles Loison, discussing the films and the scores. The 3-CD release is limited to 300 units. 

DISC 1 – DAISY TOWN (1971)

1. Daisy Town (Pré-générique) (0:18)
2. I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy (1:34)
Vocal : Pat Woods et Chœurs
3. La fondation de Daisy Town (1:23)
4. Lucky Luke Special (1:40)
5. Daisy Town Theme (3:06)
6. Animation de la ville (0:55)
7. Daisy Town Saloon Song (2:04)
Interprété par Nicole Croisille
8. Voilà le quadrille ! (3:28)
Vocal : Gérard Rinaldi
9. Bandits (0:40)
10. La traversée de l'Ouest (4:35)
11. Dalton Theme (2:27)
Vocal : Jean Stout / Fouet (Whip) : Jean Richard
12. Daisy Town March (1:55)
13. L'arrivée de Lucky Luke (1:50)
14. Duel (2:48)
15. Les Dalton dans le désert (1:05)
16. Lucky Luke Special (Version alternative) (0:35)
17. Danse indienne (2:07)
18. Stamp Your Feet (2:53)
Vocal : Don Burke
19. Far West Choo-Choo (2:32)
20. City Life (4:25)
21. La poursuite de Lucky Luke (0:53)
22. La guerre contre les Indiens (1:04)
23. Bataille (2:39)
24. Les exploits de Lucky Luke (2:08)
25. Lucky Luke s'en va (0:34)
26. I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy (Final) (4:58)
Vocal : Pat Woods et Chœurs
27. Voilà le quadrille ! (3:07)
Vocal : Philippe Clay
28. I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy (Maquette) (3:58)
Vocal : Don Burke et Chœurs

Time • 62:53

DISC 2 – LA BALLADE DES DALTON (1978)

1. Lucky Luke Theme (2:01)
2. La ballade des Dalton (4:01)
Vocal : Éric Christy
3. Augustus Betting (2:50)
4. Rantanplan (2:00)
5. Funèbre dérisoire (1:50)
6. Tobias Wills (1:23)
7. Lucky Luke Saloon (1:46)
8. Galop Lucky Luke (1:53)
9. Dalton's March (1:44)
10. Ming Li Foo (1:31)
11. Thadeus Collins (1:29)
12. Galop Dalton (1:44)
13. Plume de serpent dans le désert (2:27)
14. Dalton's Musical (5:17)
15. Auberge mexicaine (1:25)
16. Tom O'Connor (1:09)
17. La mine hantée (1:00)
18. Scenic Railways (2:04)
19. Sam Game Saloon (1:52)
20. Sam Game Choral (2:21)
21. Le train fou (de Bud Bugman) (3:03)
22. Le train fou (Suite et fin) (1:34)
23. Mathias Bones (1:38)
24. Barber Shop Quartet (1:03)
25. Le rodéo du juge Groovy (2:22)
26. Final - I'm a Poor Lonesome Cowboy (Instrumental) (2:00)

Time • 54:27

DISC 3 – LUCKY LUKE (2ÈME SÉRIE)

1. Générique Lucky Luke (1:46)
2. Powell, le chercheur d'or (1:41)
3. Joueurs emplumés (1:03)
4. Square Dance (0:43)
5. Saloon calme (1:07)
6. Denver et Colorado (0:38)
7. Lucky Luke Theme (0:21)
8. Roy Bean (1:37)
9. L'ours (0:25)
10. Bad TickeT (0:42)
11. Jacinto (0:25)
12. Yankee Doodle (0:47)
13. Le sheriff (0:32)
14. Mangeur de viande (0:23)
15. Jolly Jumper (0:23)
16. Les Dalton déconfits (0:43)
17. La fée du logis (0:37)
18. Joe Dalton fou de rage  (0:29)
19. Shérif vantard, shérif peureux (0:56)
20. Le petit télégraphiste (0:20)
21. La jeune fille chez le Général (0:37)
22. Les Dalton déménagent (0:48)
23. Comique (1:01)
24. La valse des officiers (1:39)
25. Drôle d'indien (0:37)
26. Colonel Mac Straggle (1:09)
27. Bowler (2:33)
28. Hermann Flood & Elliot Belt (2:08)
29. Bluegrass (0:31)
30. Le capitaine Barrows (0:35)
31. Lucky Luke (final) (1:03)
32. Central Pacific (1:18)
33. Mariachis (0:49)
34. Home Sweet Home (1:23)
35. Don Emilio Espuelas (0:33)
36. Bandits mexicains (1:23)
37. Le Pony Express (0:34)
38. Faux mariachis (1:37)
Vocal : Michel Barouille
39. Les fiancés (0:34)
40. Patronimo (1:05)
41. Le camp militaire (1:19)
42. Rose blanche d'Irlande verte (0:58)
43. Le camp indien (1:02)
44. Le camp, la nuit (1:03)
45. La tribu (1:31)
46. A Lot To Do (2:52)
47. Coyotito (1:02)
48. Générique Lucky Luke (Version alternative) (1:45)

Time • 51:04

3-CD Total Time • 168:24