"Home From The Sea" is a Navy film with a score written by John Fluck and recorded by the Faculty Lab Band at the School of Music in 1969.
John has been kind enough to fill in some of the details. While he wrote and arranged the musical score, the music and lyrics of the song that recurs throughout the film were written by an Army basic student, Julian Harvey.
"Go figure," says John. "We announced a contest in the Plan of the Day for a title song and Harvey's song was the only submission. Luckily, it was a good one."
He points out that the soundtrack was recorded with the the School of Musics legendary state-of-the-art technology. "We played the film on a TV monitor as I conducted the band to get the timing right. We had a microphone in a nearby stairwell for echo on the vocals. High tech!"
The band, at that time, included:
Woodwinds: Ed Hayes, C.J. Landry, Mike Gerych, Mike Masciola and Lou Lanyi.
French Horns: Jack Miller Jim Krueger and Jim Eberhardt.
Trumpets: Marty Conley, Jim Howard, Buzz Sawyer and Dave Perry.
Trombones: Aubrey Tucker, Art Nebel, and Dave Traub.
Tuba: Hal Hessler.
Guitar: Vinnie Tamburino
Piano: Ron Chiles.
Bass: John Peiffer.
Drums: Kenny Malone.
Percussion: Mike Shepherd, percussion.
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