The Film Music of George Auric_音乐专辑
The Film Music of George Auric
表演者: Georges Auric/B. B. C. Philharmonic Orchestra/Rumon Gamba/Anthea Kempston
专辑类型: Soundtrack
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 15-16 June 1999
唱片数: 1
出版者: Chandos
条形码: 0095115977422
专辑简介
Chandos launches a new label of classic film scores with an engaging selection of music from the Frenchman Georges Auric.
It may come as a surprise to many film enthusiasts to discover a collection of music from classic British films composed entirely by a Frenchman! And not just any British films, but some of the most fondly remembered and typically British films of the 1940s and 1950s, including several all-time greats from the studios at Ealing.
Of the ten film scores included in this collection, six are premiere recordings and two are premieres in this version.
Future releases, all from the world-class BBC Philharmonic, will include music from Alan Rawsthorne amongst others.
Auric’s first British studio commission was for Pascal’s ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ (1945). Apparently Pascal had already approached Britten, Walton and even Prokofiev. Auric came at the end of this list. Auric’s ebullient musical interludes and impressive marches are the only bright spots of the whole production. While at Ealing, Auric was snapped up by Ernst Irving for ‘Dead of Night’ (1945), arguably the first great British horror movie, in which the nightmare montage finale is both a cinematic and musical classic. Auric was back at Ealing in 1946 for ‘Hue and Cry’, a good-humoured romp of villains, penny-dreadfuls and hoards of children chasing war-scarred London. ‘It always Rains on Sunday’ (1947) portrays twenty-four hours in the life of a damp London Sunday. By now a recognisable Ealing house-style was emerging, dealing with neighbourhood spirit, a little gentle rebellion and triumph, despite overwhelming odds. One of the most satisfying examples is ‘Passport to Pimlico’ (1949) where an austerity-battered neighbourhood is unexpectedly liberated from petty beaurocracy and rationing by a quirk of local history. ‘The Lavender Hill Mob’ (1951) involves the export of Eiffel Tower trinkets to France and gave Auric the chance to portray a Parisian scene. Huston’s sumptuous ‘Moulin Rouge’ gave Auric his most enduring international hit with the French waltz theme. Later that year Auric made his last trip to Ealing for ‘The Titfiled Thunderbolt’. For ‘Father Brown’ (1954), G.K. Chesterton’s tale of a modest Catholic Priest pitting his powers of detection against France’s master criminal, Auric displays his cross-channel versatility to its utmost. Auric’s last significant British film was ‘The Innocents’ (1961), a psychological thriller based on Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’. The opening title music, an adaptation of the usually innocuous folksong ‘O Willow Waly’, is particularly disturbing, and several musical moments, omitted from the final version of the film, have been restored for this recording.
曲目
Caesar and Cleopatra Suite
I. Main titles - 1:34
II. At the Sphinx - 4:14
III. The Battle - 4:09
The Titfield Thunderbolt Suite
I. Titles - 1:19
II. The Triumph of the Thunderbolt - 2:23
III. End Titles - 0:44
Dead of the Night Suite
Dead of the Night Suite - 5:59
Passport to Pimlico Suite
I. Titles - 1:17
II. The Siege of Burgundy - 3:18
III. Finale and End Titles - 1:30
The Innocents Suite
I. O Willow Waly - Main Titles - 5:13
II. Coachride and Arrival at Bly - 1:50
The Lavender Hill Mob Suite
I. Titles - 1:22
II. The Robbery - 2:12
III. The Eiffel Tower - 2:51
IV. End Titles - 1:08
Moulin Rouge Suite
I. Main Titles - 1:35
II. Polka - 1:46
III. Waltz - 3:13
IV. Quadrille - 2:30
Father Brown Suite
I. Main Titles - The Robbery - The Cross of St. Augustine - 3:30
II. Channel Crossing - 1:24
III. Train Journey to Fleurancy - 1:59
IV. End Titles - 0:19
It Always Rains on Sunday Suite
I. Main Titles and Opening Scene - 3:36
II. Tommy and Rosie - 2:35
III. Farewell and Getaway - Epilogue - End Titles - 8:07
Hue and Cry: Overture
Hue and Cry: Overture - 2:03
