The music of The Prisoner is, in its own way, as much of a puzzle as the series itself.
No fewer than three opening title themes were commissioned, with the final choice subjected to extensive revision at the suggestion of Patrick McGoohan.
Original incidental cues for the series were composed by Albert Elms, Wilfred Josephs and Robert Farnon, with key episodes receiving their own score, whilst others were tracked using these same themes.
In addition, dozens more pieces were sourced from the Chappell Music library, many of them as distinctive and characterful as the specially-composed cues. Together, these musical items provided a unique, surreal and sometimes disorienting audio backdrop to Patrick McGoohan’s visionary series.
This release brings together all of the specially-composed music and library tracks in one collection for the first time, along with many alternate and unused takes.
Carefully compiled and remastered from the best available sources, this 6-CD set is accompanied by detailed notes from TV historian Andrew Pixley.
廃盤商品。人間を番号で呼ぶ村の虜囚となった男の孤独な戦いを描いたイギリスのスパイアクションドラマ・シリーズ。アルバート・エルムス、ウィルフレッド・ジョセフス、ロバート・ファーノン、ロン・グレイナーらによるオリジナル・スコアの他、劇中に使用されたライブラリー音源も全て収録した究極のCD6枚組の完全盤！本編未使用楽曲や別バージョン等も収録。
トラックリスト重要な国家機密に関わるひとりの男が何かの理由で辞表を叩きつけ職を離れる。だが、国から旅立とうとする男の部屋に催眠ガスが充満し、男は気を失う。やがて目覚めた時、男は見知らぬ“村”にいた。人々はナンバーで呼ばれ、奇妙な生活を行っている。脱走しようとすると泡状の物体によって捕獲されてしまい、決して“村”から逃げることは出来ない。男に付けられたナンバーは“６”。自らの自由と、この世界を取り巻く陰謀を暴くためにＮＯ.６の孤独な戦いが始まる……。パトリック・マクグーハンが製作・主演を務める、スパイ・スリラー風のＳＦ不条理劇で、そのインテリジェンスな内容は海外ＴＶドラマの中でも特筆すべき高水準。
The music of The Prisoner is, in its own way, as much of a puzzle as the series itself.
No fewer than three opening title themes were commissioned, with the final choice subjected to extensive revision at the suggestion of Patrick McGoohan.
Original incidental cues for the series were composed by Albert Elms, Wilfred Josephs and Robert Farnon, with key episodes receiving their own score, whilst others were tracked using these same themes.
In addition, dozens more pieces were sourced from the Chappell Music library, many of them as distinctive and characterful as the specially-composed cues. Together, these musical items provided a unique, surreal and sometimes disorienting audio backdrop to Patrick McGoohan’s visionary series.
This release brings together all of the specially-composed music and library tracks in one collection for the first time, along with many alternate and unused takes.
Carefully compiled and remastered from the best available sources, this 6-CD set is accompanied by detailed notes from TV historian Andrew Pixley.
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