ハウス・オブ・ザ・ドラゴン　（シーズン１） (2CD)
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON: Season 1 (2CD)

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ドラゴンを操るターガリエン家が長きにわたり統治するウェスタロス大陸。王ヴィセーリスの跡継ぎ問題が浮上し、平和な治世に陰りが生じる。王位継承権を持つのは、王の娘レイニラ、そして王の弟デイモン。“鉄の玉座”を巡り、壮絶な戦いが始まるー。

Remastered reissue. Limited Edition of 350 units.
8-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Nicolas Magenham.

In collaboration with Warner Chappell Music France, Music Box Records is pleased to reissue on CD two original motion picture soundtracks composed and conducted by Michel Legrand. The common point with the two French films is actress Annie Girardot (Rocco and His Brothers, Docteur Francoise Gailland and Les Miserables) at the height of her popularity in the 1970s.

Les Feux de la Chandeleur (Hearth Fires, 1972) (directed by Serge Korber) evokes the breakup of a middle-aged, provincial couple and the pain of passionate love. It recounts the separation of Marie-Louise (Annie Girardot) and Alexandre (Jean Rochefort) in a small provincial town. The years pass, but Marie-Louise lives increasingly in the hope of a reconciliation, a hope which is driving her crazy and ends up killing her. The film is at once a melodrama and a commentary on society. Michel Legrand does not attempt here to mince words or to attenuate the melodramatic aspect of Korber's film. Indeed, on the contrary, perhaps influenced by a Hollywood aesthetic in which he is immersed in this period, he composes a score in which plaintive and luxuriant strings dominate, that communicate a theme of infinite sadness. The score also includes some very "seventies" pop numbers, serving as backdrop to parties scenes as well as a nod towards musical comedy, a tribute to French cinema master Jacques Demy.

La Vieille Fille (The Old Maid, 1972) (directed by Jean-Pierre Blanc) speaks of a fledgling love, by contrast Serge Korber's film and evokes its exact opposite. It tells the story of a couple (Annie Girardot and Philippe Noiret) whose love for each other begins before either has confessed it to one another, during the gentle days of the famous French summer holidays. The film's writing brings out an atypical kind of mood, strange, depressing, and full of an affectionately mocking tone towards the characters. This sweet and melancholic film’s musical score (but also dissonant and pop) includes numerous harmonically descending marches which illustrate main character’s fall into speechlessness and reserve. Michel Legrand brought together a series of instruments both discreet and modest, but each of which nevertheless has its own prominent and perceptible colour (glockenspiel, celesta, harp, harpsichord).

Between the romantic heights of Les Feux de la Chandeleur and the melancholy delicateness of La Vieille Fille, this album presents a rich, complex and almost schizophrenic portrait of the composer Michel Legrand at the beginning of the 1970s. This reissue has been newly remastered from the original master tapes. The release is limited to 350 units.

Disc 1
1 Main Title (From "Game of Thrones")
2 The Heirs of the Dragon
3 Reign of the Targaryens
4 Rhaenyra's Welcome
5 A Pack of Hounds
6 The Tournament
7 An Impossible Choice
8 The Rogue Prince
9 The Prince That Was Promised
10 Compromise and Consequences
11 The Power of Prophecy
12 Trouble in the Stepstones
13 Surrender
14 King of the Narrow Sea
15 Lanterns at Nightfall
16 Whatever May Come
17 House Velaryon
18 The Green Dress
19 First Dance
20 Celebration Dance
21 Targaryen Dance
22 We Light the Way
23 Destiny

Disc 2
1 Pass Judgement
2 Funeral By the Sea
3 Daemon and Rhaenyra
4 Aemond Rides Vhagar
5 The Hard Truth
6 Sealed in Fire and Blood
7 Protector of the Realm
8 The Silent Sisters
9 The Language of Girls
10 A Warning
11 Lament
12 Fate of the Kingdoms
13 Interests of the Realm
14 Coronation
15 Dragons Will Rule the Kingdom
16 The Crown of Jaehaerys
17 Dragons Do Not Fear Blood
18 Death and Rebirth
19 True Meaning of Loyalty
20 Bloodlines Will Burn
21 The Promise