Franz Waxman’s 1950 Academy Award-winning masterpiece finally comes to CD! This first-ever studio-authorized release incorporates all of the surviving elements in the Paramount Pictures music archive (approximately two-thirds of the complete score) along with the original “Prelude” and “Conversing Corpses,” a cue for a brilliantly scored deleted scene. Because of their major importance to the film’s story, the bonus section also includes all of the surviving source cues?even though some of these tracks have suffered from their years of storage. A final treat is the Jay Livingston-Ray Evans song “Paramount Don’t-Want-Me Blues” (not used in the finished film), newly recorded especially for this release by Los Angeles vocalist Whitney Claire Kaufman and pianist Nelson Kole.
This double cd contains two 28 and 40 page lavish booklets with scenes on and off camera and many never before photos of Franz Waxman contributed by his son John Waxman. Extensive liner notes by Ryan Brennan and Curt Hardaway. Package design by Jim Titus.
トラックリスト
1. PRELUDE 8:18 2. MONEY TROUBLE / THE SCHWABADERO 1:11 3. CHASE AND MANSION / AN AGING ACTRESS 3:54 4. THE ORGAN GRINDER :40 5. A CURIOUS COLLABORATION :38 6. NORMA’S GALLERY 1:19 7. AFTERNOON OUTINGS / SACRIFICE OF SELF-RESPECT 4:47 8. DRAMATIC CHORD 1:04 9. AFTER AULD LANG SYNE / THE PAMPERED PRINCE :49 10. PARADING TO PARAMOUNT :54 11. INTERVIEW WITH DEMILLE 1:49 12. DEMILLE’S COMPASSION :38 13. THE STUDIO STROLL :25 14. FAREWELL / JOE WALKS OUT 6:41 15. THE COMEBACK 4:19 16. SUNSET BOULEVARD CAST :25
Source Cues: 17. TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR (EXCERPTS) 3:36 18. LA CUMPARSITA 3:32 19. DIANE 2:51 20. CHARMAINE 2:20 21. AULD LANG SYNE 1:01
22. MAIN TITLE (FILM VERSION WITH EFFECTS) 1:28
Total disc time: 52:40
Bonus Disc:
1. THE PARAMOUNT-DON’T-WANT-ME BLUES 2:24 (Newly recorded by vocalist Whitney Claire Kaufman and pianist Nelson Kole.)
1950年度アカデミー賞を受賞したフランツ・ワックスマンの傑作、「サンセット大通り」のサウンドトラックがついにCDリリース！
トラックリストある日、借金取りに追われていた売れない脚本家のジョーは、サンセット大通りに建つ一軒の寂れた邸宅に逃げ込む。そこは、サイレント映画時代の伝説的女優ノーマ・デズモンドの住まいだった。そして、かつての栄光を取り戻すべく銀幕への復帰を目指す彼女は、ジョーに主演作品の脚本を住み込みで執筆させることに。寝食にありつけるとあってこの依頼を引き受けたジョー。しかし、仕事はおろか私生活まで束縛され、ノーマへの不満が募っていく。やがて、ノーマが未だ復帰の機会を得られない中、同じ脚本畑のベティに癒しを求めていくジョーだったが…。
豪邸で隠匿生活を送るサイレント映画時代の伝説的女優と、彼女が自身のために書いたシナリオの修正をまかされた売れない脚本家。ジゴロ気取りで邸宅での日々を過ごしていた脚本家が、仕事だけでなく私生活すら束縛される事に怒りを感じ始めた時、物語は悲劇を迎える。過去の栄光だけを糧として生きる忘れられたスター、ノーマ・デスモンドや彼女の召使、脚本家と恋に落ちる女性などの人物設定を始めとして、オスカーに輝いた脚本の構成は素晴らしく、ハリウッドの光と影をＢ・ワイルダーが見事に活写した傑作。ノーマに扮したＧ・スワンソンのラスト・シーンに向けて次第にテンションの上がって行く鬼気迫る芝居も凄い。監督： ビリー・ワイルダー、出演：グロリア・スワンソン、ウィリアム・ホールデン。1950年米。
Franz Waxman’s 1950 Academy Award-winning masterpiece finally comes to CD! This first-ever studio-authorized release incorporates all of the surviving elements in the Paramount Pictures music archive (approximately two-thirds of the complete score) along with the original “Prelude” and “Conversing Corpses,” a cue for a brilliantly scored deleted scene. Because of their major importance to the film’s story, the bonus section also includes all of the surviving source cues?even though some of these tracks have suffered from their years of storage. A final treat is the Jay Livingston-Ray Evans song “Paramount Don’t-Want-Me Blues” (not used in the finished film), newly recorded especially for this release by Los Angeles vocalist Whitney Claire Kaufman and pianist Nelson Kole.
This double cd contains two 28 and 40 page lavish booklets with scenes on and off camera and many never before photos of Franz Waxman contributed by his son John Waxman. Extensive liner notes by Ryan Brennan and Curt Hardaway. Package design by Jim Titus.
1. PRELUDE 8:18
2. MONEY TROUBLE / THE SCHWABADERO 1:11
3. CHASE AND MANSION / AN AGING ACTRESS 3:54
4. THE ORGAN GRINDER :40
5. A CURIOUS COLLABORATION :38
6. NORMA’S GALLERY 1:19
7. AFTERNOON OUTINGS / SACRIFICE OF SELF-RESPECT 4:47
8. DRAMATIC CHORD 1:04
9. AFTER AULD LANG SYNE / THE PAMPERED PRINCE :49
10. PARADING TO PARAMOUNT :54
11. INTERVIEW WITH DEMILLE 1:49
12. DEMILLE’S COMPASSION :38
13. THE STUDIO STROLL :25
14. FAREWELL / JOE WALKS OUT 6:41
15. THE COMEBACK 4:19
16. SUNSET BOULEVARD CAST :25
Source Cues:
17. TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR (EXCERPTS) 3:36
18. LA CUMPARSITA 3:32
19. DIANE 2:51
20. CHARMAINE 2:20
21. AULD LANG SYNE 1:01
22. MAIN TITLE (FILM VERSION WITH EFFECTS) 1:28
Total disc time: 52:40
Bonus Disc:
1. THE PARAMOUNT-DON’T-WANT-ME BLUES 2:24 (Newly recorded by vocalist Whitney Claire Kaufman and pianist Nelson Kole.)