1978年の『THE GREAT WHALES』は、作曲者とニコラス・ノクソン監督との最初のコラボレーションで、作曲者の最も荘厳なメインテーマのひとつが含まれている。オーケストラに加え、ホールドリッジは金管楽器の下向きのストロークに混じってひょろひょろとしたシンセの音を入れ、クジラの巨大な重量感と知性を表現している。『THE GREAT WHALES』のナレーションもアレクサンダー・スカービーが担当した。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 featuring music composed and conducted by Lee Holdridge (JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL, SPLASH, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) for three documentary films from his extensive filmography, THE SHARKS, THE GREAT WHALES and GOLD.
Lee Holdridge has scored a wide range of feature films, TV movies, television series and documentaries over the last four decades, with more than 230 projects, brimming with memorable and affecting music. The composer holds the latter in a particularly favored category. LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 presents music from three television documentaries, from exploring popular seagoing creatures to the lust for seeking treasures of Gold. The original recordings are being released here for the first time.
Released in 1982, THE SHARKS follows an expedition to study sharks and challenge the myths around them. The film allowed the composer to write music that is more pensive and impressionist, high string figures, rising chords of brass, a murky vibrato from lower strings set against a growing anxiety from smashing cymbals counterpointed against low brass intonations. THE SHARKS was narrated by Alexander Scourby.
From 1978, THE GREAT WHALES was the composer’s first collaboration with director Nicholas Noxon and includes one of the composer’s most majestic main themes. In addition to the orchestra, Holdridge also includes a wiry synth sound mixed in among the downward strokes of brass, identifying the massive weight and intelligence of the whales. THE GREAT WHALES was also narrated by Alexander Scourby.
Also from 1978, GOLD was written and directed by Irwin Rosten, narrated by E.G. Marshall. GOLD was a completely different kind of documentary, about a thing called ‘gold’ and the eternal lust for it. GOLD gave the composer the opportunity to write a song, after being asked by the director to treat it as if it were a song for a James Bond film or a commercial.
Lee Holdridge was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1944. He spent his early years in Costa Rica, beginning music studies on the violin at the age of ten with Hugo Mariani, then the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. Later, Holdridge moved to New York to continue his music studies and begin his professional career as a composer. Holdridge’s successes in New York came to the attention of Neil Diamond who brought Holdridge to Los Angeles to write arrangements for his forthcoming albums. A string of Gold and Platinum hits followed, which led to Diamond and Holdridge collaborating on the film score for JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Since that time, Holdridge has scored numerous film such as SPLASH, BIG BUSINESS, MR. MOM, MICKI & MAUDE, 16 DAYS OF GLORY, SYLVESTER, A TIGER’S TALE, EL PUEBLO DEL SOL, OLD GRINGO, PASTIME and BROTHERS AT WAR. His television work include MOONLIGHTING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the complete eight hour remake of EAST OF EDEN, DREAMER OF OZ, Hallmark Hall Of Fame’s ONE AGAINST THE WIND and THE STORY LADY. Lee also began a very successful collaboration with Moriah Films, the film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, with the Academy Award winning documentary feature film THE LONG WAY HOME. In addition to his film career, Mr. Holdridge has had an extensive repertoire of concert works performed and recorded. He has also worked with many major recording artists having written, arranged and conducted for Placido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Brian May of Queen, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Neil Sedaka, Daniel Rodriguez, Al Jarreau, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Jane Oliver and many others.
Dragon’s Domain Records is excited to bring these documentary film scores to compact disc for the first time as part of LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland. The booklet includes exclusive liner notes written by author Randall Larson with the participation of the composer.
LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 is a limited edition release of 500 units 2023/8/21の週発売
トラックリスト
THE SHARKS 1. The History Of Sharks (2:26) 2. Studying Sharks (5:02) 3. Mega Mouth/Man And Shark (7:45) 4. The Great White/Electric Fields (4:34) 5. Hammerheads/Squids/Protective Suits (5:25) 6. Gliding Underwater/Birth of a Shark/Finale (4:03) THE GREAT WHALES 7. Opening (2:51) 8. Whales In Captivity (2:32) 9. Whales At Play (1:54) 10. Whales On The High Seas (1:27) 11. Pods (2:20) 12. The Baby Whale (1:53) 13. Gigi (3:45) 14. Russians and Greenpeace (1:10) 15. Finale (2:09) GOLD! 16. Good As Gold (2:13) 17. Noble Gold/History Of Gold (2:18) 18. Germany In The 1920s/“God Gave Us Gold” (2:46) 19. Mining/Dubai/Italy (2:54) 20. Legend Of El Dorado/Burial Chamber (3:21) 21. Almighty Gold/Closing Credits (4:38) 22. Introduction and Theme (From “The Great Whales”) (4:04) Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Charles Gerhardt Total Time: 72:30
リー・ホルドリッジのドキュメンタリー作品集第１弾。「THE SHARKS」、「THE GREAT WHALES」、「GOLD!」３作品のオリジナル・サウンドトラックを収録。
トラックリストリー・ホールドリッジは、過去40年間にわたり、長編映画、TV映画、TVシリーズ、ドキュメンタリーなど幅広いジャンルの音楽を手がけ、その数は230を超え、記憶に残る印象的な音楽で溢れている。この作曲家は、特に好んで後者を担当している。『LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1』では、3つのテレビ・ドキュメンタリーの音楽を紹介している。人気の高い海洋生物の探検から、黄金の宝物を求める欲望まで。オリジナル・レコーディングはここで初公開される。
1982年に公開された『THE SHARKS』は、サメを研究する探検隊を追い、サメにまつわる神話に挑戦する。この映画のおかげで、作曲家はより物思いにふけり、印象派的な音楽を書くことができた。高い弦の数字、金管の上昇する和音、低音弦の濁ったビブラート、低音金管のイントネーションに対置されたシンバルの打ち鳴らしによる不安の高まり。THE SHARKS』のナレーションはアレクサンダー・スカービーが担当した。
1978年の『THE GREAT WHALES』は、作曲者とニコラス・ノクソン監督との最初のコラボレーションで、作曲者の最も荘厳なメインテーマのひとつが含まれている。オーケストラに加え、ホールドリッジは金管楽器の下向きのストロークに混じってひょろひょろとしたシンセの音を入れ、クジラの巨大な重量感と知性を表現している。『THE GREAT WHALES』のナレーションもアレクサンダー・スカービーが担当した。
同じく1978年の『GOLD』は、アーウィン・ロステンが脚本・監督、E.G.マーシャルがナレーションを担当。GOLD』は、"金 "と呼ばれるものと、それに対する永遠の欲望を描いた、まったく異なる種類のドキュメンタリーであった。『GOLD』は、ジェームズ・ボンド映画かコマーシャルの曲のように扱うよう監督から依頼され、作曲家に曲を書く機会を与えた。
リー・ホールドリッジは1944年ハイチのポルトープランス生まれ。幼少期をコスタリカで過ごし、10歳で当時コスタリカ国立交響楽団の指揮者だったウーゴ・マリアーニにヴァイオリンを習い始める。その後、ホールドリッジはニューヨークに移り、音楽の勉強を続け、作曲家としてプロとしてのキャリアをスタートさせた。ニューヨークでの成功がニール・ダイアモンドの目に留まり、彼はホールドリッジをロサンゼルスに連れてきて、近々リリースするアルバムのアレンジを書かせた。その後、ゴールド・ヒットやプラチナ・ヒットが相次ぎ、ダイアモンドとホールドリッジは『かもめのジョナサン』の映画音楽でコラボレーションすることになった。それ以来、ホールドリッジは『スプラッシュ』、『ビッグ・ビジネス』、『ミスター・マム』、『結婚ダブルス／ミッキー＆モード』、『ロスアンゼルス・オリンピック'８４』、『跳べ！シルベスター』、『サマー・デイズ』、『私が愛したグリンゴ』、『ワン・カップ・オブ・コーヒー』など数多くの映画音楽を手がけている。テレビ作品では、『こちらブルームーン探偵社』、『美女と野獣』、8時間完全リメイク版『エデンの東』、『風に向かって』、『おばあちゃんの贈り物』などがある。また、サイモン・ウィーゼンタール・センターの映画部門であるモリア・フィルムズとのコラボレーションも、アカデミー賞を受賞した長編ドキュメンタリー映画『ロング ウェイ ホーム 遥かなる故郷 イスラエル建国の道』で大成功を収めた。映画でのキャリアに加え、ホールドリッジ氏はコンサート作品の幅広いレパートリーを持ち、演奏やレコーディングを行ってきた。また、プラシド・ドミンゴ、バーブラ・ストライサンド、クイーンのブライアン・メイ、スティーヴィー・ワンダー、ニール・ダイアモンド、ジョン・デンバー、ニール・セダカ、ダニエル・ロドリゲス、アル・ジャロウ、ディオンヌ・ワーウィック、ダイアナ・ロス、ナタリー・コール、ジェーン・オリヴァーなど、多くのメジャー・アーティストのために作曲、編曲、指揮をしてきた。
LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1は500枚限定リリース。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 featuring music composed and conducted by Lee Holdridge (JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL, SPLASH, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) for three documentary films from his extensive filmography, THE SHARKS, THE GREAT WHALES and GOLD.
Lee Holdridge has scored a wide range of feature films, TV movies, television series and documentaries over the last four decades, with more than 230 projects, brimming with memorable and affecting music. The composer holds the latter in a particularly favored category. LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 presents music from three television documentaries, from exploring popular seagoing creatures to the lust for seeking treasures of Gold. The original recordings are being released here for the first time.
Released in 1982, THE SHARKS follows an expedition to study sharks and challenge the myths around them. The film allowed the composer to write music that is more pensive and impressionist, high string figures, rising chords of brass, a murky vibrato from lower strings set against a growing anxiety from smashing cymbals counterpointed against low brass intonations. THE SHARKS was narrated by Alexander Scourby.
From 1978, THE GREAT WHALES was the composer’s first collaboration with director Nicholas Noxon and includes one of the composer’s most majestic main themes. In addition to the orchestra, Holdridge also includes a wiry synth sound mixed in among the downward strokes of brass, identifying the massive weight and intelligence of the whales. THE GREAT WHALES was also narrated by Alexander Scourby.
Also from 1978, GOLD was written and directed by Irwin Rosten, narrated by E.G. Marshall. GOLD was a completely different kind of documentary, about a thing called ‘gold’ and the eternal lust for it. GOLD gave the composer the opportunity to write a song, after being asked by the director to treat it as if it were a song for a James Bond film or a commercial.
Lee Holdridge was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1944. He spent his early years in Costa Rica, beginning music studies on the violin at the age of ten with Hugo Mariani, then the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. Later, Holdridge moved to New York to continue his music studies and begin his professional career as a composer. Holdridge’s successes in New York came to the attention of Neil Diamond who brought Holdridge to Los Angeles to write arrangements for his forthcoming albums. A string of Gold and Platinum hits followed, which led to Diamond and Holdridge collaborating on the film score for JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. Since that time, Holdridge has scored numerous film such as SPLASH, BIG BUSINESS, MR. MOM, MICKI & MAUDE, 16 DAYS OF GLORY, SYLVESTER, A TIGER’S TALE, EL PUEBLO DEL SOL, OLD GRINGO, PASTIME and BROTHERS AT WAR. His television work include MOONLIGHTING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the complete eight hour remake of EAST OF EDEN, DREAMER OF OZ, Hallmark Hall Of Fame’s ONE AGAINST THE WIND and THE STORY LADY. Lee also began a very successful collaboration with Moriah Films, the film division of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, with the Academy Award winning documentary feature film THE LONG WAY HOME. In addition to his film career, Mr. Holdridge has had an extensive repertoire of concert works performed and recorded. He has also worked with many major recording artists having written, arranged and conducted for Placido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Brian May of Queen, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, John Denver, Neil Sedaka, Daniel Rodriguez, Al Jarreau, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, Jane Oliver and many others.
Dragon’s Domain Records is excited to bring these documentary film scores to compact disc for the first time as part of LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland. The booklet includes exclusive liner notes written by author Randall Larson with the participation of the composer.
LEE HOLDRIDGE DOCUMENTARIES, VOLUME 1 is a limited edition release of 500 units
2023/8/21の週発売
THE SHARKS
1. The History Of Sharks (2:26)
2. Studying Sharks (5:02)
3. Mega Mouth/Man And Shark (7:45)
4. The Great White/Electric Fields (4:34)
5. Hammerheads/Squids/Protective Suits (5:25)
6. Gliding Underwater/Birth of a Shark/Finale (4:03)
THE GREAT WHALES
7. Opening (2:51)
8. Whales In Captivity (2:32)
9. Whales At Play (1:54)
10. Whales On The High Seas (1:27)
11. Pods (2:20)
12. The Baby Whale (1:53)
13. Gigi (3:45)
14. Russians and Greenpeace (1:10)
15. Finale (2:09)
GOLD!
16. Good As Gold (2:13)
17. Noble Gold/History Of Gold (2:18)
18. Germany In The 1920s/“God Gave Us Gold” (2:46)
19. Mining/Dubai/Italy (2:54)
20. Legend Of El Dorado/Burial Chamber (3:21)
21. Almighty Gold/Closing Credits (4:38)
22. Introduction and Theme (From “The Great Whales”) (4:04)
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Gerhardt
Total Time: 72:30