1979年にテレビ放映された『THE FLAME IS LOVE』は、ヒンディ・ブルックスとバーバラ・カートランドの脚本、マイケル・オヘリー監督、リンダ・パール、ティモシー・ダルトン・シェーン・ブリアント、リチャード・ジョンソンがナレーター役で出演。バーバラ・カートランドの恋愛小説の映画化。世紀末のアメリカの相続人が、イギリス人男性との婚約にもかかわらず、パリのジャーナリストと悲劇的な恋に落ちる。
『THE FLAME IS LOVE』、『NIGHT JOURNEY』、『CRACKING UP』、『ポリス・ストーリー』、『真夜中の侵入者／亡霊は誰を待つ？』（別題：『亡霊の館』）、そしてコンサート作品『TIBURON』の音楽を収録した『THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION』第2弾の作品集が初リリース！
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION, Volume 2 featuring music from several films from the composer’s extensive filmography.
Airing on television in 1979, THE FLAME IS LOVE was written by Hindi Brooks and Barbara Cartland, directed by Michael O’Herlihy, starring Linda Purl, Timothy Dalton Shane Briant and Richard Johnson as the Narrator. An adaptation of one of Barbara Cartland's romantic novels. A turn of the century American heiress falls tragically in love with a Parisian journalist despite her engagement to an Englishman.
NIGHT JOURNEY (Track 14) is an original schizophrenic composition by Stevens that provides an intellectual contrast to his mellifluous television scores. Brimming with dissonant chorale brass, pulsating percussion, high-speed walking bass, an acrobatic drum solo, and a quirky little fugue for woodwind and brass, the piece explodes with harlequin colors, multiple personalities, and dynamic expressions that refuse to remain stationary for long.
CRACKING UP (or Smorgasbord, 1981) is an American comedy flick starring Jerry Lewis?his last as director?featuring a series of short slapstick sketches, set pieces, and blackout gags. One of Stevens’ most haunting melodies can be heard in the chilling “Opening Theme” to SHE WAITS (1978)?an American made-for-television horror film starring Patty Duke (arranged and performed by Mark Northam). The story revolves around a murdered woman whose spirit possesses her surviving husband’s new wife. Also featured herein is the single version of his heavy-hitting theme for Police Woman (1974?1978).
Perhaps Stevens’ most notorious work?through no fault of his own?was his labyrinthine score for the Italian horror film GREAT WHITE (or L’ultimo Squalo, 1981) which so blatantly plagiarized Steven Spielberg’s classic film Jaws (1975), the motion picture was permanently banned in the United States one month after its initial release. Not wanting a good score go to waste, Stevens arranged a rousing three-movement concert work titled TIBURON based off material from his score Born In Newark, New Jersey in 1929,
Morton Stevens studied composition at the Juilliard School and became the arranger and later, the musical director, for Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli. He also served as music director for CBS and was a prolific composer and arranger for television for over 30 years. Best known for the famous theme music for HAWAII FIVE-0, for which he won two Emmys, Stevens contributed music to many television shows, including GUNSMOKE, POLICE WOMAN, THRILLER, WAGON TRAIN, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., CIMARRON STRIP, THE WILD WILD WEST and TINY TOON ADVENTURES. Stevens also served on the board of directors for the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences. Surprisingly, he only scored a few feature films including ACT OF PIRACY, THEY STILL CALL ME BRUCE, CRACKING UP and THE RAIDERS. Stevens scored 101 TV movies and nine motion pictures in a three-decade career that began in the early 1960s and ran until 1990. A former student of Jerry Goldsmith, he co-scored the 1981 miniseries MASADA and Arthur Hayley’s WHEELS in 1978, for which he both received Emmy nominations.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the premiere soundtrack release of THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION, Volume 2, featuring music composed by Morton Stevens for THE FLAME IS LOVE, NIGHT JOURNEY, CRACKING UP, POLICE STORY, SHE WAITS and his concert work, TIBURON . The liner notes are written by noted author Brian Satterwhite. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland.
「炎の砦マサダ」などのモートン・スティーヴンス作品集第２弾。
トラックリスト1979年にテレビ放映された『THE FLAME IS LOVE』は、ヒンディ・ブルックスとバーバラ・カートランドの脚本、マイケル・オヘリー監督、リンダ・パール、ティモシー・ダルトン・シェーン・ブリアント、リチャード・ジョンソンがナレーター役で出演。バーバラ・カートランドの恋愛小説の映画化。世紀末のアメリカの相続人が、イギリス人男性との婚約にもかかわらず、パリのジャーナリストと悲劇的な恋に落ちる。
"NIGHT JOURNEY"（トラック14）は、スティーヴンスによるオリジナルの精神分裂病的な曲で、彼の芳醇なテレビ音楽とは知的なコントラストを成している。不協和音のコラール・ブラス、脈打つパーカッション、高速のウォーキング・ベース、アクロバティックなドラム・ソロ、木管と金管のための風変わりなフーガなど、この曲はハーレクイン・カラー、多重人格、長く静止することを拒むダイナミックな表現で爆発する。
『CRACKING UP』（1981年）は、ジェリー・ルイス主演のアメリカのコメディ映画で、彼の最後の監督作品である。スティーヴンスの最も心に残るメロディーのひとつは、パティ・デューク主演のアメリカのテレビ用ホラー映画『真夜中の侵入者／亡霊は誰を待つ？』（1978年）の"オープニング・テーマ"で聴くことができる（編曲・演奏はマーク・ノーサム）。殺された女性の霊が、生き残った夫の新しい妻に憑依するというストーリー。また、『女刑事ペパー』（1974-1978）の大ヒット・テーマのシングル・バージョンも収録されている。
スティーヴンス自身には何の落ち度もないが、おそらく最も悪名高い作品は、イタリアのホラー映画『ジョーズ・リターンズ』（1981年）の迷宮入りスコアであろう。この映画はスティーヴン・スピルバーグの名作映画『ジョーズ』（1975年）をあからさまに盗用したため、アメリカでは公開1ヵ月後に永久上映禁止となった。良いスコアを無駄にしたくないスティーヴンスは、1929年にニュージャージー州ニューアークで生まれた彼のスコアをもとに、『TIBURON』というタイトルの3楽章からなる盛り上がる演奏会用作品を編曲した。
モートン・スティーヴンスはジュリアード音楽院で作曲を学び、サミー・デイヴィス・ジュニア、フランク・シナトラ、ディーン・マーティン、ライザ・ミネリのアレンジャー、後に音楽監督となった。また、CBSの音楽監督も務め、30年以上にわたってテレビの作曲家・編曲家として活躍した。エミー賞を2度受賞した『ハワイ５－Ｏ』の有名なテーマ曲で知られるスティーヴンスは、『ガンスモーク』、『女刑事ペパー』、『スリラー』、『幌馬車隊』、『００１１ナポレオン・ソロ』、『シマロン』、『0088／ワイルド・ウェスト』、『TINY TOON ADVENTURES』など、多くのテレビ番組に音楽を提供した。スティーヴンスはまた、テレビ芸術科学アカデミーの理事も務めた。意外なことに、彼が長編映画の音楽を担当したのは、『バラクーダ』、『抱腹絶倒クレイジー・チョップ』、『CRACKING UP』、『THE RAIDERS』など数本だけである。スティーヴンスは、1960年代初頭から1990年までの30年間で、101本のテレビ映画と9本の映画音楽を担当した。ジェリー・ゴールドスミスの元教え子である彼は、1981年のミニシリーズ『炎の砦マサダ』と1978年のアーサー・ヘイリーの『自動車』の共同スコアを担当し、両作品ともエミー賞にノミネートされた。
『THE FLAME IS LOVE』、『NIGHT JOURNEY』、『CRACKING UP』、『ポリス・ストーリー』、『真夜中の侵入者／亡霊は誰を待つ？』（別題：『亡霊の館』）、そしてコンサート作品『TIBURON』の音楽を収録した『THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION』第2弾の作品集が初リリース！
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION, Volume 2 featuring music from several films from the composer’s extensive filmography.
Airing on television in 1979, THE FLAME IS LOVE was written by Hindi Brooks and Barbara Cartland, directed by Michael O’Herlihy, starring Linda Purl, Timothy Dalton Shane Briant and Richard Johnson as the Narrator. An adaptation of one of Barbara Cartland's romantic novels. A turn of the century American heiress falls tragically in love with a Parisian journalist despite her engagement to an Englishman.
NIGHT JOURNEY (Track 14) is an original schizophrenic composition by Stevens that provides an intellectual contrast to his mellifluous television scores. Brimming with dissonant chorale brass, pulsating percussion, high-speed walking bass, an acrobatic drum solo, and a quirky little fugue for woodwind and brass, the piece explodes with harlequin colors, multiple personalities, and dynamic expressions that refuse to remain stationary for long.
CRACKING UP (or Smorgasbord, 1981) is an American comedy flick starring Jerry Lewis?his last as director?featuring a series of short slapstick sketches, set pieces, and blackout gags. One of Stevens’ most haunting melodies can be heard in the chilling “Opening Theme” to SHE WAITS (1978)?an American made-for-television horror film starring Patty Duke (arranged and performed by Mark Northam). The story revolves around a murdered woman whose spirit possesses her surviving husband’s new wife. Also featured herein is the single version of his heavy-hitting theme for Police Woman (1974?1978).
Perhaps Stevens’ most notorious work?through no fault of his own?was his labyrinthine score for the Italian horror film GREAT WHITE (or L’ultimo Squalo, 1981) which so blatantly plagiarized Steven Spielberg’s classic film Jaws (1975), the motion picture was permanently banned in the United States one month after its initial release. Not wanting a good score go to waste, Stevens arranged a rousing three-movement concert work titled TIBURON based off material from his score Born In Newark, New Jersey in 1929,
Morton Stevens studied composition at the Juilliard School and became the arranger and later, the musical director, for Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli. He also served as music director for CBS and was a prolific composer and arranger for television for over 30 years. Best known for the famous theme music for HAWAII FIVE-0, for which he won two Emmys, Stevens contributed music to many television shows, including GUNSMOKE, POLICE WOMAN, THRILLER, WAGON TRAIN, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., CIMARRON STRIP, THE WILD WILD WEST and TINY TOON ADVENTURES. Stevens also served on the board of directors for the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences. Surprisingly, he only scored a few feature films including ACT OF PIRACY, THEY STILL CALL ME BRUCE, CRACKING UP and THE RAIDERS. Stevens scored 101 TV movies and nine motion pictures in a three-decade career that began in the early 1960s and ran until 1990. A former student of Jerry Goldsmith, he co-scored the 1981 miniseries MASADA and Arthur Hayley’s WHEELS in 1978, for which he both received Emmy nominations.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the premiere soundtrack release of THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION, Volume 2, featuring music composed by Morton Stevens for THE FLAME IS LOVE, NIGHT JOURNEY, CRACKING UP, POLICE STORY, SHE WAITS and his concert work, TIBURON . The liner notes are written by noted author Brian Satterwhite. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland.
2024/4/8の週発売
THE FLAME IS LOVE
1. Main Titles / Nancy Visits Varda In New York (2:17)
2. Varda’s Arrival in France/Nancy Gives Varda Her Gun (3:02)
3. Arrival In Paris/Varda Walks To Tailor/Gown Fitting Montage (3:05)
4. Varda Meets The Marquis/Varda Pulls Her Gun On Pierre/Pierre Asks Varda On A Date (4:34)
5. Alone With A Man (Accordion Source) (2:33)
6. Carriage Ride With Marquis/Moulin Rouge (4:39)
7. Moulin Rouge Sources (Can-Can) (4:07)
8. She Was Terrified/The Satanists Gorge Themselves/ Varda is Drugged (3:07)
9. The Black Mass (2:50)
10. Vile Ceremony/Pierre Shoots Marquis/Rescuing Varda (3:04)
11. Letter To Pierre/Varda To England/You Have The Soul Of A Liar (3:20)
12. Pierre’s Marriage Proposal/Finale/End Credit (2:16)
13. The Marquis’ Ceremonial Organ (Source) (3:55)
14. Night Journey (6:41)
15. CRACKING UP Suite (5:22)
SHE WAITS
16. Opening Theme (2:40)
POLICE WOMAN
17. Single (2:39)
TIBURON
18. Movement #1 (7:36)
19. Movement #2 (4:32)
20. Movement #3 (6:26)
Total Time: 79:38