ジョン・チャールズは1940年、ニュージーランドのウェリントンで生まれた。1958年にビクトリア大学ウェリントン校(UVW)に入学し文学士号を取得する過程で、在学1年目にUVWジャズクラブに参加。同クラブのピアニストとして定期的にジャズ演奏を始めた。1963年、ニュージーランド放送局(NZBC)で2年間勤務した後、音楽学士号取得のためUVWに復学。1967年にはNZBCテレビのプロデューサーに任命された。同局では様々な生放送の時事番組、ドキュメンタリー音楽番組、バラード番組、ジャズ番組の制作・演出を手掛け、ニュージーランド交響楽団の演奏会中継(1970-1973年)も担当した。1974年にオーストラリアに移住し、その後4年間はABCテレビの音楽部門で働き、シドニー交響楽団の演奏会中継やシリーズ番組『MUSIC OF AUSTRALIA』『WILFRED LEHMAN CONDUCTS』の演出を担当した。映画音楽作品には『明日なき疾走』、『コンスタンス/魅せられて』、『ソルジャー・ストーリー/愛のレジスタンス』などがある。
Dragon's Domain Records presents THE QUIET EARTH: THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN CHARLES, a compilation of music composed by John Charles from several projects in his filmography, including THE QUIET EARTH, UTU and IRIS.
Celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year, THE QUIET EARTH has become a cult classic among sci-fi film buffs and is frequently shown at art cinemas around the world. Released in 1985, the film was directed by Geoff Murphy, written by Craig Harrison, Bill Baer and Bruno Lawrence, starring Lawrence, Alison Rutledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher and Tom Hyde. THE QUIET EARTH follows scientist Zac Hobson (Lawrence), who is awoken early one morning in his oceanside motel room to witness Operation: Flashlight, an effect whereby through a giant energy blast, there are suddenly no people anywhere. Zac attempts to contact other survivors without success. He decides to enjoy “the good life,” moving into an elegant mansion, treating himself in style to goods in local supermarkets and shopping centers. Eventually he locates two other people in his new world ? Joanne (Routledge) and Api (Smith). The usual tension, which develops in the two-men-one-woman scenario, gives way to the realization that the urgency of their very survival is paramount. The film's empty streets, quiet countrysides and deserted buildings create otherworldly landscapes, augmented by John Charles' elegant score, employing a large symphony orchestra and judicious use of electronics.
Airing on television in 1984, IRIS was directed by Tony Issac, written by Keith Aberdein, starring Helen Morse, Philip Holder, John Bach, Donogh Rees, David Ashton, Elizabeth McRae, Roy Billing and Peter Hambleton. IRIS relays the life of New Zealand writer Iris Wilkinson, international novelist, poet and journalist who wrote under the name of Robin Hyde. IRIS is played by Helen Morse, fondly remembered for her work in A TOWN LIKE ALICE. John Charles composed one of his finest works for IRIS, chamber score, very much in style of the 20th-century impressionists such as Debussy, Ibert and Ravel.
Released in 1983, UTU was directed by Geoff Murphy, written by Murphy and Keith Aberdeen, starring Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliot, Kelly Johnson, Tania Bristowe, Ilone Rodgers, Martyn Sanderson, John Bach, Sean Duffie and John Malcolm. UTU is a visually stunning, well-paced and powerfully acted adventure film, dealing with passion and revenge between the European settlers and native M?oris in late nineteenth century New Zealand. UTU was well received by the major critics at the time of its initial release. Charles' rich and evocative original score, drawn from folk music and traditional M?ori material, evokes the period of the drama with orchestration reminiscent of classical music of the nineteenth century.
John Charles was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1940. During his first year at University of Victoria Wellington, where he enrolled for a BA in 1958, he joined the UVW Jazz Club and began playing jazz regularly as their pianist. In 1963, after two years at New Zealand Broadcasting Service, he returned to UVW to complete his study for a Bachelor of Music degree. In 1967 he was appointed producer for NZBC television. There he produced and directed various live current affairs, documentary music, ballad and jazz programs, and broadcasts of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (1970-1973). He moved to Australia in 1974 and for the next four years worked in the Music Department at ABC-TV, directing broadcasts of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the series MUSIC OF AUSTRALIA and WILFRED LEHMAN CONDUCTS. His cinema music credits include GOODBYE PORK PIE, CONSTANCE, A SOLDIER'S TALE , ZOMBIE BRIGADE and TAKING LIBERTIES, the television movies MAN OF LETTERS, THE PERFECTIONIST and the mini-series HEART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY.
Previously released on compact disc by Label X in 1993, Dragon's Domain Records brings together the scores for THE QUIET EARTH and UTU, along with IRIS, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland, carrying over the original liner notes from producer John Stephen Lasher.
THE QUIET EARTH: THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN CHARLES is a limited edition release.
2025/9/29の週発売
トラックリスト
THE QUIET EARTH 01. Sunrise (3:24) 02. Empty Town (1:27) 03. Moving Up In The World (2:13) 04. Zac Takes Over (0:51) 05. Going Down (1:24) 06. Born Again / There Are Others (2:33) 07. The Effect Continues (1:33) 08. Trio (1:44) 09. Taking Off (1:07) 10. Road Block (1:14) 11. Alarm (1:04) 12. Last Love Scene (1:14) 13. Finale / Saturn Rising (4:14) IRIS 14. Opening Music (2:28) 15. You’ve Been With Spring (1:41) 16. Backstage (0:50) 17. Thunder In The Night / Sandhills (2:06) 18. A Ride With Simone (1:36) 19. We Are Two Ghosts / A Real Accident (2:02) 20. All Night Long (1:21) 21. Sleep, Sweet Sleep (1:55) 22. The Wanderer (2:15) 23. God’s Matchless Vault / But The Last Black Horse of All (2:12) 24. Take Me Home (2:06)
UTU 25. Theme From Utu (2:09) 26. Patrol / Destroyed Village* (2:59) (*trad. chant sung by Rangi Dewes) 27. Te Wheke Stalks Emily (2:42) 28. Moko (2:16) (trad. chant sung by Joe Malcolm) 29. The Raid After The Raid / Williamson Retaliates (4:17) 30. Quadruple Barrelled Shotgun* / The Army Approaches Te Puna (3:57) (*composed by S.C. Foster / arr. John Charles) 31. Henare / Night Sentry / Fishing After The Battle (4:18) 32. Williamson Reflects / Te Wheke’s Trek / Williamson Prepares For Utu (2:57) 33. Death Of Te Wheke (Lament*) And Finale (2:33) (*trad. chant sung by Rangi Dewes) 34. Drummers (0:44) 35. Waiata Tangi (2:37) (trad. chant sung by Jane & Paul Makura)
ジョン・チャールズ作品集。ジョン・チャールズが手がけた『クワイエット・アース』『UTU/復讐』『IRIS』のサウンドトラックを収録!
トラックリスト今年で 40周年を迎える『クワイエット・アース』は、SF映画ファンにカルト的な人気を誇り、世界中のアート系映画館で頻繁に上映されています。1985年に公開されたこの作品は、ジェフ・マーフィーが監督、クレイグ・ハリソン、ビル・ベア、ブルーノ・ローレンスが脚本を担当し、ローレンス、アリソン・ラトレッジ、ピート・スミス、アンザック・ウォレス、ノーマン・フレッチャー、トム・ハイドが出演。
『クワイエット・アース』は、ある朝、海辺のモーテルで目覚めた科学者ザック・ホブソン(ローレンス)が、巨大なエネルギーの爆発によって突然、世界から人間がすべて消えてしまう「フラッシュライト作戦」を目撃するところから始まる。ザックは他の生存者に連絡を試みるが、成功しない。彼は「良い人生」を楽しむことを決め、優雅な大邸宅に引っ越し、地元のスーパーマーケットやショッピングセンターで、自分におしゃれな品々を買い与える。やがて、彼はこの新しい世界で、ジョアン(ラトレッジ)とアピ(スミス)という 2 人の生存者を見つける。男女2人と1人の女性という構図で生じる典型的な緊張感は、やがて彼らの生存そのものの切迫性が最優先であるという認識へと変わる。空虚な街路、静寂に包まれた田園、廃墟と化した建物が異世界的な景観を創出し、ジョン・チャールズの優雅なスコア??大規模な交響楽団と電子音の効果的な使用??がこれをさらに引き立てる。
1984年にテレビ放映された『IRIS』は、トニー・アイザック監督、キース・アバーデイン脚本、ヘレン・モース、フィリップ・ホルダー、ジョン・バック、ドノフ・リース、デイヴィッド・アシュトン、エリザベス・マクレー、ロイ・ビリング、ピーター・ハンブルトンが出演。
『IRIS』は、ロビン・ハイドというペンネームで作品を書いた、国際的な小説家、詩人、ジャーナリストであるニュージーランドの作家、アイリス・ウィルキンソンの生涯を描いています。IRISは、『アガサ/愛の失踪事件』、『マッドストーン』などのヘレン・モースが演じています。ジョン・チャールズは、IRISのために、ドビュッシー、イベール、ラヴェルなどの 20世紀の印象派のスタイルを彷彿とさせる、彼の最高傑作のひとつである室内楽の楽曲を作曲しました。
1983年に公開された『UTU(ウツ)/復讐』は、ジェフ・マーフィーが監督、マーフィーとキース・アバディーンが脚本を担当し、アンザック・ウォレス、ブルーノ・ローレンス、ティム・エリオット、ケリー・ジョンソン、タニア・ブリストウ、イローン・ロジャース、マーティン・サンダーソン、ジョン・バック、ショーン・ダフィー、ジョン・マルコムが出演。
『UTU/復讐』は、19 世紀後半のニュージーランドを舞台に、ヨーロッパ人入植者と先住民マオリ族の間の情熱と復讐を描いた、視覚的に見応えのある、テンポの良い、力強い演技の冒険映画です。UTU は、公開当時、主要な批評家から高い評価を受けました。チャールズが、フォークミュージックや伝統的なマオリの素材から引き出した、豊かで想像力をかき立てるオリジナルスコアは、19 世紀のクラシック音楽を彷彿とさせるオーケストレーションで、ドラマの時代を彷彿とさせます。
ジョン・チャールズは1940年、ニュージーランドのウェリントンで生まれた。1958年にビクトリア大学ウェリントン校(UVW)に入学し文学士号を取得する過程で、在学1年目にUVWジャズクラブに参加。同クラブのピアニストとして定期的にジャズ演奏を始めた。1963年、ニュージーランド放送局(NZBC)で2年間勤務した後、音楽学士号取得のためUVWに復学。1967年にはNZBCテレビのプロデューサーに任命された。同局では様々な生放送の時事番組、ドキュメンタリー音楽番組、バラード番組、ジャズ番組の制作・演出を手掛け、ニュージーランド交響楽団の演奏会中継(1970-1973年)も担当した。1974年にオーストラリアに移住し、その後4年間はABCテレビの音楽部門で働き、シドニー交響楽団の演奏会中継やシリーズ番組『MUSIC OF AUSTRALIA』『WILFRED LEHMAN CONDUCTS』の演出を担当した。映画音楽作品には『明日なき疾走』、『コンスタンス/魅せられて』、『ソルジャー・ストーリー/愛のレジスタンス』などがある。
1993年にLabel XよりCDで発売された本作を、Dragon's Domain Recordsが再リリース。ジェームズ・ネルソン(Digital Outland)による新リマスターを施した『IRIS』に加え、『クワイエット・アース』『UTU/復讐』のスコアを収録。プロデューサー、ジョン・スティーブン・ラッシャーによるオリジナル・ライナーノーツを継承。
限定盤。
Dragon's Domain Records presents THE QUIET EARTH: THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN CHARLES, a compilation of music composed by John Charles from several projects in his filmography, including THE QUIET EARTH, UTU and IRIS.
Celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year, THE QUIET EARTH has become a cult classic among sci-fi film buffs and is frequently shown at art cinemas around the world. Released in 1985, the film was directed by Geoff Murphy, written by Craig Harrison, Bill Baer and Bruno Lawrence, starring Lawrence, Alison Rutledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher and Tom Hyde. THE QUIET EARTH follows scientist Zac Hobson (Lawrence), who is awoken early one morning in his oceanside motel room to witness Operation: Flashlight, an effect whereby through a giant energy blast, there are suddenly no people anywhere. Zac attempts to contact other survivors without success. He decides to enjoy “the good life,” moving into an elegant mansion, treating himself in style to goods in local supermarkets and shopping centers. Eventually he locates two other people in his new world ? Joanne (Routledge) and Api (Smith). The usual tension, which develops in the two-men-one-woman scenario, gives way to the realization that the urgency of their very survival is paramount. The film's empty streets, quiet countrysides and deserted buildings create otherworldly landscapes, augmented by John Charles' elegant score, employing a large symphony orchestra and judicious use of electronics.
Airing on television in 1984, IRIS was directed by Tony Issac, written by Keith Aberdein, starring Helen Morse, Philip Holder, John Bach, Donogh Rees, David Ashton, Elizabeth McRae, Roy Billing and Peter Hambleton. IRIS relays the life of New Zealand writer Iris Wilkinson, international novelist, poet and journalist who wrote under the name of Robin Hyde. IRIS is played by Helen Morse, fondly remembered for her work in A TOWN LIKE ALICE. John Charles composed one of his finest works for IRIS, chamber score, very much in style of the 20th-century impressionists such as Debussy, Ibert and Ravel.
Released in 1983, UTU was directed by Geoff Murphy, written by Murphy and Keith Aberdeen, starring Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliot, Kelly Johnson, Tania Bristowe, Ilone Rodgers, Martyn Sanderson, John Bach, Sean Duffie and John Malcolm. UTU is a visually stunning, well-paced and powerfully acted adventure film, dealing with passion and revenge between the European settlers and native M?oris in late nineteenth century New Zealand. UTU was well received by the major critics at the time of its initial release. Charles' rich and evocative original score, drawn from folk music and traditional M?ori material, evokes the period of the drama with orchestration reminiscent of classical music of the nineteenth century.
John Charles was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1940. During his first year at University of Victoria Wellington, where he enrolled for a BA in 1958, he joined the UVW Jazz Club and began playing jazz regularly as their pianist. In 1963, after two years at New Zealand Broadcasting Service, he returned to UVW to complete his study for a Bachelor of Music degree. In 1967 he was appointed producer for NZBC television. There he produced and directed various live current affairs, documentary music, ballad and jazz programs, and broadcasts of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (1970-1973). He moved to Australia in 1974 and for the next four years worked in the Music Department at ABC-TV, directing broadcasts of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the series MUSIC OF AUSTRALIA and WILFRED LEHMAN CONDUCTS. His cinema music credits include GOODBYE PORK PIE, CONSTANCE, A SOLDIER'S TALE , ZOMBIE BRIGADE and TAKING LIBERTIES, the television movies MAN OF LETTERS, THE PERFECTIONIST and the mini-series HEART OF THE HIGH COUNTRY.
Previously released on compact disc by Label X in 1993, Dragon's Domain Records brings together the scores for THE QUIET EARTH and UTU, along with IRIS, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland, carrying over the original liner notes from producer John Stephen Lasher.
THE QUIET EARTH: THE FILM MUSIC OF JOHN CHARLES is a limited edition release.
2025/9/29の週発売
THE QUIET EARTH
01. Sunrise (3:24)
02. Empty Town (1:27)
03. Moving Up In The World (2:13)
04. Zac Takes Over (0:51)
05. Going Down (1:24)
06. Born Again / There Are Others (2:33)
07. The Effect Continues (1:33)
08. Trio (1:44)
09. Taking Off (1:07)
10. Road Block (1:14)
11. Alarm (1:04)
12. Last Love Scene (1:14)
13. Finale / Saturn Rising (4:14)
IRIS
14. Opening Music (2:28)
15. You’ve Been With Spring (1:41)
16. Backstage (0:50)
17. Thunder In The Night / Sandhills (2:06)
18. A Ride With Simone (1:36)
19. We Are Two Ghosts / A Real Accident (2:02)
20. All Night Long (1:21)
21. Sleep, Sweet Sleep (1:55)
22. The Wanderer (2:15)
23. God’s Matchless Vault / But The Last Black Horse of All (2:12)
24. Take Me Home (2:06)
UTU
25. Theme From Utu (2:09)
26. Patrol / Destroyed Village* (2:59)
(*trad. chant sung by Rangi Dewes)
27. Te Wheke Stalks Emily (2:42)
28. Moko (2:16)
(trad. chant sung by Joe Malcolm)
29. The Raid After The Raid / Williamson Retaliates (4:17)
30. Quadruple Barrelled Shotgun* / The Army Approaches Te Puna (3:57)
(*composed by S.C. Foster / arr. John Charles)
31. Henare / Night Sentry / Fishing After The Battle (4:18)
32. Williamson Reflects / Te Wheke’s Trek / Williamson Prepares For Utu (2:57)
33. Death Of Te Wheke (Lament*) And Finale (2:33)
(*trad. chant sung by Rangi Dewes)
34. Drummers (0:44)
35. Waiata Tangi (2:37)
(trad. chant sung by Jane & Paul Makura)
Total Time: 77:36