Newly-recorded world premiere pair of Bernard Herrmann masterpieces! Our third-in-a-row successful Kickstarter film score recording project yields two dynamic, powerful yet diverse 1950’s Bernard Herrmann scores, presented in their entirety! First up: Herrmann’s never-before-released score from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 suspense thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much. James Stewart, Doris Day headline famed director’s own remake of his 1934 assassination tale, scripted by John Michael Hayes, filmed by Robert Burks in VistaVision and Technicolor. Married couple visiting Morocco with their young son in tow find intrigue, then witness murder followed by the kidnapping of their son as silencer in elaborate assassination plot that climaxes in Royal Albert Hall symphony concert, with Herrmann on screen as conductor. Nathan Van Cleave’s rousing “VistaVision Logo” leads directly into Herrmann’s massive “Prelude”, played by 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 8 French horns, 6 trumpets, 6 trombones, 2 tubas, 46 strings, piano, harp plus expanded percussion section including tympani, bass drum, suspended cymbals, tam tam, 2 vibraphones, 2 snare drums, 2 tenor drums, piatti, crash cymbals, glockenspiel and xylophone. Four quasi-source cues follow, featuring violin, clarinet and harp with signature Herrmann colors. Much of the subsequent score offers Herrmann’s highly unique woodwind writing. Several cues written for but not used in the finished film add contrast. Brief but terrific highlight is rousing, never-used “Finale” with coda drawn from famous Doris Day signature song that ends with fortissimo bravado! Also included here is film version which instead reprises final bars of the “Prelude”. Next up: Herrmann’s riveting score for Nicholas Ray’s 1951 snow-bound film noir, On Dangerous Ground, starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond. Opening with one of the composer’s most exciting “Prelude” sequences, the cue is marked Allegro Feroce and features full orchestra with spine-chilling steel plate hammering within the percussion section. Subsequent cues offer incredibly varied display of Herrmann gems. Vivid “Hunt Scherzo” is a major highlight, with powerful brass writing presaging the tour-de-force triplets of “The Death Hunt” itself, highlighted by 9 ferocious French horns yelping and yowling like hunting dogs pursuing a killer in the climactic chase up snowy peaks. In complete balance are haunting cues for Ida Lupino’s blind girl, featuring the rare viola d’amore, a difficult-to-play baroque instrument that suggests her loneliness, living with her brother in the middle of the snow country. Both melodically and harmonically, these are Herrmann at his most sensitive and beautiful. Both scores were recorded in January 2023 with our dear friends William T. Stromberg on the podium, Mike Ross-Trevor in the booth and the augmented Royal Scottish National Orchestra bringing all to glorious life. Herrmann scholar Steven Smith writes booklet notes, artist Stephane Coedel creates striking cover art, Kay Marshall designs handsome package. Douglass Fake produces, Roger Feigelson executive produces, Joe Sikoryak contributes session photography. Anna Stromberg reconstructs from Herrmann’s manuscripts, William T. Stromberg conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Kickstarter contributors treated to additional high-gloss slipcase not included with retail CD release.
バーナード・ハーマンの名作を世界初録音！キックスターターで成功を収めた映画音楽録音プロジェクト。『知りすぎていた男』から未発表のスコアと、ニコラス・レイ監督、ロバート・ライアン主演、1951年の雪国のフィルム・ノワール「危険な大地で」のスコアをカップリング収録！
トラックリスト1956年のアルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督のサスペンス・スリラー『知りすぎていた男』から、ハーマンの未発表のスコアをお届けします。ジェームズ・スチュワートとドリス・デイの主演で、1934年にヒッチコック監督が手がけた暗殺劇をリメイクしました。幼い息子を連れてモロッコを訪れた夫婦は、陰謀に気づき、殺人を目撃し、さらに息子をサイレンサーとして誘拐し、ロイヤルアルバートホールのシンフォニーコンサートでクライマックスを迎え、指揮者としてのハーマンが登場します。ネイサン・ヴァン・クリーヴの「VistaVision Logo」は、ハーマンの重厚な「Prelude」に直接つながる、 2チューバ、46弦、ピアノ、ハープに加え、ティンパニ、バスドラム、サスペンドシンバル、タムタム、2ヴィブラフォン、2スネアドラム、2テナードラム、ピアッティ、クラッシュシンバル、グロッケンとシロフォンなどのパーカッションセクションを拡大。 続く4つの準音源キューでは、ヴァイオリン、クラリネット、ハープがハーマンの特徴的な色彩で登場します。続くスコアの多くは、ハーマンの非常にユニークな木管楽器によるものである。また、映画のために書かれたものの、完成した映画では使われなかったいくつかのキューが、コントラストを加えている。この曲は、有名なドリス・デイの代表曲から引用されたコーダで、フォルテッシモの威厳で終わる！また、映画版では「前奏曲」の最後の小節が再現されています。
次に紹介するのは 1951年、ニコラス・レイ監督がアイダ・ルピノ、ロバート・ライアン、ウォード・ボンドを主演に迎えた雪国のフィルム・ノワール「危険な大地」のスコアです。作曲者の最もエキサイティングな「プレリュード」シーケンスで始まるこのキューは、アレグロ・フェローチェと記され、フルオーケストラと打楽器セクションの背筋が凍るような鉄板のハンマーが特徴です。続くキューでは、ハーマンの珠玉の名曲が驚くほど多彩に展開されます。鮮やかな「ハント・スケルツォ」は大きなハイライトで、力強い金管楽器が「デス・ハント」の力強い3連符を予感させ、クライマックスの雪山での殺人鬼を追う狩猟犬のように9本の獰猛なフレンチホルンが雄叫びを上げて強調されています。アイダ・ルピノが演じる盲目の少女には、珍しいヴィオラ・ダモーレという演奏困難なバロック楽器が登場し、雪国の真ん中で兄と暮らす彼女の孤独を暗示する。メロディもハーモニーも、ハーマンが最も繊細で美しい作品です。両曲とも2023年1月に録音され、指揮台には親しい友人であるウィリアム・T・ストロンバーグ、ブースにはマイク・ロス＝トレバー、そして増強されたロイヤル・スコティッシュ・ナショナル・オーケストラがすべてを輝かしい生命に変えている。ハーマンの研究者であるスティーブン・スミスがブックレットノートを書き、アーティストのステファン・コエデルが印象的なカバーアートを描き、ケイ・マーシャルがハンサムなパッケージをデザインしています。ダグラス・フェイクがプロデュース、ロジャー・フェイジェルソンがエグゼクティブ・プロデュース、ジョー・シコリャクがセッション写真で貢献した。アナ・ストロンバーグがハーマンの楽譜をもとに再構成し、ウィリアム・T・ストロンバーグ指揮、ロイヤル・スコティッシュ・ナショナル・オーケストラ。
Newly-recorded world premiere pair of Bernard Herrmann masterpieces! Our third-in-a-row successful Kickstarter film score recording project yields two dynamic, powerful yet diverse 1950’s Bernard Herrmann scores, presented in their entirety! First up: Herrmann’s never-before-released score from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 suspense thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much. James Stewart, Doris Day headline famed director’s own remake of his 1934 assassination tale, scripted by John Michael Hayes, filmed by Robert Burks in VistaVision and Technicolor. Married couple visiting Morocco with their young son in tow find intrigue, then witness murder followed by the kidnapping of their son as silencer in elaborate assassination plot that climaxes in Royal Albert Hall symphony concert, with Herrmann on screen as conductor. Nathan Van Cleave’s rousing “VistaVision Logo” leads directly into Herrmann’s massive “Prelude”, played by 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 4 clarinets, 3 bassoons, 8 French horns, 6 trumpets, 6 trombones, 2 tubas, 46 strings, piano, harp plus expanded percussion section including tympani, bass drum, suspended cymbals, tam tam, 2 vibraphones, 2 snare drums, 2 tenor drums, piatti, crash cymbals, glockenspiel and xylophone. Four quasi-source cues follow, featuring violin, clarinet and harp with signature Herrmann colors. Much of the subsequent score offers Herrmann’s highly unique woodwind writing. Several cues written for but not used in the finished film add contrast. Brief but terrific highlight is rousing, never-used “Finale” with coda drawn from famous Doris Day signature song that ends with fortissimo bravado! Also included here is film version which instead reprises final bars of the “Prelude”. Next up: Herrmann’s riveting score for Nicholas Ray’s 1951 snow-bound film noir, On Dangerous Ground, starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond. Opening with one of the composer’s most exciting “Prelude” sequences, the cue is marked Allegro Feroce and features full orchestra with spine-chilling steel plate hammering within the percussion section. Subsequent cues offer incredibly varied display of Herrmann gems. Vivid “Hunt Scherzo” is a major highlight, with powerful brass writing presaging the tour-de-force triplets of “The Death Hunt” itself, highlighted by 9 ferocious French horns yelping and yowling like hunting dogs pursuing a killer in the climactic chase up snowy peaks. In complete balance are haunting cues for Ida Lupino’s blind girl, featuring the rare viola d’amore, a difficult-to-play baroque instrument that suggests her loneliness, living with her brother in the middle of the snow country. Both melodically and harmonically, these are Herrmann at his most sensitive and beautiful. Both scores were recorded in January 2023 with our dear friends William T. Stromberg on the podium, Mike Ross-Trevor in the booth and the augmented Royal Scottish National Orchestra bringing all to glorious life. Herrmann scholar Steven Smith writes booklet notes, artist Stephane Coedel creates striking cover art, Kay Marshall designs handsome package. Douglass Fake produces, Roger Feigelson executive produces, Joe Sikoryak contributes session photography. Anna Stromberg reconstructs from Herrmann’s manuscripts, William T. Stromberg conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Kickstarter contributors treated to additional high-gloss slipcase not included with retail CD release.
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
01. VistaVision Logo & Prelude(From The Man Who Knew Too Much) (2:40)
02. Nocturne (2:27)
03. Arab Trio #1 (1:36)
04. Arab Trio #2 (2:13)
05. Arab Trio #3 (0:20)
06. The Chase & The Knife (1:59)
07. L. B. Death (0:31)
08. The Warning (0:29)
09. Loneliness (1:41)
10. The Alley (1:09)
11. A Close Call (0:43)
12. Ambrose Chapel & The Chapel (1:51)
13. Exit (1:01)
14. Postlude (1:14)
15. The Fight (1:08)
16. Arrival & Embassy (4:02)
17. Embassy Hall (0:41)
18. The Stairs (0:36)
19. The Gun (1:31)
20. Finale - Film Version(From The Man Who Knew Too Much) (0:20)
21. Finale - Original Version (From The Man Who Knew Too Much) (0:19)
Total Score Time: 29:05
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1951)
22. Prelude (From On Dangerous Ground) (1:42)
23. Solitude (1:17)
24. Violence (0:32)
25. Nocturne (2:12)
26. Pastorale (2:13)
27. Hunt Scherzo (2:51)
28. Snowstorm & The Silence (3:42)
29. The House (0:49)
30. Blindness (3:33)
31. Fright (2:02)
32. Faith (1:55)
33. The Searching Heart (1:30)
34. The Whispering (1:05)
35. Dawn, The Idiot, Fear & The Cabin (5:29)
36. The Death Hunt & The Hunt’s End (4:25)
37. Grief (0:58)
38. The Winter Walk (1:28)
39. The Parting (1:14)
40. The Return (1:07)
41. The City (0:38)
42. Finale (From On Dangerous Ground) (2:36)
Total Score Time: 44:05
Total CD Time: 73:28