Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack CD release of an all-time classic score to an all-time classic film:
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Music Composed and Conducted by Alfred Newman
Richard Llewellyn’s 1939 novel, How Green Was My Valley, was a popular success, so much so that Twentieth Century-Fox purchased the screen rights immediately and released their Academy Award-winning film version just two years later. And what a film it was - lyrical, poetic, beautiful, dramatic, heartwarming, funny - with a perfect cast including Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, and young Roddy McDowell. Add to that the simple yet majestic direction by John Ford and you had a film that audiences flocked to and loved and have loved ever since, generation to generation, on television, and then home video and now Blu-ray. The film won the 1941 Best Picture Oscar (over Citizen Kane), as well as Oscars for direction, supporting actor, cinematography and art direction. It received five other nominations, including one for the magnificent and magical score by Alfred Newman.
Newman’s score stands high at the top of his many brilliant achievements. His main theme is one of the most memorable and beautiful works he ever created. The score is simply one brilliant cue after another, each capturing the humanity and warmth of the characters, setting the mood, underscoring the drama and pathos and humor as only Alfred Newman could.
The previous Arista CD release of How Green Was My Valley, which has been out-of-print for many, many years, was almost but not quite complete. The previous release was taken from a premixed and assembled 1/4'' element that had been retained by Len Engel. This new Kritzerland edition comes from Fox's archival 1/4'' rolls made in the 1980s off the first generation optical film, and was newly restored, mixed, and assembled, allowing for the opening up of many of the cues that had previously been combined together. Most of the cues were recorded with separate close-up and long shot perspectives, allowing for the creation of a stereo presence. Other cues were recorded with monaural sound only. The score is presented chronologically, with mono and stereo material indexed separately. The sound is much improved save for only two cues, the main and end title, which were available to us only in the condition they were in. Happily, the main title is very short and is completely vocal with no orchestra - once that’s done we settle in to the beautiful, lush, rich sound that was a Fox and Alfred Newman trademark. As a bonus we present the end title in stereo without the vocal. The film was recently released on Blu-ray and the CD is a perfect companion to it. How Green Was My Valley is limited to 1000 copies only. - Kritzerland
トラックリスト
Men of Harlech (Main TItle) Huw’s Theme The Family and Bronwen The Strike Dad and Huw * Mother and Huw in Broken Ice Treasure Island/The Spring Birds Beth and Morgan Angharad and Mister Gruffydd Command From the Queen ** Huw Walks Among the Daffodils Angharad With the Minister Love Denied School ** Huw’s Lesson The Mine Tragedy Morgan Is Discharged Two More Brothers Leave The House on the Hill Miners on Street Gossip Goodbyes Huw Finds His Father Finale End Title
BONUS TRACK
Finale (orchestra only) * * previously unreleased ** contains previously unreleased material
アカデミー賞作品・監督・助演男優・撮影・美術賞の５部門を受賞したジョン・フォード監督の名作。以前リリースされたものと異なり、FOX保管の音源から収録。ボーナストラックとしてボーカルなしのエンド・タイトルをステレオで収録。限定1000枚。
トラックリスト19世紀末、英国ウェールズ地方の炭坑町を舞台に、ある少年の目を通して描かれる時の流れと家族の姿。「西部劇の神様」ジョン・フォード監督による不朽の名作。アカデミー作品賞他、まるでカラー作品を思わせる美しい緑の谷での映像で撮影賞にも輝いた。本作により、名子役と謳われるようになったロディ・マクドウォール、助演男優賞を獲得したドナルド・クリスプ他、多彩な俳優陣も魅力。出演：ウォルター・ピジョン、モーリン・オハラ。1941年米。
Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition soundtrack CD release of an all-time classic score to an all-time classic film:
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
Music Composed and Conducted by Alfred Newman
Richard Llewellyn’s 1939 novel, How Green Was My Valley, was a popular success, so much so that Twentieth Century-Fox purchased the screen rights immediately and released their Academy Award-winning film version just two years later. And what a film it was - lyrical, poetic, beautiful, dramatic, heartwarming, funny - with a perfect cast including Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Donald Crisp, and young Roddy McDowell. Add to that the simple yet majestic direction by John Ford and you had a film that audiences flocked to and loved and have loved ever since, generation to generation, on television, and then home video and now Blu-ray. The film won the 1941 Best Picture Oscar (over Citizen Kane), as well as Oscars for direction, supporting actor, cinematography and art direction. It received five other nominations, including one for the magnificent and magical score by Alfred Newman.
Newman’s score stands high at the top of his many brilliant achievements. His main theme is one of the most memorable and beautiful works he ever created. The score is simply one brilliant cue after another, each capturing the humanity and warmth of the characters, setting the mood, underscoring the drama and pathos and humor as only Alfred Newman could.
The previous Arista CD release of How Green Was My Valley, which has been out-of-print for many, many years, was almost but not quite complete. The previous release was taken from a premixed and assembled 1/4'' element that had been retained by Len Engel. This new Kritzerland edition comes from Fox's archival 1/4'' rolls made in the 1980s off the first generation optical film, and was newly restored, mixed, and assembled, allowing for the opening up of many of the cues that had previously been combined together. Most of the cues were recorded with separate close-up and long shot perspectives, allowing for the creation of a stereo presence. Other cues were recorded with monaural sound only. The score is presented chronologically, with mono and stereo material indexed separately. The sound is much improved save for only two cues, the main and end title, which were available to us only in the condition they were in. Happily, the main title is very short and is completely vocal with no orchestra - once that’s done we settle in to the beautiful, lush, rich sound that was a Fox and Alfred Newman trademark. As a bonus we present the end title in stereo without the vocal. The film was recently released on Blu-ray and the CD is a perfect companion to it.
How Green Was My Valley is limited to 1000 copies only. - Kritzerland
Men of Harlech (Main TItle)
Huw’s Theme
The Family and Bronwen
The Strike
Dad and Huw *
Mother and Huw in Broken Ice
Treasure Island/The Spring Birds
Beth and Morgan
Angharad and Mister Gruffydd
Command From the Queen **
Huw Walks Among the Daffodils
Angharad With the Minister
Love Denied
School **
Huw’s Lesson
The Mine Tragedy
Morgan Is Discharged
Two More Brothers Leave
The House on the Hill
Miners on Street
Gossip
Goodbyes
Huw Finds His Father
Finale
End Title
BONUS TRACK
Finale (orchestra only) *
* previously unreleased
** contains previously unreleased material