Quartet Records, Paramount Pictures and Universal Music Group present the remastered, expanded release of the iconic score by the great Francis Lai (A Man and A Woman, Life for Life, House of Cards, Dark Eyes, Bilitis) for the unforgettable 1970 romantic classic Love Story, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O’Neal, Ali McGraw, Ray Milland and John Marley.
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and O’Neal and McGraw’s performances, but won only in the Best Original Score category (the only Oscar ever won by the prolific French composer).
The choice of Francis Lai was a personal obsession of producer Robert Evans, who pursued the composer until he accepted, despite Lai initially refusing to compose the score due to other commitments. But Evans’ intuition was spot-on. Today, Lai’s Love Story score remains one of the most memorable and richly lyrical works in the canon of romantic film scores. The main theme remains one of the most famous melodies in film history, covered countess times?including an especially memorable arrangement by Henry Mancini for RCA.
The original soundtrack LP of Love Story has been a tremendous success over the years, reissued repeatedly, including the CD edition that first appeared on the MCA label in the early ’90s. However, the sound quality of the CD and its reissues was not very good. For this release we have returned to the original master tapes that have been restored, corrected and mastered by Chris Malone, and the resulting sound quality is very much improved. Despite the high-profile reputation of this score, the film does not really contain much music?just over twenty minutes. The album included more music than the film, although some versions were edited, others re-recorded and expanded for the album, with different, lighter arrangements. So we are glad to present the original album plus the original score as it’s heard in the film, restored by Chris Malone from mono elements courtesy of Paramount Pictures (mostly stems and electrovox sources). A couple of alternates of the memorable cue “Snow Frolic” have also been included. This special release is limited to 1000 units and features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writer Jeff Bond. ---レーベルより
発売日：2017.12.7
トラックリスト
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM 01. Theme from Love Story (3:25) 02. Snow Frolic (3:02) 03. Mozart Sonata in F Major (Allegro) (2:22) 04. I Love You Phil (2:09) 05. The Christmas Trees (2:52) 06. Search for Jenny (Theme from Love Story) (3:08) 07. Bozo Barrett (Theme from Love Story) (2:48) 08. Skating in Central Park (3:08) 09. The Long Walk Home (1:34) 10. J.S. Bach Concerto No 3 in D Major (Allegro) (2:39) 11. Theme from Love Story (Finale) (3:57) 12. Snow Frolic (single version) (2:41)
THE FILM SCORE 13. Theme from Love Story (1:29) 14. I Love You Phil (1:05) 15. Mozart Sonata in F Major (Allegro) (0:52) 16. Lovemaking (0:57) 17. Snow Frolic (1:45) 18. J.S. Bach Concerto No 3 in D Major (Allegro) (1:10) 19. Bozo Barrett (1:52) 20. Search for Jenny (3:06) 21. The Christmas Trees (2:25) 22. The Long Walk Home Part 1 (1:27) 23. The Long Walk Home Part 2 (1:09) 24. Skating in Central Park (3:44) 25. The Long Walk Home Part 3 (0:52) 26. Finale (3:50)
BONUS TRACKS 27. Snow Frolic (Alternate Mix) (2:41) 28. Theme from Love Story (Guitar Version) (1:50)
アカデミー賞作品賞他、全7部門にノミネートされたが結果、作曲賞のみ受賞した不朽の恋愛映画。音質が悪かった従来盤CDのアルバム・マスターを修正、リマスターし、大幅に音質を向上したアルバムバージョンの楽曲に加え、実際の本編に使用されたフィルムスコア（映画のために録音された本編未使用曲を含む全楽曲）、シングル、別バージョンも収録した完全盤！限定1000枚。
トラックリストオリバーが最初にジェニーに出会ったのは大学の図書館だった。名家の四世とイタリア移民の娘という余りにも身の上の違う２人だったが、彼らは次第に惹かれ合っていった。父の反対を押し切ったオリバーは、ハーバードの法律学校へ入る少し前にジェニーと結婚。送金は中止されるが、学費や生活費の為にジェニーは働き、貧しいながらも幸せな日々を送っていた。やがてオリバーは優秀な成績で卒業、法律事務所へ勤めるため、２人はニューヨークへ移る。そんな新しい生活が始まろうとしていたその時、オリバーは突然医者からジェニーが余命短い事を知らされる……。
監督：アーサー・ヒラー、出演：ライアン・オニール、アリ・マッグロー。1970年米。
Quartet Records, Paramount Pictures and Universal Music Group present the remastered, expanded release of the iconic score by the great Francis Lai (A Man and A Woman, Life for Life, House of Cards, Dark Eyes, Bilitis) for the unforgettable 1970 romantic classic Love Story, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O’Neal, Ali McGraw, Ray Milland and John Marley.
The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay and O’Neal and McGraw’s performances, but won only in the Best Original Score category (the only Oscar ever won by the prolific French composer).
The choice of Francis Lai was a personal obsession of producer Robert Evans, who pursued the composer until he accepted, despite Lai initially refusing to compose the score due to other commitments. But Evans’ intuition was spot-on. Today, Lai’s Love Story score remains one of the most memorable and richly lyrical works in the canon of romantic film scores. The main theme remains one of the most famous melodies in film history, covered countess times?including an especially memorable arrangement by Henry Mancini for RCA.
The original soundtrack LP of Love Story has been a tremendous success over the years, reissued repeatedly, including the CD edition that first appeared on the MCA label in the early ’90s. However, the sound quality of the CD and its reissues was not very good. For this release we have returned to the original master tapes that have been restored, corrected and mastered by Chris Malone, and the resulting sound quality is very much improved. Despite the high-profile reputation of this score, the film does not really contain much music?just over twenty minutes. The album included more music than the film, although some versions were edited, others re-recorded and expanded for the album, with different, lighter arrangements. So we are glad to present the original album plus the original score as it’s heard in the film, restored by Chris Malone from mono elements courtesy of Paramount Pictures (mostly stems and electrovox sources). A couple of alternates of the memorable cue “Snow Frolic” have also been included. This special release is limited to 1000 units and features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writer Jeff Bond. ---レーベルより
発売日：2017.12.7
THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
01. Theme from Love Story (3:25)
02. Snow Frolic (3:02)
03. Mozart Sonata in F Major (Allegro) (2:22)
04. I Love You Phil (2:09)
05. The Christmas Trees (2:52)
06. Search for Jenny (Theme from Love Story) (3:08)
07. Bozo Barrett (Theme from Love Story) (2:48)
08. Skating in Central Park (3:08)
09. The Long Walk Home (1:34)
10. J.S. Bach Concerto No 3 in D Major (Allegro) (2:39)
11. Theme from Love Story (Finale) (3:57)
12. Snow Frolic (single version) (2:41)
THE FILM SCORE
13. Theme from Love Story (1:29)
14. I Love You Phil (1:05)
15. Mozart Sonata in F Major (Allegro) (0:52)
16. Lovemaking (0:57)
17. Snow Frolic (1:45)
18. J.S. Bach Concerto No 3 in D Major (Allegro) (1:10)
19. Bozo Barrett (1:52)
20. Search for Jenny (3:06)
21. The Christmas Trees (2:25)
22. The Long Walk Home Part 1 (1:27)
23. The Long Walk Home Part 2 (1:09)
24. Skating in Central Park (3:44)
25. The Long Walk Home Part 3 (0:52)
26. Finale (3:50)
BONUS TRACKS
27. Snow Frolic (Alternate Mix) (2:41)
28. Theme from Love Story (Guitar Version) (1:50)
Total Disc Time:?62:21