Quartet Records, in collaboration with MovieScore Media, presents the original soundtrack album from the comedy feature film directed by Roger Michell, featuring Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren and Matthew Goode.
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
The five time Academy Award-nominated composer George Fenton has been writing for the cinema for more than 40 years. For some, he is known for his powerful political biopics, such as Gandhi and Cry Freedom; for others, he is the man behind the spirited music of comedies like Groundhog Day and You’ve Got Mail, or the sensually charged Dangerous Liaisons and Final Analysis. Over his career, his list of regular collaborators include Richard Attenborough, Neil Jordan, Ken Loach, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Frears and Andy Tennant. In the field of television, Fenton had scored most of the classic David Attenborough documentaries, such as Blue Planet and Planet Earth, which had also been turned into successful concert series. MovieScore Media released Fenton’s score for Trevor Nunn’s Red Joan (2019) starring Dame Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson.
In words of the composer “I was a child when the story told in The Duke actually happened, even though I can’t remember it. However, working on the film I frequently thought ‘there aren’t enough Kempton Buntons around now’ in any walk of life including my own ? music. The wonderful eccentricity of the man against the backdrop of sixties Britain ? so beautifully drawn in Roger Michell’s film. I tried to reflect that as well as the period and the social context in the sound of the score. It feels like an era of comparative simplicity and innocence. The story though is shot through with its own regrets about things unresolved and it’s that which finally lies at the heart of the film. I hope that comes through in the music too. We definitely need more Kempton Buntons and hopefully for me more films like The Duke.”
1961年にイギリス中を巻き込む大騒動となった、ゴヤの名画“ウェリントン公爵”盗難事件の驚きの顛末をジム・ブロードベント主演、ヘレン・ミレン、フィオン・ホワイトヘッド、マシュー・グード共演で映画化した実話コメディ「ゴヤの名画と優しい泥棒」のオリジナル・サウンドトラック。監督は2021年9月に惜しくもこの世を去り、本作が最後の劇映画監督作となってしまった「ノッティングヒルの恋人」の名匠ロジャー・ミッシェル。音楽はジョージ・フェントン。
トラックリスト1961年、イギリス。60歳のケンプトン・バントンは理想主義で楽天家。その性格ゆえかなかなか仕事が長続きせず、家計はもっぱら妻ドロシーの稼ぎに頼っていた。にもかかわらず、ケンプトンは孤独な高齢者のために公共放送（ＢＢＣ）の受信料無料化を求める活動に熱心に取り組んでいた。そんな中、イギリスが誇る美術館“ロンドン・ナショナル・ギャラリー”からゴヤ作“ウェリントン公爵の肖像”が盗まれる前代未聞の大事件が発生する。なんと盗んだのはケンプトンだった。彼は名画を人質に、高齢者の受信料を無料にするよう政府に要求するのだったが…。2020年イギリス。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with MovieScore Media, presents the original soundtrack album from the comedy feature film directed by Roger Michell, featuring Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren and Matthew Goode.
In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60 year old taxi driver, steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London.
The five time Academy Award-nominated composer George Fenton has been writing for the cinema for more than 40 years. For some, he is known for his powerful political biopics, such as Gandhi and Cry Freedom; for others, he is the man behind the spirited music of comedies like Groundhog Day and You’ve Got Mail, or the sensually charged Dangerous Liaisons and Final Analysis. Over his career, his list of regular collaborators include Richard Attenborough, Neil Jordan, Ken Loach, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Frears and Andy Tennant. In the field of television, Fenton had scored most of the classic David Attenborough documentaries, such as Blue Planet and Planet Earth, which had also been turned into successful concert series. MovieScore Media released Fenton’s score for Trevor Nunn’s Red Joan (2019) starring Dame Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson.
In words of the composer “I was a child when the story told in The Duke actually happened, even though I can’t remember it. However, working on the film I frequently thought ‘there aren’t enough Kempton Buntons around now’ in any walk of life including my own ? music. The wonderful eccentricity of the man against the backdrop of sixties Britain ? so beautifully drawn in Roger Michell’s film. I tried to reflect that as well as the period and the social context in the sound of the score. It feels like an era of comparative simplicity and innocence. The story though is shot through with its own regrets about things unresolved and it’s that which finally lies at the heart of the film. I hope that comes through in the music too. We definitely need more Kempton Buntons and hopefully for me more films like The Duke.”
1. The Duke: Opening Credits (1:33)
2. Kempton Bunton and the heist (3:19)
3. Marion (1:14)
4. No clues yet (2:26)
5. Dorothy remembers (3:24)
6.Kempton’s Place (3:22)
7. Marion (Interlude) (1:18)
8. The Goya’s returned (1:47)
9. The Boatshed (1:25)
10. Jackie’s story (1:55)
11. Jury’s out (1:03)
12. The verdict (1:20)
13. The resolution (1:58)
14. The gallery (Jerusalem) (2:21)
15. The Duke theme (2:59)