Quartet Records, in collaboration with MGM, presents a remastered 50th anniversary edition of Michael J. Lewis’ score for the 1973 cult classic THEATRE OF BLOOD, directed by Douglas Hickox and starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg, with guest victims Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Robert Morley, Michael Hordern and Jack Hawkins, among others.
The film is a macabre British black comedy about a Shakespearean actor who is systematically humiliated by critics who consider him hammy and old-fashioned. The actor becomes a serial killer and murders every critic by emulating the sadistic crimes in Shakespeare’s plays.
Michael J. Lewis (SPHINX, THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, THE NAKED FACE, THE MEDUSA TOUCH) composed a delightful score, with a catchy, charming main theme that is opposed to the brutality of the story. Contrasting strains of old-fashioned lyricism and modern soundscapes frame a score of great stylistic diversity.
Even though THEATRE OF BLOOD was a success?and has become even more widely admired over the last half-century?no commercial album of the full soundtrack existed until 2010, when the score made its debut on La-La Land Records. The program has now been freshly remastered and slightly re-sequenced in film order for this Quartet fiftieth anniversary edition, produced and mastered by Chris Malone from new transfers in high resolution of the original master tapes. The package includes a 16-page booklet with detailed liner notes by John Takis, including a new interview with Maestro Michael J. Lewis. Limited 1000 copies.
ダグラス・ヒコックス監督、ヴィンセント・プライス、ダイアナ・リグ主演、殺しの手法をシェークスピアに学んだユニークな1973年の恐怖映画。
トラックリストこの映画は、不気味なイギリスのブラック・コメディで、シェイクスピア俳優が、彼を陳腐で古臭いと考える批評家たちから組織的な屈辱を受ける。この俳優は連続殺人犯となり、シェイクスピア劇に登場するサディスティックな犯罪を模倣して批評家たちを皆殺しにする。
マイケル・J・ルイス（『スフィンクス』、『シャイヨの伯爵夫人』、『北海ハイジャック』、『恐怖のいけにえ』）が、物語の残酷さとは対照的なキャッチーで魅力的なメインテーマを持つ、楽しいスコアを作曲した。古風な叙情性と現代的なサウンドスケープの対照的な系統が、スタイルの多様性に富んだスコアを構成している。
『シェークスピア連続殺人!!血と復讐の舞台』が成功を収め、この半世紀でさらに広く賞賛されるようになったにもかかわらず、2010年にLA-LA LANDからデビューするまで、サウンドトラック全曲を収録した市販のアルバムは存在しなかった。この50周年記念エディションは、クリス・マローンがオリジナル・マスターテープを高解像度で新たにトランスファーし、マスタリングしたものである。パッケージには、ジョン・タキスによる詳細なライナーノーツと16ページのブックレットが付属する。限定1000枚。
シェークスピアの戯曲を真似た連続殺人が発生。しかも犠牲者は英演劇界の批評家たちばかりだ。そこには、かつて芝居を酷評され自殺したひとりの役者の影があった……。監督: ダグラス・ヒコックス、出演： ヴィンセント・プライス、 ダイアナ・リグ。1973年英。
Quartet Records, in collaboration with MGM, presents a remastered 50th anniversary edition of Michael J. Lewis’ score for the 1973 cult classic THEATRE OF BLOOD, directed by Douglas Hickox and starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg, with guest victims Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Robert Morley, Michael Hordern and Jack Hawkins, among others.
The film is a macabre British black comedy about a Shakespearean actor who is systematically humiliated by critics who consider him hammy and old-fashioned. The actor becomes a serial killer and murders every critic by emulating the sadistic crimes in Shakespeare’s plays.
Michael J. Lewis (SPHINX, THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, THE NAKED FACE, THE MEDUSA TOUCH) composed a delightful score, with a catchy, charming main theme that is opposed to the brutality of the story. Contrasting strains of old-fashioned lyricism and modern soundscapes frame a score of great stylistic diversity.
Even though THEATRE OF BLOOD was a success?and has become even more widely admired over the last half-century?no commercial album of the full soundtrack existed until 2010, when the score made its debut on La-La Land Records. The program has now been freshly remastered and slightly re-sequenced in film order for this Quartet fiftieth anniversary edition, produced and mastered by Chris Malone from new transfers in high resolution of the original master tapes. The package includes a 16-page booklet with detailed liner notes by John Takis, including a new interview with Maestro Michael J. Lewis.
Limited 1000 copies.
1. Main Title (2:46)
2. Ides of March (3:32)
3. Oh Pardon Me, Thou Bleeding Piece Of Earth (3:32)
4. Friends, Romans, Countrymen (2:38)
5. The Dragon Wing Of Night (1:23)
6. The Trojan Trail (1:10)
7. Master Of The Killing Phrase / Fear No More The Heat Of The Sun (2:04)
8. Cymbeline (3:51)
9. Sexy Lips And Swinging Hips (1:13)
10. A Pound Of Flesh (1:53)
11. To Be Or Not To Be (2:10)
12. Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent (1:33)
13. Here Clarence Comes / Drown In A Butt Of Wine (2:30)
14. Alive In Triumph (3:22)
15. Fugato (1:34)
16. I’m So Glad You’ve Come (3:22)
17. Flame, With Ash Highlights (3:18)
18. Where Are My Doggy Woggies? (1:52)
19. Edwina’s Theme (2:27)
20. Come Fire, Consume This Petty World (7:32)
21. Partita Of Blood (1:34)
22. He Did Know How To Make An Exit (2:14)
Total Dic Time: 55:02