Quartet Records, in association with Paramount Pictures, Sony Music, the Henry Mancini Estate and the Johnny Mercer Estate, presents a remastered and extensively expanded deluxe edition of Blake Edwards’ 1970 big-budget musical-war-romantic comedy DARLING LILI, starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson.
DARLING LILI is not a conventional musical in which characters burst into song as a narrative substitute for speech or interior monologue. Rather, director Blake Edwards has taken pains to describe it as “a romantic comedy with music.” Inspired by the life of Mata Hari, the film tells the story of supposedly British singer Lili Smith (Julie Andrews), who triumphs in France during World War I. In reality, she’s a German citizen named Lili Schmidt, working for German military espionage.
The film was a resounding failure at the box office and led to a several-year hiatus in the relationship between Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini, due to some disagreements and misunderstandings during postproduction. But it was also the movie where Edwards met Julie Andrews, who became his wife for the rest of his life. It was also the first collaboration between Julie Andrews and Henry Mancini, two musical souls destined to meet.
Henry Mancini and his favorite lyricist, Johnny Mercer, wrote a number of wonderful songs for the picture, including “Whistle Away the Dark,” one of their most beautiful creations, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Song in 1970. Mancini also wrote a powerful symphonic and dramatic score that has never been heard outside of the movie. The score and songs were also nominated in the Best Music Original Songs Score category.
This edition has been painstakingly produced, restored and mastered by Chris Malone, working from the first-generation album master and mono and stereo elements provided by Paramount Pictures. It includes the historic RCA album with the original songs beautifully performed by Julie Andrews, Mancini’s complete underscore for the film, plus some curious extras such as the demos played by Johnny Mercer before filming that include two unreleased Mancini-Mercer songs that were not included in the film. Instrumental versions of the songs round out the program.
A treat for fans of Julie Andrews, Henry Mancini and the Mancini-Mercer songs. The lavishly designed package includes a 24-page booklet with extensive liner notes by film music writer John Takis.
ヘンリー・マンシーニの最も喚起的で力強いドラマティック・スコア『男の闘い』のリマスター、リミックス、エクスパンデッド盤がリリース！
トラックリスト監督は1970年のマーティン・リット、主演はショーン・コネリー、リチャード・ハリス、サマンサ・エッガー、フランク・フィンレイ。ウォルター・バーンスタインが脚本を手がけたこの映画は、1876年のペンシルベニア州の炭鉱地帯を舞台に、モリー・マグワイアーズと呼ばれるアイルランド人炭鉱夫／テロリストの小集団の実話をゆるやかに基にしている。
ヘンリー・マンシーニは、舞台ミュージカルや映画音楽の作曲家として有名なチャールズ・ストラウス（『ボニーとクライド／俺たちに明日はない』）が作曲したものがリジェクトされ、この作品の作曲として雇われた。マンシーニは、繊細でドラマチック、かつ繊細なアイルランド風味のスコアを書いた。
公開当時にレコードでリリースされたこのアルバムは、何度かCDで再発されており、最近では2012年にKRITZERLANDから、マンシーニのスコアとボツになったストラウスのリジェクト・スコアを含む限定盤でリリースされた。
ヘンリー・マンシーニ生誕100周年を記念して、クリス・マローンはスコアのリミックスを行ない、新しい技術を駆使して従来盤の不快なヒスを除去した。また、パラマウントの保管庫に新しいエレメントが見つかったことも幸運で、スコアはより完全な形でリリースされ、20分以上の未発表キュー、改訂版や別バージョンも収録。最後に、ストラウス氏の未使用スコアが新たにリミックスされ、このCDに収録しています。
映画音楽ライターのジェフ・ボンドによる詳細なライナーノーツ記載の24ページ・ブックレットを封入。
Quartet Records, in association with Paramount Pictures, Sony Music, the Henry Mancini Estate and the Johnny Mercer Estate, presents a remastered and extensively expanded deluxe edition of Blake Edwards’ 1970 big-budget musical-war-romantic comedy DARLING LILI, starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson.
DARLING LILI is not a conventional musical in which characters burst into song as a narrative substitute for speech or interior monologue. Rather, director Blake Edwards has taken pains to describe it as “a romantic comedy with music.” Inspired by the life of Mata Hari, the film tells the story of supposedly British singer Lili Smith (Julie Andrews), who triumphs in France during World War I. In reality, she’s a German citizen named Lili Schmidt, working for German military espionage.
The film was a resounding failure at the box office and led to a several-year hiatus in the relationship between Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini, due to some disagreements and misunderstandings during postproduction. But it was also the movie where Edwards met Julie Andrews, who became his wife for the rest of his life. It was also the first collaboration between Julie Andrews and Henry Mancini, two musical souls destined to meet.
Henry Mancini and his favorite lyricist, Johnny Mercer, wrote a number of wonderful songs for the picture, including “Whistle Away the Dark,” one of their most beautiful creations, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Song in 1970. Mancini also wrote a powerful symphonic and dramatic score that has never been heard outside of the movie. The score and songs were also nominated in the Best Music Original Songs Score category.
This edition has been painstakingly produced, restored and mastered by Chris Malone, working from the first-generation album master and mono and stereo elements provided by Paramount Pictures. It includes the historic RCA album with the original songs beautifully performed by Julie Andrews, Mancini’s complete underscore for the film, plus some curious extras such as the demos played by Johnny Mercer before filming that include two unreleased Mancini-Mercer songs that were not included in the film. Instrumental versions of the songs round out the program.
A treat for fans of Julie Andrews, Henry Mancini and the Mancini-Mercer songs. The lavishly designed package includes a 24-page booklet with extensive liner notes by film music writer John Takis.
1. Theme From The Molly Maguires (Pennsylvania, 1876) 4:24
2. The Mollys Strike 2:51
3. Main Title 1:52
4. Room And Board 1:58
5. Sandwiches And Tea 2:15
6. Work Montage 2:18
7. Pennywhistle Jig / On Your Knees 1:52
8. A Hard Day’s Work 1:11
9. Jamie And Mary 2:48
10. Trip To Town 1:49
11. Strike Two / Strike Three 2:33
12. The Hills Of Yesterday 1:43
13. There’s More 1:06
14. The Mollys Strike Again 1:24
15. A Suit For Grandpa 2:16
16. Kehoe Lights Up / The Last Strike 0:57
17. The End 0:48
Bonus Tracks
18. Fiddle And Fife (Film Version – Fiddle Only) 2:00
19. A Brew With The Boys (Film Version – Fiddle Only) 1:43
20. Pennywhistle Jig (Album Version) 1:55
21. Jamie And Mary #1 (Film Version) 0:55
22. Jamie And Mary #2 (Film Version) 1:53
23. The Hills Of Yesterday (Film Version) 1:41
24. Bye Bye Jamie 0:35
25. The Hills Of Yesterday (Alternate 1) 1:48
26. Room And Board (Alternate) 3:08
27. The Hills Of Yesterday (Alternate 2) 1:49
28. Fiddler #4 (Fiddle Only) 2:25
29. Fiddle And Fife (Album Version) 2:01
30. A Brew With The Boys (Album Version) 1:45
31. Pennywhistle Jig (Alternate) 0:37
The Charles Strouse Unused Score
32. Sabotage 1:41
33. Fuse 1:06
34. Work In The Mine 1:24
35. Bleak Street / To Find A Room / To Work 2:18
36. The Long Walk 1:23
37. Widow Shopping 0:52
38. Truant Picnic-ers 1:44
39. The Last Rites 1:04
40. The Company Store (Parts I And II) 2:10
41. Arson 1:12
42. End Titles 0:48
Total Disc Time: 77:19