Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection present the premiere release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973), celebrating the centenary of the renowned and much-missed composer Georges Delerue, born in 1925 in Roubaix (France) and who died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1992.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL was a brilliant, dynamic suspense thriller, masterfully directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Frederick Forsyth’s bestseller. In the aftermath of France granting Algeria independence, a group of resentful military veterans hires a professional assassin, codenamed "Jackal," to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Starring Edward Fox as the "Jackal," along with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Alan Badel and Cyril Cusack, the film was a huge commercial and critical success.
Georges Delerue had previously worked with Zinnemann on the historical drama A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966), and they reunited again on JULIA (1977). For THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, the composer wrote a brief but energetic score with fatalistic overtones and dark textures. The score features suspense writing for strings in Delerue’s own style, with a hint of Bernard Herrmann in some of the repeating, minimalist suspense material.
Delerue recorded about 30 minutes of music, about a third of which are source tunes, including pop music, Muzak-style pieces, accordion street music and a waltz. However, only about five minutes of dramatic underscore remain in the film, with no music in the second half. For this release, we have assembled Delerue’s score to include unused material and present what might have been and how the composer may have intended his score to play in the movie.
For this premiere edition, painstakingly restored and mastered by Mike Matessino, we have used the surviving tapes courtesy of Universal Pictures and the Georges Delerue estate. The package includes an in-depth essay by film music writer Jeff Bond, discussing the film and the score. Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection present the premiere release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973), celebrating the centenary of the renowned and much-missed composer Georges Delerue, born in 1925 in Roubaix (France) and who died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1992.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL was a brilliant, dynamic suspense thriller, masterfully directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Frederick Forsyth’s bestseller. In the aftermath of France granting Algeria independence, a group of resentful military veterans hires a professional assassin, codenamed "Jackal," to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Starring Edward Fox as the "Jackal," along with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Alan Badel and Cyril Cusack, the film was a huge commercial and critical success.
Georges Delerue had previously worked with Zinnemann on the historical drama A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966), and they reunited again on JULIA (1977). For THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, the composer wrote a brief but energetic score with fatalistic overtones and dark textures. The score features suspense writing for strings in Delerue’s own style, with a hint of Bernard Herrmann in some of the repeating, minimalist suspense material.
Delerue recorded about 30 minutes of music, about a third of which are source tunes, including pop music, Muzak-style pieces, accordion street music and a waltz. However, only about five minutes of dramatic underscore remain in the film, with no music in the second half. For this release, we have assembled Delerue’s score to include unused material and present what might have been and how the composer may have intended his score to play in the movie.
For this premiere edition, painstakingly restored and mastered by Mike Matessino, we have used the surviving tapes courtesy of Universal Pictures and the Georges Delerue estate. The package includes an in-depth essay by film music writer Jeff Bond, discussing the film and the score.
1925年フランス・ルーベ生まれ、1992年ロサンゼルスで急逝した著名な作曲家ジョルジュ・ドルリューの生誕100周年を記念し、1973年公開『ジャッカルの日』のサウンドトラックが初リリース！
トラックリスト『ジャッカルの日』はフレデリック・フォーサイスのベストセラーを原作に、フレッド・ジンネマンが見事に監督した鮮烈でダイナミックなサスペンス・スリラーである。フランスがアルジェリアに独立を認めた直後、恨みを抱く退役軍人グループがプロの暗殺者「コードネーム・ジャッカル」を雇い、シャルル・ド・ゴール大統領の暗殺を企てる。エドワード・フォックスが「ジャッカル」を演じ、マイケル・ロンズデール、デレク・ジャコビ、アラン・バデル、シリル・カサックらが出演した本作は、商業的にも批評的にも大成功を収めた。
ジョルジュ・ドルリューは以前、ジンネマン監督と歴史ドラマ『わが命つきるとも』（1966年）でタッグを組んでおり、その後『ジュリア』（1977年）で再び共演を果たした。『ジャッカルの日』では、ドルリューは短いがエネルギッシュなスコアを書き上げ、宿命論的な響きと暗い質感を与えた。スコアの特徴は、ドルリュー独自のスタイルによる弦楽のサスペンス描写であり、繰り返されるミニマルなサスペンス素材の一部にはバーナード・ハーマンの影響がほのめかされている。
ドルリューは約30分の音楽を録音したが、その約3分の1はポップス、ムザック風の楽曲、アコーディオンの街頭音楽、ワルツなどソース音楽である。しかし劇中音楽として残っているのは約5分のみで、後半には音楽が一切流れない。本リリースでは、未使用素材も含めドルリューのスコアを再構築。映画内で意図されていたであろう音楽の姿を聴かせてくれる。
初リリースとなる本作は、マイク・マテシーノによる入念な修復・マスタリングを施し、ユニバーサル・ピクチャーズ及びジョルジュ・ドルリュー財団提供の現存テープを使用。映画音楽評論家ジェフ・ボンドによる映画とスコアを論じた詳細な解説を収録。
Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection present the premiere release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973), celebrating the centenary of the renowned and much-missed composer Georges Delerue, born in 1925 in Roubaix (France) and who died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1992.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL was a brilliant, dynamic suspense thriller, masterfully directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Frederick Forsyth’s bestseller. In the aftermath of France granting Algeria independence, a group of resentful military veterans hires a professional assassin, codenamed "Jackal," to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Starring Edward Fox as the "Jackal," along with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Alan Badel and Cyril Cusack, the film was a huge commercial and critical success.
Georges Delerue had previously worked with Zinnemann on the historical drama A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966), and they reunited again on JULIA (1977). For THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, the composer wrote a brief but energetic score with fatalistic overtones and dark textures. The score features suspense writing for strings in Delerue’s own style, with a hint of Bernard Herrmann in some of the repeating, minimalist suspense material.
Delerue recorded about 30 minutes of music, about a third of which are source tunes, including pop music, Muzak-style pieces, accordion street music and a waltz. However, only about five minutes of dramatic underscore remain in the film, with no music in the second half. For this release, we have assembled Delerue’s score to include unused material and present what might have been and how the composer may have intended his score to play in the movie.
For this premiere edition, painstakingly restored and mastered by Mike Matessino, we have used the surviving tapes courtesy of Universal Pictures and the Georges Delerue estate. The package includes an in-depth essay by film music writer Jeff Bond, discussing the film and the score. Quartet Records and Universal Pictures Film Music Classics Collection present the premiere release of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973), celebrating the centenary of the renowned and much-missed composer Georges Delerue, born in 1925 in Roubaix (France) and who died suddenly in Los Angeles in 1992.
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL was a brilliant, dynamic suspense thriller, masterfully directed by Fred Zinnemann, based on Frederick Forsyth’s bestseller. In the aftermath of France granting Algeria independence, a group of resentful military veterans hires a professional assassin, codenamed "Jackal," to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Starring Edward Fox as the "Jackal," along with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Alan Badel and Cyril Cusack, the film was a huge commercial and critical success.
Georges Delerue had previously worked with Zinnemann on the historical drama A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966), and they reunited again on JULIA (1977). For THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, the composer wrote a brief but energetic score with fatalistic overtones and dark textures. The score features suspense writing for strings in Delerue’s own style, with a hint of Bernard Herrmann in some of the repeating, minimalist suspense material.
Delerue recorded about 30 minutes of music, about a third of which are source tunes, including pop music, Muzak-style pieces, accordion street music and a waltz. However, only about five minutes of dramatic underscore remain in the film, with no music in the second half. For this release, we have assembled Delerue’s score to include unused material and present what might have been and how the composer may have intended his score to play in the movie.
For this premiere edition, painstakingly restored and mastered by Mike Matessino, we have used the surviving tapes courtesy of Universal Pictures and the Georges Delerue estate. The package includes an in-depth essay by film music writer Jeff Bond, discussing the film and the score.
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