Among all composer-centred albums that have been produced at Film Fest Gent over the past twenty years, this new recording of music by Laurence Rosenthal is certainly unique in the festival’s history, in that it celebrates a composer who was already writing classic film scores during an era that has become known as the silver age of film music. While the oldest music on previous albums dates back to the early 1980s, some of the scores presented here were composed in the early 1960s ? a full decade earlier than the first edition of Film Fest Gent itself, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.
This felicitous release features all-new studio recordings of selected scores by this American composer, one of the giants of film, television and theatre music, who has been on the festival’s music programming wish list for years. Laurence Rosenthal’s career in film and television composition, which began in the 1950s, spans no less than six decades. To one generation of filmgoers the composer is known for his scores to acclaimed 1960s films such as The Miracle Worker and Becket, to another generation for his scores to late 1970s/early 1980s genre films such as The Island of Dr Moreau and Clash of the Titans, to television viewers of the 1980s for his scores to a variety of miniseries such as Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and The Bourne Identity, and finally to both old and new generations for his theme and scores for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. “To have maestro Dirk Brosse and the Brussels Philharmonic now bringing new life to these selected scores is a very special privilege for me, for which I am so thankful”. - LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
トラックリスト
1 サウス・ダコタの戦い The Return of a Man Called Horse Suite I. The Great Plains / II. Training for War / III. The Buffalo Hunt / IV. The Great Plains (Reprise) 2 奇跡の人 The Miracle Worker Suite I. Prologue: Helen Alone / II. First Meeting / III. The Miracle at the Pump 3 Michelangelo: The Last Giant Suite I. David / II. San Pietro 4 ブラス・ターゲット Brass Target - Mara 5 ビリー・ザ・キッド Billy the Kid - Main Title 6 タイタンの戦い Clash of the Titans Suite I. Flight to Mount Olympus / II. The Lovers / III. Joppa 7 ファンタジー・アイランド Fantasy Island - Theme 8 ムッソリーニ／愛と闘争の日々 Mussolini: The Untold Story Suite I. Echoes of Rome: Ave Caesar! / II. Claretta: Chat by the Window / III. The Family 9 アナスタシア／光・ゆらめいて Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna - Berlin Bridge 10 Requiem for a Heavyweight - Main Title (Revised Version) 11 メテオ Meteor Suite I. End Credits / II. Dubov’s Rage 12 A Raisin in the Sun - Today, He Came into His Manhood 13 インディ・ジョーンズ／若き日の大冒険 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Theme 14 インディ・ジョーンズ／若き日の大冒険 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: “Ireland, April 1916” - Welcome to Ireland 15 Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies Suite I. Welcome to Hollywood / II. Sunset / III. Runaway Wagon 16 ベケット Becket Suite I. Prologue and Arrival of the King at Canterbury / II. Triumph in France / III. Epilogue
毎年ベルギーのゲントで開催されるWORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDSの式典の為に製作される作曲家毎の作品集。今回はローレンス・ローゼンタール作品集。ダーク・ブロッセ指揮、演奏はブリュッセル・フィルハーモニック。
トラックリストローレンス・ローゼンタールによるこの新譜は、映画音楽の銀幕時代と呼ばれる時代に、すでにクラシック映画の音楽を書いていた作曲家を称えるという点で、過去20年のフィルム・フェスト・ゲントで制作された作曲家中心のアルバムの中でも、この映画祭の歴史の中で異彩を放っている。過去のアルバムに収録された最も古い音楽は1980年代初頭まで遡るが、ここに収録された楽譜のいくつかは1960年代初頭に作曲されたもので、今年50周年を迎えるフィルムフェスト・ゲントの第1回開催よりも10年も早い。
映画、テレビ、劇場音楽の巨匠の一人であるこのアメリカ人作曲家の選りすぐりのスコアを、スタジオ録音による新録音で収録。1950年代に始まったローレンス・ローゼンタールの映画・テレビ音楽作曲のキャリアは、60年以上に及ぶ。ある世代の映画ファンにとっては、『奇跡の人』や『ベケット』といった1960年代の名作映画の音楽で知られ、別の世代にとっては、『ドクター・モローの島』や『タイタンの戦い』といった1970年代後半から1980年代前半のジャンル映画の音楽で知られ、1980年代のテレビ視聴者にとっては、『アナスタシア／光・ゆらめいて』や『スナイパー／狙撃者』（『狙撃者／ボーン・アイデンティティ』）といった様々なミニシリーズの音楽で知られ、そして最後には、『インディ・ジョーンズ／若き日の大冒険』のテーマと音楽で新旧両方の世代に知られる作曲家である。
「マエストロ、ダーク・ブロッセとブリュッセル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団が、これらの選りすぐりのスコアに新たな命を吹き込んでくれることは、私にとって特別な特権であり、とても感謝している。- ローレンス・ローゼンタール
Among all composer-centred albums that have been produced at Film Fest Gent over the past twenty years, this new recording of music by Laurence Rosenthal is certainly unique in the festival’s history, in that it celebrates a composer who was already writing classic film scores during an era that has become known as the silver age of film music. While the oldest music on previous albums dates back to the early 1980s, some of the scores presented here were composed in the early 1960s ? a full decade earlier than the first edition of Film Fest Gent itself, which this year celebrates its 50th anniversary.
This felicitous release features all-new studio recordings of selected scores by this American composer, one of the giants of film, television and theatre music, who has been on the festival’s music programming wish list for years. Laurence Rosenthal’s career in film and television composition, which began in the 1950s, spans no less than six decades. To one generation of filmgoers the composer is known for his scores to acclaimed 1960s films such as The Miracle Worker and Becket, to another generation for his scores to late 1970s/early 1980s genre films such as The Island of Dr Moreau and Clash of the Titans, to television viewers of the 1980s for his scores to a variety of miniseries such as Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and The Bourne Identity, and finally to both old and new generations for his theme and scores for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.
“To have maestro Dirk Brosse and the Brussels Philharmonic now bringing new life to these selected scores is a very special privilege for me, for which I am so thankful”. - LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
1 サウス・ダコタの戦い The Return of a Man Called Horse Suite
I. The Great Plains / II. Training for War / III. The Buffalo Hunt / IV. The Great Plains (Reprise)
2 奇跡の人 The Miracle Worker Suite
I. Prologue: Helen Alone / II. First Meeting / III. The Miracle at the Pump
3 Michelangelo: The Last Giant Suite
I. David / II. San Pietro
4 ブラス・ターゲット Brass Target - Mara
5 ビリー・ザ・キッド Billy the Kid - Main Title
6 タイタンの戦い Clash of the Titans Suite
I. Flight to Mount Olympus / II. The Lovers / III. Joppa
7 ファンタジー・アイランド Fantasy Island - Theme
8 ムッソリーニ／愛と闘争の日々 Mussolini: The Untold Story Suite
I. Echoes of Rome: Ave Caesar! / II. Claretta: Chat by the Window / III. The Family
9 アナスタシア／光・ゆらめいて Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna - Berlin Bridge
10 Requiem for a Heavyweight - Main Title (Revised Version)
11 メテオ Meteor Suite
I. End Credits / II. Dubov’s Rage
12 A Raisin in the Sun - Today, He Came into His Manhood
13 インディ・ジョーンズ／若き日の大冒険 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - Theme
14 インディ・ジョーンズ／若き日の大冒険 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: “Ireland, April 1916” - Welcome to Ireland
15 Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies Suite
I. Welcome to Hollywood / II. Sunset / III. Runaway Wagon
16 ベケット Becket Suite
I. Prologue and Arrival of the King at Canterbury / II. Triumph in France / III. Epilogue