After 10 years, WOLF HALL is back on our screens and award-winning composer Debbie Wiseman returns to bring Hilary Mantel’s epic saga to its grim conclusion.
Silva Screen Records follows the classical chart-topping original series album with the release on 13th December of Debbie Wiseman’s score the WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT
November 10th sees WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT launch on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer. Directed by Peter Kosminsky, the six episodes tell the continuing story, post the execution of Anne Boleyn, of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) and his complex relationship with Henry VIII (Damian Lewis).
May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, and five of her coterie are dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
Eagerly awaited and years in the making, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.
Peter Kosminsky sees parallels with current world situations - "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is about the politics of despotism. On the face of it, Henry VIII is an absolute ruler. But Cromwell, his factotum, has to deal every day with the limits of that ‘absolute power’ - the threat from the mob, of invasion by a more powerful neighbour. And, in the process, Cromwell must try to protect himself from the dangerous capriciousness of a man who thinks himself an absolute ruler but is daily frustrated by the realities of the new, evolving politics - political problems not so very different from those we face today."
The new series reunites him with The Locrian Ensemble and composer Debbie Wiseman "The Mirror and the Light is told entirely from Thomas Cromwell’s point of view, and it is only through the score, each episode’s music, that we hear his inner voice, his private thoughts and emotions - shielded, as they must be, from enemies and friends alike. Debbie Wiseman, my long-time musical collaborator, and I began our discussions about the score many weeks before I shot a frame of the series - searching for exactly this inner voice, a way to chart the emotional temperature at each moment in the story. As a result of those early conversations, Debbie wrote themes and melodies which run through the six episodes. The joy of this way of working is that I then had those themes playing in my mind as we shot the scenes, guiding me towards the correct pace and tension."
And equally, the composer was thrilled at being able to fully immerse herself in that world -
"The distinctive sound of Wolf Hall is all about immediacy and being in the present with these characters. Drawing on elements from the original Wolf Hall score, new themes have been created for our soprano, Grace Davidson, our viola player, Philip Dukes, and our mandolin player and guitarist John Parricelli.
It’s been the most thrilling experience composing the score for this production."
トラックリスト
1 Faith and Truth 2 Salvage 3 The Five Wounds 4 Obedience 5 The Image of the King 6 Broken on the Body 7 Killing Vein 8 Defiance 9 Man of Sorrows 10 Wreckage 11 Betrayal 12 New Found Lands 13 Another Life 14 A Patient Man 15 Forgiveness 16 The Leper’s Spit 17 A Little Heaven 18 The Mirror and the Light 19 Wolf Hall
10年の時を経て、ウルフ・ホールがスクリーンに戻ってきた！受賞歴のある作曲家デビー・ワイズマンが、ヒラリー・マンテルの壮大な物語を厳しい結末へと導く。
トラックリストクラシック・チャートで上位にランクインしたオリジナル・シリーズ・アルバムに続き、デビー・ワイズマンのスコア『WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT』が12月13日にリリース！
11月10日、『ウルフ・ホール：鏡と光』がBBC1とBBC iPlayerで放送開始。ピーター・コスミンスキー監督によるこの6つのエピソードは、アン・ブーリン処刑後のトーマス・クロムウェル（マーク・ライランス）とヘンリー8世（ダミアン・ルイス）との複雑な関係を描く。
1536年5月。ヘンリーの2番目の妻アン・ブーリンと、彼女の同心5人が死んだ。斧が振り下ろされる中、トーマス・クロムウェルが血の海から抜け出して権力と富への階段を上り続ける一方、手ごわい主人ヘンリーは3番目の王妃ジェーン・シーモアとの束の間の幸福に落ち着く。
『ウルフ・ホール』待望の長編“鏡と光”は、クロムウェルの生涯の最後の4年間をたどり、自作自演の男から当時最も恐れられ、影響力を持った人物になるまでの旅を完結させる。クロムウェルは、政治家でありフィクサーであり、外交官であり父親であり、その時代に反抗し、その時代を定義した人物である。
ピーター・コスミンスキーは、現在の世界情勢との類似性を見出している。
「ウルフ・ホール： 鏡と光』は専制政治の話だ。一見、ヘンリー8世は絶対的な支配者だ。しかし、彼のファクトタムであるクロムウェルは、その 「絶対的権力 」の限界--暴徒からの脅威、より強力な隣人による侵略--に日々対処しなければならない。そしてその過程で、クロムウェルは、自らを絶対的な支配者と思いながら、日々進化する新しい政治の現実に挫折している男の危険な気まぐれから自らを守ろうとしなければならない。
新シリーズでは、ロクリアン・アンサンブルと作曲家デビー・ワイズマンが再集結する。
「“鏡と光”はすべてトーマス・クロムウェルの視点から語られ、各エピソードの音楽を通してのみ、彼の内なる声、私的な考えや感情を聞くことができる。長年の音楽協力者であるデビー・ワイズマンと私は、このシリーズの1コマを撮影する何週間も前から、スコアについて話し合いを始めた。そうした初期の会話の結果、デビーは6つのエピソードを貫くテーマとメロディーを書き上げた。この作業方法の喜びは、シーンを撮影するときにそれらのテーマが頭の中で流れ、適切なペースとテンションに導いてくれることです」。
そして同様に、作曲家もその世界にどっぷりと浸かることができたことに感激している。
「『ウルフ・ホール』の特徴的なサウンドは、即物的で、登場人物たちと共に今を生きるということに尽きる。オリジナルの『ウルフ・ホール』の楽譜の要素を生かしながら、ソプラノのグレース・デビッドソン、ヴィオラ奏者のフィリップ・デュークス、マンドリン奏者でギタリストのジョン・パリチェリのために新しいテーマが作られました。
このプロダクションのスコアを作曲するのは、最高にスリリングな経験でした。」
After 10 years, WOLF HALL is back on our screens and award-winning composer Debbie Wiseman returns to bring Hilary Mantel’s epic saga to its grim conclusion.
Silva Screen Records follows the classical chart-topping original series album with the release on 13th December of Debbie Wiseman’s score the WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT
November 10th sees WOLF HALL: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT launch on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer. Directed by Peter Kosminsky, the six episodes tell the continuing story, post the execution of Anne Boleyn, of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) and his complex relationship with Henry VIII (Damian Lewis).
May, 1536. Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, and five of her coterie are dead. As the axe drops, Thomas Cromwell emerges from the bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
Eagerly awaited and years in the making, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will trace the final four years of Cromwell’s life, completing his journey from self-made man to the most feared, influential figure of his time. Cromwell is as complex as he is unforgettable: a politician and a fixer, a diplomat and a father, a man who both defied and defined his age.
Peter Kosminsky sees parallels with current world situations -
"Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is about the politics of despotism. On the face of it, Henry VIII is an absolute ruler. But Cromwell, his factotum, has to deal every day with the limits of that ‘absolute power’ - the threat from the mob, of invasion by a more powerful neighbour. And, in the process, Cromwell must try to protect himself from the dangerous capriciousness of a man who thinks himself an absolute ruler but is daily frustrated by the realities of the new, evolving politics - political problems not so very different from those we face today."
The new series reunites him with The Locrian Ensemble and composer Debbie Wiseman
"The Mirror and the Light is told entirely from Thomas Cromwell’s point of view, and it is only through the score, each episode’s music, that we hear his inner voice, his private thoughts and emotions - shielded, as they must be, from enemies and friends alike. Debbie Wiseman, my long-time musical collaborator, and I began our discussions about the score many weeks before I shot a frame of the series - searching for exactly this inner voice, a way to chart the emotional temperature at each moment in the story. As a result of those early conversations, Debbie wrote themes and melodies which run through the six episodes. The joy of this way of working is that I then had those themes playing in my mind as we shot the scenes, guiding me towards the correct pace and tension."
And equally, the composer was thrilled at being able to fully immerse herself in that world -
"The distinctive sound of Wolf Hall is all about immediacy and being in the present with these characters. Drawing on elements from the original Wolf Hall score, new themes have been created for our soprano, Grace Davidson, our viola player, Philip Dukes, and our mandolin player and guitarist John Parricelli.
It’s been the most thrilling experience composing the score for this production."
1 Faith and Truth
2 Salvage
3 The Five Wounds
4 Obedience
5 The Image of the King
6 Broken on the Body
7 Killing Vein
8 Defiance
9 Man of Sorrows
10 Wreckage
11 Betrayal
12 New Found Lands
13 Another Life
14 A Patient Man
15 Forgiveness
16 The Leper’s Spit
17 A Little Heaven
18 The Mirror and the Light
19 Wolf Hall