Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE composed by the legendary Bernard Herrmann (PSYCHO, VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST), conducted on this release by the great Elmer Bernstein (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD).
Released in 1966, TORN CURTAIN was to be the ninth in a momentous series of collaborations between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann. Written by Brian Moore, Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse, starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova and Wolfgang Kieling, the film follows Michael Armstrong (Newman), an American scientist who publicly defects to East Germany as part of a secret mission to steal a formula before planning his escape back to the West.
In all of their previous collaborations, Herrmann had been given a free hand to compose his music without any concern for the commercial exploitation of the music for financial gain. But the market for soundtrack albums had started to change and one of these changes included accounting for the inclusion of a theme or a hit song on the album designed to boost sales and would not necessarily serve the film in a practical way. Herrmann resisted these inclinations as long as he could but it would be TORN CURTAIN that would end their creative collaboration. After Herrmann had gone through the process of creating his score in the usual manner and began to record it, he was interrupted by the director on the recording stage, who expressed his misgivings about what he was hearing and that was the end of their relationship...
Bernard Herrmann is one of the greatest composers of motion picture music in the twentieth century. He is considered the man behind some of the most original and distinctive film scores. He was a master at evoking psychological and dramatic tension in his music to suit the dramatic needs of a film. He won his only Oscar in 1947 for writing the score for THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER. Herrmann made a powerful mark in radio and in 1934 he began a 25-year career as a conductor and composer in radio, working for the CBS Symphony Orchestra. In 1938, he scored the notorious infamous presentation of Orson Welles' Halloween production of H. G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast. He is best remembered for his collaborations with some of Hollywood's most celebrated film directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Martin Scorsese and Brian DePalma. Described as a perfectionist, he believed that most directors didn't have a clue about music so he would blithely ignore their instructions. His filmography includes CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, CAPE FEAR, FAHRENHEIT 451, OBSESSION, TAXI DRIVER and many hours of episodic television including THE TWILIGHT ZONE and HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, among others.
From 1974 to 1979, composer Elmer Bernstein, a great believer in preserving the film music of the past, indulged an expensive whim: Re-recording excerpts from memorable scores by esteemed colleagues ranging from Alfred Newman and Miklos Rozsa to Alex North and Bernard Herrmann. This collection would span fourteen LPs and include many previously unreleased film scores, including the first recording of Herrmann's lost score to TORN CURTAIN. Later, these historic recordings were released on compact disc by Film Score Monthly in 2006 in a limited edition box set that has continued to become scarce over the years.
Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, is proud to bring these recordings back into the marketplace, under license from the composer's estate with the music newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and retaining the original liner notes written by Christopher Palmer. ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE features Bernard Herrmann's music conducted by Elmer Bernstein, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE is a limited edition soundtrack release. 2026/4/27の週発売
BSXレコード傘下のCITADEL RECORDSより、作曲家バーナード・ハーマン（『サイコ』、『めまい』、『北北西に進路を取れ』）が作曲し、エルマー・バーンスタイン（『荒野の七人』、『アラバマ物語』）が本盤で指揮を執った『アルフレッド・ヒッチコック作品「引き裂かれたカーテン」－ロスト・スコア』がリリース。
トラックリスト1966年に公開された『引き裂かれたカーテン』は、アルフレッド・ヒッチコック監督と作曲家バーナード・ハーマンによる、画期的なコラボレーションシリーズの第9作目となるはずでした。ブライアン・ムーア、ウィリス・ホール、キース・ウォーターハウスが脚本を執筆し、ポール・ニューマン、ジュリー・アンドリュース、ライラ・ケドロヴァ、ヴォルフガング・キーリングが主演を務めた本作は、ある公式の処方を盗み出すという秘密任務の一環として東ドイツへ公然と亡命し、その後西側への脱出を計画するアメリカ人科学者マイケル・アームストロング（ニューマン）の物語である。
これまでの共同制作において、ハーマンは、金銭的な利益を目的とした音楽の商業的利用を一切気にすることなく、自由に作曲を行ってきた。しかし、サウンドトラック・アルバムの市場は変化し始めており、その変化の一つとして、売り上げを伸ばすことを目的としたテーマ曲やヒット曲をアルバムに収録することが考慮されるようになった。こうした曲は、必ずしも映画そのものに実用的な役割を果たすとは限らなかった。ハーマンはできる限りこうした傾向に抵抗したが、彼らのクリエイティブな協働関係を終わらせたのは『引き裂かれたカーテン』であった。ハーマンがいつものやり方でスコアを作り上げ、レコーディングを始めたところ、レコーディングスタジオで監督から中断を告げられた。監督は聴いた音楽に対して懸念を表明し、それが二人の関係の終焉となった……
バーナード・ハーマンは20世紀を代表する映画音楽の巨匠の一人である。最も独創的で特徴的な映画音楽の数々を生み出した人物と評され、映画のドラマティックな要求に応えるため、音楽で心理的・劇的な緊張感を喚起する達人であった。1947年『悪魔の金』の音楽で唯一のアカデミー賞を受賞している。ハーマンはラジオ界でも大きな足跡を残し、1934 年から 25 年間にわたり、CBS で指揮者および作曲家として活躍しました。1938 年には、H. G. ウェルズの『宇宙戦争』を原作とした、オーソン・ウェルズによる悪名高きハロウィーン特別番組の放送で音楽を担当しました。彼は、アルフレッド・ヒッチコック、オーソン・ウェルズ、マーティン・スコセッシ、ブライアン・デ・パルマなど、ハリウッドで最も有名な映画監督たちとのコラボレーションで最もよく知られています。完璧主義者と言われる彼は、ほとんどの監督たちは音楽について何も知らないと考えていたため、彼らの指示を平然と無視していました。
彼のフィルモグラフィーには『市民ケーン』『偉大なるアンバーソン家の人々』『北北西に進路を取れ』『めまい』『ＳＦ巨大生物の島』『恐怖の岬』『華氏451』『愛のメモリー』『タクシードライバー』のほか、『ミステリー・ゾーン』や『西部のパラディン』など数多くのテレビシリーズ作品も手掛けている。
1974年から1979年にかけて、過去の映画音楽を保存することに強い信念を持っていた作曲家エルマー・バーンスタインは、ある高価な嗜好に没頭した。それは、アルフレッド・ニューマンやミクロス・ローザからアレックス・ノース、バーナード・ハーマンに至るまで、名だたる同僚たちによる記憶に残る楽曲の抜粋を再録音するというものであった。このコレクションは全14枚のLPに及び、ハーマンの失われた『引き裂かれたカーテン』のスコア初録音を含む、多くの未発表映画音楽を収録していた。その後、これらの歴史的な録音は2006年にFilm Score Monthlyより限定盤ボックスセットとしてCD化されたが、年を追うごとにその入手は困難になっていった。
BSXレコード傘下のシタデル・レコードは、作曲家の遺産管理団からのライセンスを得て、デジタル・アウトランドのジェームズ・ネルソンによる新規リマスターを施し、クリストファー・パーマーが執筆したオリジナルのライナーノーツをそのままに、これらの録音を市場に再びお届けできることを誇りに思います。『引き裂かれたカーテン - ロスト・スコア』は、エルマー・バーンスタインの指揮、ロイヤル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団による演奏で、バーナード・ハーマンの音楽を収録しています。
限定盤。 --- レーベルより。（機械翻訳・一部修正）
Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE composed by the legendary Bernard Herrmann (PSYCHO, VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST), conducted on this release by the great Elmer Bernstein (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD).
Released in 1966, TORN CURTAIN was to be the ninth in a momentous series of collaborations between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann. Written by Brian Moore, Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse, starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova and Wolfgang Kieling, the film follows Michael Armstrong (Newman), an American scientist who publicly defects to East Germany as part of a secret mission to steal a formula before planning his escape back to the West.
In all of their previous collaborations, Herrmann had been given a free hand to compose his music without any concern for the commercial exploitation of the music for financial gain. But the market for soundtrack albums had started to change and one of these changes included accounting for the inclusion of a theme or a hit song on the album designed to boost sales and would not necessarily serve the film in a practical way. Herrmann resisted these inclinations as long as he could but it would be TORN CURTAIN that would end their creative collaboration. After Herrmann had gone through the process of creating his score in the usual manner and began to record it, he was interrupted by the director on the recording stage, who expressed his misgivings about what he was hearing and that was the end of their relationship...
Bernard Herrmann is one of the greatest composers of motion picture music in the twentieth century. He is considered the man behind some of the most original and distinctive film scores. He was a master at evoking psychological and dramatic tension in his music to suit the dramatic needs of a film. He won his only Oscar in 1947 for writing the score for THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER. Herrmann made a powerful mark in radio and in 1934 he began a 25-year career as a conductor and composer in radio, working for the CBS Symphony Orchestra. In 1938, he scored the notorious infamous presentation of Orson Welles' Halloween production of H. G. Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS broadcast. He is best remembered for his collaborations with some of Hollywood's most celebrated film directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Martin Scorsese and Brian DePalma. Described as a perfectionist, he believed that most directors didn't have a clue about music so he would blithely ignore their instructions. His filmography includes CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, CAPE FEAR, FAHRENHEIT 451, OBSESSION, TAXI DRIVER and many hours of episodic television including THE TWILIGHT ZONE and HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, among others.
From 1974 to 1979, composer Elmer Bernstein, a great believer in preserving the film music of the past, indulged an expensive whim: Re-recording excerpts from memorable scores by esteemed colleagues ranging from Alfred Newman and Miklos Rozsa to Alex North and Bernard Herrmann. This collection would span fourteen LPs and include many previously unreleased film scores, including the first recording of Herrmann's lost score to TORN CURTAIN. Later, these historic recordings were released on compact disc by Film Score Monthly in 2006 in a limited edition box set that has continued to become scarce over the years.
Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, is proud to bring these recordings back into the marketplace, under license from the composer's estate with the music newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and retaining the original liner notes written by Christopher Palmer. ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE features Bernard Herrmann's music conducted by Elmer Bernstein, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S TORN CURTAIN - THE LOST SCORE is a limited edition soundtrack release.
2026/4/27の週発売
01. Prelude (from "Giant") (2:18)
02. Prelude And Wagon Train (from "Red River") (4:02)
03. Red River Crossing (from "Red River") (2:32)
04. The Challenge And Finale (from "Red River") (3:20)
05. Prelude And Legend (from "Duel In The Sun") (3:06)
06. The Buggy Ride (from "Duel In The Sun") (2:35)
07. Trek To The Sun, Love-Death And Finale (from "Duel In The Sun") (5:03)
08. Main Titles (from "High Noon") (2:56)
09. The Clock And Showdown (from "High Noon") (8:46)
10. End Titles (from "High Noon") (1:11)
11. Follow The River (from "Night Passage") (3:01)
12. De Guella (from "Rio Bravo") (3:35)
13. Love Theme (from "Rio Bravo") (2:31)
14. End Titles (from "Rio Bravo") (1:59)
The John McCarthy Singers with Bob Saker, baritone.
The London Studio Symphony Orchestra, Leader, Hugh Bean.
Conducted by Laurie Johnson
BONUS TRACK
15. A President's Country - Suite (11:44)
The Royal College of Music Orchestra. David King, Organ.
Conducted by Sir David Willcocks
Total Time: 58:44