A pair of lush, tropical scores to keep you warm this winter, Daniele Amfitheatrof's Bird of Paradise and Hugo Friedhofer's Lydia Bailey come to CD for the first time!
Bird Of Paradise is the second iteration of Richard Walton Tully’s popular play about a young Westerner whose romance with a Polynesian princess arouses the ire of the island gods; the first was made by RKO in 1932, directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea. Fox's 1951 production starring Debra Paget and Jeff Chandler was not very successful. Lending power and verisimilitude to the occasionally silly ? if supremely diverting ? proceedings, is Daniele Amfitheatrof’s gorgeously evocative score.
Very different in kind, if not in quality, is Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Lydia Bailey, a fascinating if rarely seen historical epic focusing on former slave Toussaint Louverture’s 18th century struggle for Haiti’s independence. By the time he got to Lydia Bailey, Friedhofer was what colleague David Raksin called “a patriarchal figure,” and there is, in fact, something magisterial about his music here. This is a muscular score, somber and grave from the very first moments of its opening cue, Mirabeau, with Friedhofer brilliantly blending straightforward symphonic suspense and daring hints of African-style percussion.
A double dose of cinematic musical splendor for those OK with travelling back a little farther in time to a Golden Age when such film music releases as this couldn't even be dreamed of. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. ※Varese Sarabadeレーベルから抜粋
トラックリスト
BIRD OF PARADISE 1. Tenga Returns (6:47) 2. Apau (4:25) 3. The Sacred Pool (7:10) 4. It’s a Beautiful Dream (4:38) 5. Fire Walking (5:10) 6. Prophecy (4:05) 7. The Parting (5:28)
Music Composed and Conducted by Daniele Amfitheatrof
LYDIA BAILEY 8. Mirabeau (4:51) 9. Man Hunt (5:29) 10. Suspense (5:20) 11. The Pastorale (6:46) 12. Refugees (3:38) 13. The Ouanga (5:31) 14. Haiti (5:12)
Music Composed by Hugo Friedhofer Conducted by Lionel Newman
VARESE CLUBの限定盤！この冬、2つのトロピカル・スコアがあなたを暖かくする！50年代のFOXクラシック映画2作品「南海の劫火」と「南海の劫火」のサウンドトラックが、ついに世界初CDリリース！限定1000枚。レーベル完売！
トラックリスト『南海の劫火』・・・南大平洋の小さな島国の王子（ジェフ・チャンドラー）とヨーロッパで知りあった主人公（ルイ・ジュールダン）が彼の帰郷につきあい、島を訪れ、その妹姫（デブラ・パジェット）と恋仲になるが、それを快く思わない呪術師が警告すると、その通り、火山が噴火する。神の怒りを鎮めるには姫を生け贄に差し出すのがしきたり。彼女はその言葉に従って自ら火口に身を投げる。馬鹿馬鹿しいと思われるかも知れないが、監督デイヴィスの特性は、こうしたナイーヴなロマンを臆面もなく、気持ちを込めて演出するところ。それが観る側にも伝わって、映画を愛さないではおかなくする。お定まりの滝のある泉での男女の交歓シーンなどくすぐったくもなるが、本当に美しく、パジェットの愛らしさは格別。音楽は、「ダンディー少佐」のダニエル・アンフィシアトロフ。監督はデルマー・デイヴィス。1951年米
『嵐を呼ぶ太鼓』・・・音楽は「我等の生涯の最良の年」のヒューゴ・フリードホーファー。監督： ジーン・ネグレスコ、出演： アン・フランシス、デイル・ロバートソン。1952年米。
A pair of lush, tropical scores to keep you warm this winter, Daniele Amfitheatrof's Bird of Paradise and Hugo Friedhofer's Lydia Bailey come to CD for the first time!
Bird Of Paradise is the second iteration of Richard Walton Tully’s popular play about a young Westerner whose romance with a Polynesian princess arouses the ire of the island gods; the first was made by RKO in 1932, directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea. Fox's 1951 production starring Debra Paget and Jeff Chandler was not very successful. Lending power and verisimilitude to the occasionally silly ? if supremely diverting ? proceedings, is Daniele Amfitheatrof’s gorgeously evocative score.
Very different in kind, if not in quality, is Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Lydia Bailey, a fascinating if rarely seen historical epic focusing on former slave Toussaint Louverture’s 18th century struggle for Haiti’s independence. By the time he got to Lydia Bailey, Friedhofer was what colleague David Raksin called “a patriarchal figure,” and there is, in fact, something magisterial about his music here. This is a muscular score, somber and grave from the very first moments of its opening cue, Mirabeau, with Friedhofer brilliantly blending straightforward symphonic suspense and daring hints of African-style percussion.
A double dose of cinematic musical splendor for those OK with travelling back a little farther in time to a Golden Age when such film music releases as this couldn't even be dreamed of. Limited Edition of 1000 copies.
※Varese Sarabadeレーベルから抜粋
BIRD OF PARADISE
1. Tenga Returns (6:47)
2. Apau (4:25)
3. The Sacred Pool (7:10)
4. It’s a Beautiful Dream (4:38)
5. Fire Walking (5:10)
6. Prophecy (4:05)
7. The Parting (5:28)
Music Composed and Conducted by Daniele Amfitheatrof
LYDIA BAILEY
8. Mirabeau (4:51)
9. Man Hunt (5:29)
10. Suspense (5:20)
11. The Pastorale (6:46)
12. Refugees (3:38)
13. The Ouanga (5:31)
14. Haiti (5:12)
Music Composed by Hugo Friedhofer
Conducted by Lionel Newman