Miklos Rozsa’s penultimate film score comes to a comprehensive two-disc Deluxe Edition featuring both the film recording (previously unreleased) and album version.
Eye of the Needle was a WWII thriller based on a 1978 novel by Ken Follett, starring Donald Sutherland as a Nazi spy living in England. Stranded on a Scottish island while trying to return to Germany with vital war information, he starts a torrid romance with the unhappy and lonely wife (Kate Nelligan) of the local shepherd. Richard Marquand’s direction so impressed George Lucas that it won him the job of directing Return of the Jedi.
By the early 1980s, Miklos Rozsa was the only major Golden Age composer still alive and laudably writing the same kind of timeless symphonic score that made him a Hollywood institution. His grand, sweeping music for Eye of the Needle is unabashedly romantic?vintage Rozsa?at turns suspenseful and brooding, pastoral and uplifting. It magnificently connects the film to its period while enhancing the emotion and drama.
Rozsa recorded his music for Eye of the Needle twice: first for the film, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and then in an album version with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. While the 13-track, 42-minute album (on disc two) has been released by Varese Sarabande, this is the premiere release of the 23-track, 61-minute film version (on disc one)?making for the ultimate Eye of the Needle release, with new liner notes by Rozsa expert Frank K. DeWald.
Limited edition of 2,000.
トラックリスト
Disc One: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Disc Two: The Original Motion Picture Score (Album Recording) Performed by The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
1. Prelude From Eye Of The Needle 2:13 2. English Wedding 1:56 3. The Blond Agent / Blondie’s Death 2:54 4. Camouflage 3:08 5. Love Scene 1:56 6. The Fight 3:06 7. Passion / Love Theme 4:28 8. Frantic Drive / Despair 3:05 9. The Broken Heart / Revulsion 2:54 10. Escape 4:33 11. The Hostage / The Lamp 3:21 12. Retribution 4:40 13. Finale / Epilogue From Eye Of The Needle 3:19
VARESE SARABANDE CD CLUBの限定盤！ミクロス・ローザの晩年の作品『針の眼』が、世界初リリースとなる本編で使用されたフィルムスコアとアルバム・バージョンの両方を収録した2枚組デラックス・エディションで登場！
トラックリスト『針の眼』は、1978年のケン・フォレットの小説を原作とした第二次世界大戦スリラーで、ドナルド・サザーランドがイギリスに住むナチスのスパイを演じた。重要な戦争情報を携えてドイツに戻ろうとしてスコットランドの島に取り残された彼は、地元の羊飼いの不幸で孤独な妻（ケイト・ネリガン）と苛烈なロマンスを始める。リチャード・マーカンドの演出はジョージ・ルーカスに感銘を与え、『スター・ウォーズ／ジェダイの復讐』の監督を引き受けた。
1980年代初頭までに、ミクロス・ローザは黄金時代の主要な作曲家の中で唯一存命で、ハリウッドの名声を築いたのと同じような、時代を超越したシンフォニック・スコアを意欲的に書いていました。ローザのヴィンテージ的な『針の眼』の壮大な音楽は臆市内ロマンティックであり、ローザのヴィンテージである。サスペンスフルで陰鬱でありながら、牧歌的で高揚感に満ちています。感情やドラマを盛り上げながら、映画を見事に時代と結びつけています。
ローザは『針の眼』のために2度レコーディングを行いました。最初は映画のためにロンドンのロイヤル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団、そしてアルバム・バージョン用にドイツのニュルンベルク交響楽団で録音。13トラック、42分のアルバム・バジョン（ディスク2に収録）はVarese Sarabandeからリリースされているが、今回世界初リリースとなるは23トラック、61分のフィルム・バージョン（ディスク1に収録）が収録されてた究極盤でリリースです！ 限定2,000枚。
Miklos Rozsa’s penultimate film score comes to a comprehensive two-disc Deluxe Edition featuring both the film recording (previously unreleased) and album version.
Eye of the Needle was a WWII thriller based on a 1978 novel by Ken Follett, starring Donald Sutherland as a Nazi spy living in England. Stranded on a Scottish island while trying to return to Germany with vital war information, he starts a torrid romance with the unhappy and lonely wife (Kate Nelligan) of the local shepherd. Richard Marquand’s direction so impressed George Lucas that it won him the job of directing Return of the Jedi.
By the early 1980s, Miklos Rozsa was the only major Golden Age composer still alive and laudably writing the same kind of timeless symphonic score that made him a Hollywood institution. His grand, sweeping music for Eye of the Needle is unabashedly romantic?vintage Rozsa?at turns suspenseful and brooding, pastoral and uplifting. It magnificently connects the film to its period while enhancing the emotion and drama.
Rozsa recorded his music for Eye of the Needle twice: first for the film, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, and then in an album version with the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany. While the 13-track, 42-minute album (on disc two) has been released by Varese Sarabande, this is the premiere release of the 23-track, 61-minute film version (on disc one)?making for the ultimate Eye of the Needle release, with new liner notes by Rozsa expert Frank K. DeWald.
Limited edition of 2,000.
Disc One: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1. Prelude From Eye Of The Needle 1:57
2. English Wedding (Film Version) 1:27
3. The Boarding House / The Needle Strikes 1:30
4. Storm Island / The Blond Agent 2:21
5. The Bedroom 2:02
6. Blondie’s End / The Needle 3:18
7. Camouflage / Pursuit 4:28
8. Search On The Train / Confrontation 2:49
9. Escape / The Boat 2:24
10. The Meeting 1:14
11. Love Scene / No Regrets 2:37
12. Heartbreak / The Transmitter 1:49
13. The Fight (Film Version) 2:46
14. Passion (Film Version) 1:43
15. Frantic Drive (Film Version) 1:09
16. Despair / Realization 3:26
17. The Broken Heart / Revulsion (Film Version) 3:11
18. Escape (Film Version) 6:00
19. The Gun 1:20
20. The Axe / The Firebomb 2:28
21. The Hostage / The Lamp (Film Version) 3:18
22. Retribution (Film Version) 4:18
23. Finale / Epilogue From Eye Of The Needle 2:58
Disc Two: The Original Motion Picture Score (Album Recording)
Performed by The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra
1. Prelude From Eye Of The Needle 2:13
2. English Wedding 1:56
3. The Blond Agent / Blondie’s Death 2:54
4. Camouflage 3:08
5. Love Scene 1:56
6. The Fight 3:06
7. Passion / Love Theme 4:28
8. Frantic Drive / Despair 3:05
9. The Broken Heart / Revulsion 2:54
10. Escape 4:33
11. The Hostage / The Lamp 3:21
12. Retribution 4:40
13. Finale / Epilogue From Eye Of The Needle 3:19