Varese Sarabande Club release. Babe was a massive surprise hit in 1995. A children’s film starring a talking pig seemed to be the last thing anybody expected from visionary filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max), but writer-producer Miller, adapting a 1983 book with director and cowriter Chris Noonan, created a universally praised, moving film about a farm pig (a combination of animatronics and computer graphics) who longs to be a sheepdog. With a memorable lead performance by James Cromwell as Babe’s farmer-owner, Babe received glowing reviews and seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Visual Effects.
A major part of Babe’s exquisite, perfectly pitched storybook tone is the charming, resonant symphonic score by Australian composer Nigel Westlake. Westlake interpolated a tapestry of classical works, most notably the maestoso section of Saint-Saens’ third (Organ) symphony, to perfectly capture the human emotions of the film’s animal characters, while ironically treating the humans with an animal-like comedy and whimsy. (The Saint-Saens melody had been adapted into the British reggae pop hit, “If I Had Words,” by Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Kelley; a sped-up version is used in Babe’s end credits.)
Babe was released as a music-and-dialogue album at the time of the film. This CD Club edition features the expanded score as music only, packaged with a new essay by Tim Greiving featuring insights from Miller, Noonan, Cromwell and Westlake. Limited Edition Of 1500 --- *レーベルより抜粋
トラックリスト
1. Opening Titles (From the Motion Picture Babe) ? Piggery (4:02) 2. Fairground (Extended Version) (3:16) 3. I Want My Mum / The Way Things Are (4:40) 4. Fly Would Never / Crime And Punishment (3:50) 5. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati (Extended Version) (3:21) 6. Repercussions / Into The Knackery (2:23) 7. Pig, Pig, Piggy / Mother And Son (2:28) 8. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (3:26) 9. Christmas Morning (Extended Version) (5:08) 10. Separate The Chickens / Round Up (2:37) 11. Babe’s Round Up (Extended Version) (3:59) 12. Mad Dog Rex (1:14) 13. The Sheep Pig (Extended Version) (1:47) 14. Dog Tragedy (1:36) 15. Hoggett Shows Babe / Maa’s Death (2:58) 16. Home Pig / Hoggett With Gun (2:48) 17. Pig Of Destiny / Up To Trouble (3:29) 18. The Cat / What Are Pigs For (2:26) 19. Where’s Babe / Hoggett’s Song (3:23) 20. Babe In The Kitchen / Help For Babe (4:32) 21. Baa Ram Ewe / Rex On Truck (1:46) 22. The Gauntlet / Moment Of Truth (Extended Version) (1:45) 23. Finale - That’ll Do, Pig, That’ll Do (1:39) 24. If I Had Words (2:54) 25. Toreador Aria (Excerpt) (:22) 26. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (With Vocals) (3:51) 27. Blue Moon (Excerpt) (:40) 28. Cantique de Jean Racine (Excerpt) (:41) 29. If I Had Words (Hoggett’s Song) (1:52)
Music Composed and Produced by Nigel Westlake Performed by the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra
VARESE CLUBの限定盤！子ブタが夢に向かって健気にがんばる姿を描き大ヒットしたファミリードラマ。製作に「マッドマックス」のジョージ・ミラー。当時リリースされたアルバムは台詞入りでしたが、今回は音楽のみで全29曲、約79分の音楽を収録したデラックス・エディションでリリース！ 限定1500枚。
トラックリスト収穫祭の賞品として農場主アーサーにもらわれた子ブタのベイブ。牧羊犬の母犬フライはベイブに農場のルールを教えた上、自分の子供たちと同じようにベイブを可愛がってくれる。牧場に現れた羊泥棒をいち早くベイブが感知した事からアーサーはベイブに羊の見張りをさせようと思いつくが、臆病なベイブには手も足も出ない。だが心優しいベイブは羊たちにお願いする事で牧羊犬の代わりを見事に果たしたのだ。フライの夫レックはプライドを傷つけられベイブに辛く当り、フライとの仲も悪くなる。やがて牧羊犬コンテストの日が迫り、アーサーはなんとそれにベイブを出場させようとするのだが……。
監督：クリス・ヌーナン、製作：ジョージ・ミラー、ダグ・ミッチェル、 ビル・ミラー、出演： ジェームズ・クロムウェル、マグダ・ズバンスキー。1995年オーストラリア。
Varese Sarabande Club release.
Babe was a massive surprise hit in 1995. A children’s film starring a talking pig seemed to be the last thing anybody expected from visionary filmmaker George Miller (Mad Max), but writer-producer Miller, adapting a 1983 book with director and cowriter Chris Noonan, created a universally praised, moving film about a farm pig (a combination of animatronics and computer graphics) who longs to be a sheepdog. With a memorable lead performance by James Cromwell as Babe’s farmer-owner, Babe received glowing reviews and seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Visual Effects.
A major part of Babe’s exquisite, perfectly pitched storybook tone is the charming, resonant symphonic score by Australian composer Nigel Westlake. Westlake interpolated a tapestry of classical works, most notably the maestoso section of Saint-Saens’ third (Organ) symphony, to perfectly capture the human emotions of the film’s animal characters, while ironically treating the humans with an animal-like comedy and whimsy. (The Saint-Saens melody had been adapted into the British reggae pop hit, “If I Had Words,” by Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Kelley; a sped-up version is used in Babe’s end credits.)
Babe was released as a music-and-dialogue album at the time of the film. This CD Club edition features the expanded score as music only, packaged with a new essay by Tim Greiving featuring insights from Miller, Noonan, Cromwell and Westlake.
Limited Edition Of 1500 --- *レーベルより抜粋
1. Opening Titles (From the Motion Picture Babe) ? Piggery (4:02)
2. Fairground (Extended Version) (3:16)
3. I Want My Mum / The Way Things Are (4:40)
4. Fly Would Never / Crime And Punishment (3:50)
5. Anorexic Duck Pizzicati (Extended Version) (3:21)
6. Repercussions / Into The Knackery (2:23)
7. Pig, Pig, Piggy / Mother And Son (2:28)
8. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (3:26)
9. Christmas Morning (Extended Version) (5:08)
10. Separate The Chickens / Round Up (2:37)
11. Babe’s Round Up (Extended Version) (3:59)
12. Mad Dog Rex (1:14)
13. The Sheep Pig (Extended Version) (1:47)
14. Dog Tragedy (1:36)
15. Hoggett Shows Babe / Maa’s Death (2:58)
16. Home Pig / Hoggett With Gun (2:48)
17. Pig Of Destiny / Up To Trouble (3:29)
18. The Cat / What Are Pigs For (2:26)
19. Where’s Babe / Hoggett’s Song (3:23)
20. Babe In The Kitchen / Help For Babe (4:32)
21. Baa Ram Ewe / Rex On Truck (1:46)
22. The Gauntlet / Moment Of Truth (Extended Version) (1:45)
23. Finale - That’ll Do, Pig, That’ll Do (1:39)
24. If I Had Words (2:54)
25. Toreador Aria (Excerpt) (:22)
26. Pork Is A Nice Sweet Meat (With Vocals) (3:51)
27. Blue Moon (Excerpt) (:40)
28. Cantique de Jean Racine (Excerpt) (:41)
29. If I Had Words (Hoggett’s Song) (1:52)
Music Composed and Produced by Nigel Westlake
Performed by the Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra