Please forgive me for this, but fast-forward to 13mins 30secs 
Poor Anton must be rolling...
Poor Anton must be rolling...
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It's 13' 50" in fact...Originally posted by Flay View Postfast-forward to 13mins 30secs
How on earth did you find that, is the most burning issue....
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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I didn't want you to miss the important contextual introduction....Originally posted by Caliban View PostIt's 13' 50" in fact...
How on earth did you find that, is the most burning issue....
How did I find it? Well I was wondering about films that might have used Bruckner (because somehow from childhood I had known quite a lot of AB themes before I had actually ever listened to a symphony) and discovered this:
I just had to follow the Dr Who link!
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It's probably twenty years or more since I last saw it, but the solo flute (?alto flute) used in Roman Polanski's 'Repulsion' is - especially at the end - a most poignant counterpoint to the disintegration of Catherine Deneuve. The contrasting timbres of the street musician (skiffle type spoons?) are also hugely potent and rather sinister.
Agree about Bartok in 'The Shining'.Comment
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I quite agree, but somehow this is nullified by the utterly inappropriate use of "The Blue Danube" following the Prologue.Originally posted by Thropplenoggin View PostComment
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As (almost) always in a Terence Davies fillum, music plays a very large part in his elegy to his home town Liverpool in Of Time And The City
Liszt, Bruckner, Mahler and plenty more get a look-in. Very self-indulgent but strangely compelling
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You mean you don't have this episode on Video, Cali?! The Mind Robbers was almost an improvised story - the demands of a script proved unmanageable at the last minute, so this replacement story was written at the very last minute - hence the use of stock Music instead of a specially written score by Dudley Simpson, Tristram Cary or any of the other Whovian composers. (And the Music of the 1960s "Whoniverse" is the one thing that we can say was undeniably better (and much) than the post 2005 series.Originally posted by Caliban View PostHow on earth did you find that, is the most burning issue....
The Mind Robber is fondly remembered by me as it was the first time I ever encountered the word "fiction".
I was 47.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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'Diva' - haven't seen it in years but am still haunted by this!
One of the best films I saw this year was 'Moonrise Kingdom' - as much for the music as anything else. Wes Anderson's use of Benjamin Britten's 'Young Person's guide to the Orchestra' among other pieces set alongside Hank Williams and Francoise Hardy set a very disquieting mood which runs through the film.Comment
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Indeed - a deeply strange and haunting film. You can get the whole opera in the classic Tebaldi recording for £8.26.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post'Diva' - haven't seen it in years but am still haunted by this!
Toscanini liked it so much he named his daughter Wally. Sounds better in Italian
Has anyone ever seen "Saraband for Dead Lovers" with Stewart Grainger, Joan Greenwood and Flora Robson? Music by Alan Rawsthorne, but it also features a 14-year old Julian Bream (in sound only). I've ordered it to add to my large Bream collection, a film for a wet Sunday afternoon I expect.Last edited by Guest; 12-11-12, 17:46.Comment
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostIndeed - a deeply strange and haunting film. You can get the whole opera in the classic Tebaldi recording for £8.26.
Toscanini liked it so much he named his daughter Wally. Sounds better in Italian
I'd forgotten about Diva!!!
I must have seen Diva about a dozen times over the years. It came out when I was living in Paris, and really struck loads of chords with me. Apart from the aria, the Vladimir Cosma soundtrack was very good (the dawn walk in the Tuileries, the drive to the lighthouse...)... And of course: the white Citroën Traction Avant (or rather, 2...). See my member profile page (I prefer them in black)...
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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The soundtrack captures the mood of the film quite brilliantly.Originally posted by vinteuil View PostRy Cooder in Paris, Texas
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I watched this yesterday - 1948, Ealing Studios first colour feature. Music pretty generic, plus a bit of Julian Bream playing La Folia...Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View Post
It's the true story of Sophia Dorothea, who married the much older George Louis, Elector of Hanover, who later became King George l of England. It was a very unhappy marriage which nevertheless resulted in two children including the future George ll - she had a (probably platonic) relationship with the Swedish Philip von Konigsmark which was discovered and which resulted in her being divorced and imprisoned in 1694 in the Castle of Ahlden for the last 30 years of her life.
I kept being reminded....oh, never mind
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Joan Greenwood - what a voice! I never wanted anyone else to interrupt her....Joan Greenwood
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In the BBC's Anna Karenina from 1977 (can it be that long ago?), as she throws herself in the path of an oncoming train, we are plunged into the despair of Tchaikovsky's searing string theme from Манфред (Manfred). Unforgettable, each time I hear it (unfortunately).Comment
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I think it's a perfect combination. The "Blue Danube" isn't necessarily about a river but a manner of movement. And anyway having been to the Danube several times I can assure you that it's NOT blue , so can I have my money back ?Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
This (in a similar combination) is also effective IMV
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