Wow!! I've been hearing every superlative in the dictionary used to describe this but haven't been able to track down the old promo release. Looks like I can stop trying now!
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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon May 05, 2008 5:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Announces Jerry Fielding's THE NIGHTCOMERS |
INTRADA Announces: THE NIGHTCOMERS Composed and Conducted by JERRY FIELDING INTRADA Special Collection Volume 63 The Nightcomers (1972) was constructed as a prequel of sorts to Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, detailing what happened to gardener Peter Quint (Marlon Brando) and the governess Margaret Jessel (Stephanie Beacham) prior to their untimely deaths. Or more to the point, it chronicles how they influenced two evil children, Flora and Miles, who in turn devised their murders. Directed by Michael Winner, and written by well-known London playright Michael Hastings, The Nightcomers was the second of five films Jerry Fielding scored for Michael Winner, for which he composed one of his most diverse and complex scores. Fielding appeared to be intrigued by the film's two major conflicts. The first conflict is primarily visual -- a dynamic contrast between frequent shots of the pastoral, regal English landscapes and the similarly frequent sequences of dark, sordid happenings occurring behind closed doors. The second conflict is more internally dramatic, a battle between the malicious Peter Quint and innocent Miss Jessel for the well-being of the children. With such intense material, Fielding avoided composing a solitary theme to unify the story, or even working with a theme and variations approach. Ever the intellectual composer, Fielding instead created his own world of contrasts to musically shape and dissect. Highlights of the score include the "Main Title," opening with a bright major-key fanfare for brass to herald the locale and follows with a classically imbued line over rock-solid harmonies to underline youthful innocence; the warm pastoral mode of "The Flower Bath" (a rarity of style for Fielding), and a cold dark string motif that anchors the score, first heard in "Bedtime at Blythe House." Miss Jessel gets not one, but two dramatically contrasting musical ideas, one painted with warm glowing colors in strings, woodwinds, and French horns to reflect her outer beauty, the other a cold string theme with violent brass and percussion sections to underscore her submissive, sexual perverse nature. All just a few highlights from this Fielding gem. The complete score in crisp stereo sound is presented mainly in chronological order from the recording engineered by Richard Lewzey at Cine Tele Sound in London, rescued by James Fitzpatrick from oblivion when the studio closed down. This release is limited to 1500 units. INTRADA Special Collection - Volume 63 Retail Price: $19.99 IN STOCK NOW For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5768/.f Also released by Intrada in 2008: |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Mon May 05, 2008 5:40 pm ] |
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Wow!! I've been hearing every superlative in the dictionary used to describe this but haven't been able to track down the old promo release. Looks like I can stop trying now! :D:D:D
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| Author: | Olivier [ Mon May 05, 2008 5:43 pm ] |
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Sounds really good.
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| Author: | STEVENJ [ Mon May 05, 2008 7:19 pm ] |
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Aces, gentleman. Thank you. |
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| Author: | Guest [ Mon May 05, 2008 8:21 pm ] |
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| Author: | Guest [ Tue May 06, 2008 1:33 am ] |
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| Author: | Kenneth English [ Tue May 06, 2008 8:14 am ] |
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| Author: | Stefan Miklos [ Tue May 06, 2008 8:16 am ] |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Tue May 06, 2008 10:28 am ] |
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| Author: | Gordon Pym [ Tue May 06, 2008 11:03 am ] |
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| Author: | kipling71 [ Tue May 06, 2008 11:07 am ] |
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| Author: | Gordon Pym [ Tue May 06, 2008 11:13 am ] |
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Mr. Fitzpatrick must also be thanked for producing the expanded Legend CD before it was too late. If I remember correctly masters for Legend were lost but fortunately Mike Ross-Trevor had kept a safety copy of the complete sessions, just in case... I suppose learning how many great masters were lost when CTS Wembley and Olympic Studios closed down must be disheartening to say the least... |
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| Author: | shureman [ Tue May 06, 2008 2:19 pm ] |
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Not to sound ungrateful, but I DO hope my favorite Fielding, STRAW DOGS, will eventually surface as well...... |
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| Author: | Douglass Fake [ Tue May 06, 2008 5:46 pm ] |
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For what it's worth: when people would ask me over the years what my favorite Fielding score was I'd usually answer without pause: THE NIGHTCOMERS. --Doug |
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| Author: | peterproud [ Wed May 07, 2008 10:37 am ] |
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