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The seminal 1989 miniseries The Women of Brewster Place was the first project produced by Oprah Winfrey, who was riding high on the success of her acting debut in The Color Purple and her hugely popular talk show. Directed by Donna Dietch, the two-part ABC event starred a “who’s who” of African-American actresses (including Winfrey, Cicely Tyson, Jackée, and Mary Alice), and grappled with controversial issues like abortion, rape, and lesbian relationships—garnering two Primetime Emmy nominations.
Oscar-winning composer David Shire (The Conversation, All the President’s Men, Return to Oz) applied his cinematic chops to the miniseries, infusing it with a gospel-flavored score built around a main theme that turns heartbreak into triumph. This long-unreleased music was transferred from tapes in Shire’s own collection, and the release was overseen by the composer himself. Tim Greiving’s liner notes include new interviews with both Shire and Dietch.
The album is available exclusively as a digital download through all major online retailers (iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play, and more). Visit www.cinesonicrecords.com for track information and to purchase the album through your preferred service. (The digital booklet is available for free on the product page.)
“That theme he composed…I just can’t picture Brewster without it,” says Dietch. “What it did for me emotionally, all these years later, was remarkable.”
For more information about CineSonic Records, visit our website.
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Oh man, I remember watching this and bawling my eyes out as a youngster, but I can't remember what was so sad.
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Also on Spotify USA, where I'm listening now. (Several Shire scores on Spotify, including the Rear Window remake, Zodiac and The Conversation.)
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Thanks for the response, everyone. We knew there would be interest in physical CDs (and potentially sales lost if there weren't), since that's the name of the archival soundtrack game. We chose to take the polar plunge into the cold waters of digital-only on our first title, which is a rather obscure one, because the writing seems to be on the wall when even blockbuster titles can't move 1,000 copies for archival labels. We will likely press CDs on some of our future releases, but felt this was the way to go on Brewster Place, and hope anyone interested in David Shire's beautiful music will enjoy it in this format. Cheers!
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No CD? OK, no sale.
Also known as Cutting your nose off to spite your face....
I'm sorry, but some things aren't going to sell enough to justify the cost of doing a pressed version of it.
That's just the cold and hard truth of it.
So in some cases it's going to be this sort of release or NOTHING.
What would you choose?
And you don't have a third choice.
If that upsets the luddites out there, so be it.
I'm happy this score is seeing a release, anything by Mr. Shire is most welcome whatever format it might appear in.
Ford A. Thaxton
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No CD? OK, no sale.
Also known as Cutting your nose off to spite your face....
I'm sorry, but some things aren't going to sell enough to justify the cost of doing a pressed version of it.
That's just the cold and hard truth of it.
So in some cases it's going to be this sort of release or NOTHING.
What would you choose?
And you don't have a third choice.
If that upsets the luddites out there, so be it.
I'm happy this score is seeing a release, anything by Mr. Shire is most welcome whatever format it might appear in.
Ford A. Thaxton
Yeah. I agree with Ford.
[world ends]
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But would you be buying it just BECAUSE it was a CD, or do you actually care about the music at all? Do you just want STUFF? If you cared that much about the music, it shouldn't matter how you are getting your ears to it.
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