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Dec 30, 2021 - 9:20 AM
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filmusicnow
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This film was an unexpected delight for many reasons, not the least of which was this wonderful score. Richard Rodney Bennett's score lifted this Agatha Christie whodunnit above most other films of 1974.
The film won six Oscar nominations, including one for Best Original Score. It was also nominated for best actor (Albert Finney) and won Best Supporting Actress (Ingrid Bergman). Directed by Sidney Lumet and blessed with an amazing all-star cast, the film managed to tell Christie's story with style and chills.
Subsequent productions of this story have, for me, been mixed bags. The David Suchet Poirot is always wonderful, but the version with him is depressing, dour and embellishes Poirot's dilemma with religious guilt. Branagh's film was also disappointing, and Patrick Doyle's score not particularly memorable (again, for me).
Here are some selections from the score conducted by Bennett in concert:
Richard Rodney Bennett is not conducting here....it is Keith Lockhart .....
Thank you! The clip did not identify Lockhart and I assumed....!!!
Bennett never conducted any of his film scores but did perform piano on “Murder On The Orient Express”.
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There is a rerecording, a suite on:
Love From A Stranger. Four British Film Scores By Benjamin Britten, Roberto Gerhard, Elisabeth Lutyens, Richard Rodney Bennett. NMC D073.
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