Featuring gorgeous cover art by Stéphane Coedel and liner notes by Frank K. DeWald, Warren M. Sherk and Patrick Russ, the CD includes nearly 130 minutes of music—the complete score plus additional arrangements.
Featuring gorgeous cover art by Stéphane Coedel and liner notes by Frank K. DeWald, Warren M. Sherk and Patrick Russ, the CD includes nearly 130 minutes of music—the complete score plus additional arrangements.
Methinks the math is wrong…
CD1 = 40:02 CD2 = 51:21 TOTAL = 91:23
Indeed, but that's what they put on the site. I just copied and pasted it.
The Old Man and the Sea was a golden opportunity for a composer. Rife with atmosphere and notably short on dialogue, the picture called for a composer who could “think big” and create a sprawling musical canvas reflecting the film’s theme of man vs. nature. In the mid-1950s, few (if any) film composers were routinely producing large works on the scale of Dimitri Tiomkin.
Tiomkin composed nearly 80 minutes of rich orchestral underscore. His music encompasses a wide range of moods, including passages that reflect the lush seascapes and breathtaking sunsets of Howe’s cinematography with Impressionistic tone color and rhythm; bold dramatic cues for Santiago’s struggle with the marlin; periodic references to Latin-American rhythms for the film’s Cuban setting and quiet moments of repose to depict the tender relationship between Santiago and Manolin. Inspired by Hemingway’s story, Tiomkin crafted a score that supports the drama, in his words, “in the style of a symphonic poem for concert.” Five principal themes unify the mammoth composition.
Marvelous hook. Have bitten the bait. I ain't no blue marlin but the DVD has been reserved from la biblioteca for a rewatch. 'S been a long, long time.
With all the Godfathers, Bonds and Out of Africas around the corner I find myself eagerly anticipating this super fine release and I'm not even a particular Tiomkin nut.
Thanks a lot, Intrada, for continuing the Excalibur Series with this gorgeous double CD!
