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  1. SONY CLASSICAL RELEASES SOUNDTRACK OF “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN”

    A FILM ABOUT MARILYN MONROE
    FEATURING “MARILYN’S THEME” BY ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
    AND PIANO MUSIC PLAYED BY LANG LANG


    Sony Music is pleased to announce the digital release on November 1, 2011 of the soundtrack of My Week with Marilyn (a CD will be available later in the month). The film, about a week in the life of the legendary Marilyn Monroe, features a star-studded cast.

    The movie, the feature debut of director Simon Curtis, is based on the books by Colin Clark (played by Eddie Redmayne), who as an assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl in the summer of 1956 gave Monroe (Michelle Williams) an introduction to British life. Monroe was actually on her honeymoon with playwright Arthur Miller (Daugry Scott), but when Miller had to leave the country, Clark was her companion on a week-long escape from the pressures of life as a Hollywood luminary. Kenneth Branagh takes the part of Laurence Olivier, the other major star of The Prince and the Showgirl, and the high-calibre cast features (in supporting roles) Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi and Zoë Wanamaker.

    The themes of shooting a high-profile film, the complicated emotional life of Marilyn Monroe and 1950s Britain provide irresistible material for a diverse and entertaining soundtrack. The score was written by Conrad Pope, one of the USA’s leading arrangers, conductors and composers of film music. His recent credits include work on three of the Star Wars films, the Harry Potter series, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek X, the Matrix films and Memoirs of a Geisha. “Marilyn’s Theme” was contributed by Alexandre Desplat, winner of a Golden Globe (The Painted Veil, 2006) and a British Academy Film Award (The King’s Speech, 2011), and author of many other compositions for French cinema and Hollywood, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

    As if these credentials were not recommendation enough for this soundtrack, the brilliant piano playing of Lang Lang runs like a thread through the whole story and – it almost goes without saying when the Marilyn Monroe is the centre of attention – there are some classic songs: “Autumn Leaves” by Nat King Cole, a medley of “When Love Goes Wrong” and “Heat Wave”, and Michelle Williams singing “That Old Black Magic” as the end-title song over the closing five minutes of the movie.

    The world premiere of My Week with Marilyn was at the New York Film Festival on 9 October 2011. It was made in England at the Pinewood Studios – director Curtis was even able to use the same studio in which Monroe acted for The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956 – at medieval Saltwood Castle, the family home of the upper-class Colin Clark, and on locations in and around London. Just as the visual sequences transport the listener back more than 50 years, the music too is a superb evocation of the mood and sounds of the mid-1950s, a window onto a bygone age and a moving homage to a tragic icon of the movies.

    Tracklist:

    1. Marilyn's theme - Conrad Pope
    2. 'When love goes wrong, Nothin' Goes Right' & 'Heat Wave' - Michelle Williams
    3. Colin Runs off to the the Circus - Conrad Pope
    4. Colin Joins the Circus/Mr Jacobs - Conrad Pope
    5. Driving through Pinewood - Lang Lang
    6. Paparazzi - Conrad Pope
    7. Colin and Vivian - Conrad Pope
    8. Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
    9. Rushes - Conrad Pope
    10. Lucy - Conrad Pope
    11. Uno, Dos, Tres - La Tropicana Orchestra
    12. Arthur and Marilyn - Conrad Pope
    13. Marilyn Alone - Conrad Pope
    14. Arthur's Notebook - Conrad Pope
    15. Vivian Screens Marilyn - Conrad Pope
    16. The Getaway - Conrad Pope
    17. You Stepped Out Of A Dream - Nat King Cole
    18. Eton Schoolyard Conrad Pope
    19. Autumn Leaves - Nat King Cole
    20. Overdose - Conrad Pope
    21. Colin's Heartbreak - Conrad Pope
    22. Colin and Marilyn - Conrad Pope
    23. It's a Wrap, I found a Dream - Michelle Williams
    24. Such Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of - Conrad Pope
    25. Remembering Marilyn - Conrad Pope
    26. That Old Black Magic - Michelle Williams

    For more information contact: cinemediapromo@yahoo.com or @cinemediapromo on Twitter
  2. I know I'm the only one who has noted, but I love the fact of having composers of the Harry Potter films scoring films of the cast after Deathly Hallows (Williams scoring War Horse, which it has David Thewlis and Peter Mullan, Doyle scoring Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes which it has Tom Felton, next to score Brave, which it has the voices of Emma Thompson, Kelly MacDonald, Robbie Coltrane and Jim Broadbent, now Pope scoring My Weekend With Marilyn, with Desplat's theme, which it has Emma Watson).
  3. But as a replacement composer, replacing one by Stephen Warbeck.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
  4. I know. But still
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011
    I think of classical when I think of Warbeck.
    listen to more classical music!
  6. Maybe that is why I don't really warm to Warbeck's music.

    I really need to think about what differentiates classical music and film music in my mind!
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011 edited
    Re-listen to Prince Ka'iulani again. Track 5 and 22 are Tchaikovsky from his Seasons Op. 37b which I could send you. There are two versions orchestral and solo piano, this score uses the piano. Track 4 and 7 are very classical. I think this was a perfect venue for Warbeck. It's a shame there are only 500 copies available.
    Tom smile
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011 edited
    I've been caught out a few times with this thread title, I keep reading it as 'My Week With Martijn' shocked dizzy
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011
    cheesy
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011
    This thread should sink!
    Whenever I open the forum I keep on reading "My Week With Martijn"!

    (And then of course I hope it's like a glowing review from Stavi, but nooooooo....)
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  11. Did this week with Martijn involve Vodka, romantic John Williams, and some low lights?
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 21st 2011
    Indeed. Main lowlights consisting of a consistent lack of Greeks in the immediate vicinity.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  13. Greek's got to turn the lights down low -- they're broke.
    The views and opinions of Ford A. Thaxton are his own and do not necessarily reflect the ones of ANYONE else.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    I like the first listen. Can understand Warbeck being replaced.
    Tom smile
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    I get the feeling some of the cues sound like Catch Me If You Can and The Terminal
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorStavroula
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011 edited
    justin boggan wrote
    Greek's got to turn the lights down low -- they're broke.


    And yet richer in many aspects than others, don't you think?
    Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    Stavroula wrote
    justin boggan wrote
    Greek's got to turn the lights down low -- they're broke.


    And yet richer in many aspects than others, don't you think?


    I just figured out this has nothing to do with the thread confused
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    I'm going to review next. That will make three Pope soundtracks in one month!!!
    Tom smile
    listen to more classical music!
  19. Maybe do the same with his Pavillon of Women?
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    This is one score I don't have.
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    Oh my God Tom. Email me immediately!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
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      CommentAuthorStavroula
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    sdtom wrote
    Stavroula wrote
    justin boggan wrote
    Greek's got to turn the lights down low -- they're broke.


    And yet richer in many aspects than others, don't you think?


    I just figured out this has nothing to do with the thread confused

    I know Tom. Just as irrelevant as Justin's comment.
    Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    Welcome to Main Titles smile
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    We have juicy babes, ethereal women, gorgeous sun and sea, we know how to drink and dance and have fun screw money smile
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    Also: excellent salads!

    Although that still wouldn't be my main point of attraction.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    All of which has absolutely nothing to do with the topic
    listen to more classical music!
  27. Justin's attack on Greece was completely uncalled for and I think Stavi had the right to defend her country.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    Attack on Greece?
    That's a little harsh, don't you think?
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  29. I'd get slightly defensive myself, after that remark.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorStavroula
    • CommentTimeOct 22nd 2011
    It was not an attack per se but this kind of comments are certainly neither funny nor welcomed as far as I am concerned and I guess Demetris will agree with me. Funny as our situation may seem to others believe me it is far from it. But let's not go more out off topic than we already are!
    By the way, thanks Pawel! smile
    Whatever you gaze rests on,do not use your vision, but the eyes of your soul...She knows better...

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