The Libertine (album)
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The Libertine: Music for the Film by Laurence Dunmore is the album release of Michael Nyman
's score for the 2004 film The Libertine (2004 film) directed by Laurence Dunmore
. It is the third release on Nyman's own label, MN Records, and the first to receive distribution in the United States
, by Inner Knot Records. It is his 50th album release overall. When Naxos Records
began distributing MN Records in the United States in 2008, it was included and began appearing in large quantitites in stores. This is Nyman's last score for a major motion picture to date, and his last soundtrack release, other than compilation soundtracks.
The score includes the song "If" (as "Rochester's farewell," with partially changed lyrics, removal of the quotes from "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts
, and the addition of a setting of the Kyrie
) performed by Hilary Summers
, who originally performed it in the film, The Diary of Anne Frank
(1995). It also includes an abridgement by Jeffreys of one of Wilmot's most famous poems, "Signior Dildo
", also sung by Ms. Summers. A recurring theme on the album which first appears in "Upon drinking in a bowl" for solo viola
, became the basis of the Interlude in C for Accent007 ensemble. "The maimed debauchee" is a fairly brief piece, but resembles the Interlude at its climax. The theme reappears in a longer version as "Against constancy."
The album primarily follows the order of the film, but there are exceptions, including "My Lord all-pride," which immediately follows "Signior Dildo" in the film, as Wilmot steps out from curtains painted to resemble female genitalia.
Portions of the score appear in all-brass arrangements on the album, Nyman Brass
.
2. "Upon drinking in a bowl"
3. "Impromptu on an English court"
4. "Upon nothing"
5. "The maimed debauchee"
6. "The wish"
7. "The submission"
8. "A ramble in St. James's Park"
9. "The mistress"
10. "Signior dildo"
11. "Against constancy"
12. "My Lord all-pride"
13. "The imperfect enjoyment"
14. "A satire against reason"
15. "Rochester's farewell"
16. "A satire upon mankind"
17. "Upon leaving his mistress"
Michael Nyman
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
's score for the 2004 film The Libertine (2004 film) directed by Laurence Dunmore
Laurence Dunmore
Laurence Dunmore is a graphic designer and film director whose first major collaboration was the British production of The Libertine in 2005...
. It is the third release on Nyman's own label, MN Records, and the first to receive distribution in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, by Inner Knot Records. It is his 50th album release overall. When Naxos Records
Naxos Records
Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...
began distributing MN Records in the United States in 2008, it was included and began appearing in large quantitites in stores. This is Nyman's last score for a major motion picture to date, and his last soundtrack release, other than compilation soundtracks.
The score includes the song "If" (as "Rochester's farewell," with partially changed lyrics, removal of the quotes from "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts
A Zed & Two Noughts
Elements of Michael Nyman's score invoke the "Dies Irae" section from Heinrich Ignaz Biber's Requiem ex F con terza minore. The Angelfish Decay/Swan Rot/L'Escargot theme was originally written for Childs Play, a dance work commissioned by Lucinda Childs. Performance of the soundtrack is credited...
, and the addition of a setting of the Kyrie
Kyrie
Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek κύριε , vocative case of κύριος , meaning "Lord", is the common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, which is also called the Kýrie, eléison ....
) performed by Hilary Summers
Hilary Summers
Hilary Summers is a Welsh contralto. She was trained at Reading University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the National Opera Studio in London. She has performed on soundtracks such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Libertine, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
, who originally performed it in the film, The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne no nikki
- Track listing :#Amsterdam Dawn#Anne's Birthday#The Schoolroom#Letter From Germany#Goodbye Moortje#Candlefire#Renewal#Light Of Love#Chatterbox Waltz#Hanukah#Spring Freedom#Concentration Camp#If#First Kiss#D-Day#The Diary Of Hope#Silent Separation...
(1995). It also includes an abridgement by Jeffreys of one of Wilmot's most famous poems, "Signior Dildo
Dildo
A dildo is a sex toy, often explicitly phallic in appearance, intended for bodily penetration during masturbation or sex with partners.- Description and uses :...
", also sung by Ms. Summers. A recurring theme on the album which first appears in "Upon drinking in a bowl" for solo viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, became the basis of the Interlude in C for Accent007 ensemble. "The maimed debauchee" is a fairly brief piece, but resembles the Interlude at its climax. The theme reappears in a longer version as "Against constancy."
The album primarily follows the order of the film, but there are exceptions, including "My Lord all-pride," which immediately follows "Signior Dildo" in the film, as Wilmot steps out from curtains painted to resemble female genitalia.
Portions of the score appear in all-brass arrangements on the album, Nyman Brass
Nyman Brass
Nyman Brass is a 2006 album composed and produced by Michael Nyman and performed by Wingates Band. It consists of suites from the films, The Ogre and The Libertine, and two additional shorter works: "In Re Don Giovanni", and "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds" from The Draughtsman's...
.
Track listing
1. "History of the insipid"2. "Upon drinking in a bowl"
3. "Impromptu on an English court"
4. "Upon nothing"
5. "The maimed debauchee"
6. "The wish"
7. "The submission"
8. "A ramble in St. James's Park"
9. "The mistress"
10. "Signior dildo"
11. "Against constancy"
12. "My Lord all-pride"
13. "The imperfect enjoyment"
14. "A satire against reason"
15. "Rochester's farewell"
16. "A satire upon mankind"
17. "Upon leaving his mistress"
Personnel
- Michael Nyman OrchestraMichael Nyman OrchestraThe Michael Nyman Orchestra is a group that expands on the Michael Nyman Band for specific album work, often for movie soundtracks.-History:...
- Gaby LesterGabrielle LesterGabrielle Lester is an English classical violinist and orchestra leader. She maintains an extensive discography of classical, popular and soundtrack recordings.-Career:...
, violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(leaderConcertmasterThe concertmaster/mistress is the spalla or leader, of the first violin section of an orchestra. In the UK, the term commonly used is leader...
) - Cathy Thompson, violin (leader)
- Thomas Bowes, violin
- Bev DavisonBeverley DavisonBeverley Davison is a British violin virtuoso, currently fronting an act she founded called Classical Cabaret: Hot Strings or "Classical Cabaret Duo" .-Biography:...
, violin - Manon Derome, violin
- Clive Dobbins, violin
- Jonathan Evans-Jones, violin
- Rebecca Hirsch, violin
- Philippa Ibbotson, violin
- Helen Paterson, violin
- Debbie Widdup, violin
- Kate Musker, violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Jonathan Barritt, viola
- James Boyd, viola
- Richard Cookson, viola
- John Metcalfe, viola
- Bruce White, viola
- Tony HinniganTony HinniganAnthony "Tony" Hinnigan is a musician from Glasgow. He is best known for his work with Michael Nyman , Ennio Morricone, and James Horner. He plays cello as well as Irish whistle and various Andean woodwind instruments...
, celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is... - Nick CooperNick CooperNick Cooper is an American drummer, record producer and composer best known for his work with Free Radicals. Nick is also an activist with indymedia, and food not bombs, a writer for the Free Press Houston, and Houston Peace News...
, cello - Sophie Harris, cello
- William Scholfield, cello
- Linda Houghton, double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
- Martin Elliott, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- David Roach, sopranoSoprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
, alto sax - Simon Haram, soprano, alto sax
- Jamie TalbotJamie TalbotJames Robert "Jamie" Talbot is an English jazz alto saxophonist.Talbot played with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and then with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while young.He attended the Royal College of Music in 1978-79, then recorded throughout the decades of the 1980s and 1990s with...
, soprano, tenor sax - Andy FindonAndrew FindonAndrew Findon is an English flautist and saxophonist. Educated at Harrow County School for Boys, he trained as an orchestral flautist, and served as principal flute of the National Youth Orchestra in the early 1970s and three years at the Royal College of Music...
, baritone sax, fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, piccoloPiccoloThe piccolo is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger sibling, the standard transverse flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written... - Steve SidwellSteve Sidwell (musician)Steve Sidwell is a conductor, composer, and instrumentalist specialising in swing music. Renowned as an arranger and composer, Steve, has featured on numerous albums, television shows, advertising campaigns and films with his distinctive and innovative orchestrations and compositions.He is also a...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air... - David LeeDave Lee (horn player)David Lee is currently solo horn with the Michael Nyman Band. He has held principal positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra....
, hornHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player .... - Nigel BarrNigel BarrNigel Barr grew up as a member of the High Wycombe Salvation Army band. In 1980 he went to the Guildhall School of Music and studied trombone with Peter Gane and Denis Wick during that time he was also a member of International Staff Band playing bass trombone.Since then Nigel has had a varied...
, bass trombone - Martin AllenMartin AllenMartin James Allen is a former football player and current manager of Notts County. He played more than 100 games for each Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United before finishing his playing career with Portsmouth and Southend United. Five years later, he took his first job in management, at...
, percussion - Michael NymanMichael NymanMichael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
- Hilary SummersHilary SummersHilary Summers is a Welsh contralto. She was trained at Reading University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the National Opera Studio in London. She has performed on soundtracks such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Libertine, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...
, contraltoContraltoContralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above... - Capital Voices
- Music composed, conducted, and produced by Michael Nyman
- Assistant to the composer: Andrew Keenan
- Recorded, mixed, and edited by Austin Ince
- Assistant Engineers: Mat Bartram and Roland Heap
- Orchestra contractor: Isobel Griffiths
- Published by Boosey and Hawkes Music Publishers/Michael Nyman Ltd. 2005, except Track 15, music by Michael Nyman, text by Stephen JeffreysStephen JeffreysStephen Jeffreys is a British playwright.His plays include Like Dolls or Angels ; Carmen 1936 ; Valued Friends ; The Clink ; The Libertine - also a screenplay filmed with Johnny Depp; A Going...
Published by Chester Music Ltd./Michael Nyman Ltd. 2005
- Special thanks to Annette Gentz, Elizabeth Lloyd, Rachel ThomasRachel ThomasRachel Thomas OBE , was a Welsh character actress, well known to film and television audiences.Born in the village of Alltwen, near Pontardawe, Wales, she appeared in such classic films as The Proud Valley with Paul Robeson, Blue Scar and Tiger Bay...
, Polly Hope, Andrew ThompsonAndrew ThompsonAndrew Thompson may refer to:*Andy Thompson , former Canadian politician*Andrew Thompson , Major League Baseball player for the 1875 Washington Nationals...
, James Ware, Declan Colgan and especially Laurnce Dunmore
- Design by Russell MillsRussell Mills (artist)Russell Mills is a British artist who was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, UK in 1952. He paints, creates multimedia installations, designs stage sets and lighting and has produced record covers and book covers for Brian Eno, the Cocteau Twins,Michael Nyman, David Sylvian, Peter Gabriel, and Nine Inch...
(shed) http://www.russellmills.com - Co-design by Michael Webster (storm) http://www.michael-webster.co.uk
- Photography by Michael Nyman