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Reynold Da Silva's Silva Screen Records specializes in new recordings of film scores, frequently ones that never had soundtrack albums. That is emphatically not the case here, which leads producer/conductor James Fitzpatrick to ask himself, "as there are already original soundtrack albums available for all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies...why the need for a 'highlights' CD?" Fitzpatrick's answer is that he and his orchestrators were trying to create suites from the three films that could be played in a concert hall by an orchestra. Why couldn't they be played that way as is? Apparently because the modern soundtrack is such a combination of "orchestra, samples, ethnic percussion and keyboards," and needs to be adapted. This is true even of the highly orchestrated scores of these movies composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) and his mentor, Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) that evoke, and to some extent make fun of, the cinematic swashbucklers of old. "The Pirates film trilogy is unashamedly overscored," writes annotator Glen Aitken, and he doesn't mean that as a criticism. After all, this is a film franchise based on a theme-park ride, and one need only call to mind the image of actor Johnny Depp as the loopy Captain Jack Sparrow in the lead role to appreciate the tone the movies take. Badelt and Zimmer explored that tone in their thrilling, over-the-top, and occasionally under-the-table music, which is played here by the 85-piece City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra with the appropriate zest. One can only hope that Fitzpatrick gets his wish and that this music finds its way into the repertoire of pops orchestras the world over.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - KLAUS BADELT, Composer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - KLAUS BADELT, Composer - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - KLAUS BADELT, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - KLAUS BADELT, Composer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - KLAUS BADELT, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Gareth Williams, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - David Temple, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Crouch End Festival Chorus, Choir
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Hans Zimmer, Composer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist - Hans Zimmer, Composer - Prague Philharmonic Choir, Choir - Nicholas Charles Raine, Conductor
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - James Fitzpatrick, Conductor - Hans Zimmer, Composer
℗ 2011 Universal Music Operations Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Reynold Da Silva's Silva Screen Records specializes in new recordings of film scores, frequently ones that never had soundtrack albums. That is emphatically not the case here, which leads producer/conductor James Fitzpatrick to ask himself, "as there are already original soundtrack albums available for all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies...why the need for a 'highlights' CD?" Fitzpatrick's answer is that he and his orchestrators were trying to create suites from the three films that could be played in a concert hall by an orchestra. Why couldn't they be played that way as is? Apparently because the modern soundtrack is such a combination of "orchestra, samples, ethnic percussion and keyboards," and needs to be adapted. This is true even of the highly orchestrated scores of these movies composed by Klaus Badelt (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) and his mentor, Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) that evoke, and to some extent make fun of, the cinematic swashbucklers of old. "The Pirates film trilogy is unashamedly overscored," writes annotator Glen Aitken, and he doesn't mean that as a criticism. After all, this is a film franchise based on a theme-park ride, and one need only call to mind the image of actor Johnny Depp as the loopy Captain Jack Sparrow in the lead role to appreciate the tone the movies take. Badelt and Zimmer explored that tone in their thrilling, over-the-top, and occasionally under-the-table music, which is played here by the 85-piece City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra with the appropriate zest. One can only hope that Fitzpatrick gets his wish and that this music finds its way into the repertoire of pops orchestras the world over.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:03
- Main artists: The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca (UMO) (Classics)
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited This Compilation ℗ 2007 Universal Music Operations Limited
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