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MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES (1973)
added January 30, 2010

presented by
BRYAN FORBES and ROGER MOORE

Part I conducted by MUIR MATHIESON
The Dambusters Eric Coates
1954 Directed by Michael Anderson. Starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd.
Legend of the Glass Mountain Nino Rota
1949 Directed by Henry Cass. Starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray.
Things to Come Sir Arthur Bliss
1935 Directed by William Cameron Menzies. Starring Raymond Massey and Ralph Richardson.
Limelight Charles Chaplin Solo violin, Erich Gruenberg
1952 Directed by Charles Chaplin. Starring Charles Chaplin and Claire Bloom.
The Big Country Jerome Moross
1958 Directed by William Wyler. Starring Gregory Peck and Jean Simmonds.
The Magnificent Seven Elmer Bernstein
1960 Directed by John Sturges. Starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen.
Henry V: St Crispin's Day Scene Sir William Walton, arr. Muir Mathieson Spoken by Bryan Forbes
1944 Directed by Laurence Olivier. Starring Laurence Olivier and Leslie Banks.

Interval of twenty minutes

Part II conducted by JOHN BARRY
Featuring John Barry's compositions for Bryan Forbes's films including:
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964 Starring Kim Stanley and Richard Attenborough.
The Whisperers
1966 Starring Edith Evans and Eric Portman.

And more John Barry compositions including:
The James Bond films
From Russia with Love
1963 Directed by Terence Young. Starring Sean Connery, Daniella Bianchi and Lotte Lenya. Goldfinger
1964 Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Sean Connery, Honor Blackman and Shirley Eaton. Thunderball
1965 Directed by Terence Young. Starring Sean Connery, Claudine Auger and Luciana Paluzzi.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 Directed by Peter Hunt. Starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg and use Steppat. Diamonds are Forever
1971 Directed by Guy Hamilton. Starring Sean Connery, Jill St John and Charles Grey.

Born Free
1965 Directed by James Hill. Starring Virginia McKenna.

The Knack
1965 Directed by Richard Lester. Starring Rita Tushingham and Michael Crawford.

Midnight Cowboy
1969 Directed by John Schlesinger. Starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 Directed by William Sterling. Starring Fiona Fullerton and Hywel Bennett.

Zulu
1963 Directed by Cy Endfield. Starring Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins and Michael Caine.

The Persuaders and The Adventurer: Themes from the TV series.

Mary Queen of Scots
1971 Directed by Charles Jarrott. Starring Vanessa Redgrave and Glenda Jackson.

The Quiller Memorandum
1966 Directed by Michael Anderson. Starring George Segal and Alec Guinness.

Research: Tony Rayns Production: Brian Eastman

Source: Geoff Leonard

Filmharmonic '72
added January 30, 2010

Goldfinger
Born Free
The Knack
Midnight Cowboy
The Lion in Winter

Suite - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Curiouser and Curiouser, I've never been this far before, The Me I Never Knew

The Big Country

Deadfall
TV Themes including The Persuaders, The Adventurers

Mary, Queen of Scots
Zulu
The Quiller Memorandum
The Concert James Bond: James Bond Theme, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, 007,
You Only Live Twice, O.H.M.S.S., Diamonds are Forever

Encore?

This was one half (the second) of the concert, the first half being music composed and conducted by Miklos Rozsa.

Source: Geoff Leonard

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"Being one of the lucky ones, I attended the 1972 Filmharmonic Concert at RAH that this album was based on. More...

Prior to the album being released, Gordon Gray, who was A&R man at Polydor and in charge of the albums release, advised me over the phone that the arrangement of 'Zulu' played in the concert - much more dramatic and vibrant than the original, togeher with 'The Knack' and 'ipcress' were 'on the list' for inclusion on the album. Alas, they never made it.

So, I presume they are gathering dust somewhere, possibly never to be heard................ unless, of course Sony (Universal, ed.) have access to ALL the tracks recorded for the album and include them, but I'm not holding my breath!!"

Source: Ian MacDonald, John Barry Yahoo group.

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Travels with Charlie

Barry bought the rights and planned to act as composer/producer with segments to be directed by people like Kevin C. I seem to recall that Jim Wilson might have been a co-producer? Not sure! Barry publicised this quite a lot in the sweep of post-Dances popularity but (obviously) it never arrived.

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The Jam

Barry bought the rights and planned to act as composer/producer.

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2004
The Incredibles

Worked on this for some time but apparently the studio did not agree with his take. There seems to have been a misunderstanding as director Brad Bird hired him on the basis that he would write a score which was a pastiche of his James Bond scores.  Barry had no intention of scoring it that way and even his trailer music was replaced by a real Bond theme - OHMSS!  They could not agree and Barry left.

Composer: Michael Giacchino

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2000
Thomas and the Magic Railroad

Barry was initially very enthusiastic about this (his son was a big fan of the stories) and wrote several songs with Don Black. However, he eventually decided the film was not going the way he had envisaged and left.

Composer: Hummie Mann

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1999
Tom's Midnight Garden

Director Willard Carroll wanted Barry (him being a big fan), made one phone call just to check out availability but there was never any discussion beyond that.

Composer: Debbie Wiseman

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1999
Goodbye Lover

Wrote and recorded full score. However, the film's writer, Ron Peer, who was delighted that John was the composer, believes he did not want to "lighten" his score in certain places as required by the director during the editing process. Hence John Ottman was brought in to write a replacement score. It's worth noting that actress Ellen DeGeneres claimed that test audiences reacted badly to the film originally ending with her character being killed, so she was called back to re-shoot the ending.

Composer: John Ottman

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1999
The End Of The Affair

Wrote demo theme, presumably rejected. It's now a track on Eternal Echoes.

Composer: Michael Nyman

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1998
The Horse Whisperer

Wrote and recorded several demo themes but disagreements with director Robert Redford led to him leaving the project. He did not compose and record a complete score, as has been suggested.

Composer: Thomas Newman