Michel Legrand – The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection (2005) [FLAC]
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Genre: Soundtrack, Score | Label: Silva America | # SILCD 1185 | Time: 01:17:55
Reynold da Silva’s Silva Screen Records has been constructing a series of “essential” collections of major film composers’ scores usually by making new recordings of portions of those scores or compiling recordings previously made for other projects, most often employing the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. For this Michel Legrand album, the label has actually enlisted Legrand as conductor of the Flemish Radio Orchestra (whose contributions are not noted until you examine the CD booklet), with a few additional jazz musicians, plus Legrand himself on piano and (during the extended suite from The Go-Between) harpsichord. Still, these are new recordings, made in December 2004, and should not be confused with actual soundtrack recordings. Legrand oversees excerpts from some of his most popular scores, leaning heavily on the major themes, such as “I Will Wait for You” from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, “Theme from Summer of ’42,” and “The Windmills of Your Mind” from The Thomas Crown Affair. These tracks tend to run from three to six minutes each, though the suite from The Three Musketeers passes eight minutes, and the album concludes with two suites each lasting about 14 minutes, a medley from Yentl and six “variations” from The Go-Between. Revisiting music dating back to the 1960s, Legrand provides interpretations that do not quite re-create thesoundtracks, leaning more toward easy listening versions, but without going too far. Still, a compilation of the original versions (with, for example, Miles Davis actually playing on “Dingo” instead of being imitated by Claude Egea) would be preferable.
Review by William Ruhlmann, Allmusic.com
Silva Screen has released a collection that will set you on your ear “The Essential Michel Legrand Film Music Collection”… Legrand’s score sets the tone and mood you experience a sense of power and freedom, so exhilarating… Legrand’s genius in composition and orchestration, puts the listener smack dab in the middle of each film he scores as it serves up a generous helping of heaven for all “film-score-buff” collectors
Michel Legrand was born in Paris on February 24th, 1932…attended the Paris Conservatory Progressing…worked in various jazz bands, later a staff arranger and composer…an orchestrator in the ’50s…scored films in the early ’60s with “THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG” (1964)…”THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR” (1968)…”THE GO-BETWEEN” (1970)…”SUMMER OF ’42″ (1971)…”THE THREE MUSKETEERS” (1973)…and three Oscars from the Academy Awards for “THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND” for best music and original song in 1969 , “SUMMER OF ’42″ for best original song and original dramatic score in 1972… “YENTL for best music and original song score in 1984…then in 2003 nominated for Broadway’s Tony Awards for Best Original Music Score for the Musical “Amour”, there’s no letting up for this hard working composer.
The Flemish Radio Orchestra featuring conductor composer Michel Legrand on piano and harpsichord, Philippe Chayeb on bass, Thierry Chauvet on drums and Bruno Caviglia on guitar…all in all did a magnificent job in bringing the music of a composer who wrote for a multitude of films, receiving recognition from the industry and fans which is long over-due ~ his work is in constant demand.
This collection contains an overlay of each cue in Legrand’s distinctive style of legendary scoring ~ the man who made this possible, a tremendous asset to every project he undertakes is Reynold da Silva [executive producer of the album] ~ symphonic suites with full orchestra fullfilling the “film-score-buffs” cravings for more of the same, just the way we like ‘em!
Review by J. Lovins, Amazon.com
Tracklist:
01. I Will Wait for You (05:07) “Les Parapluies de Cherbourg” – “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
02. You Must Believe in Spring / Concerto de Maxence / La Chanson des Jumelles (04:27) “Les Demoiselles de Rochefort” – “The Young Girls of Rochefort”
03. The Summer of 42 (03:56) “The Summer of 42″
04. Never Say Never Again (03:33) “Never Say Never Again”
05. How Do You Keap The Music Playing (06:00) “Best Friend”
06. The Thomas Crown Affair (03:53) “The Thomas Crown Affair”
07. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (05:59) “The Happy Ending”
08. The Three Musketeers (08:04) “The Three Musketeers”
09. Wuthering Heights (05:08) “Wuthering Heights”
10. Brian’s Song (03:17) “Brian’s Song” (TV)
11. Dingo (04:03) “Dingo”
12. Yentl – Medley (14:00) “Yentl”
13. The Go-Between – Variations 1-2-3-4-5-7 (13:58) “The Go-Between”
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