Vanity Fair [Soundtrack]

vanity fair [soundtrack]

On this CD:

Vanity Fair, film score She Walks in Beauty
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Sissel, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Exchange
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Becky and Amelia Leave School
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

The Great Adventurer, song (for the film Vanity Fair)
Composed by David McGuiness
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, Custer LaRue, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Becky Arrives at the Queen's Crawley
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Andante
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, Mychael Danna, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score No Lights after Eleven
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Adagio
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, Mychael Danna, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score I've Made up My Mind
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Ride to London
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Becky and Rawdon Kiss
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Sir Pitt's Marriage Proposal
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score I Owe You Nothing
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Piano for Amelia / Announcement of Battle
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Time to Quit Brussels
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Waterloo Battlefield
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Amelia Refuses Dobbin / The Move to Mayfair
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, Custer LaRue, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Steyne the Pasha
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

El Salaam
Composed by Amal El Taer, Hassan Esh Esh
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, Hakim, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score The Virtue Betrayed
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Rawdon's End
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Dobbin Leaves Amelia
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Vanity Fair, film score Vanity's Conqueror
Composed by Mychael Danna
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with V. Selva Ganesh, David McGuinness, Anthony Hinnigan
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Gori Re
Composed by Shanker Ehsaan Loy
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with Richa Sharma, V. Selva Ganesh, Shankar Mahadevan, Joe Ayoub, Anthony Hinnigan, David McGuinness
Conducted by Nicholas Dodd

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
William Makepeace Thackery's mid-19th-century meditation on the boundaries of class and gender gets a smartly sympathetic remake via Indian director Mira Nair and Reese Witherspoon, who imbues the story's social-climbing Becky Sharp with some of the same spunky spirit the actress brought to Legally Blonde's equally ambitious Elle. Composer Mychael Danna furthers that sense of era-bridging drama with an orchestral score that sets the story's time and place via effective pastiches of Schubert and Beethoven (that's Danna himself channeling a little Ludwig van on the evocative solo piano passages "Andante" and "Adagio"), yet often fuses them seamlessly with a modern sensibility that helps story's contemporary parallels resonate all the more. The soundtracks four songs revolve around poles of Romantic-era evocations (Danna's stately adaptations of Lord Byron's sonnet "She Walks in Beauty" and the standard "Great Adventurer") and the lively East Asian rhythms of Hakim's "El Salaam" and Mahadevan/Sharma's sprightly duet, "Gori Re." But Danna's masterful infusion of 19th century classical Romanticism with the dry, postmodern instincts of the 21st are the score's most compelling achievements, music that argues that while times and mores have changed, the human spirit remains as stubborn as ever. --Jerry McCulley

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Vanity Fair [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

tis a chick flick
Crimson Petal - historical correctness
Now sleeps the crimson petal...
Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year?
Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?

Vanity Fair
Mychael Danna
Manufacturer: Decca
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002JU1GC
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Tracks:

She Walks In Beauty
Exchange
Becky And Amelia Leave School
The Great Adventurer
Becky Arrives At The Queen's Crawley
Andante
No Lights After Eleven
Adagio
I've Made Up My Mind
Ride To London
Becky And Rawdon Kiss
Sir Pitt's Marriage Proposal
I Owe You Nothing
Piano For Amelia/Announcement Of Battle
Time To Quit Brussels
Waterloo Battlefield
Amelia Refuses Dobbin/The Move To Mayfair
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Steyne The Pasha
El Salaam
The Virtue Betrayed
Rawdon's End
Dobbin Leaves Amelia
Vanity's Conquerer
Gori Re

Amazon.com

William Makepeace Thackery's mid-19th-century meditation on the boundaries of class and gender gets a smartly sympathetic remake via Indian director Mira Nair and Reese Witherspoon, who imbues the story's social-climbing Becky Sharp with some of the same spunky spirit the actress brought to Legally Blonde's equally ambitious Elle. Composer Mychael Danna furthers that sense of era-bridging drama with an orchestral score that sets the story's time and place via effective pastiches of Schubert and Beethoven (that's Danna himself channeling a little Ludwig van on the evocative solo piano passages "Andante" and "Adagio"), yet often fuses them seamlessly with a modern sensibility that helps story's contemporary parallels resonate all the more. The soundtracks four songs revolve around poles of Romantic-era evocations (Danna's stately adaptations of Lord Byron's sonnet "She Walks in Beauty" and the standard "Great Adventurer") and the lively East Asian rhythms of Hakim's "El Salaam" and Mahadevan/Sharma's sprightly duet, "Gori Re." But Danna's masterful infusion of 19th century classical Romanticism with the dry, postmodern instincts of the 21st are the score's most compelling achievements, music that argues that while times and mores have changed, the human spirit remains as stubborn as ever. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

tis a chick flick.......2006-05-22

Vanity Fair..A feast for the eyes...and hardly a true period piece! SO the music is a bit out of sync...It is still fabulous and for the musical snobs..I too happen to a VERY learned "chantuese".. and in my opinion Custer Larues'. Crimson petal is anything But wimpy...It is meant to be whispery..and provocative..there is nothing uncertain at all about it...MUCH control there..!
Becky Sharp is a character that many women adore because she is STRONG and ruthless! Who cares if the movie was not dead on accurate..It was truly enjoyable...ANd I loved it!

Crimson Petal - historical correctness.......2005-11-13

I did like this movie... but I'm not going to pretend that it stuck to the book or was even remotely historically correct. I loved the song "Now sleeps the crimson petal," but I did want to clear up some things about it. I've been looking for the sheet music and it doesn't appear to exist. There are about 7 people who have written songs based on Tennyson's poem, but this version was written by Mychael Danna, does not even closely resemble Roger Quilter or Robert Young. Mychael Danna did nearly the entire soundtrack and he is wonderful. I just wish i could find the sheet music.

Now sleeps the crimson petal..........2005-08-10

Why bother about historical accuracy at all? The scene where Becky sings "Now sleeps the crimson petal" is probably the most memorable and moving scene of the whole film. I loved it.

Indeed -- Crimson Petal in -what- year?.......2005-04-03

I very much enjoyed the soundtrack (much, much more than the movie) for what it was -- some beautifully done music. I don't know enough about composition to relate different styles to different periods (my knowledge goes about as far as "dissonant=modern"), but I -do- know literature, and just want to note that "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, published in 1847 -- which would be WELL after Becky Sharpe sung it in the movie, even with all the bizarre time-jumping going on in it. This in no way diminishes the song's beauty, and I love the poem for itself -- but just wanted to add a few grains of salt to the historical accuracy of the soundtrack, which remains, to my ear, quite beautiful.

A further quirk to me was the "Salaam" song, which is sung in Arabic. Still enjoyable (though it made NO SENSE in the movie), but I feel it's worth noting that it's not any dialect of Indian.

Crimson Petal in WHAT YEAR?.......2005-02-21

As a retired professional classical musician, I have strong attitudes about music. I greatly enjoyed this film version of Vanity Fair, and think Reese Witherspoon was wonderful, as were most of the actors. The music, though, was odd to say the least. For me the "Crimson Petal" song (and the whole movie scene in which it was heard) was a low point, because the song was obviously from the late twentieth century or the early twenty-first, and did not belong in the movie at all. I suspect that the reason the moviemakers got away with this is that with the general decline in interest in classical music, nobody knows any more what kind of music came from which era. Well, I think I do know - though I am ready to stand corrected if someone can explain that there really was a song from the Napoleonic era that had all this chromaticism, etc. in it. I did appreciate the fact that when Becky Sharp/Reese Witherspoon was supposed to be singing, her voice was rather wimpy and uncertain; it would not have been believable to have her singing with fabulous line and breath support. I agree with the other reviewer that Sissel's "She Walks In Beauty" was a high point.
I suggest that people might look into real period song collections and skip the movie music in this instance.

Vanity Fair: Music From The BBC TV Series

Average customer rating:

a gem
The Best Soundtrack for a TV Series

Vanity Fair: Music From The BBC TV Series
Murray Gold
Manufacturer: BBC Legends
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001T3JV
Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

Waltz In Becky Sharp
Love Between The Saxes
Waltz In Becky Sharp (End)
The Shape Of Things
In The Deep Deep Drunken Night
As The Bee
Miss Crawley's Retinue
The Lovers Walk
Bread
Armchair Waltz
Secret
Yugobrazilica
J&B
Sir Pitt
Waltzing For Beginners
The Fleet Foot Of The Elephant
Savez-Vous/Vanity Square
Waltz In Becky Sharp (Reprise)
War Between The Saxes
Lazy And Hazy

Customer Reviews:

a gem.......2003-06-30

Such a fresh record. I discovered it by accident in a record store in Barcelona. Just bubbling with life and heart. You have to hear it.

The Best Soundtrack for a TV Series.......2001-07-14

Not much to say other than this rather avant-garde soundtrack for a period piece works wonderfully. This brassy, occasionally grosteque sound which Murray Gold brilliantly composed is enjoyable to listen to, but also complements the TV program very well. Its roots draw from jazz, Spanish folk, New Orleans funeral, Klezmer, classical and even Kurt Weil.

Superb! I can't reccommend this strongly enough.

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