Far From The Madding Crowd Soundtrack CD

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Far From The Madding Crowd Soundtrack album for sale was released Oct 10, 2000 on the Chapter III label. The FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD soundtrack features Trevor Lucas (Fairport Convention) and Dave Swarbrick (Steeleye Span), and has been expanded to include all the dances and impromptu vocal numbers used as backgrounds in the film. Far From The Madding Crowd Soundtrack buy CD music Also performing on the soundtrack are James Galway (flute), Isla Cameron, Julie Christie and Terence Stamp. One of the best scores ever written for a movie, Richard Rodney Bennett's music for Far From the Madding Crowd was the only element of John Schlesinger's 1967 movie to be honored with an Oscar nomination. Astonishingly for a piece of music written in 12-tone idiom, the music is highly melodic and appealing, with rich, lush orchestral textures and a haunting quality that lingers long after the movie or the album. Trevor Lucas and Isla Cameron provide the vocals on a trio of folk songs, but most of what is here is instrumental, and deeply evocative of the lonely, somber Wessex countryside in which the book and movie were set. The prominent flute passages were played by a young, uncredited James Galway, and this is some of the most substantial modern music that the legendary flautist ever recorded. The original LP release never sold in significant numbers, despite the Academy Award nomination for the music, plus an attempt at generating another "Lara's Theme" with the addition of lyrics by Paul Francis Webster to the title music. ...See Full Description

Far From The Madding Crowd Soundtrack Album Track Listing

	Trk	Song
	1	Far From the Madding Crowd
	2	Fanny and Troy
	3	Bushes And Briars
	4	Bathsheba and Briars
	5	Boldwood
	6	Tinkers Song
	7	Overture and Storm
	8	Bathsheba
	9	I Sowed the Seeds of Love
	10	Fanny Robin
	11	Coffin
	12	bold grenadier
	13	Far From the Madding Crowd

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CD Universe Part number	1220850
Label	Chapter III
Orig Year	2000
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 10, 2000
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Amy Rosen (Reissue)
Recording Time	36 minutes
Additional Info	Remastered