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The movie The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex was an interesting failure on the part of Warner Bros. studios, an attempt to put its top male (Errol Flynn) and female (Bette Davis) stars into a film that would intersect neatly with the studio historical biographies (The Story of Louis Pasteur, etc.). It didn't quite work as either a historical drama or a Flynn action vehicle, ending up like a grimmer companion movie to the same studio's The Prince and the Pauper, but one thing that did work was the music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The most operatic of all his scores for Warner Bros., it features his most elaborate musical constructions, from the lengthy but richly developed fanfare to the quieter passages depicting the love, jealousy, and treachery the Queen and her would-be consort find themselves surrounded by at court. As a more psychologically oriented subject than most of Korngold's other scores for Errol Flynn's movies, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is deeper and darker than most of his surrounding work and lends itself to very serious listening, more akin to his concert pieces. The entire score is virtually an opera without words, divided up into six neatly constructed suites in this recording by the Munich Symphony Orchestra under conductor Carl Davis. The playing is excellent and the whole project is like a gift to Korngold fans, representing virtually every note of music in the score. ~ Bruce Eder
Original score written by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Recording information: 1991.
Personnel: Carl Davis (conductor); Munich Symphony Orchestra.
Korngold: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex Soundtrack Songs
Korngold: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex Soundtrack Album Track Listing
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Song
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Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite One: Elizabeth and Essex: Main Title / Narrative / March / Shadow And Parade / The Throne Room / After Elizabeth Slaps Essex / Elizabeth And Essex
2
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite Two: The Queen: The Courier / The Chess Game / Mirror Scene / The Queen / Messenger / Poor Child
3
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite Three: Reconciliation: The Hunting / Raleigh And Essex / Silver And Armor / Lady Penelope / Darling / Card Game / Love Scene
4
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite Four: Ireland: Council Dismissed / Love And The Ring / Ireland / Shadow Of Penelope / Elizabeth Weeps / The Battle / The Truce
5
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite Five: Essex Returns: The Palace / Queen Elizabeth / Essex Returns / Love Scene / Arrest
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Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, film score: Suite Six: The Tower of London: The Tower / Cecil / Essex / Love Scene / Executioner / End Cast
Korngold: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex Soundtrack Review
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