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The Comedians / Hotel Paradiso (2CD) (Laurence Rosenthal)

34.95 EUR  
  The Comedians / Hotel Paradiso - Laurence Rosenthal - soundtrack (2CD)
 

Laurence Rosenthal

 
  Film Score Monthly FSM Vol. 14 No. 9 | Format CD | Year 1967 / 1966
 

AKA:
The Comedians:
Los comediantes (Spain) (imdb display title)
Die Stunde der Komödianten (West Germany)
I commedianti (Italy)
Les comédiens (France)

Hotel Paradiso:
Hotel Paradiso (Brazil)
Paradiso, hôtel du libre-échange (France)

Limited edition of 1200 copies.


Laurence Rosenthal's fruitful cinematic collaboration with director Peter Glenville began with the Oscar-nominated score for Becket (1964), and continued with the two films featured in this 2CD set: Hotel Paradiso (1966) and The Comedians (1967).

Hotel Paradiso, based on a nineteenth-century French farce, starred Alec Guinness and Gina Lollobrigida as Parisian neighbors. Their attempt to have an affair lands them in a disreputable establishment where incompetence and confusion reign supreme. The comical comings and goings of the cast are supported by Rosenthal's light-hearted, delightful score—written for a chamber orchestra of 15 players. His airy musical confections are entirely appropriate to the farcical plot.

Rosenthal's next effort for Glenville involved an entirely different type of film. Graham Greene's script for The Comedians, based on his own novel, chronicled the intermingled stories of several foreigners caught up in the crumbling, festering world of Haiti under the rule of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his brutal secret police. It boasted a stellar cast—headlined by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor—that included Peter Ustinov, Alec Guinness and James Earl Jones.

Rosenthal's main theme reflects the film's story—about the gulf between surfaces and the underlying realities they mask—with a spirited Latin American dance (featuring native percussion) laid over a jarring bed of dissonance. The turbulent relationship between Taylor and Burton's characters is captured in an uneasy and unresolved love theme. Throughout, the music is dark, subtle, sophisticated—and ultimately as enigmatic as Greene's disturbing novel.

FSM's definitive presentation of Laurence Rosenthal's scores for Hotel Paradiso and The Comedians includes the MGM Records stereo album sequences for both films on disc one, and the expanded score of The Comedians (also in stereo) on disc two. Of the two scores (both recorded in London), only the latter survives in complete form.

John Takis based his insightful liner notes on extensive interviews with the composer. The 24-page booklet includes a track-by-track commentary on both scores (detailing the numerous differences in The Comedians between the score as written and as used in the film). Film stills, posters and LP jackets comprise the attractive art work selected by Joe Sikoryak.


- FSM


  Track listing:

Disc 1
 
 
HOTEL PARADISO (1966)
 
The Soundtrack Album
 
01 Main Title (03:47)
02 Friendly Neighbors (03:08)
03 Visitors From the Country (03:58)
04 Boniface Escapes (03:40)
05 The Trapeze Waltz (01:56)
06 Arrivals at the Hotel (05:48)
07 The Nervous Tea Party (01:38)
08 Chaos in the Corridors (04:26)
09 The Police Arrive (02:23)
10 Next Morning (02:04)
11 Embarrassing Moments and Happy Surprises (03:02)
12 The Palais Royale & End Title (02:27)
 
 
THE COMEDIANS (1967)
 
The Soundtrack Album
 
13 Main Title (03:05)
14 Madame l'Ambassadrice (02:48)
15 Port-au-Prince (02:16)
16 "I Am the Haitian Flag" (02:04)
17 At the Columbus Statue (03:24)
18 The Voodoo Temple (03:26)
19 Arrest at Dawn (01:20)
20 The Blue Guest-Room (03:58)
21 The Tontons Macoute (02:09)
22 Operation Jones (01:45)
23 "In the Night Watches" (04:04)
24 Departures (03:12)
 
Bonus Track:
 
25 Main Title (Original) (03:15)
 
 
 
Disc 2
 
 
THE COMEDIANS (1967)
 
The Film Score
 
01 Main Title (Revised) (03:17)
02 Disembarking/Jones Arrested (01:35)
03 Brown's Arrival (03:11)
04 Haitian Flag (02:07)
05 Martha/Port-au-Prince (04:51)
06 Trianon (01:55)
07 Swimming Pool/Ministry (04:04)
08 "Vierge Marie, Priez Pour Moi" (01:28)
09 Duvalierville (02:35)
10 Cabaña (02:48)
11 Embassy Interior (00:50)
12 The Blue Room (04:01)
13 Philipot (00:57)
14 Duvalier Drums/The Market (01:17)
15 Wharf (02:00)
16 The Priest/Ogou Fè (Traditional)/Ecstasy (04:51)
17 Brown Awakened (01:22)
18 The Bible (Original Version) (04:00)
19 Patience/Jones as Cook (02:21)
20 Martha's Car (03:05)
21 Magiot Asleep (00:44)
22 Magiot's Death (00:46)
23 Hospital/Signals (01:56)
24 Operation Jones (02:19)
25 Fraulein Bridge/Highway/Slap Bridge (01:53)
26 Shank's Pony/Cemetery (02:37)
27 Philipot and Jones (01:38)
28 Rebels (02:35)
29 Petit Pierre (01:07)
30 End Title (01:14)
 
Bonus Source Cues:
 
31 Military Band (00:27)
32 Chez la Mère Catherine Café (05:29)
 
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