Bird of Paradise / Lydia Bailey
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| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird of Paradise - Music Composed and Conducted by Daniele Amfitheatrof | |||
| 1. | Tenga Returns | 6:47 | |
| 2. | Apau | 4:25 | |
| 3. | The Sacred Pool | 7:10 | |
| 4. | It’s a Beautiful Dream | 4:38 | |
| 5. | Fire Walking | 5:10 | |
| 6. | Prophecy | 4:05 | |
| 7. | The Parting | 5:28 | |
| Lydia Bailey - Music Composed by Hugo Friedhofer - Conducted by Lionel Newman | |||
| 8. | Mirabeau | 4:51 | |
| 9. | Man Hunt | 5:29 | |
| 10. | Suspense | 5:20 | |
| 11. | The Pastorale | 6:46 | |
| 12. | Refugees | 3:38 | |
| 13. | The Ouanga | 5:31 | |
| 14. | Haiti | 5:12 | |
| 74:30 |
Bird of Paradise (1951)
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Lydia Bailey (1952)
Bird Of Paradise - Original Motion Picture Soundtracks
Music composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof
France: L'oiseau de paradis
Germany: Insel der zornigen Götter
Greece: To pouli tou paradeisou
Italy: L'uccello del paradiso
Spain: Ave del paraíso Spain
International Film release date: 1951
Lydia Bailey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music composed by Hugo Friedhofer, conducted by Lionel Newman.
Austria: Aufstand auf Haiti
Germany: Schwarze Trommeln
Greece: Mavra tympana
Italy: La rivolta di haiti
Spain: Revuelta en Haití
International Film release date: 1952
A pair of lush, tropical scores to keep you warm this winter, Daniele Amfitheatrof's Bird of Paradise and Hugo Friedhofer's Lydia Bailey come to CD for the first time!
Bird Of Paradise is the second iteration of Richard Walton Tully’s popular play about a young Westerner whose romance with a Polynesian princess arouses the ire of the island gods; the first was made by RKO in 1932, directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea. Fox's 1951 production starring Debra Paget and Jeff Chandler was not very successful. Lending power and verisimilitude to the occasionally silly — if supremely diverting — proceedings, is Daniele Amfitheatrof’s gorgeously evocative score.
Very different in kind, if not in quality, is Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Lydia Bailey, a fascinating if rarely seen historical epic focusing on former slave Toussaint Louverture’s 18th century struggle for Haiti’s independence. By the time he got to Lydia Bailey, Friedhofer was what colleague David Raksin called “a patriarchal figure,” and there is, in fact, something magisterial about his music here. This is a muscular score, somber and grave from the very first moments of its opening cue, Mirabeau, with Friedhofer brilliantly blending straightforward symphonic suspense and daring hints of African-style percussion.
A double dose of cinematic musical splendor for those OK with travelling back a little farther in time to a Golden Age when such film music releases as this couldn't even be dreamed of.
Limited Edition of 1000 copies
Music composed by Daniele Amfitheatrof
France: L'oiseau de paradis
Germany: Insel der zornigen Götter
Greece: To pouli tou paradeisou
Italy: L'uccello del paradiso
Spain: Ave del paraíso Spain
International Film release date: 1951
Lydia Bailey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Music composed by Hugo Friedhofer, conducted by Lionel Newman.
Austria: Aufstand auf Haiti
Germany: Schwarze Trommeln
Greece: Mavra tympana
Italy: La rivolta di haiti
Spain: Revuelta en Haití
International Film release date: 1952
A pair of lush, tropical scores to keep you warm this winter, Daniele Amfitheatrof's Bird of Paradise and Hugo Friedhofer's Lydia Bailey come to CD for the first time!
Bird Of Paradise is the second iteration of Richard Walton Tully’s popular play about a young Westerner whose romance with a Polynesian princess arouses the ire of the island gods; the first was made by RKO in 1932, directed by King Vidor and starring Dolores Del Rio and Joel McCrea. Fox's 1951 production starring Debra Paget and Jeff Chandler was not very successful. Lending power and verisimilitude to the occasionally silly — if supremely diverting — proceedings, is Daniele Amfitheatrof’s gorgeously evocative score.
Very different in kind, if not in quality, is Hugo Friedhofer’s score for Lydia Bailey, a fascinating if rarely seen historical epic focusing on former slave Toussaint Louverture’s 18th century struggle for Haiti’s independence. By the time he got to Lydia Bailey, Friedhofer was what colleague David Raksin called “a patriarchal figure,” and there is, in fact, something magisterial about his music here. This is a muscular score, somber and grave from the very first moments of its opening cue, Mirabeau, with Friedhofer brilliantly blending straightforward symphonic suspense and daring hints of African-style percussion.
A double dose of cinematic musical splendor for those OK with travelling back a little farther in time to a Golden Age when such film music releases as this couldn't even be dreamed of.
Limited Edition of 1000 copies
Other releases of Bird of Paradise (1951):
Other releases of Lydia Bailey (1952):
Soundtracks from the collection: Limited Editions
