Patrick Doyle, Simon Rattle - Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording (1989 Film)
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Artist: Patrick Doyle, Simon RattlePerformer: The Stephen Hill Singers
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1990-05-08
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Henry V: Opening Title - 'O! For A Muse Of Fire'
- Henry V: Henry V Theme - The Boar's Head
- Henry V: The Three Traitors
- Henry V: Now, Lords, For France!
- Henry V: The Death Of Falstaff
- Henry V: 'Once More Unto The Breach'
- Henry V: The Threat To The Governor Of Harfleur - Katherine Of France - The March To Calais
- Henry V: The Death Of Bardolph
- Henry V: 'Upon The King'
- Henry V: St. Crispin's Day - The Battle Of Agincourt
- Henry V: 'The Day Is Yours'
- Henry V: 'Non nobis, Domine'
- Henry V: The Wooing Of Katherine
- Henry V: 'Let This Acceptance Take'
- Henry V: End Title
Free Music Notes for Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording (1989 Film)
Free Music Review: Patrick Doyle's Crowning Achievement
Hit: 5 Stars
Patrick Doyle's first soundtrack, "Henry V",exceeds expectations and still breathtaking today. When Doyle was scoring "Eragon", he reminisced about this soundtrack, considering it is his best. That's indisputable. "Henry V" is a masterpiece. It fits William Shakespeare's narrative perfectly.
The opening "O! For a Muse of Fire" is a stirring piece, flowing naturally into the rest of the soundtrack. There is the ominous "Three traitors" and the triumphal "Now,lords, for France." "Upon the King" is a dark and brooding piece. The St. Crispin's Day speech is inspiring. "The Day is yours" evokes the thrill of victory. "Non nobis Domine" is the greatest piece of sacred music within- and made- for a film. It sounds like a timeless hymn, though it was composed in 1989. But it wouldn't sound out of place in a cathedral. The Wooing of Katherine is a sweet, romantic, flirtatious conclusion, contrasting with the somberness and sobriety of the rest of the soundtrack.
"Henry V" is an amazing achievement. One can hear some of the themes reborn in Doyle's soundtrack for the B movie "Eragon." There are the same brooding qualities in Doyle's soundtrack for "Harry Potter and the Prison of Azkaban." Doyle is one of the greatest composers of soundtracks today, but his first is his greatest.
Henry V: Original Soundtrack Recording (1989 Film) Poster
Composer Patrick Doyle's first film score accompanied Kenneth Branagh's first movie as director. For both, Henry V (1989) is a triumph. Branagh's vision of the play is a far darker, more realistic depiction than the morale-boosting patriotism of Laurence Olivier's 1945 classic. Doyle's score had to follow in the footsteps of William Walton, but undaunted, the first-timer rose to the challenge magnificently. Briefed by the director to follow "Shakespeare's golden words" and be "as bold as possible," Doyle produced music of epic scope, lyrical passion, and descriptive imagination. The score has a real flavor of opera--a trait that would become familiar in all of this composer's later work--as Doyle underscores the great speeches (notably the St Crispin's Day speech) with a tangible sense of drama, but one that is always sensitive to the nuances of the words. Set-pieces such as the death of Falstaff and the visceral Battle of Agincourt stand out, but the entire score feels operatically through-composed, unified by Doyle's strong instinct for melody. The melodramatic climax of his "Non nobis, Domine" (that's the composer singing at the beginning) unashamedly rivals "Land of Hope and Glory" for--as Branagh puts it--"hummability." Quite how they coaxed Sir Simon Rattle and the CBSO into the studio remains a mystery, but the result is one of the best performed, most orchestrally luxurious soundtracks ever recorded. Patrick Doyle's later scores may be more refined (try Hamlet, for example), but none quite match the sheer exuberance of this debut. --Mark Walker, Amazon.co.ukSoundtracks Music CDs
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