The Queen [Music from the Motion Picture]
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Composer: Alexandre DesplatComposer: Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor: Alexandre Desplat
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: David Arch
Performer: Lynne Dawson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 2006-09-26
Music Label: Milan Records
Soundtracks:
- Queen - Alexandre Desplat
- Hills of Scotland
- People's Princess 1
- A New Prime Minister
- H.R.H.
- The Stag
- Mourning
- Elizabeth & Tony
- River of Sorrow
- The Flowers of Buckingham
- The Queen Drives
- Night in Balmoral
- Tony & Elizabeth
- People's Princess 2
- Queen of Hearts
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Free Music Review: Subdued Yet Vibrant
Hit: 5 Stars
Alexandre Desplat is among one of the least known and if I may say, underrated composers in Hollywood. With his score for "The Queen" he flourishes and brings a new realm to the story of Helen Mirren's fantastic performance.
The opening track "The Queen" begins very low then rises up into a majestic theme with brass horns then quiets down into a sweet melody of violins and harps. The opening track is essentially a preview of what the album is about, subdued yet rich melodies.
In "The People's Princess I," we hear a very prominent harpsichord playing away as drums, harps, violins, violas, and cellos all join in . . . this track sounds awfully a lot like a chase scene on its own. However, the melodies with the harps and the violas above the quiet bass heavy instruments, "THe People's Princess I" is among one of the most unique tracks on this album.
The album closes with a lament, "Libera Me." While not being rather a big fan of Verdi, I find this track to be very rich and aptly closes this album as it was sung during the funeral of Princess Diana of Wales.
Alexandre Desplat delivers a truly unique score to a majestic and magnificent film. Although much of this music is very quiet and almost to the point of being background music, his rich melodies and varied themes in these tracks bring a new dimension to the world of "The Queen."
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A film about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and Tony Blair in the aftermath of Princess Diana?s death had potential for a pretty turgid soundtrack, but fortunately director Stephen Frears called on Alexandre Desplat. The Frenchman has emerged as a composer with a light touch (recall his score for Syriana ) and his work here, while not his best, doesn?t disappoint either. Whether out of financial limitations or personal preference, Desplat tends to write relatively minimal scores. This one is appropriately downcast but even when titles trumpet intent ("Mourning," River of Sorrow") the music is elegant and even suggests a dark humor at times (the waltz "Elizabeth & Tony," accompanied by shivering violins and the occasional harp). Desplat also makes good use of a jaunty harpsichord on "People?s Princess I" and the old-fashioned, Hitchcockian-sounding "The Queen Drives." The disc concludes with Verdi?s "Libera Me," in the version performed at Diana?s funeral.--Elisabeth VincentelliPop Music CDs
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