Final Cut: Film Music for Four Guitars / Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

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Album Summary

Ensemble

• Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

Composers

• Rachel Portman (1960 - )
• N/A
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• Thomas Newman (1955 - )
• Mikis Theodorakis (1925 - )
• Luis Enríque Bacalov (1933 - )
• Gustavo Santaolalla (1952 - )
• James Horner (1953 - )
• Michael Nyman (Piano) (1944 - )
• Francis Lai (1932 - )
• Mike Oldfield (1953 - )
• Elliot Goldenthal (Composer) (1954 - )
• Stanley Myers (1933 - 1993)
• Max Steiner (Composer) (1888 - 1971)
• Anton Karas (1906 - 1985)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 - )

Notes & Reviews:

This disc comprises some of cinema's most memorable musical moments, as chosen and arranged for four guitars by the members of the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. Without music, movies would not be what they are today, and the Quartet here explores the full stylistic spectrum of the film music genre. 'It is in the interpretation of this variety', they explain, 'that the guitar truly comes alive.' Many, if not most, of the film scores represented on this disc are classics, and they have the awards to show for it. Music from the Academy Award-winning scores for Frida, Titanic, Schindler's List, and Il postino rubs shoulders with 'Minor Swing' from Chocolat, which received a Golden Globe for Best Original Score.

American Record Guide, November/December 2012
Still, this British ensemble seems incapable of playing with less than a glorious range of sound, perfect ensemble, and exquisite taste. This is superb playing, and the music is ravishing.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011).

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Works Details

Portman, Rachel : Chocolat :: Minor Swing

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2000

Santaolalla, Gustavo : The Motorcycle Diaries :: De Usuahia a la Quiaca

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2004

Goldenthal, Elliot : Frida :: Themes. Solo Tu

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Goldenthal, Elliot : Frida :: Themes. The Floating Bed

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Goldenthal, Elliot : Frida :: Themes. Portrait of Lupe

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

N/A : Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? song (for the film Don Juan Demarco)

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995

Horner, James : Titanic :: Themes. A Life So Changed

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score

Horner, James : Titanic :: Themes. Rose

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score

Myers, Stanley : The Deer Hunter

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Williams, John : Schindler's List :: Theme

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1993

Nyman, Michael [Piano] : The Piano :: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1992

Steiner, Max [Composer] : A Summer Place :: Theme

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1959

Newman, Thomas : Scent of a Woman :: Por una cabeza

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: circa 1993

Lai, Francis : Love Story :: Theme (Where Do I Begin)

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1970

Karas, Anton : The Third Man, theme from the film score ("Harry Lime Theme")

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1949

Theodorakis, Mikis : Zorba the Greek :: The Fire Inside (Make Your Bed for Two and Cretan Dance)

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score

Oldfield, Mike : Tubular Bells (as used in The Exorcist) :: [Excerpt]

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1973

Sakamoto, Ryuichi : Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence :: Theme

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1983

Bacalov, Luis Enríque : Il postino :: Theme

• Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
• Notes: Liverpool University Recording Studio (12/16/2011-12/20/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1994