With this movie you have become famous in America.\' I wrote back: \'I am not happy. When I heard about the film I wrote MGM and producer Stanley Kubrick. Ligeti related, "They took the music from my recordings. North should have been comforted to discover that Györgi Ligeti had a similar experience, but he was surprised to hear his music in the movie as his permission was never asked. An apocryphal story? Perhaps, but North later related: "Well, what can I say? It was a great, frustrating experience, and despite the mixed reaction to the music, I think the Victorian approach with mid-European overtones was just not in keeping with the brilliant concept of Clarke and Kubrick." Try to imagine this scene: Alex North composed the music, had it recorded and timed to the movie, and sat down in the New York theater expecting to hear his score, only to have the strains of Strauss\'s Also Sprach Zarathustra wash over him. But this release offers something new – here is the music, conducted by composer Henry Brant, that North expected to hear when he went to the premiere in 1968. His version is masterful and opened up a world that had lain dormant for thirty years. But now that they have both passed away, we can be the beneficiaries of the wealth of their estates.įor the past fifteen years, we have heard North\'s score through Jerry Goldsmith\'s work resurrecting it following North\'s death. One of the more fascinating tidbits we learn from their notes is that this recording was left to decompose for so long because of struggles between North\'s widow (North having died in 1991) and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman have done detailed research and written wonderfully engaging and informative notes, the kind we so often wish for with score releases and so often miss. Perhaps the best part of this release (and why I would recommend it even if you have a different recording) are the CD liner notes. I want to stress that point because it took me a while to realize exactly what Intrada was offering – no less than an important piece of film music history. Did you catch that? This is a release of North\'s original recording of the score, not a re-recording. Originally released in 1968 on Deutsche Grammophon.Just last month, Intrada Records released the original recording of Alex North\'s famously rejected score for Stanley Kubrick\'s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Produced by Jesse Kaye and the MGM Studio Sound department Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*– Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*– The Blue DanubeĤ. Orchestra – Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestraģ. Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra– Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*– The Blue Danubeġ. Stuttgart Schola Cantorum*– Lux AeternaĤ. Bavarian Radio Orchestra*– Requiem For Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs And Orchestraģ. Orchestra – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra*Ģ. ![]() The soundtrack was a commercial success, reaching the 24th spot on the Billboard 200.Įlemental Music, together with Universal Music Group, present the best selection of 60’s
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