Brontë Soundtracks

Two news related with original soundtracks of films based on Brontë novels.

1. First, we have to report the appearance of a new CD:

Music From The Films Of Orson Welles Volume 1

Label: Cherry Red Records- Él
ASIN: B000EHTNXE
Catalogue Number: ACMEM68CD

In this selection we find some themes from the Bernard Herrmann's soundtrack of Jane Eyre (1944)

Tracks 3- Main Title 4- Jane's Departure 5- Mrs Mason 6- The Wedding 7- The Finale
(Composed And Conducted By Bernard Herrmann)

As far as we know there are currently available two editions of Bernard Herrmann's JE (more or less complete): the Soufly's edition and the Naxos (under the Marco Polo label) edition.

2. And the second news item is related to a concert to be performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tomorrow, March 31:

Date and Time Friday, March 31, 2006 Event, 8:00 pm
Friday Night at the Movies (Symphonic Hollywood)

Artists : Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus (Emily Ellsworth, artistic director )

In the program we find a suite from Wuthering Heights by Alfred Newman, the original score for the 1939's classical version.

Categories: Music, Jane_Eyre, Wuthering_Heights