Love at the Hacienda [Import]

1. Denise From Doncaster

2. Kiss & Tremble

3. Where's Carol?

4. Love At The Hacienda

5. I Live At Cathy's Now

6. How Are You?

7. Sorry Samantha

8. Gone With The Wind

9. Modern Couple

10. Sheffield Steel

11. Paddington Bear

12. Children On The Lawn

13. Men Of Oats & Creosote

14. Angels Are Crying Too

15. Wind From The Mersey

Love at the Hacienda,Graham Fellows,Voiceprint/Chic Ken,Rock

Average customer rating: SILENT YEARS no more!!!!

Beloved Rogue Manufacturer: Premier Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000205R Release Date: 1995-01-19

Tracks:

1. The Gold Rush: The Silent Years Theme 'Georgia'
2. The General
3. The Mark Of Zorro
4. The Beloved Rogue
5. The Gold Rush
6. Orphans Of The Storm
7. Blood And Sand
8. The Silent Years Closing Theme

Customer Reviews:

SILENT YEARS no more!!!!.......2007-07-17

William Perry's wonderful music from THE SILENT YEARS (films from the Paul Killiam collection) charmed me instantly when the series ran on PBS back in 1971. At the time I was fiendishly practicing classical guitar morning, noon and night and almost nothing could tear me away, but the first few notes of the series theme, "Georgia" from the Chaplin film THE GOLD RUSH, did it every time. I looked forward to the films just to hear the wonderful musical scores. Knowing the main themes of LIMELIGHT and MODERN TIMES to be Chaplin's own, I thought for years that Chaplin himself had composed the GOLD RUSH (and series) theme and even at one time ventured to the Library of Congress Music Reading Room to implore the folks there to help me find it. Unsuccessful there (one of the few times I ever was), I did my own arrangement by ear and toyed with it for a few years for fun.

This music is everything one could wish silent film music to be. It's unabashedly bold and dramatic, romantic, warm, engaging and tuneful. It doesn't sound at all dated and has not a hint of the cliche Keystone Cop sound. My favorites are the suites from the THE GOLD RUSH, Barrymore's THE BELOVED ROGUE (a great, great historical romantic adventure film, incidentally) and Valentino's BLOOD AND SAND. Two of the ROGUE themes - the one introduced after Villon's (Barrymore's) father is burned at the stake, which comes to represent the father's legacy, and the love theme - regularly move me literally to tears. Perry is a very, very agile and sensitive pianist and a remarkable composer. He's a brilliant melodist and his feel for dramatic construction is so strong that one is simply swept along breathless. I'm reminded of Schubert's "Wanderer Fantasy" and the characteristic pieces of Albeniz, "Suite Espanola" in particular.

I'm not certain that I saw every one of the 12-15 films in the series (I think I missed INTOLERANCE), but I remember quite well that of all the films I saw, only one, SALLY OF THE SAWDUST, an early W.C. Fields film, had an organ score rather than piano. So, there's at least the possibility that a few more Perry piano score suites could see a CD release someday. Here's hoping for SON OF THE SHEIK and BROKEN BLOSSOMS!!!!

Average customer rating:

Love at the Hacienda Graham Fellows Manufacturer: Chicken UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002GM6CW Release Date: 2005-03-03

Tracks:

1. Denise From Doncaster
2. Kiss & Tremble
3. Where's Carol?
4. Love At The Hacienda
5. I Live At Cathy's Now
6. How Are You?
7. Sorry Samantha
8. Gone With The Wind
9. Modern Couple
10. Sheffield Steel
11. Paddington Bear
12. Children On The Lawn
13. Men Of Oats & Creosote
14. Angels Are Crying Too
15. Wind From The Mersey

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3. Merry Lines in the Sky [Enhanced]
4. Missing Link Story [Import]
5. Miss Machine [Import]
6. Mutilate, Torture And Kill
7. My Own Best Enemy [Import]
8. Nothin' But Right
9. Ocean Avenue [Import]
10. Original 80's V.2 [Import]

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