William Walton: Hamlet, a Shakespeare Scenario (1947/1948)

William Walton (1902-1983): Hamlet: A Shakespeare Scenario (arr. by Christopher Palmer) (1947/1948).
1. I. Prelude
2. II. Fanfare - [03:12]
3. Soliloquy [04:07]
4. III. The Ghost [06:43]
5. IV. Hamlet and Ophelia [09:59]
6. V. The Question - [17:54]
7. "To be or not be" - [20:12]
8. VI. The Mousetrap: The Players - [23:23]
9. Entry of the Court [24:10]
10. The Play [24:59]
11. VII. Ophelia's Death [28:54]
12. VIII. Retribution - [31:38]
13. Threnody - [33:35]
14. IX. Finale (Funeral March) [35:51]
Sir John Gielgud, speaker
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner.
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[@Db64o]

un capolavoro senza tempo oliver il piu grande di tutti con musica fatta apposta su misura del personaggiodi amleto unico

[@pylgrym]

One of the most heartbreaking scores of any film of all time.

[@PaulGruendlerBeau]

Sir Olivier's cinematic vision is incomparable. This soundtrack only enhances the mood.

[@Twentythousandlps]

Notable for the presence of the aged Gielgud revisiting excerpts from his greatest role one last time.

[@thetoynbeeconvector]

The funeral march is very Puccinian.

[@MortishASkejs]

( ... ) -x! ... but. Big KOM!poz!!!!!

[@dabedwards]

Walton just does not seem to have been inspired with this film, as he undoubtedly was with Richard III and Henry V. And he suffers from comparison with Shostakovich's music for the Russian Hamlet, which is stupendous.

[@AlexanderArsov]

I wish Shostakovich had composed the soundtrack to Olivier's movie!