A fine suite compiled by the late Christopher Palmer who contributed much to the arrangement of British composers' film scores after earlier involvement with the RCA Classic Film Scores series of recordings. I recall buying his book, "Impressionism In Music", in the early 1970s. A sadly missed musicologist/musician.....
An excellent EMI recording of a superb piece of music. I have the album on disc, which is how it should be heard, on a good stereo system, not on UA-cam - with all due respect to Rodders and thanks for posting it..
I. Prologue [0:00] II. Ballet for Children [2:35] III. Attack [6:21] IV. March [8:39] V. The World in Ruins [12:06] VI. The Building of the New World [14:22] VII. Attack on the Moon Gun [16:24] VIII. Epilogue[17:54]
Marvellous, and interesting to compare with Rumon Gamba's even more extended suite. I believe that this music and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky are the greatest film scores of all, although there are many other contenders (Walton, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich...). With both Nevsky and Things to Come, the score was rather better than the film!
A fine suite compiled by the late Christopher Palmer who contributed much to the arrangement of British composers' film scores after earlier involvement with the RCA Classic Film Scores series of recordings. I recall buying his book, "Impressionism In Music", in the early 1970s. A sadly missed musicologist/musician.....
An excellent EMI recording of a superb piece of music. I have the album on disc, which is how it should be heard, on a good stereo system, not on UA-cam - with all due respect to Rodders and thanks for posting it..
Quelle belle interprétation ! Comme bien souvent, Rodders nous propose de vrais joyaux.
I. Prologue
[0:00]
II. Ballet for Children
[2:35]
III. Attack
[6:21]
IV. March
[8:39]
V. The World in Ruins
[12:06]
VI. The Building of the New World
[14:22]
VII. Attack on the Moon Gun
[16:24]
VIII. Epilogue[17:54]
Fine SF suite. one of the greats!
superb-
very very good soundtrack!
This rendition comes closest to the tempi markings on Bliss' manuscript.
Now here's a conductor who knows. Correct tempo with the march. Must look out for a copy of this.
Absolutely agree. March and finale are of a piece. You'd have to go a long way to beat this recording.
Marvellous, and interesting to compare with Rumon Gamba's even more extended suite. I believe that this music and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky are the greatest film scores of all, although there are many other contenders (Walton, Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich...). With both Nevsky and Things to Come, the score was rather better than the film!
7:36
6:21