{"product_id":"kubrick-s-music-selections-from-the-films-of-stanley-kubrick","title":"Kubrick's Music - Selections From the Films of Stanley Kubrick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanley Kubrick's\u003c\/strong\u003e audacious use of music was one of the aspects that distinguished his films. He handled music with sensitivity, invention, and respect, resulting in the creation of some of the most indelible scenes in cinema history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree scenes that come to mind include the use of \u003cem\u003eVera Lynn's We'll Meet Again\u003c\/em\u003e over a ninety-second montage of nuclear explosions that closes \u003cem\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/em\u003e; the deployment of Strauss waltzes to create an elegant cosmic ballet during the docking sequence in \u003cem\u003e2001\u003c\/em\u003e; and the highly controversial use of \u003cem\u003eGene Kelly's Singin' in the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e during the attack on F. Alexander and his wife by Alex and his Droogs in \u003cem\u003eA Clockwork Orange\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl's presentation\u003c\/em\u003e comprises musical selections from Kubrick's central masterpieces, complimented by pieces which the director used as 'temp tracks' during the production. In some cases, he had every intention of using these in the film, only to decide to replace them late on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e2001\u003c\/em\u003e, the scherzo from Felix Mendelssohn's \u003cem\u003eMidsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e (used for scenes of weightlessness) and Vaughan Williams' \u003cem\u003eAntarctica Suite\u003c\/em\u003e (for the Stargate effects and scenes on the moon) were both used in preview showings of the film before being discarded. Similarly, in \u003cem\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/em\u003e, Wagner's \u003cem\u003eLieder Im Triebhaus\u003c\/em\u003e (In the Greenhouse) from \u003cem\u003eWesendonck Lieder\u003c\/em\u003e was a significant theme in the production for more than a year before being replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl\u003c\/em\u003e has also assembled the complete vintage ballroom music from \u003cem\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/em\u003e, including the final movement from Berlioz's \u003cem\u003eSymphonie Fantastique\u003c\/em\u003e and a Sibelius piece, \u003cem\u003eValse Triste\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which were important to the evolution of the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLastly, as a young man, \u003cstrong\u003eStanley Kubrick\u003c\/strong\u003e fell in love with Sergi Prokofiev's score for Sergei Eisenstein's first sound film, \u003cem\u003eAlexander Nevsky\u003c\/em\u003e. This score would later inspire him in his own use of dramatic music. Included in this collection is the movement, \u003cem\u003eBattle On the Ice\u003c\/em\u003e, from the scintillating recording by Fritz Reiner with the Chicago SO.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EL","offers":[{"title":"CD | x4","offer_id":50468257005899,"sku":"1042244","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/9b412293-3384-4fa5-b270-b95627a8a5fb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727346383","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/kubrick-s-music-selections-from-the-films-of-stanley-kubrick","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}