LIMITED EDITION THE FILM Director Michael Radford (“Il Postino”) and his producer-partner Simon Perry brought to the screen the definitive adaptation of George Orwell’s 1948 classic novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Shot in and around the precise locations and on the dates chronicled in Orwell’s novel, the cast included John Hurt, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher and, in his final screen role, Richard Burton. The film opened to unanimously favorable reviews and was nominated for a BAFTA (British Academy) Award for Best Picture. Nineteen Eighty-Four recently became a permanent addition to the Sundance Institute Collection as a classic work of 20th century cinema. The Music Composer Dominic Muldowney (“The Ploughman’s Lunch,” “Emma,” “King Lear”) created an original orchestral score for the film and a series of “source music” pieces for the dystopic world of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. The album combines lush, romantic suites, large choral works and grand, moving anthems into an aural rendering of the film. Controversy arose at the time of the film’s release, as its distributor, Virgin Films, replaced much of the score with pop songs by Eurythmics. All of Muldowney’s original score has been digitally remastered and mixed by academy award-winning sound designer and composer Alan Howarth using the original 24-track recordings., and can now be heard here for the first time anywhere. This CD inclues A full-color twelve-page booklet accompanies the album and includes liner notes by the film’s director, Michael Radford, and a collection of never-before-seen photographs and pre-production sketches from the film’s production designer, Allan Cameron (“Highlander,” “Starship Troopers”).
Track Listing
Disc 1
1 Aria
2 This Is Our Land
3 Oceania, ‘Tis for Thee (Main Title)
4 Winston’s Diary/The Dream
5 Dead Insects and Cheap
6 Perfume
7 The Ministry of Truth
8 Thoughtcrime
9 The Chestnut Tree Cafe/Victory March for The
10 Returning Heroes of the Malabar Front
11 Paddington Station/”The Hiking Song”
12 Winston and Julia
13 Party Rally
14 A Room Upstairs at Charrington’s
15 Was There Ever a Time?
16 Winston Meets O’Brien
17 Leaving the Proletarian Zone
18 The Inner Party Speaker
19 Memories of Mother
20 Victory Square
21 “The Washerwoman’s Song”
22 The Place Where There Is No Darkness
23 The White Cell
24 The Corridor to Room 101
25 Winston at the Cafe
26 End Title
