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"New York"
One
of the most ambitious projects Brian Keane Music has ever taken
on, Ric Burns' epic 12-hour documentary "New York" chronicles
the history of the metropolis from the early days of the Dutch
settlement to modern times. Along the way, Brian Keane was asked
to write music with emotional themes that unified the story and
the city, not only in its disparite intentions and ethnicities,
but over a period of 400 years of history as well. In addition,
Ric Burns had very specific ideas about the score, and insisted
on very simple and heartfelt gestures to compliment a very complex
story. As if this weren't enough, this music also had to coexist
with the work of composers like Bernstein, Gershwin, and Ellington.
The film project was over five years in the making, the score
over six months. The results were a critically acclaimed film
and top-selling soundtrack, with the highest viewer ratings on
PBS since Ric Burns' classic "The Civil War".
Track
List:
1.Hamilton's
Theme - Brian Keane/Peter Gordon
2.City Of Dreams - New York Orchestra
3.Back To The Apple - Count Basie & His Orchestra 4.Rhapsody In
Blue (Excerpt 1) - George Gershwin (original 1924 recording)
5.Hamilton Returns - Brain Keane
6.Transformation - Brian Keane/New York Orchestra
7.Diverse Bizarrie Sopra De Vecchia Sarabanda O Pur Chaccona -
Palladian Ensemble
8.Famine Irish - Cherish The Ladies
9.Last Rose Of Summer, The - Joanie Madden/New York Orchestra
10.Manhattan Beach March - Her Majesty's Royal Marines 11.O Mio
Babbino Caro - New York Orchestra
12.Out Of The Harbor - New York Orchestra
13.Hamilton's Theme - Brian Keane/New York Orchestra (slow reprise)
14.Dark History Waltz - New York Orchestra
15.Wall Street Rag - Pat Ribellot
16.Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpt 2) - Morton Gould & His Orchestra
17.Anything Goes - Cole Porter
18.Trouble - Ex Umbris/Brian Keane/New York Orchestra 19.Dark
History Theme - New York Orchestra
20.Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 21.New
York, New York (from "On The Town") - (excerpt) 22.City Of Dreams
- Brian Keane/New York Orchestra (reprise)
23.Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpt 3) - Morton Gould & His Orchestra
24.Just The Way You Look Tonight - Jacqueline Schwab
Release
Date: October 12, 1999
Label: RCA Victor
Reviews:
New York Times:
"...Captures New York's Promethean fire....[Brian Keane's]
score is piercingly beautiful" -- Caryn James
People Magazine: Pick Of The Week [Grade: A] "...Awesome"
New York Newsday: "Hell of a town, hell of a film!"
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