Country united states format cd release date 5mar2002. Featuring text drawn directly from the bible, a cast of. Although not quite as grand as its predecessor, it hits the highlights of jesuss ministry and explores the political climate of israel. Steiner was a king, young was a king, herrmann was a king, korngold was a king, tiomkin was a king. King of kings, majesty for string quartet sheet music for. King of kings film score, motion picture soundtrack. Bmg rights management, emi music publishing, solar music rights management, aresa, and 2. The powerful and criticallyacclaimed story of jesus told in a strikingly beautiful visual style. Colin firth plays the future king george vi who, to cope with a stammer, sees lionel logue, an australian speech and language therapist played by geoffrey rush.
Demille 1927 united states the king of kings is the greatest story ever told as only cecil b. The king s speech is a 2010 historical drama film directed by tom hooper and written by david seidler. Beautifully shot in super technirama, with stunning color. The original 1961 album with a king of kings score actually contained rerecordings of music. King of kings is a 1961 american biblical epic film made by samuel bronston productions and distributed by metrogoldwynmayer. Henry the fifth, a man immortalized in a play by shakespeare. Directed by nicholas ray, the film is a dramatization of the story of jesus christ from his birth and ministry to his crucifixion and resurrection, with much dramatic license.
King of kings, film score recording details and tracks. Always considered a weak sister to benhur, king of kings stands on its own two feet, and is a very different film you cannot even compare them really. For a modern audience and even perhaps an audience at the time of its original release, ones understanding of the plot heavily revolves around intertitles or title cards, actors and actresses over the top gestures and facial expressions, and the film score. The lion king complete score is an unofficially released album of hans zimmers score of the lion king. The cd features the complete score in 21 tracks, including alternate versions. Warner in the lead role featuring the opening and resurrection scenes in twocolor technicolor, the film is the second in demilles biblical trilogy, preceded by the ten commandments 1923 and followed by the. Compared to king of kings, george stevens the greatest story ever told is embarassingly bad. And then, of course, there is the dramatic musical score by miklos rozsa. But this film had one of the greatest and moving scores typical of such a fine and talented composer as miklos rozsa. The resulting film was rather successful, and at the time, a soundtrack lp of the score was released running 40minutes long. King of kings original mgm soundtrack28 mount galilee,sermon on the mount,love.
Brigid bazlen only ever made three movies, but because two of them king of kings and how the west was won remain perennially popular early60s blockbusters, she is. Johan soderqvist the kings choice original film score. Rozsa composed the scores for many of mgms epic films, including quo vadis 1951. The following article by george komar was written for pro musica sana, the journal of the miklos rozsa society, and first appeared in pms 60 winter 2002 as a followup to rhinos magnificent 2cd set of the original music tracks r2 78348, which had been issued earlier that year. Print and download in pdf or midi king of kings, majesty. King of kings original motion picture soundtrack by mgm studio. Valley of the kings original motion picture soundtrack film score monthly fsm 2004. But king of kings managed to use up its credit and move into the red, mainly because its, in a nutshell, boring. The true story behind the netflix movie the king time. Viewed as a whole, however, such harsh responses to king of kings seem unwarranted. King of kings original mgm soundtrack01 overture youtube. Jeffrey hunter seemed miscast as jesus and robert ryan, popular in film noir of the times, was a real stretch as john the baptist. Find recording details and track inforamtion for king of kings, film score miklos rozsa on allmusic. Of course, i forgot to mention a few other kings like newman, raksin, friedhofer, williams, bernstein and goldsmith.
Jesus christ jeff won high praise for his sincere, luminous portrayal in this bigbudget widescreen biblical epic, considered one of the best of its genre. While most score recordings from this era at mgm were made on threetrack 35mm magnetic film, king of kings was made on sixtrack 35mm magbut for reasons unknown, this score and the following years mutiny on the bounty, also done on sixtrack 35mm mag suffered from overmodulation blowout from overly loud recording levels. I dont actually know if cellos or violas can do what i say in this arrangement. The revolt led by barrabas is also included and john the baptists beheading as salomes price for dancing for herod.
The return of the king was released on 25 november 2003. Its impact in the film is resounding in its majestic and. Both john and zimmer won academy awards for their efforts on the lion king, and while many more classicallyinclined film score fans have disagreed with zimmers triumph over thomas newman and alan silvestri that year, this score does remain one of zimmers better and most popular. Demille in 1959, samuel bronston determined to establish. King of kings rediscovering the film and the score. Featuring text drawn directly from the bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showmans singular cinematic bag of tricks, the king of kings is at once. It was composed, orchestrated, and conducted by howard shore, and performed by the london philharmonic orchestra, the london voices, and the london oratory school schola.
King of kings original mgm motion picture soundtrack miklos. Though king of kings the story might have lost something in the story to me, the wonderful music has kept it one of my library classics and will make me watch it and get caught up in it right from the overture. This score for the king of kings was composed by timothy j. King of kings original mgm motion picture soundtrack rhino 2002. Disc 12 of this box set presents the 1961 king of kings soundtrack album rerecorded in romenever before presented on cd in true stereoas well as.
The original 1961 album with a king of kings score actually. Disc 12 of this box set presents the 1961 king of kings soundtrack album rerecorded in romenever before presented on cd in true stereoas well as previously unreleased alternates and outtakes from the original king of kings recording sessions in culver city. The king s choice is an important piece of world war ii history translated into an effective drama albeit one that doesnt accurately portray the tension of the situation to the extent it deserves. It was recorded in august 2004 in detroit on an authentic pipe organ from the time of the film s release. A 1990s cd did have music from the actual film soundtrack, but featured only about half of the score heard in the movie.
He wasnt king for long, but almost succeeded in joining france and england into one union after remarkable successes on the field of battle, of which the battle of agincourt in 1415 is the most notable. The score was apparently released for one day, but it was decided for distribution to be canceled due to financial issues. Not only are these recordings aimed at cd sales to lovers of great film music but with each release the previously lost original written scores. The king of kings 1927 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Miklos rozsa king of kings original soundtrack amazon. Nov 15, 2011 treat for horror movie soundtrack fans. King of kings is a biblical epic produced by many of the same people responsible for the making of benhur. Mgm decided as a followup to the phenomenally successful benhur, they would make a remake of the 1927 silent film king of kings the resulting film was rather successful, and at the time, a soundtrack lp of the score. Find composition details, parts movement information and albums that contain performances of king of kings, film score on allmusic. Parents can view this film with their children and have no concerns.
The king of kings was reissued in 1931 with the addition of a synchronized musical score. With enough narrative depth to anchor the expected spectacle, king of kings is a true blessing for fans of biblical. As one of the slew of classic biblical epic films, king of kings stands out as an exemplary example of the story of jesus christ translated to film. The king of kings 1961 intro high quality 2011 youtube.
With tom glynncarney, gabor czap, tom fisher, edward ashley. The king of kings is the greatest story ever told as only cecil b. Roger on the composer and this big score, other texts can be a recent book epic sound by a prof. I saw king of kings in its initial release in theaters while growing up but at the time felt it was a weak followup to ben hur, mgms road show extravaganza featuring reserved seating. The film actually begins with the roman invasion by pompey in 65 b. Benhur original motion picture soundtrack bandas sonoras 2005. Just to let everyone know, the new king of kings recording with the city of prague philharmonic orchestra and choir is a wee bit delayed. King of kings silence is golden the bible on filmcourse blog. And of the best films of that era and certainly a staple of that genre is nicholas rays king of kings. A 1990s cd did have music from the actual film soundtrack, but featured only.
Mgm decided as a followup to the phenomenally successful benhur, they would make a remake of the 1927 silent film king of kings. You had me worried for a bit there, because id been sure it had already been recorded. As on the rhino 2cd set, every effort has been made to minimize the distortion. Bmg rights management us, llc, emi music publishing, aresa, solar music rights management, and.
King of kings original mgm soundtrack02 prelude youtube. Apr 15, 20 the history of the king of kings soundtrack is a complicated one. Kings halle berry bonds with daniel craig amid the l. King of kings by frank chacksfield album, film score. Once upon an era, there was a time where dedicated filmmakers were passionate enough at providing a good dose of making popular biblical stories that entertained all audiences even nonbelievers while keeping the christians satisfied. Disc 12 of this box set presents the 1961 king of kings soundtrack album re recorded in romenever before presented on cd in true stereoas well as. It depicts the last weeks of jesus before his crucifixion and stars h. But the king of kings was not a success in all regards. Cinematically, it shows the composer surpassing the film s tedious spectacle with the genuine article.
The king of kings is a 1927 american silent epic film produced and directed by cecil b. The king depicts the life of one of the more remarkable kings of england. King of kings original motion picture soundtrack, an album by mgm studio orchestra, miklos rozsa on spotify. King of kings spens a little too much time in romanjewish politics while most of the teaching and miracles of christ are told rather than shown from the perspective of others. Now, in a deluxe 2disc edition, turner classic movies music and rhino movie music has released the entire score to the film, and it sounds absolutely. By the way, any onscreen violence during the scourging and crucifixion sequences were kept to a minimum. After hals father strips him of the crown and instead gives it to his younger brother, hal doesnt answer calls to visit his fathers deathbed.
King of kings new recording by james fitzpatrick kickstarter. All in all, a highly worthwhile film experience, told without the glitz and excesses native to so many of those of its ilk. Im glad to find out its only the album that has been delayed, and its indeed in the can already. Votes are used to help determine the most interesting content on rym. The original 1961 album with a king of kings score actually contained rerecordings of music used in the soundtrack though composer miklos rozsa did conduct.
The original 1961 album with a king of kings score actually contained rerecordings of musi. And tells is the key word here, because a rather intrusive narrator tends to inform us, in solemn tones, of what has happened, what people think or feel, and what the. King of kings tells the story of the life of jesus christ. Rozsas most recent work at the time was the score for mgms hugely successful religious epic benhur 1959, for which he won his third oscar. With over 72 minutes of musical score, this, by far, is the best king kong sound track ive came across. Theme music from king of kings and other film spectaculars. Directed by nicholas ray, the film is a dramatization of the story of jesus of nazareth from his birth and ministry to his crucifixion and resurrection, with much dramatic license. Evidently, ray had a very compliant and cooperative cast in king of kings, inasmuch as the film emerged as one of the most disciplined biblical epics ever made. The film debuted, to much pomp, at the newly completed graumans chinese cinema. Its for sure better than the poorly put together the robe from 1953 and the gargantuan excess that would be the greatest story ever told four years post this mgm piece. King of kings is a 1961 american biblical epic film made by samuel bronston productions and. Includes news, scores, schedules, statistics, photos and video.
The original 1961 album with a king of kings score actually contained rerecordings of music used in the soundtrack though. The lion king complete score the lion king wiki fandom. Special thanks to my music teacher for writing the violin ii part over the chorus. Palmer and so on, no doubt on the top the autobiography of rozsa. Demilles silent film king of kings presents a depiction of the events that lead up to jesus crucifixion. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in hollywood history, demille spun the life and passion of christ into a silentera blockbuster. One major film star referred to director nicholas ray as a loser, because of rays alleged willingness to let his more temperamental actors walk all over him. One of my favorite films, miklos rozas soundtrack from this film is as inspiring to listen to as his score from benhur. The photography and background music score are to be particularly commended. King of kings original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of rhino.
In 1961, jeffrey hunter was cast as jesus christ in the king of kings. King of kings is a good film, and certainly one that is better than its reputation suggests. Even the minor players are superb, with the late brigid bazlen a frighteningly disturbed salome. King of kings music score, composed by miklos rozsa, was nominated for a golden globe award. King of kings rediscovering the film and the score the film. King of kings soundtrack suite miklos rozsa youtube. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.
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