The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann
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| # | Track | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Syn, alias The Scarecrow - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 1. | 1 Brandy Smugglers on the Beach, and Chase: Poco allegro-Più mosseo-Doppio più lento | 2:40 | |
| 2. | 2 Dr Syn, Vicar of Dymchurch: Moderato-Adagio-Tempo I | 3:12 | |
| 3. | 3 Bates' Escape: Allegro molto-Meno mosso-Doppio meno-Allargando | 1:08 | |
| 4. | 4 Squire Banks and His Family: Adagio-Più mosso | 3:57 | |
| 5. | 5 Flight from the King's Men: Allegro con fuoco | 1:38 | |
| 6. | 6 Ransley's Betrayal: Adagio-Poco più mosso-Più mosso | 2:49 | |
| 7. | 7 Smugglers Ambushed: Allegro-Più mosso-Subito meno mosso | 1:58 | |
| 8. | 8 Farewell: Moderato-Adagio-Allargando molto | 3:33 | |
| Konga (1961) - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 9. | 1 Little Ape at Play: Allegro moderato | 1:46 | |
| 10. | 2 A Sad Conclusion: Sostenuto-Subito meno mosso-Teneramente-Allargando molto | 2:36 | |
| Claretta (1984) - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 11. | 1 Claretta's Diary: Tranquillo | 2:30 | |
| 12. | 2 Palazzo Venezia: Largo-Più mosso | 2:42 | |
| 13. | 3 Waltz: Tempo di Valse | 2:18 | |
| 14. | 4 End Titles: Moderato-Poco movimento-Moderato | 1:53 | |
| The Ceremony (1963) - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 15. | 1 Jailed in Morocco: Allegro-Adagio-Tempo I-Doppio meno mosso | 3:31 | |
| 16. | 2 Tangiers: Moderato-Più lento | 3:18 | |
| 17. | 3 Father O'Brian: Andante | 2:19 | |
| 18. | 4 Sadly Musing. ( ) | 3:10 | |
| 19. | 5 Escape. ( ) | 1:15 | |
| 20. | 6 Prison Revolt: ( )-Doppio movimento-Presto-Meno mosso | 2:57 | |
| Tailing the Suspect from 'The Long Arm' (1956) - for Orchestra | |||
| 21. | Tailing the Suspect from 'The Long Arm' (1956) | 1:48 | |
| Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 22. | 1 Main Titles and London Traffic: Allegro-Meno mosso | 3:24 | |
| 23. | 2 Gruesome Murders: Ferocemente-Doppio meno-Doppio più | 1:54 | |
| The Gambler (1997) - Suite for Orchestra | |||
| 24. | 1 Anna and Dostoyevsky: Adagio-Meno lento | 2:48 | |
| 25. | 2 Roulettenbourg: Romanza-Meno mosso | 2:41 | |
| 26. | 3 Gambling. ( )-Allegro | 2:05 | |
| 27. | 4 Carriage Ride and Sunrise. ( ) | 1:57 | |
| 28. | 5 A New Beginning: Adagio-Romanza-Moderato-Tempo di Romanza-Adagio | 6:15 | |
| 29. | Main Title from 'Attack on the Iron Coast' (1967) for Orchestra: Attacca-Pesante | 3:21 | |
| 77:22 |
The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann
Added on Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Born in 1924 in the then Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Gerard Schurmann grew up in England, and after serving in the Royal Air Force during the war, combined his career as a concert pianist with a diplomatic role as Cultural Attaché at the Netherlands Embassy.
On the recommendation of Alan Rawsthorne, Ealing Studios commissioned Schurmann for the score for the Jack Hawkins police drama The Long Arm (released as The Third Key in the US). More commissions followed, initially from the burgeoning British 1950s horror scene (represented here by Konga and Horrors of the Black Museum and then from mainstream cinema.
The Ceremony, directed by and starring Laurence Harvey, was followed by Dr Syn, alias The Scarecrow and the WWII action movie Attack on the Iron Coast, starring Lloyd Bridges.
Rumon Gamba completes this overview with scores from Claretta, a lavish portrayal of the final days of Mussolini and his mistress Claretta Petacci; and finally the 1997 film The Gambler in which Sir Michael Gambon vividly portrayed the great Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky.