The Windermere Children


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# Track   Duration
1.A New Beginning3:10
2.Salek's Theme1:04
3.Inseparable2:23
4.Escape to the Woods1:16
5.Stolen Bikes1:00
6.A Family Lost0:51
7.Bad Dreams2:26
8.Painting Pictures1:13
9.Haunted By the Past1:43
10.Letters from the Red Cross2:23
11.Prayer for the Dead1:16
12.Thoughts of Home1:12
13.Sala Paints1:11
14.Rozhinkes mit Mandlen2:03
15.Arriving for the Game1:03
16.England Is Very Green1:10
17.A Brother Returns1:26
18.The Windermere Children5:04
19.A Life Lived1:26
 33:19
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The Windermere Children

Added on Friday, January 24, 2020  

The Windermere Children

Composer Alex Baranowski launches his OST album to BBC & Wall to Wall's post-war drama 'The Windermere Children'. The film is to be broadcast on both BBC Two and ZDF in Germany on January 27th, 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary on May 8th, 1945 of the end of the Holocaust.

Composer Alex Baranowski launches his OST album to BBC & Wall to Wall's post-war drama 'The Windermere Children'.
The film is to be broadcast on both BBC Two and ZDF in Germany on January 27th, 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary on May 8th, 1945 of the end of the Holocaust.

At the end of World War II, 1,000 child survivors of the Holocaust that had devastated Europe’s Jewish population were granted the right to come to the UK. Three hundred of these children in particular - presumed orphans of the Holocaust, with only a few meagre possessions and little or no English - were brought to Lake Windermere to have the opportunity to recover in this idyllic country setting.

The original soundtrack is composed by Alex Baranowski, a talented multi Award-winning and nominated composer, based in London. Of writing the soundtrack for ‘The Windermere Children’, Baranowski commented:

“The process of scoring the film was by far the most emotional journey I’ve ever been on whilst composing anything at all. The story resonated with the experiences of my own Polish grandparents during and after the war: foreigners in a new country with nowhere to which to return; an entire family killed or murdered; making sense of their experiences through music, painting and writing poetry. Being able to go through my own voyage of discovery of my family past whilst helping to tell this quite beautiful story was an absolute privilege”.

The soundtrack was recorded with the London Metropolitan Orchestra at the world famous Air Studios and features instruments of the time:

“I had inherited my Grandfather’s instruments when he passed away, one of which was an accordion which he bought in Rome in 1943. That same accordion was one of the first instruments I picked up when starting ideas for ‘The Windermere Children’, playing the song ‘Rozhinkes mit Mandlen’ by Abraham Goldfaden that features alongside my music in the film”.
For the film’s main theme, Baranowski was inspired by simple beauty and innocence of lullabies sung to him by his Grandmothers as a young child, suggesting: “The song could be one of the few memories they had that could comfort them as they waited to hear the fate of their family”.
Baranowski’s previous scores for film include the twice BAFTA nominated feature ‘McCullin’, ‘Nureyev’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ (staring Carrey Mulligan and Andy Serkis). Baranowski also notably scored Gillian Anderson’s directorial debut, ‘The Departure’.

He was also nominated for a Tony Award for the music for Martin McDonagh’s ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ on Broadway, having composed music for several theatre productions around the world, working with directors including Danny Boyle, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Rupert Goold.

From BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Simon Block and BAFTA and Emmy Award- winning director Michael Samuels, ‘The Windermere Children’ is the stark, moving and ultimately redemptive story of the bonds these children make with one another, of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future and how, in the absence of surviving relatives, the children find family in each other. It draws on the first-person testimony of some of these now elderly survivors, whose filmed interviews feature in the film.

The responsibility for looking after the children - who, having spent many years living in Nazi death camps and ghettos, bore deep emotional and physical scars - was held by Oscar Friedmann, a German-born child social worker and psychoanalyst, played here by Thomas Kretschmann (‘The Pianist’). ‘The Windermere Children’ features a stellar cast that also includes Romola Garai (‘The Miniaturist’) as art therapist, Marie Paneth; Tim McInnerny (‘Strangers’) as philanthropist, Leonard Montefiore and Iain Glenn (‘Game Of Thrones’) as sports coach, Jock Lawrence.
The roles of the young children in the film are played by a talented cast of young European actors selected from Polish communities in Warsaw, Germany, London, Manchester and Belfast.

BBC Two Controller, Patrick Holland said: 'The refuge given in the Lakes and determination to give children back their lives so they could begin again is both deeply moving and humbling.' Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning, Natural History and Specialist Factual, added: 'I feel privileged that we will be bringing this extraordinary, but little-known, story to vivid life through beautifully realised drama and powerful testimony interview”.
Simone Emmelius, ZDF Senior Vice President International Fiction, noted: 'Seventy five years after WWII, it's even more important to tell the untold stories of the Holocaust and its devastating consequences.
‘The Windermere Children’ is an extraordinary and touching drama that reminds us that children are the future' and Leanne Klein, CEO, Wall To Wall Media, remarked: '’The Windermere Children’ is a story of hope after horror, revealing how Britain and a remarkable group of adults transformed the lives of 300 child survivors of the concentration camps. Seventy five years after the Holocaust ended, it’s a story that feels as important and relevant as ever. I’m incredibly proud of the exceptional cast and crew we have brought together to make this film.'

About the composer, Alex Baranowski:

Alex Baranowski is a composer based in London. He was nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway for Martin McDonagh’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan”; won Music + Sound Awards for his work on BBC Two’s Channel idents as well as the score for BAFTA nominated McCullin; and his ballet adaption of 1984 for Northern Ballet won the South Bank Award for dance after a sold out run at Sadler’s Wells.

He recently scored The Windermere Children for BBC / Wall to Wall directed by Emmy and BAFTA winning Michael Samuels. Previous film scores have included McCullin, Nureyev and A Christmas Carol (starring Andy Serkis and Carrey Mulligan).

His work for the BBC has included collaborating with legendary singer Sir John Tomlinson for Ochi Chernye, the BBC’s Theme for the 2018 World Cup; as well as composing music and sound design for BBC Two’s multi award winning new channel idents.

Alex has composed for numerous theatre productions working with directors including Danny Boyle, Nicholas Hytner and Rupert Goold on the West End and Broadway, as well as the National Theatre, Old Vic, RSC and numerous others venues.
He is currently working on completing his first album.


More info at: Official Composer Site



The Windermere Children

Added on Tuesday, January 21, 2020  

The Windermere Children

Sony Classical presents a soundtrack album for the drama The Windermere Children. The album containss the film’s music composed by Alex Baranowski.

Sony Classical presents a soundtrack album for the drama The Windermere Children. The album containss the film’s music composed by Alex Baranowski.

The soundtrack is available digitally January 24, 2020 on Amazon.

The Windermere Children is written by Simon Block and directed by Michael Samuels with Thomas Kretschmann, Romola Garai, Tim McInnerny, Iain Glen, Tomasz Studzinski, Anna Maciejewska, Kuba Sprenger, Marek Wrobelewski and Kacper Swietek. The drama premiered in the UK on January 27 on BBC Two.

This is the stark, moving ultimately redemptive story of the bonds these children make with one another, and of how the friendships forged at Windermere become a lifeline to a fruitful future...

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