Farewell Gulsary
(Digital)

Plaza Mayor Company Ltd presents the soundtrack to Farewell Gulsary (2021). Famous Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov's novel “Farewell, Gulsary!“ deals with old age, loss, and disenchantment but at the same time celebrates the beauty of life and what we make of it.

Plaza Mayor Company Ltd presents the soundtrack to Farewell Gulsary (2021). Famous Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov's novel “Farewell, Gulsary!“ deals with old age, loss, and disenchantment but at the same time celebrates the beauty of life and what we make of it.

On 04/15/2022 Download and also availbale on Cd (Kronos Records)same date !

On this long night in the mountains Tanabai reflects on his life while we in turn learn about Gulsary's, told from the perspective of the horse itself.

Sensitively written by Aitmatov and first published in 1963, the wistful story was adapted as a two-part radio play for German MDR radio by award winning director Heike Tauch under the title “Abschied von Gülsary“ in 2021.

The music is the work of our friend Andre Matthias (The Light Thief, Four Assassins, Wish You Were Here, Gaza Mon Amour). As always Andre delivers the goods with his beautiful, heartfelt score for this radio play. The music has an ethnic flavour to it, transporting you to the mountains of Kyrgyzstan but more precisely into Gulsary and Tanabai's hearts and souls.

(Original Soundtrack)
Music by Andre Matthias
Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

“Farewell Gulsary” is based on a story by recently deceased Krygyzstan author Chinghiz Aitmatov that was filmed in 1968.
On doubts the Ussr produced version had quite the same political thrust as this one, which lays full blame for both a herdsman and his champion horse’s unhappy fates on the inept policies and vicious petty bureaucracy of the Communist party. Veteran director Ardak Amirkulov’s scenic but wooden take makes those points rather bluntly, and the whole equine aspect eventually feels superfluous. After some fest travael, “Gulsary will fast be put out to pasture.

One last trip over the mountains. The old herdsman Tanabai and his trusted pacer Gulsary are on their way home, but Gulsary will not make it through the night. Famous Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov's novel “Farewell, Gulsary!“ deals with old age, loss, and disenchantment but at the same time celebrates the beauty of life and what we make of it. On this long night in the mountains Tanabai reflects on his life while we in turn learn about Gulsary's, told from the perspective of the horse itself. Sensitively written by Aitmatov and first published in 1963, the wistful story was adapted as a two-part radio play for German MDR radio by award winning director Heike Tauch under the title “Abschied von Gülsary“ in 2021.

I approached the music for this radio play as if scoring a feature film. Only this time most of the music was written and recorded before the script was finished or the actors' voices were recorded.
We tried to cover every mood from the novel and recorded and mixed a score which would allow us to downstrip the music for the final mix, in case the arrangements threatened to overwhelm the soundscape. I also adapted the melody of the koshok, a traditional Kyrgyz lament, for two tracks.
This album features the full version of each track we recorded plus some variations. It is a soundtrack, a concept album, and a tribute to the late Chingiz Aitmatov and his wonderful characters.
Andre Matthias - Composer

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