Nostromo


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Filme | Ano: 1996 | Formato: CD
 

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# Rastrear   Duração
1.The Tropical Variation3:17
2.The Silver of the Mine5:44
3.Nostromo4:24
4.Greed5:11
5.Gisella4:12
6.The Old Mine4:10
7.For Emilia2:36
8.The Mine Prelude1:51
9.Silver Sea3:04
10.Weapons of Love6:17
11.For Emilia3:06
 43:52
# Rastrear   Duração
1.For Emilia3:09
2.Silver Train4:37
3.The Way to Sulaco2:10
4.Guzman Bento4:54
5.Sulaco's Square4:08
6.Gisella1:17
7.Sulaco's Band2:44
8.Silver Convoy2:18
9.For Emilia3:52
10.Nostromo4:57
11.The Tropical Variation1:12
12.The Silver of the Mine5:44
 41:01
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Nostromo - 10/10 - Revisão de Kristof Janssens, apresentado em (Holandês)
Dat Joseph Conrad' s roman Nostromo (uit 1890) ooit verfilmd ging worden, was te verwachten. Het boek behoort namelijk tot de betere Engelstalige literatuur, getuige de 47ste positie die de roman in 1998 wist te bereiken in de lijst van beste Britse romans.

De serie handelt over de door geld geobsedeerde Engelsman Charles Gould die samen met zijn vrouw de gesloten zilvermijn van de familie terug heropent. De drang naar alsmaar meer rijkdommen zorgt er echter voor dat de bevolking in een moeras van corruptie en verraad terchtkomt.

De Brits-Italiaanse productie van de miniserie kostte ongeveer 9 miljoen pond. Ondanks dat grote budget konden de makers uiteindelijk niet voorkomen dat de dramareeks minder kijkcijfers haalde dan de low-budget kookprogramma's die op de BBC 's namiddags werden vertoond.

De cast, bestaande uit onder meer Colin Firth en Claudia Cardinale, de epische filmstijl en de mooie locaties (Cartegena de Indias, Columbia) werden nochtans geprezen. De rommelige verhaallijnen en de talrijke personnages gooiden echter roet in het eten.

Een ander lichtpunt in de serie was ongetwijfeld de erg passende muziek van Ennio Morricone. Deze score behoort tot het beste werk van de meester en haalt probleemloos het niveau van zijn veel bekendere composities. Morricone deed voor de opnamens beroep op het Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra en het zangtalent van de sopraan Edda Dell'Orso.

De openingstrack is het fabuleuse 'The Tropical Variation'. Het nummer kent een zeer goede opbouw en introduceert al na 1'20' een eerste kippenvelmoment. Het onconventionele ritme en de korte hoge trompetmelodieën gaan perfect samen. De track verscheen eveneens op de verzamelaar 'We All Love Ennio Morricone'' (2007).

Een totaal andere stijl horen we terug in het tweede hoofdthema. Het prachtig georkestreerde 'The Silver Of The Mine', met de instrumentale zang van Dell'Orso, is misschien wel de beste track op de score. Misschien, want de titeltrack 'Nostromo' is eveneens ijzersterk.

'Greed' klinkt dan weer veel donkerder en bevat hier en daar flarden van The Tropical Variation. In de andere tracks worden de vier thema's in elkaar verweven wat uiteindelijk leidt tot een cohesief geheel.

Op de tweede CD maken we kennis met een beperkt aantal nieuwe melodieën. Vooral de intro van 'Sulaco's band' valt op en is in de stijl van Morricone's 'La Libertad' uit 'Il Mercenario' (1968). Het thema van 'The Tropical Variation' passeert in verscheidene versies de revue, zo onder meer in tracks als 'Silver Train', 'The Way to Sulaco' en 'Silver Convoy'. De pianoversies van 'For Emilia' zijn volledig instrumentaal in tegenstelling tot de gelijknamige track op de eerste disc.

De tweede disc mag best als overbodig bestempeld worden, maar we klagen zeker niet. Integendeel, 'Nostromo' verdient zelfs een plaats in de top 20 van de beste Ennio Morricone scores.
Nostromo - 10/10 - Revisão de Tom Daish, apresentado em (Inglês)
Joseph Conrad's Nostromo is a pretty impenetrable read and the television version, lavishly mounted by the BBC, was equally confusing to most viewers and as a result, almost nobody watched it. This unfortunately meant they also missed out on one of Ennio Morricone's finest scores and undoubtedly one of the finest scores for television ever written.
The score's undoubted high point is The Silver of the Mine, an outstandingly gorgeous effort for orchestra and wordless soprano, of course supplied by the wonderful Edda dell'Orso. It is written in the great tradition of themes such Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America, but I think that it even surpasses those undeniable classics. Opening with gentle soprano and orchestra, this leads into a purely orchestral performance, while Morricone's knack for adding unusual extras to the orchestration is much in evidence in the later stages as he counterpoints the expansive beauty of the theme with short, high range trumpet fanfares. It doesn't sound a promising prospect, but rest assured that the result is extraordinary. The third verse, as such, again features Edda dell'Orso with the trumpet fanfares as well as occasional fast and short scales in the strings. When the theme climaxes, it is a moment of pure musical ecstasy that is a thrill that never palls.

The albums is worth purchasing on the strength of the Silver of the Mine alone, but there are of course many other highlights. The Tropical Variation introduces the album with a bouncing piano backing, decorated with pan pipe and shrill brass motifs and onto this is, a pair of successive descending scales is added. The dynamic of this idea is then beautifully offset as we move into the aforementioned Silver of the Mine. There other major idea is introduced in the titular track and is more sombre and thoughtful than the Silver of the Mine theme, but no less impressive - especially when gently intoned by the choir. This is used most notably in the For Emilia tracks (of which there are four, strangely) and has a more hypnotic and restrained feeling that nicely provides intimacy against more expansive theme.

For some reason, it was decided to release a double CD, which is unfortunate as there are two identical versions of The Silver of the Mine as well as a few other tracks which are very similar in nature. Cutting the repeat, plus one of the shorter cues could have allowed for a single 80 minute disc. Being a double CD makes the album somewhat more expensive than it might have been, which is bound to deter some from trying out what is a sublime score. It would be hard to choose between this and Morricone's earlier Secret of the Sahara for his finest, if not the finest TV score ever, but for sheer beauty, Nostromo is in a class of its own. An essential in any collection, outstanding.

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