Wonderland is the 38th album release by British composer Michael Nyman and the soundtrack to the 1999 film Wonderland. It is the first of many collaborations of Nyman with director Michael Winterbottom. For Winterbottom, Nyman would later perform excerpts of this score in 9 Songs, provide a score for The Claim, and arrangements and re-used tracks for A Cock and Bull Story. Nyman's daughter, Molly, has continued the family working relationship with Winterbottom, scoring The Road to Guantanamo with Harry Escott.
| Wonderland | ||||
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 design by Dave McKean | ||||
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| Released | 30 August 1999 (UK) 6 September 1999 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 15–17 March 1999 | |||
| Studio | Whitfield Street Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack, Contemporary classical, minimalist music | |||
| Length | 41:43 | |||
| Label | Virgin Venture | |||
| Producer | Michael Nyman | |||
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Nyman has said that the soundtrack to Wonderland is his favourite film score.[1] The New York Times compared the score to that of Stewart Copeland for Rumble Fish and said that "the rhythms are like a clock ticking"[2] and that it is "alternately plaintive and mournful".[3] The Guardian characterized it as "sumptuous, romantic".[4] Senses of Cinema said the music was "heart-wrenching, full of tragic qualities, yet also extremely light".[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Movie Music UK |   link |
Track listing
edit- molly
- eddie
- nadia
- dan
- debbie
- bill
- eileen
- jack
- darren
- unnamed
- franklyn
Personnel
edit- Jackie Shave, Beverley Davison, Jonathan Rees, Katherine Shave, Sophie Landon, Fran Andrade, Miranda Fullylove, Jonathan Evan-Jones, violin
- William Hawkes, Andrew Parker, Kate Musker, viola
- Anthony Hinnigan, Sophie Harris, cello
- Paul Morgan, contrabass
- David Roach, soprano saxophone
- Simon Haram, soprano & alto saxophone
- Andrew Findon, tenor baritone saxophone, flute
- Martin Elliott, bass guitar
- David Lee, French horn
- Steve Sidwell, trumpet
- Nigel Barr, trombone
- Michael Nyman, piano, conducting
- produced by Michael Nyman
References
edit- ^ BBC Radio 4 Film Programme, 5 December 2008
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (28 July 2000). "Wonderland (1999) Film Review; Three Sisters in London, With Lives Worth Mourning". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Fuller, Graham (23 July 2000). "A New Generation Of Realists Scrap The Kitchen Sink". New York Times. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Jeffries, Stuart (18 January 2000). "The walking wounded of Wonderland". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ^ Mousoulis, Bill (July 2000). "The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Wonderland". Sense of Cinema. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Booklet of European release, Virgin – catalogue number 7243 8 48207 2 5