Thursday, December 12, 2019

Two Versions—Long, and Longer—of Bernard Herrmann’s Classic Score to Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ Fantasy, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Re-posted by Nicholas Stix

In case you should wonder how this score managed not to get nominated for an Oscar, Bernard Herrmann had a gift, even by the idiosyncratic standards of classically-trained, European composer-conductors, for alienating people.


14:56
Soundtrack Fred



 



41:52
Zen Hai






00:00 Prelude, Local Train, The Sea
04:00 The Ghost, The Storm, The Apparition
08:44 The Lights, Bedtime
11:35 Poetry
13:55 Lucia, Dictation, Boyhood's End, Pastoral
17:51 Nocturne
20:16 London, The Reading, Local Train
22:50 The Spring Sea
27:42 Romance, Love, Farewell
32:58 The Home, Sorrow
36:18 The Passing Years, The Late Sea
39:14 Ghost and Mrs. Muir, B. Herrmann, Forever


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

jerry pdx
Ghost and Ms. Muir brings back memories of my childhood, I remember the show quite well for some reason, but all those shows like the Flying Nun, My Mother the Car, Mr. Ed made an impression because it was when I first became aware of television. I recently watched a few episodes of Ghost and Mrs. Muir on YouTube where some kind soul posted them and it really was a dreadful show, boring, slow and just plain awful. The only thing that gave the show any zip was the manic persona of a youthful Charles Nelson Reilly who gave it some energy and humor.