Le voyage dans la lune

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Le voyage dans la lune (more info)
Performed by: Millennium Symphony
Composed by: Robert Ian Winstin


1.   Scene 1: Entry of the Academy - 00:03:10
2.   Scene 2: Building the Rocket - 00:01:52
3.   Scenes 3-4: The Skyline of Paris and Loading the Rocket - 00:02:02
4.   Scenes 5-6: Launching the Rocket and Le Voyage Dans La Lune - 00:00:46
5.   Scene 7: Landing on the Moon and Goodnight Moon - 00:02:32
6.   Scene 8: Exploring the Moon and The Battle Begins! - 00:01:14
7.   Scenes 10-13: Capture, Escape, Chase, Away from the Moon and Safe Harbour - 00:02:17
8.   Final Credits Music - 00:02:10


Le Voyage dans la lune (more info)
Composed by: Marie Spinosa Aaron Louie Hurwitz


9.   View of the Moon (partial) - 00:00:41
10.   Astronomers March - 00:02:42
11.   Workers Blues - 00:01:03
12.   Smoke Stacks - 00:00:31
13.   Launcher Rock - 00:01:17
14.   Wave the Flag - View from the Moon - 00:00:40
15.   Eyes of the Universe - 00:02:08
16.   Moon Trippin' and Back - 00:03:49
17.   View of the Moon (full) - 00:02:55


Le Voyage dans la lune (more info)
Performed by: Millennium Symphony
Composed by: James Guymon


18.   Space Wizards - 00:03:07
19.   Laborious Glorious - 00:00:52
20.   Wizard's Waltz - 00:01:22
21.   Heroes Chorale - 00:01:15
22.   Voyage to the Moon - 00:03:07
23.   Mushroom and Stars - 00:01:04
24.   Assault and Escape - 00:02:18


Le Voyage Dans La Lune Suite (more info)
Performed by: Millennium Symphony
Composed by: Don Myers Aaron Louie Hurwitz


25.   Le Voyage Dans La Lune Suite - 00:12:08

Reviews

New scores for Le Voyage dans la lune (Dec 9, 2009)
Reviewer:Dean Frey
This project is so very clever. It's amazing to be able to watch a high quality print of the 1904 Georges Melies classic film “Le Voyage dans la lune” with a choice of four musical scores by five composers. Most of us have seen clips of this film many times – especially the scene where the rocket lands in eye of the Man in the Moon. Now we have a chance to watch this pioneering Science... This project is so very clever. It's amazing to be able to watch a high quality print of the 1904 Georges Melies classic film “Le Voyage dans la lune” with a choice of four musical scores by five composers. Most of us have seen clips of this film many times – especially the scene where the rocket lands in eye of the Man in the Moon. Now we have a chance to watch this pioneering Science Fiction classic in its 12-minute entirety, with the freshness that the new scores bring to the experience.

ERM media has provided both a DVD with the four versions of the film, and a CD with the complete scores. As to the various soundtracks, it's really hard to choose a favourite. Robert Ian Winstin's version for prepared piano and percussion is impressive. (It was Winstin who put the project together.) I like the intimate and immediate sounds Winston provides to accent the action in the film, but also the dramatic sweep he introduces for various scenes: especially the two minutes of music for the Final Credits. Louie Hurwitz & Marie Spinosa provide a clever, post-modern twist on the story, with fun, spaced-out Hammond organ licks and the odd vocal contribution. This is likely to be the score I would most often listen to as a stand-alone work.

James Guymon's full orchestral score (complete with wordless choir) adds a layer of awe to what is basically a comic film, though he also underlines the odd bit of slapstick in the film. Listen especially to the beautiful "Mushrooms and Stars" cue (track 23). Don Myers provides a suite for accordion and various instruments that is full of unexpected sounds.

Perhaps that's what I liked most about this package: at every turn I was surprised, while I watched the film four times over, and then while I listened to the music at my leisure afterwards.
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