THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE / TWILIGHT OF HONOR

Film anglais de 1959 et film américain de 1963.

"Longtime Columbia Pictures composer George Duning ventured to MGM to score The Wreck of the Mary Deare likely due to the film's producer, Julian Blaustein. Duning provided an excellent score seemingly inspired by the mysterious hulk of the ship itself, with a churning, nautical bass figure giving way to a lovely main theme that achieves a surprising degree of warmth and hopefulness. Adding a modern colour is a Novachord synthesizer, suggesting a sonar ping for the seafaring scenes, and foreshadowing the moods of 1960s television adventures such as Star Trek and the shows of Irwin Allen (some of which Duning scored)."

"Twilight of Honor was the rare straight dramatic score by Johnny Green (billed here as "John") in the latter stage of his career, which otherwise comprised musical direction and conducting. Green was MGM's former head of music (1949-1958) who wrote one of the greatest scores of the Golden Age in Raintree Country and penned many standards as a songwriter. Green wrote an unusual, propulsive main title for Twilight of Honor that sounds like the wheels of justice rolling over everything in sight; the entire score is written for brass, woodwinds and percussion (no strings) and also features a tender love theme, delightful "Southern gothic" moods and jazzy source cues. The complete score is presented here; an original LP release featured only four cuts along with miscellaneous selections from the MGM Records catalog." (www.moviegrooves.com)